than a perfectly prepared meal…
still hot when you get to eat it because you aren’t interrupted by the littles.
nothin better, except when you share it with amazing women who bring such joy
with their honesty, warmth, and just real selves.
so very blessed to call you my friends.
so pure.
love you girls!
now go on, call your girls and let them know how much you love them!
They come in all shapes and sizes.
They arrive most unexpectedly.
They can be good or bad.
I’m in the stage of appreciating both good and bad.
We have received many gifts from God.
And the ones He needed to take away from us early, I’m finally learning to fully let go.
All of our babies who are dancing around up in heavan, I know He needed them for reasons that I no longer need explanations for.
Gifts.
That’s what they truly are.
When a girlfriend [who has her hands full already] offers to take miss E for the day, while miss M is at preschool. And allows me to breathe. To pray. To take care of me. And to pray some more. That is a huge gift that I will remember forever.
When a mom’s night out with school friends can be just that. A night of laughs, at us and at our blessed children. And ok to just laugh.
When a church member brings our girls beautiful hair ribbons, just because.
When a fellow Mom takes miss E for an afternoon to spell my Mom, because I’m out of town for some girltime.
For a husband who is constantly trying to make sure he has a backup plan, another backup plan, and recognizes me being at home is WORK. And doesn’t ask for anything more, than for me to enjoy being with our girls.
To have this hobby called scrapbooking that allows me to have such a fun place to go…and an amazing creative outlet all in one!
For my brother, and his time of healing, and opening up, and being real. Love you! Very proud of you.
That’s it for now.
Go hug and love on all the gifts in your life, good and bad!
PHD, CRS, drool after a good nap on the plane, water spilt after a second nap on the plane,
margie’s jewelry class and miss j exclaiming how much fun she was having,
mystic paper, lolly hobby [aka hobby lobby],
the keynote speaker, miss kara from riffraff designs,
HO3 [adore those ladies],
and the talks, laughs, cries, and more laughs from these special ladies:
thank you miss debby for capturing us…
we can’t wait to see you in october!
Unconditional.
Loving.
Supportive.
Nuturing.
Cherish.
Soak it all in. Looking forward to the next one:)
Now go on, give your friend a call, or a quick text or better yet, make a date to hang out. and enjoy your own girltime!
Are these colors gorgeous or what…
this year, at CE, it won’t be the traditional pink flair,
and personally as much as i love pink, i LOVE
this color combo!
so looking forward to spending this time with some dear friends:)
thank you Mom and DH for holding down the Y fort and taking care of our littles!
our excitement, since it is our BFFs birthday today!
Happy Birthday, Miss Princess A!
We love you!
God bless.
Somehow I forgot to share these:
Getting to know miss SB has been a gift:)
Happy Day!
I think SO!!!
Over 14,000 lbs of MLS has arrived safely in Helen’s warehouse…
it will be hitting the stores shortly!
Can’t wait to see what YOU come up with our beautiful new lines!!!
Hello bloggers! Hope you’ve all had a nice week…
We returned home Thursday night, from our best show yet!
Spent yesterday and today with my lil family:) We had a picnic dinner, danced, created art together, snuck in a wiggly concert with our dear friends, and took care of house stuff.
Once I catch up on my sleep…
I can share more!
Here’s some of my favorite photos:
Here we are in our booth! Not sure why we didn’t manage to get a group photo here, but perhaps because we were a little busy:)
Great meeting Pam and Aphra, two of our current DT members, and catching up with miss Heather is always fun! And miss Shelly rocked it!
I truly heart this woman, miss Debby Schuh! And am
really looking forward to her visit in October:)
Can’t quite put into words how much I simply adore this woman!
Miss Pattie and I taught our fun little Green mini book, and it was very well received!
This lovely group of women stayed right on track, nearly completed their 15 page albums, and extended invitations for us to come teach at their stores next summer!
And of course, here is the brains and creative genius behind MLS…
miss Helen Chu and some of our teacher pets!
One night…we took a stroll down the navy pier…it was gorgeous out!
Miss Pattie and I will be teaching our fun Green Family album at Scrapbook Island:
Saturday, August 31st
10:30am-1:30pm.
You can call to sign up:
408.978.8900.
Have a great rest of your weekend…
Blessings,
Erin
