Expo-sure

Had a booth with (the fabulous) Cassie last weekend at the S.O. Scrapbook Expo. Not as lucrative as we had hoped for, but we got some great exposure. The make-n-take was a hit and quite a few brand-new crafters got their feet wet using our super supplies.

Here's hoping we get lots of new business from this adventure!

What a busy week! Olivia had cheer camp this week at GPHS. She's such a cute little cheerleader! The theme this year was Grants Pass High School Musical, and they did their dance to one of the songs from the movie.

They cheered at the GP vs. S. Eugene game on Friday night. It was sooooooo cold!

Saturday morning we went to Tristan's soccer game. I think this was his best game yet- he got really aggressive and played hard! It's so great to see him improve and get excited about his performance.

Then we had Tristan's birthday party at 4. It was at the bowling alley, and was a crazy 2-hour madhouse with an AWESOME game of bowling, then pizza and ice cream cake. I can't believe he's 9 years old. Seems like just yesterday he'd only eat mac and cheese and wanted to watch Toy Story, all the time.

Happy Birthday, Tristan!

Are you crafty? Oh, heck, even if your not, this video is pretty darn funny!

http://www.livevideo.com/video/537FF9DA20B44560845DEE157D1F9DD6/man-made-card.aspx

Men and their power tools...

I'll take mulligans for $200, Alex

So Dad, Olivia and I went golfing at Dutcher Creek yesterday. NOT our best day, but the weather was nice (not hot, nice breeze) and we had a good time. Next time, we need to head to the range and get some practice in. But I broke in my new golf shoes, Dad got to hit with his new Cobra Driver, and Olivia played all 9 holes and got to drive the golf cart. Too bad I didn't bring my camera! But here's a pic from her Junior Golf tournament.

On the way to the golf course, Dad and I were talking to Olivia about school (she's in first grade) and we were having her spell words for us. She spelled Mom, and Dad, and then I asked her to spell brother. She giggled, and said very slowly.... B............. A.............. D! HAHA!! I don't know if she spelled it that way on purpose, but it was so funny!

After golfing, Mike and I went to La Buritta for dinner, and then went and saw The Kingdom. Very, very good movie. Graphic and disturbing, but really well done and a big eye opener. Go see it. And be prepared for the gory details.

Soccer

Soccer time is here again, and this is Tristan's 4th season. He's moved up to the U10 team now, for boys 8-10. He's on the younger end of the age range right now, and I swear a few of the boys out there yesterday were at least a foot taller! The field is bigger for these boys too. Lots of running. I had Aidan and Olivia with me at the game, and Aidan kept saying "Up and down, up and down" as the boys ran back and forth. Too cute!



My camera wasn't in a good mood yesterday, and I only got one good picture. Out of about 30. I think I need to get a good lens to use for sports, 'cause all my pictures came out blurry. All that running :)

Good game Tristan! Can't remember the score, but our boys delivered a shutout!

Scrap-Tastic!

Leslie came over to scrap last night. I didn't have the right paper to do most of my pictures with, but I got this layout of our tour of AT&T Park done.

Heaven on Earth

Saturday, Septmeber 8th was a lovely day. I took my very first trip to an IKEA store! We're in Portland for Mike's Reserves weekend, and I spent over 3 hours in the most beautiful place on Earth while he was working.

If you have bever been to an IKEA, you don't know what you're missing. It's a HUGE store, with TONS of housewares, at very good prices. I went back again Sunday for few hours and it was just as fun the second time around.


Here are my shopping treasures:

New lamp for my nightstand

Organizer for my scrap area

I'm going to fill these with buttons and ribbons for my scrap area

This is to display some cards and other small projects in my scrap area

Magnetic bar, I hung 2 of these up in my scrap area for display

I picked up a few other small odds and ends, and a little present for Leslie, and only spent around $40! What a STEAL! I can't wait to go back!