Weekly Blog Challenge

On Memorable Seasons one of my favorite scrapbooking sites we have started a weekly blog challenge. This weeks blog challenge is to blog about something we did as a child that we are proud about now as an adult.

When I was young both sets of my grandparents lived about 3 hours from us, although there was a big difference, my dads mom and stepdad were doing okay for themselves and were fairly healthy but on the other hand my mom's parents, my grandma and grandpa Yager were not as lucky, they were always struggling to make ends meet and my grandfather had a heart condition and my grandmother not only was a brittle diabetic but also had a severe curvature of the spine.

Whenever we went to visit them which was as often as we could as my parents worried about them and tried to help them out, I would always notice that my grandmothers bathroom was dirty with built up soap scum and the floor was in need of mopping. It made sense since she could not get down to clean the tub or toilet or the floor since her back was so severely curved. So I would quietly go off to the bathroom and clean the bathroom as best as I could for my young age to surprise my grandmother. I can still remember how much I enjoyed doing it for her.

Now when I look back at those days, I am so glad that I did that for her. I was not able to do much else for her but I as sure she knew that I loved her!

Happy 77th Birthday

Friday was my Fatherinlaws 77th birthday and so on Memorial day the family had a picnic to celebrate his birthday! Here is a photo of my grandboys enjoying their great grandpa reading his birthday card! Jason the bigger boy his oldest great grandson just turned 7 just 70 years younger!
 

ON MEMORIAL DAY, a memorial!

IT is with a very sad heart that today I give tribute to someone who died last night Kevin Teeter from Elmira N.Y. sadly Kevin has died due to being burned severely when his home was burned and considered a total loss by someone or someones committing arson!

For many years I worked as camp nurse at a church camp for as many as 4-5 weeks of camp. Kevin was always there each week working the camp too usually in the kitchen! Kevin had a heart of Gold! I guess if I could say anything about Kevin I would say He loved God and he loved people! He loved to make people happy and I believe in my heart it was because he knew that it was what God wanted him to do! It was not unusual to see Kevin yelling "Hi to someone and waving his arms way up high so they could see him all the way across the other side of camp! I am proud to say that I was one of those people he yelled Hi to many times!

Kevin will be missed!

His family.. His sister and father are still in the hospital and are still not out of danger! so please pray for them! They are in need of prayer not only for healing but how they will manage after they are able to go home!

For more information here is a website being handled by the pastor of their church~
It gives the story from the start and updates!
The Teeter Family

A Weekend of Painting

I spent the weekend away from scrapping and went to a 3 day painting seminar! something I had not done in a long time! I enjoyed myself but I was totally drained! I think I could have fallen asleep each night the very moment I walked in the door! Then today I was so tired I slept until 9:30 this morning! I really am glad I went! Here are some pictures from the seminar! I will share pictures of the finished products when I FINISH them!! LOL! the last picture is a photo of the teacher! I am not in that photo!

Some layouts from awhile ago

Thought I would share some layouts I did a month or so ago! just had never put them up so thought I would do it now!
Endless Love is my parents and Cherish always is my grandparents on my dads side!
I need to get some photos from my mom of my mothers parents!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Mother's Day!
Mine would have been better if I could have spent it with my grandchildren and gotten to seen my oldest son but it was a good Mother's day otherwise!
I thought I would share the wonderful bouquet that my son Kevin and his wife Maria and my grandson Britton in S.C. sent to me for Mother's Day! I miss them so much! They gave me another Mother's Day gift also, they went down to visit my parents, Kevins grandparents which meant alot to Kevin's grandparents but also meant alot to me! My mom had a ball playing with Britton! She says he is a sweet boy! Sorta makes me jealous! I wish I could spent some time with that sweet boy!
Happy Mother's Day Mom! I love you!

 
 
 

Protecting the homefront

Noah loves his "gun" and here is a photo of him protecting the homefront!



















Something else Noah loves is his grandpa! and Grandpa loves his boys! AND THEY ALL LOVE THE 4 wheeler!


















But most of all Grandpa, Jason and Noah love to just be together and have fun!

Lots of scrapping done this weekend

I got quite a bit of scrapping done this past weekend and so I will just show you a few layouts for today! I did more but those will have to wait!!

