fun things!!!

first of all....

ATTENTION Slice Girls!!!!

guess what is finally ready???

YAAAAYYYY!!

the bags have been completed, delivered and look great!

i will be bringing them to the hall crop this friday night for you!

...and here's my finished project from class last friday night at my home class.

it was based on the templates Heidi Swapp designed in the House of 3,

"Carefree Summer Days"

( i seem to be having difficulty copying and pasting her link to her project, but if you want a peek at hers you can see it on her blog at

http://www.heidiswapp.typepad.com/

( the link is on the right hand column )

anyway....here's mine!

it sure sums up our lake fun this summer at the cabin!!

ENJOY!!!

...thank you heidi for yet another fabulous project idea to share!!

:O)

P.S. to my scrappers:

this friday night's hall crop is FULL!!!

there are only about 12 spots left for the

HALLOWEEN CROP

on friday, Oct. 30, so sign up while you can!!

( thegriffs@mts.net ) to register.

don't forget your mittens tomorrow...it's supposed to SN*W!!!!

...44 more sleeps...sigh!

:O)

yesterday's activities!

so, after almost 6 weeks of prolonging, courtney FINALLY had her

'friends birthday party' yesterday!

we took the kids to

VERTICAL ADVENTURES indoor climbing for a fun afternoon of

wall climbing and tiring out the kids!

heehee...

if you remember from back in february, we also had tyler's last birthday party here as well.

they kids loved it so much that we thought we'd go again!

...courtney and rachel...

...and kelsey...

...and amanda...

off they go!!!

...mr.carson...

...miss kelly...

...tyler and kelly climbing together...

carson was dertermined to climb this obstable wall and get to the top...and he finally succeeded!

( so did rachel )

:O)

...heehee, kelsey and her signature move today...

"hanging out"

when the kids got tired and needed a break, they would just dangle and 'hang around' from their ropes until they were ready to continue!!

we hope you all had a fun time with us today!

and one last "happy birthday courtney" until next year!

( are we done now? )

~ giggle~

killin' time...

..while courtney was at her dance workshop this morning..

St. Norbert Farmer's Market.

first time there today.

LOVED it!!

here's some festive fall eye candy for you.

...if i were a bunny....

:O)

...this "cake" is made out of SOAP!

...backyard egg farming? no thanks, but cute!

meet "ODEN" the pug.

he will steal your sampled chicken fingers when he melts your heart with those eyes!

...live from the market...

she was playing Ode to Joy when i was walking by...very nice!

...and my last stop was to have a bite from one of the many food stands around the market.

i chose a "sausage on a bun" - whole wheat, home made - from the ladies from this colony.

YUM.

( and they were right about the touch of mustard! )

-6 corn on the cob

-1 banana bread loaf

-1 bag kettle corn popcorn

-1 bag of fresh dill ( for garden cucumber salad )

-1 garlic sausage ring

- 1 jar of creamed fresh honey

- 1 sausage on a bun

=

a fun morning at the Farmer's Market!!

now we are off to Vertical Adventures for courtney's very belated "friends" birthday party...

:O)

sometimes...

it's the sweetest little things...

i had to share this with you.

last night, at mine and tyler's piano lessons, while he was waiting during my lesson, he sat and

wrote me this beautiful little "love note".

you know, it just made my day.

the kids are well adjusted to school now, doing great and courtney is LOVING playing

clarinet and participating in the band program!!

one day last week rachel came over after school and the girls were

"jammin".

i LOVE hearing my kids playing music in our home...

even the high squeaky learning notes are welcome!!!

...and i also just wanted to thank all our loving friends for all your warm and thoughtful comments, emails and phone calls regarding Mike's Gramma's passing away on tuesday.
we are very fortunate to have such a loving circle in our lives!!
:O)