GETTING READY FOR HALLOWEEN

 This is charger that I made in exactly 5 minutes.  The charger was on sale for $1.50 at Michaels and the bat is a sticker and I used a 40% off coupon for that.  I love it!

The "sack" Halloween photo album I made at my class.  

 The inside of my small photo album.  

The outside of the mini version

These are the sacks before I started my project.   Then all we added was some scrapbook paper and stickers and now it is ready for some pictures of Halloween.  

I am always so excited for each Holiday that I can't wait to get out the decorations and start making new ones.  So I've started.  Here are a few things I've been making and some of my decorations that I've put out.

A new member of our family

We have a new member of our family.  Butler, my brother's dog, came to live with us for a while.  My nephew is attending a school in Florida now.  It is IMG Academy.   He will be going to school four hours a day and play basketball the rest of the day.  He actually lives on campus.  He is only 14 and is destined to be a great basketball player.    But back to Butler we are very happy to have him with us.  Bruiser and Butler are not great friends yet but they are now tolerating each other.  And sometimes forget that they are males and play together.

WHAT MAKES YOU SMILE MONDAY

WHAT MAKES YOU SMILE?

A BIRD CHIRPING IN A NEST ON YOUR FRONT PORCH?

READING THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF THE LAST PAGE OF A GREAT BOOK?

WALKING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE OF A CHARITY WALK?

A FUNNY LINE FROM A FUNNY MOVIE THAT YOU SHARED WITH SOMEONE?

WATCHING YOUR BABY CRAWL FOR THE FIRST TIME?

SEEING YOUR FAMILY LAUGH WHEN YOU PLAY A GAME TOGETHER?

WATCHING YOUR LITTLE BOY WHEN HE SEES THE OCEAN THAT HE CAN'T WAIT TO GET IN?

SEEING YOUR GIRLY GIRL PUT ON MAKEUP AND POSE IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR?

OR IS IT THE MEMORY OF YOUR TIME WITH A PARENT THAT YOU WILL NEVER FORGET? 

My daughters and my grandbabies make me happy every day.  My most treasured memories are with my daughters and their children.  We've shared so many smiles, laughs, tears.  This was at Kings Island it was 100% and we still found so many things to laugh and smile about.  

WHATEVER IT IS CAPTURE IT IN A PICTURE OR JUST TELL US ABOUT IT BY LEAVING A COMMENT OR LINKING UP EACH MONDAY.  MAKE SURE TO VISIT OTHER BLOGS AND LET THEM KNOW IF YOU WERE INSPIRED OR TOUCHED OR YOU'VE SHARED THAT SAME SMILE.

**Note;  I'm having trouble adding the tab that lets you link up.   If anyone can help me please let me know. 

Autism Walk

Today Andrea, Addi and I walked with Addi's school, Little Star, in the Autism Walk.  It was so nice to see Addi's teachers and how much they love him.  They had some activities for the kids to do, like a bounce house, a slide and some crafts.  One of the most beautiful moments was the balloon release at the beginning of race.  They played a song called "Any Other Way" by Beacon Daniels.   Then explained how each balloon represents a child affected by Autism.

I love this little boy!!!! 

Addi really likes Matt!

Addi's teacher, Amy.

Taking a rest after the walk.  But soon he was "rolling down the sand hills".  

Addi was a trooper and walked the entire walk even though about 1/2 way through he was asking for the car.   But when the walk was over he got an apple and a yummy cookie.  Then he played in some of the balls and made some crafts.    It was a great event and it looked like they raised a lot of money.

Saturday! Saturday! Saturday!

Saturday started out with a yummy breakfast at Le Peep.  I had a great yogurt parfait and John had the Monte Blanc (omelet).  Then we did some shopping (yeah).   Then John went golfing and I went to Michaels and signed up for a craft class which I am taking tomorrow night.   Then Addi and Gigi came over to spend the evening with us while Andrea and Baron had dinner at a golf outing that Baron was in.  We ate at Puchini's and then we were off to Chuck E. Cheese.  OMG!  it was crazy buzy.  But Addi and Gigi had fun.  Addi got a big sucker.  Gigi wanted more than we had tickets for so I talked her in to lip gloss at CVS.   Then we had a dance party on our back deck in the moonlight!  It was a great Saturday.

My Fall Front Porch

On Saturday, Andrea didn't go to any garage sales because she had lots to do.  So I thought I would just concentrate on some things I wanted to get done.  Well on my way to Michaels, I saw a garage sale in my neighborhood.  I thought I would drive by and I saw this really cool rocking chair.  It was only $5.00 and I could not pass it up.  I thought what a great piece to make my front porch look like fall.  So that ended up being my Sunday project.  Let me know what you think.

Labor Day Weekend

I had more computer issues but I am up and running again.  I hate that too because now I am far behind in my blogging.  So I'm going to start with Labor Day and work forward.

We spent the weekend at my brothers house.  It is always so nice, comfortable and fun.  We went to Claude's house on Friday evening and had a great Pasta Buffet.   Then we took the evening to catch up and visit with his family and they with ours.  On Saturday, they bought us all tickets to Kings Island.  It was 100% and very hot.  But we had a great time.   Ashley, Addi and I came home a little early but we thought it was time to hit the pool.  We had a great cookout with burgers, hot dogs and brats.  On Sunday the guys golfed and we were going to hang out at the pool but it was very rainy and cloudy so we hit the mall.  Never a bad thing!   That evening we got carry-out from Chipolte's.  Yummy!   Claude and Sara had an event downtown and looked so nice when they left.

 I made them a Scrapbook of the Hilton Head trip.  A small thank you for such a great vacation. 

It was such a nice weekend.  Thanks Claude and Sara for another great time.