Project 52 - Week 11

Top of the mornin' to you!  I have apparently come down with a nasty cold that kept me up coughing quite a bit last night (the Nyquil I took didn't work so well), so I'm creating this blog post from the comfort of my bed.  I plan to go back to sleep shortly.  It's okay though because old man winter is back with a vengeance today.  It is blustery and cold outside!  I see no need to go out in it.  I'm hoping this is his one last hurrah and then spring will arrive.

Anyway, here's a glimpse into what life looked like around here last week ...

Keira watched her cousins, Jordan and Christi, on Sunday so my brother and sister-in-law could go out to dinner.  The weather was gorgeous and the kids spent most of their time outside playing.  I made a point of snapping a few pics of the girls while they were here.  This is big sister, Jordan.  I shared a picture of Christi here.

Alex earned a reward this week so off to the mall we went so he could get a pretzel from Auntie Anne's.  It was hard sitting there watching him eat that yummy cinnamon sugar pretzel while I ate nothing.  :)

My friend, Laura, hosted a girls' night on Friday where our friend, Sarah, taught us how to belly dance.  It was so much fun!  I think belly dancing would make a really great workout!

Alex worked on his "scrapbook" on Saturday.  I finally convinced him to write something about each picture.  If he sticks with this, I may get him his own mini Project Life album.  Right now he's just using a photo album with 4x6 index cards.

So that's just a taste of what our week was like.  Looking forward to seeing what you were up to last week.  After my nap.  :)

One last thing ... I randomly picked a winner for the JJ Heller LOVED CD this morning.  Congratulations, Diana!  I will get your CD sent out to you right away!

Okay, so just one more last thing ... there's still time to enter to win a copy of the book Home Run.  But be sure to enter by Tuesday.  Winner to be drawn on Wednesday, the first day of spring!

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Wild & Wonderful Wednesday #6

Welcome back to another edition of Wild & Wonderful Wednesday!  The photos I chose for this week are so much fun!  Not great technical photos ... in fact, they are all snapshots.  But they are from our Girls' Night on Friday when we had sooooo much fun.  We laughed so much that several of us talked of having "laughter hangovers" the next day (as no alcohol was involved in our fun).

The reason for the Girls' Night this time was Melissa from Baton Rouge.

Our friend, Laura, made arrangements for Mel to fly up here and stay with her for the week.  I won't go into all the details of their friendship and how this all came about, but if you'd like to read about them, Laura's blog is A Hearty Overflow and Mel's blog is Little Mrs. Married.  Go check them out!  And you'll probably see more pics of our fun while you're there!  :)

Here are a few more of the ladies that were at GNO.  But first, let me explain something.  Laura asks us to bring games that we can play together as a group.  As the mother of a 13YO, an 8YO, and a 6YO my games aren't really geared towards adults and/or larger groups.  So while out shopping with Alex on Friday, we stopped in at the local dollar store where we came across these great silly glasses.  So I scooped up 6 different pairs and brought them along.  What a hit!  We had a blast with them.  And with several photographers in the group, we took LOTS of pics of our craziness.  It was the best six bucks I ever spent!  :)

Kim

Melissa

Vicki and Karen

Me - You can't really see all that well out of some of the glasses, so I was looking over the top to see what was happening and someone snapped this photo of me.  I'm not even sure who had my camera at this point.  :)  But I'm glad they took my picture, since I'm not usually in any ... I'm always behind the camera.

Laura, the hostess of GNO.

Laura and Jen



Laura and Beth - Beth is the cutest pregnant woman ever!  :)

Me, Laura, Mel, and Rainey - the four bloggers.  Rainey blogs at Sunshine on Rainey Days.  (I wish I had a cool name that I could incorporate into my blog name).  :)  Go check out her blog too!


Rainey and I "met" Mel through her blog and she through ours.  So it was really cool to get to meet her in person.  We're planning to go visit her in Baton Rouge the next time!


I didn't get photos of all the girls that night.  I'll do better next time.  :)  But if you go to Laura's or Mel's blog, I'll bet you'll see the few that I missed.


I hope you enjoyed a glimpse into our fun.  We seriously laughed so much that it was like having a great ab workout.  My abs hurt the next day!  :)


Okay, now it is your turn!  Link up your Wild & Wonderful photos below.  
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2.  Link up your post URL (or Flickr photo URL), not your blog URL.

3.  Photos must be yours please.

4.  Try to visit and comment on a few other linker uppers (mine too please!).  We know how much everyone loves comments!  

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I'm Still Here!

It has been a few crazy, busy, fun days!  Lots of things keeping me busy lately.  And today is another jam-packed day, so I'll be quick.  :)  I at least wanted to get my last few photos of the day posted.

{November 30}

Just playing around trying to get the starburst effect with our Christmas tree lights.

{December 1}

Melissa and Laura - when we met Mel in person for the first time at the airport.  She's here for a week-long visit from Baton Rouge.  She and Laura have been online friends for 6 years and they finally got to meet in person.  How cool is that?!

{December 2}

Myself and Mel at Girls' Night at Laura's house.  Laura asks us to bring some games to play, but since my games are either geared towards 6 year olds or Scrabble (which isn't much fun with a large group since only 4 can play), I picked up some silly glasses at the Dollar Store to bring along.  They were a huge hit!  Best 6 bucks I ever spent!  We had a blast making fools of ourselves.  And we photographed it for all the world to see.  :)


That's all I have time for today.  Busy day again today with a Ladies' Christmas Luncheon, then Alex's 6th birthday party, then Doug and I are taking Keira to the symphony this evening.  I'll probably come home from church tomorrow and sleep all afternoon!  :)


Have a great weekend!

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