Here is our Luau photo for my birthday!!! Cute huh?!? We are back in cold Iowa wondering why we came back to the cold, damp weather. What were we thinking? Mark got a taste of the good life and now he's ready to win the lottery and enjoy it. We have enjoyed the outdoors a little since we got home. We have tried to recreate the paradise that my mom has in her backyard. The only thing we are missing is the water feature (pool and hot tub). I keep telling Mark that the faucet is only 10 feet away. Not much of a water feature though. Aloha!!!

Been gone for awhile

So we went to Texas for my little sister Megan's college graduation. She graduated on Friday, May 15th in San Marcos, Texas. The whole family was together for the first time in years. This is mom, me, Megan, and my brother Brent. I will post more photos in the morning cause I am too tired do anymore tonight.

Happy Birthday!

Since I will turn the big 4-0 next week, Mark treated me to one of my favorite hotties last night. WOW!!! What a concert! He was AWESOME! I would have had pictures BUT according to some security guy, I couldn't use my camera. He said that no cameras with removable lens were allowed. He said it was printed on the back of the ticket. I didn't see it...I saw no recording devices. So I have no photos... but I have my ticket and my t-shirt that Mark bought for me...THANK YOU MARK! I had a wonderful time. Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert opened the show. They were great too. Kenny came out on stage via a seat hooked up to wires. He floated above the crowd singing "He Thinks My Tractor's Sexy". He was so good, I just can't get over how great the concert was. I sang and sang and was hoarse this morning but it was so worth it! I've seen him a couple of times before but this was by far the best concert I've been to. His band has expanded over the years too... he now has thirteen members besides him. One of the last songs he did was "Back Where I Come From" and Dallas Clark (former Iowa Hawkeye who plays for the Colts) came on and sang it with Kenny! What a highlight and the whole song they had pictures from all over Des Moines streaming on the five big screens by the stage. And my highlight was he sang my FAVORITE song "Me and You". That is the song that Ryan and I danced to at his wedding and the song that plays on my phone when Mark calls me. All I can say is I had a wonderful time. Thanks again Mark.

More mini projects

Hi there!!! I have enjoyed my creative side this last week. I went with my friend Sheila and her mom to a meeting of Creative Memories consultants. It was in Des Moines on National Scrapbook Day, May 2nd, which struck me funny. Why plan a meeting on the day to celebrate what your business is all about? We had a good time though. I can't believe how far Creative Memories has come since I was first introduced to it some twelve or thirteen years ago. I think they are coming around to what the rest of the scrapbooking world has been doing. I still love their products... that hasn't changed.

So here are some of the projects I worked on the last couple of days. They are little mini envelope accordian tag books. (if that makes any sense) These are made from coin envelopes and sandwiched between two chipboard covers and inside the envelopes are tags. Originally these were "What I love about you" books. The tags were numbered 1-5 and you wrote what it was onto the tag. I modified them a little. This one is for my mom for mother's day. Well, enjoy the beautiful weather the next few days. I know I will....