1 Month

Hi everyone! Yes I am alive. lol I just want to thank all of you for being concerned about where I've been. I'm so touched by the emails I've received asking if I'm ok. My health has been good except a yucky sinus infection. Life just got busy and I also lost my mojo. But I've never lost my mojo for an entire month I don't think. It seems forever since I have stamped anything. I'm so sorry for not even checking in on any of my blog groups. I've seriously had no motivation to stamp anything or even check blogs which is quite shocking. My very good friend Amy came from San Antonio last week and she left this morning. She got my mojo back. Yesterday was her last full day here so we did stamp camp ALL day long. It was so fun and I think that's just what I needed. So THANK YOU AMY for getting me back into my grove. Too bad it took a friend all the way from San Antonio to come and help me get it back. lol I will miss you dearly friend and hope you enjoyed your time here in Germany. Come back soon! I've got several cards we created and I'll be posting soon. I'll be doing all that today snapping pics and writing them. Can't wait to get some free time to check in on everyone. Maybe late tonight because all day today I will be cleaning because tomorrow my mother in law arrives! I'm so happy with these back to back visitors. My mother in law will be here for 1 month. Can't wait to eat some good ol mom's cooking! I hope everyone is doing great!!!!

Jory's Hope For A Cure

This is Jory & my son Luis. Jory and Luis met when they were 3 years old. They are 12 now. They met at daycare while we were stationed at McChord AFB, WA 9 years ago. Luis and Jory became best friends instantly. At the age of 5 Jory was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy. It was hard for my son 5 at that time to understand why Jory was in a wheelchair and could no longer walk. It was hard at the time to explain to him what was wrong with his friend. Jory and his family are our family they mean so much to us and they are such a grateful family. Jory is such a strong kid and I admire that he doesn't let his disease get him down. Never does he feel sorry for himself. Now that my son is older he understands and still questions why Jory has such a disease. Luis prays for Jory often. Then we moved to San Antonio, TX stationed at Lackland, AFB. Then we found out that Jory and his family followed us! They moved there shortly after we did and both boys were so excited to be able to hang out and have sleep overs. While we were stationed in San Antonio the MDA held yearly walks to raise money for MDA at one of the local malls. We walked with Jory and his family and raised money. Every February is the walk and usually in January is when we start to raise money. So I'm sending out a post in case anyone is interested in donating even if it's only $5. Every little bit helps to get these kids the help that they need. I can't put into words how much we love to do this every year for Jory and his family. We hold the MDA very near and dear to our hearts. You can find the link to our homepage for donations here: Jory's Hope For a Cure

Out of the loop....for the moment

Well I think our contract for internet & phone at our home has expired without us knowing. It must be a German thing? Anyway our contract is all in German and we came home yesterday to no internet or phone. I must go and get someone to translate the contract to let us know. So for the meanwhile I won't be posting until internet is back and up at my house. I sure hope it's soon because I have some serious withdrawls. lol I'll check in on everyone when I'm back online. Enjoy the weekend!

SCS Blogger group 7 girls

Hi ladies!
I just wanted to let everyone know that I've not been able to visit everyone's blog just yet. Some have probably seen in previous posts that my husband who is in the Air Force was in Spain for about 5 weeks for work. Well he came back on New Year's Eve!! So needless to say I've not been able to visit or post a whole lot. He has the next week off so I will try to check out everyone's blogs when I can catch a moment here and there. I hope you all understand! Can't wait to get to know you all much better.

Merry Christmas

I just want to wish a very Merry Christmas to everyone out there. I hope your day is filled with peace, and joy. Enjoy your day with your family and friends. We are hosting lunch with all of our friends today at 2. We woke up this morning and did a web cam Christmas with my husband who is currently in Spain for work. That's the military for ya! Many missed holidays, birthdays, anniversaries but what can you do. We made the best of it and I'm just happy he was able to watch the kids open their gifts. Merry Christmas........

Manuel's Christmas tree

Manuel's teacher sent home a Christmas tree kit which included some green and blue construction paper. They had to make a tree out of the green paper and glue it to the blue paper. Then use whatever supplies you have at home to decorate it. Of course he wants to use my stamp supplies. I asked him to look at my punches to see what we could use for ornaments and he picked the 1/2 inch circle punch. I put glue dots where he pointed on the tree he wanted them and he stuck them on. He wanted to draw lights he drew three and gave up. He wanted snow flakes so he used some Whisper White craft ink and stamped away. Then he saw the snowman and Santa Claus stamps sitting on my desk and asked to stamp one on each side. He said "mom can we use some of that (stickles) for the sparkly stuff like on our tree?" He was referring to the garland on the tree. However I controlled the stickles I can't waste stickles. :) After all was said and done the next morning after everything dried he asked to take a picture so we could email it to his dad who is away for work. He wanted to show dad what a cool job he did on his tree.

Luzern, Switzerland

I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving Day! It's my favorite holiday hands down. It's a celebration of reflecting back on your year and seeing how God has blessed you in your life. I love the way it brings together friends and family to eat a lot of food and enjoy each other's company.
My son Luis and I went to Luzern, Switzerland yesterday. We had a fantastic time. I love being able to stroll the streets in Europe. Learning about the history and visiting lots of churches. The architectural detail in churches are amazing in Europe. I just wanted to share a few photos of our Luzern trip.

Look at those beautiful Swiss Alps in the background!

Here I am on the Mill Bridge...

My son Luis and I are on the street in downtown Luzern close to the shopping district.

Here is a picture of the Jesuit Church of Luzern on the inside. It was absolutely amazing.
That's all I have for today. We're spending the rest of the day just in our pj's because we all have colds coming on. We took a long nap this afternoon and now I'm ready to check out some blogs and maybe make a few cards to share tomorrow.
Everyone enjoy their Sunday!

Happy 5th Birthday Manuel!

Last Friday Oct 10th was my son's 5th birthday. My husband and I went to have lunch with him at school and we passed out cupcakes to his classmates. I can't believe he's 5 already. It seems like just yesterday we had him. It sounds cliche I know but seriously where does the time go? He's such a momma's boy too. When he was smaller and I carried him everywhere he always twirled my hair around his fingers. To this day that's his favorite thing to do is to sit in my lap or when reading books at bedtime he loves to twirl my hair. I'm sure as he gets older that will stop and will make me sad. I just don't want them to grow up so fast! Happy Birthday baby!

Roses, Roses, Roses

My husband had a going away lunch this past week with his co workers. At the lunch he presented me with half dozen white Roses. I wanted to post how pretty they were because it's not often I get flowers. It was nice to get such a pretty bouquet. A few days later and they still look great. He gave me a certificate of thanks for supporting him. I was shocked to see I spent 303 days alone without him while he was away at work within a 2 year time frame. I had never really thought about the "total" amount of time he was gone. I do know that it was quite a bit and I'm glad to have him home.

Blah....

Hi everyone! Well it's been a hectic last two weeks with family in town and Thanksgiving I haven't had a chance to sit down and do any stamping. My friend is coming over tomorrow to finish a class she never did so I hope to do some stamping while she is doing her project. I will try to post as much as I can the next two weeks. We are only 18 days away until out big move to Germany. I think we are all so excited!!