Memorial Day Weekend

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! Rhiannon was with her dad this weekend, so it was just Corey, Adrian, and me. On Sunday we went to Russ and Vickie's for a cookout. It was a great time... complete with a mean game of Catch Phrase. Yesterday Corey's folks came here for a cookout. The weather was amazing after the early morning rain.

Here is a layout that I created in honor of Memorial Day. The journaling reads: My grandfather served with the US Navy during World War II. He was a gunner aboard a destroyer escort named The USS Foss. He is the handsome fella in the middle!

I created this layout as part of a Memorial Day Challenge hosted by Steel City Scraps. You can check out the details on our creative team blog.

I used a kit by Steel City Scraps called Sentimental, and a template by Sweet Scraps.

Steel City Scraps Creative Team!

Here is some more exciting news! I have been chosen to be a creative team member for Steel City Scraps. Check out Rachel's boutiques at Divine Digital and Color Line Designs. Her kits are awesome and very user friendly. Keep an eye out for links to my galleries and updates and challenges! I am looking forward to this exciting opportunity!

What a Weekend!

What a busy busy weekend! I guess I should start off with the surprising news that I found out last week. I began to have my suspicions when I started getting that all too familiar morning back pain. The suspicions got even stronger when I started to have daily bouts of nausea. Then the suspicions were confirmed with two little tests. That's right! Pregnant again... for those of you reading this regularly, you know that I just weaned Adrian from breastfeeding. I should have stuck it out the last 3 months until cows milk! Ha! I'm excited, but I'm not looking forward to the whole "pregnancy" thing again. You moms know what I mean. Cute story.... I sent Corey to CVS to buy a pregnancy test. He came home all excite that he found a deal.. seven tests for only $11! Sounded a little fishy to me. Sure enough , he brught me home an ovulation kit instead of a pregnancy test. Gotta give him credit for trying though.

On Friday I chaperoned Rhiannon's class trip to the Museum of Natural History. All 6 of the 1st grade classes went. It was very fun, but very hectic. I'm sure you can imagine a 45 minute bus ride with 2 of the 1st grade classes. That makes for about 42 1st graders on our bus. Whew! I was responsible for 5 of the children. It was crazy! That night Rhiannon went on her 2nd Girl Scout camping trip. On Saturday; Corey, Adrian, Sophia, and I went to the camp for the fly up ceremony. Very cute. She stayed another night and Corey picked her up on Sunday. On Sunday afternoon we had to head back out to Independence for a workshop for her pageant. We stopped on the way home to measure one of Corey's up and coming jobs, and finally back home. It was a busy busy weekend!!

Rhiannon's softball home opener May 10, 2008

My little group at the museum

Rhiannon and her fellow Girl Scout campers

Back On the Wagon and Some Exciting News!

I received some exciting news today! A couple weeks ago I received a letter from National American Miss announcing an open call, in our area, for their annual pageant. Rhiannon is extremely outgoing (sometimes too much so) so I thought.. what the heck. Last Sunday the four of us set out for Independence to attend a 2 hour screening (if you will). After we arrived, Rhiannon got her photograph taken. I didn't think to take any pics, but I purchased the photos and the digital rights to the photos she had taken at the shoot. After that was done we all filed into the ballroom for the presentation. It was an explanation of the pageant. Don't worry... it is not one of those freak shows where the moms make their 5 year old children look 25... (shudder). These girls are broken into 5 age groups ranging from 4 to 18, and judged based on; Personal Introduction (30%), Interview (30%), Formal Wear Modeling (30%), and Community Involvement. The children under 12 are not allowed to wear any makeup! During the presentation, the girls were taken out one by one and interviewed. It was explained to us that not every girl is selected, and that we would receive a phone call this week to let us know if our daughter was chosen as a state finalist. I received my phone call today! Yeah! It looks to be a very enjoyable and rewarding experience for Rhiannon. The Queen of each age division is invited to compete at the national competition at Disneyland. The Queen's Court, which is comprised of the four runner's up to the queen, are also invited to compete at the national pageant for a separate title. I am just excited she is competing in the state pageant!

It has been a week since I breastfed, so I am officially back on the bottle-feeding wagon. I used up all my free samples and had to purchase my first $25 can of formula today. Maybe I should have just hung in for the last four months until cow's milk.