Prayer Request

As some of you know that follow my blog our son, Ethan, has cancer and he relapsed last August. I am saddened to say that Ethan's cancer has progressed and we did not receive a very good report from his Doctor. He is still feeling great and you can't see any signs of this physically, but we don't know what the future holds. So I will be taking a "break" from my stamping blog. I'm sure all of you understand that I'm needed elsewhere right now! Thanks to all of you that check in and for all your kind words. This will definitely be the hardest thing I've ever had to go through in my life. So go hug your kiddos and live each day to the fullest! Please keep my Ethan and our family in your prayers! GOD BLESS!

Hospital oh Hospital!

So....I'm sure by my title you can tell where we are at. So, I won't be getting to play along with this Saturday's sketch. I did bring along my supplies to work on my little girls birthday invites, so I have those designed...I just need my Mom to bring me more supplies from home so I can work on them. They turned out really cute! She likes them too so that is important!

Hope all of you have a wonderful weekend. We are probably going to be in the hospital most of the weekend. Ethan is feeling well though and is up playing mouse trap. He hasn't had a fever since last night. Thanks for stopping by.....one of these days life will slow down and I'll get back to stamping and scrapbooking!

I stamped at last!

I finally got to stamp some last night. I only made one card, but that is a start! This is for Lauren's Saturday sketch. My Mom played along too. We are off to some bull riding tonight in St. Louis so the kids are super excited. We have goals to get the house back in order before we leave so we'll see if that happens or not. I've already been doing some laundry this morning, but took a break to make this post! Hope all of you have a great weekend! I may be back if time allows, but next week is very hectic as we head to St. Louis 3 days for scans for Ethan. We are all very anxious and worried, but we just keep praying that all will be okay. Thanks for stopping by.

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More from Texas

We are back home, but it's been crazy since we returned. Ethan needed blood when we arrived in St. Louis on Monday around 6:00 pm and we were at the hospital until after midnight and didn't get home until 4:00 am.....needless to say it has taken us most of the week to recouperate. I haven't gotten to stamp a single thing. I did have stamp club Tuesday night though. Thought I would share a couple photos from our last day in Fort Worth. Ethan got his shoes all shined up and Ava actually got up on the bull with me! I'll hopefully get to stamp some tonight for Lauren's Saturday sketch......until then!

A Big Texas Hello from "COW TOWN"!

Well, no sketch to share today, but I can say that we are having a wonderful time on our family vacation in Texas. We just got in from the Fort Worth Rodeo and what fun it was! We've had some very fun filled days here in Texas. The first day we were here the kids hadn't gotten to bed until around midnight, so needless to say, they were extremely tired the next day. We ventured out to the Main Street in Grapevine to see what they had to offer and we found some options where we could possibly go horse back riding. The kids needed a nap so bad, so we spent the afternnon napping and Dave and I got to take walks around the camp yards as it was over 70 out. Then we went in the evening to the playground and the kids loved that. We headed for supper at a local BBQ place and I can't say enough about it.....oh my were we full!

Yesterday we went horse back riding in the morning and then to a drive through safari in the afternoon/early evening. It was really fun, especially the ostriches that reached their head compeletly into our vehicle and grabbed the bag of food. It scared us! We got to see so many animals and we even got to feed the giraffes from our car. Today we saw a cattle drive and made it to the rodeo this evening. During the afternoon we took a train ride too. The kids don't know how lucky they have it to go on a trip like this and be doing so much.

Tomorrow we plan to do more of the same, cattle drives, rodeo and more eating! We have stuffed our faces down here.....I hate to jump on the scale when we get home!

Now aren't these pictures priceless! Have a great weekend!

You're a Hoot!

I got a card made for PTI's challenge yesterday, but ran out of time to get it uploaded. I chose a color combination off of Dawn McVey's website. I used Dark Chocolate, Kraft, and Wild Wasabi.....I love these colors together. I used my Wise Owl set from PTI for the background, owl and sentimnt. I won the entire package last year on Nichole's blog.....that was such a surprise! Hope you enjoy. I'm going to try and get a picture of my Valentine Day card from my Mom and post it. She made a really cute little basket with some stamped hearts in it too. I just got my little girl down for a nap, so now it's time to get packing or Texas!

Ahoy Sailor!

I've been MIA all week, but I'm back now! It's been a crazy week of work, hospital visit, and just plain old family stuff. I was home today and it was a well needed day here at home with the kiddos. We are gearing up for a trip to Texas next week with ouf family. We can't wait. Ethan has wanted to go to Texas for a long time now and his dream is coming true next week! I can't wait to see his eyes light up when he sees all of the cowboys down there.

Thought I would make a card for Lauren's sketch and for PTI Guest Star stamper all in one. I've been needing to spend some time with the family and haven't stamped until today. This set is Bitty Baby Blessings and it's one of my all time favorite PTI sets. They have a new release coming out this Sunday.....it looks like a good one. For my card I used Pure Poppy and Aqua Mist. I added some "waves" with my scallop edge punch....I like that little detail.

Hope all of you are having a wonderful start to your weekend. We are going to be planning and packing for Texas. I may have one more post to share before I head south, so I'll be MIA all next week! Thanks for stopping by!

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