I want to invite you all to a crop!

I have been hanging out at a new forum and there is going to be a great NSD crop there starting Friday May 2-4th So come on join the fun!


Can you believe that after having a blog for over 2 years now that yesterday for the very first time I called my parents and gave them the web address and talked to them on the phone as my mother sat and looked at my blog entries for the past 2 years! she did not read them but she looked all the way through all the photos and layouts! Don't know why I waited so long! especially when they live 800 miles away and this way they get to see the photos of their great grandkids and actually their grandkids too! HUMM WHAT WAS I THINKING!

A very special day!

MY oldest grandson's very first official Baseball game! AND CAN I SAY I AM VERY PROUD OF MY GRANDSON, Jason Michael jr. His team lost but they gave it their best and with a score of 7-15 My grandson made 3 of his teams 7 runs! YEP I am proud! he kept his head in the game (never left for one minute, even when nature called, whoops! hey he is only 7 (well in a couple weeks!) Now don't tell him I told you about that but I thought you might notice the wet shirt in some of the photos!





I also want to say it was freezing out! AND I MEAN FREEZIng! we were wearing gloves and winter coats and freezing! SO can you imagine those poor baseball players, especially if they somehow got "WET" burrrrrrrrr~
OH and I just have to add in one of the cheering section!

A awesome new product!

Some recent winners on my blog are about to receive their raks and in with their raks they are going to get a new cool product from Daisy Bucket! I love it!! It is curling ribbon!! And just so you will get an idea of what to do with it, I am putting up a layout with it on it! So here is my little monkey Noah!

I (heart) u to infinity and beyond!

That's my boy Britton! I don't get to see him much! I want him to know I sure do love him! SO if you see him tell him his grandma loves him so much!

Just for a little information to all those winning on my blog birthday~~ I got a little slowed down waiting for addresses and due to some high blood pressure but everything is set now and as and added surprise I threw in a special gift to one of the mailed prizes! I just let the boys pick one and that's who got it! SO I am not saying who so you will all be surprised but I will give you a hint... It is way for something I did to light your path and NO hint who gets it!!! hee hee I love surprises!!! coming soon to a house in your neighboorhood! I would really appreciate it if each person would let me know when their gift arrives! THANKS and Have a glorious week!

A few new layouts

getting a little bit of scrapping done while feeling a little under the weather! Things have not been so well for me lately and I seem to be having a bit more problems neurologically! But I know that God is in CONTROL!!
Here are my layouts!

Yesterdays Birthday winners! the final winner and grand prize winner

First let me say I am sorry it is so late! I waited for my grandson's to wake up to draw and then Go to take the photos and my camera battery was exhausted! then after waiting awhile I thought duh I will just use my grandson's camera, which I did! JUST one problem! PLEASE IGNORE THE DATE one the photos! PLEASE TRUST Me these photos were not taken in Jan. of 2004!~ FIRST of all Noah the youngest was born Dec. 27th 2003 and as you can see in the first photo he is much older then just under 1 month! LOL.!

I want to thank everyone for participating and also say I still need a few address in order to mail out the gifts! I have enjoyed the party so much and really had a great time! so without further ado, my grandsons drew names and will show you yesterdays winner first and then the grandprize winner!

Okay MR. Noah pleas show us who won the prize for yesterdays drawing!

And next we put all of yesterdays comments into the basket Twice as promised! here is the basket with all the slips from all the comments from the whole week~

AND NOW JASON is drawing the GRAND PRIZE WINNER~ HE PICKED A FAVORITE NAME HE IS ROOTING FOR! LOL BUT he did not draw the draw the name he liked! I think it is because it is a name he could sound out and read (really easy name) LOL SO anyways here he is with the winners Name!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS Kayla!!!!!!!

and CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH AND EVERY WINNER THAT WON ALL WEEK LONG! I will have your gifts all mailed within the next week! (AS LONG AS YOU HAVE GOTTEN ME YOUR ADDY!)

2 Years! LET the Party Begin!

I am ready to PARTY!!! I hope your are! I cannot believe that I have been blogging for 2 years! I can still remember my first post and how nervous I was! WOW my blog has changed so much from how it looked back then!




