Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Trans Siberian Orchestra

Saturday, DH and I went to see Trans Siberian Orchestra. It was an awesome show. That was our Christmas present to each other.

We were seated at the side of the stage and we were only about 5 rows away from the stage. There was an elevated area on each side of the stage where the performers would come up to. When they were up there, they were about 10 feet away from us. They were talking to the audience - it was awesome!

If you enjoy their music and get a chance to see them, we highly recommend it!

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving!



Here's DH carving the turkey. We had my parents and a friend of DH over for a late Thanksgiving dinner.

We fried our turkey and I have to say, I love it this way. The turkey takes 4 minutes a pound and the oven is available to make all the sides. It took 50 minutes for our 12.5 pound turkey to be finished. Instead of cooking all day long, everything went in the oven at the same time as the turkey. Mom made pies and an awesome spinach artichoke dip and there we were!

We hope that everyone enjoyed their turkey day as much as we did. We are infinitely thankful for our families and friends and love to share days like this with them.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Christmas Pictures


Last Sunday, we got all six of Tea and Crackers' cousins on their dad's side of the family together for pictures for Grandma. I do believe that it is the first time we have a picture of all eight of them together.

The oldest is 25 and Crackers is the youngest at 2. The pictures came out so well and this is the picture of Tea and Crackers. We got grandma a beautiful jewelry box with pictures of all of the kids on the top of it. I'm sure she'll like it, I know I like mine!

Enjoy your Thanksgiving!

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Stampin' Up! Open House 11/10/07



These are the two cards that I am demonstrating at this weekends' Club Meeting/Open House.

How cool is this?




















DH is a huge Seattle Seahawks fan. Therefore, every year for Christmas (and sometimes birthdays) Tea and Crackers get Seahawks gear. Plus, we try to have their pictures taken close to their half birthdays.

So, earlier this year, we had their pictures done in their Seahawks gear. The photographer suggested we send one of the picture in to the Seahawks organization and I finally got around to doing it last week.

Yesterday, we had a small package in the mail, address to Tea herself. She is holding it in the second picture (covering up all personal information). In the package were two trading cards, a sheet of temporary tattoos, a 12th man pin and a Seahawks bandanna.

It was hard to tell who was more excited, Dad or Tea. Crackers was ambivalent at best, but he does like the Seahawks "blanket."

It is nice to know that the organization appreciates even the smallest fans!

*We just got today's mail and Crackers had his very own package - wahoo!*

Monday, November 5, 2007

Carmelite Monastery Open House


Well, here I am, in the Christmas Card room at the annual Carmelite Monastery Open House. The Sisters' main source of income is from the cards that they print throughout the year.

The Open House, which is always held on the first Sunday in November, is their main sales effort where they open their beautiful home, chapel and print shop to the public.

I first met the Sisters in 2000 when I was working for the General Contractor that was building their addition. They had grown and needed a larger chapel, more rooms and some other areas. They were wonderful to work with and I came to look on them as friends.

They have been a large part of my life since then and both Tea and Crackers were baptized in their chapel by the wonderful Father Joe. I occasionally attend Mass with them and have turned to them for support many times throughout the years.

My mom and I have been volunteering for about 4 years now and we have always been in the Christmas card room. We both absolutely love it. It is a fun time where we get to see old friends, make new ones and give back some of the support that we have received throughout the years.

If you are interested, you can always purchase cards through their website. Most of their cards are based on original artwork from the Sisters. They have a wonderful selection of All Occasion cards, Christmas cards, Birthday cards and just blank inside cards.

Enjoy!
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*I wanted to add a scan of the business card for the Sisters if anyone is interested.*