A weekend in New England...North Dakota!

So this weekend I was able to go to a stamping weekend in New England, ND! It was a lot of fun and VERY productive! I made 72 cards to have on hand! Don't worry it wasn't 72 individual cards but 5 different cards!  Here are two of the five cards I made, these aren't my original idea but I switched up a few things from the cards I made at my up-line through Stampin' Up, Kay Card Buffet!

Halloween Card!

Thank You Card

Here is a photo I took of the view from the porch at the Bed & Breakfast we stayed at for the weekend! The house was just beautiful and the view was pretty too! Overall great weekend!

  

Tim was a wonderful husband and stayed home hanging out with the doggies! He went golfing and hung out with my aunt and uncle! 

This last picture is of a little adventure we took on the way home...this is supposed to be of White Butte, the highest natural point in North Dakota...but it turns out this wasn't the correct butte, BUT we did find it just didn't have enough time to get out my camera as we drove by! 

Later Sunday Tim and I went The Odd Life of Timothy Green, which I thought was a good movie!! Unfortunately the theater closed it doors for good last night after the showings...it's been having trouble since there wasn't enough support from the community to make it work AND since the movies will be going digital, not the reels anymore, the upgrades for the two theaters were to expensive with the limited support. So now we will have to go to Bismarck for movies or wait until they come out on DVD or on Netflix...

So this week is a pretty relaxed week...I work Tuesday and Friday and have wreaths to work on and domestic duties to do on my days off. Tim doesn't have much to do this week other than his office hours and confirmation on Wednesday since the youth of the church will be doing the service on Sunday and we have a guest speaker for the sermon! So Tim and Pastor get to sit in the pew this week! 

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Blessings!

Show & Tell

So today is a lazy Sunday afternoon. This morning we had church, Tim preached and then we both had our separate Sunday School class to teach. Which both went great! After church Tim was invited to watch football at the youth directors house, so of course he went! I stayed home and took a nap with Wini and watched part of some movies, mainly sleeping through them!

Work is still going well! Not much to update on that, other than I've been recruited to be crafty! The hospitals Relay For Life team does a wreath auction at the city craft fair in the fall and each department is asked to make a few wreaths for it. So yesterday Tim and I went to Bismarck to pick up some crafting supplies for the wreaths I'm making! (I also got some stuff for other projects as well!) I can honestly say I never in my life thought I'd be excited to go to Bismarck for an afternoon, but I was! Small towns have that effect on people! :) But anyway we had a great afternoon shopping, we also had lunch at Space Aliens, which was delicious! Tim was excited to get a video game, NHL '13, and a movie from Best Buy!

Last night we had the opportunity to celebrate with a couple for their 50th wedding anniversary! They had cake and a dance party at city hall and Tim was asked to say something! He did SUCH a great job!

So I'm not sure who all who reads this blog knows that I am a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, which I LOVE! The main reason I became a demonstrator was to get my supplies and stamps at cost and be a hobby-stamper! Well a while back, well mainly when I started making baby shower invites for my oldest sister I thought to try to start the business and make custom invites, thank you's, and any other sort of occasion you'd need or want a card for! I haven't had any customers other than my sister, but I thought I'd show the finished products and let everyone know if they need multiple thank-you cards, invites or any kind of card and want something with that home-made touch to let me know and we can talk about it! I will try to start making a habit of showing off the cards I make in my free time more as well!

( All Images are (C) 2012 Stampin' Up)

Brandy's Baby Shower Invitation

Brandy's baby shower Thank You Card (front)

Thank you again second front view

Thank You Again (inside view)

Baby Announcement (front)

Baby Announcement (inside)

Another View of card (picture of baby Mara was inserted in the card)

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Blessings!

The New Addition

So now that the routine has settled a little I've made some time to update this!!!

Work for myself is going good. I'm all by myself now, training is done yet I am still learning which is ALWAYS good! The work days tend to get long and the days off tend to be short! Overall I like it!

Tim is now even busier that school has started and he now teaches confirmation on Wednesdays and Sunday School on Sundays on top of all his office hours, visits and preaching! Every time he preaches he gets compliments how his sermon was better than the last one! He is enjoying it!

On our recent vacation back to the cities we added an addition to our family! Her name is Wini and she's a mini long-haired dachshund!

The day we bought her!

The day we bought her!

Tim and Wini taking a nap! This was the day after the first rough night!

The day we left the cities Wini and Greta (Tim's parents new mini dachshund) we're trying to enjoy some Sweet Martha's Cookies :)

On the ride back to Hazen! She did such a great job! Slept pretty much the whole drive!

Sorry this update is a little short! But quick and to the point is my kind of blog today :) 

Blessings!