First lets get on with yesterday winner! there are 7 names in todays drawing and out of the 7 names 6 have already won so there is a 6 out of 7 chance that it is going to be a duplicate winner!
so let's see if it is....... My grandson is here today and I letting him draw and guess what..

Congratulations! if you could leave an email in your comment I will email you unless you know me from a site, as I am not sure how you found me!

SO NO duplicates yet! NOW REMEMBER ALL COMMENTS TODAY GIVE YOU TWO tickets in the GRAND DRAWING!!! SO lets see if we can have lots of posts today and end this party with a bang!

Thankful Tuesday! MORE Raks!

Well I am working on the cake but I think I should bake more then one!

Today being Thankful tuesday I am going to share what I am thankful for! I am thankful for God who loves us so much that he let his son die for me and for you! I am so thankful for my family and also for my church family. Right now our church is going through a rough time due to some people that are not following God but Mans way and are gossiping and spreading rumours! I ask if you are someone who prays to pray for my church! Also thankful for all my internet friends

Today I would like to share my newest layout with you that is of my sweeet grandson Noah but I will tell you that this is also a scraplift from Kristi on Memorable Seasons! (Giving credit where Credit is deserved!)

I bet some of you are dying to know who won yesterdays drawing! I did not forget although I do have a slight problem with yesterdays drawing and that is that the winner is someone that I am not sure if I know for sure! LOL ThE WINNER IS JUDY!
JUDY I am guessing I know you from Scrap4Life but if you could leave me a comment letting me know where I know you from! Then if that is it I will have you Pm me there with your snail mail. But also leave here that way you are in for todays drawing and it confirms it is the same person! LOL!

NOW FOR ALL COMMENTS FOR THE RAK TODAY I would like to ask one request.. Please share at least one thing you are thankful for! THANKS I appreciate it!

My My it's MONDAY! MORE RAKS!

WOW only 2 more days till my blog is 2 years old! I cannot believe it! THINGS ARE MOVING FAST!
Only 4 names to draw from for yesterdays drawing! THE LUCKY WINNER OF YESTERDAYS DRAWING IS ...............
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Lisa! congratulations! Lisa since you registered at 2 scrappy sisters can you send me a pm there with your snail mail addy!

Everyone keep on posting! and everyones names when into the grand prize drawing!

Today I though I would share with you an altered item I just made!I know it is not Christmas time but I was in the mood. This is a cone available at Michaels, JoAnns etc. or you can use actual thread cone. you will need to punch a hole in two opposite sides of the large open end of the cone. Then I used my favorite paste to put on the scrapbook pattern paper with. YOU can use what ever paste you want, modge podge etc. Then I inked the edges of the cone to add a antiqued look! I then inked the holly leaves and berry technique tuesday chipboard and glued that on. I also added A Joy rub-on and (on side not pictured) a peace on earth rub-on! Inside for now I stuck in some greenery a fake candy cane a few bells etc. (at Christmas time I want to do chocolates, candy canes and a gift certificate) oh and the red and white ribbon threaded through the two holes to hang it!

SUPER SUNDAY BIRTHDAY PARTY

TIME FOR SATURDAYS RAK drawing sorry I am so late but I did not have time before church and sunday school to post!

The winner for yesterdays posting has the neatest blog! She makes her own stamps so I am not only going to post her name but a link to her blog so you can check out JESSICA LYNN's Blog also! CONGRATULATIONS JESSICA LYNN Jessica please email with your snail mail! ONCE again I will not be sending out Raks till after the final drawing incase of multiple wins!
PLEASE EVERYONE COME BACK AND COMMENT AGAIN FOR MORE CHANCES TO WIN! I have entered everyones name from yesterdays comments into the grand prize drawing!

Here is a layout I did yesterday of my dil Maria and grandson Britton the day after Britton was born! Maria is an awesome mom! She does great working with Britton, he is mildly autistic and she just does wonders with him!

Good luck to all who enter tomorrows drawing!

More Decorations and more Raks!

Wow can't believe how fast the week is going! I drew from 10 names this time and the winner of Fridays drawing is mustangkayla~~ Congratulations~

My grandson was being quite the little card today and so I could not resist sharing a few photos with you!