Thank you …

Hi everyone:

I am just now getting several special awards posted that were given to me by Barb and Sonia at the beginning of the summer and am so sorry for the lack of posting them until now and hope that they will forgive me. 

I have know Barb now for about a year and have loved getting to know her and look forward to getting to know her more in the coming years – she is a very special lady and I am so honored to have her as a friend.  Barb is such a great talent and I always enjoy heading over to her blog to see what she has done.  Thank you Barb for being so wonderful.

I met Sonia earlier this year after coming across her blog (can’t remember from where) and receiving some insight from her “Tool Time Tuesday”, “Fabulous Friday Find” and “Crafting Tip of the Week”.  I must tell you, she lets us know about some of the best toys to play with (I love the Portable Photograph to Digital Picture Converter) and always look forward to the Crafting Tip of the Week.  Sonia is also another great talent and I always love seeing what she has in store for us on her blog.  Thank you Sonia for making me feel so honored with these awards.

Please head over and take a look at their blogs and wish them both hello – you will be very happy you did.  I have some work to do because there are some things required of the award, so I’m off to work on those and will be back with their results soon.

Hope you are having a great weekend and will enjoy your week.

Janet

The time has come ...

Hey everyone:

Well, it's time to get back up and start blogging with my awesome friends again.  It has been a busy summer, but I am really glad to get back onto a normal routine.  I hope everyone has had a great summer and you are all doing well.  I have been creating and have a lot to show you, so here's the first thing I'll pass along.  I wanted to make a card to say thank you to all the wonderful friends I have made over the last few years and for all the sweet comments/emails you have left for me over the past few months to keep me updated and see how things are going.  You are all so wonderful and I thank God daily for each of you.

I can't wait to get back into blogging again and see what everyone is doing - I have been visiting some blogs and have caught up to some degree, but please be patient with me as I continue to do so.  

I will be posting some non-creating events over the next few days because I have some pictures to share of our trip to Washington, DC with our children and my great time at the scrapbook convention in Charlotte, NC this past weekend with my friend Debbie.  I had the privilege to meet an awesome lady, Broni Holcombe, but I will share more of that in my next post.

I will see you soon.

Janet

Happy Birthday to my little girl ...

Good morning everyone:

I just wanted to send our daughter Elizabeth Happy Birthday wishes today.  It is so hard to believe that my little girl is 23 years old today.  It was just yesterday when she came into this world.  Elizabeth has always been a strong-willed child and that independent spirit has made her into the wonderful woman she is today.  We are so proud of her and know that with her determination and will, she shall go far.  We love you ... momma and daddy.

Here she is excited about standing next to a Picasso painting we recently saw in the National Gallery of Art while visiting Washington, DC (I will have more pictures of our trip up once I get them retrieved from my memory card - it went bad on me the last day we were there).