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Boys are back to school!

Well the boys have been back to school officially for one week now!  Things are off to a great start!  It's kind of a new experience for us because for the first time we have male teachers!  Not just one of the boys, but both!  They have always had female teachers up to this point.  As a matter of fact...until this school year, our school has only had one male teacher.  I think it's going to be an exciting and cool experience for the boys, but Mommy is still having a tough time adjusting!  lol  I mean I am surrounded by testosterone at home!  The hubby, the two boys, the dog....even the lizard for goodness sake!!!!!! 

My new position as PTO President is off and running.  We hosted our first event last week which was a Welcome Back to School assembly for the kids which was fantastic!  My very first PTO meeting was last Thursday night which went better than I anticipated with my hubby in the audience for support.  When we went around the room to have attendees introduce themselves and give a brief snippet about themselves....my quick witted hubby introduced himself as "Jim, Melissa's first lady" ba dum chhh.  So clever that one is....of course he received the crowd laugh of the night.  This week is our ice cream social which takes place with the teacher curriculum night.

Here are some pictures of the boys with their Principal together and then Tanner with his teacher and Parker with his!  Looking forward to a wonderful school year full of great memories and great photos to scrap!



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Home address plaque

Here is an address plaque that I made for our friend Diane.  My hubby did a lot of painting around her house this summer and since she moved into her house 20 years ago she's only ever had the pre-existing, adhesive, reflective numbers....the kind that some people have on their mailboxes.  I wanted to make her something special to go better with her spruced up house!  Plus...it gave me an excuse to purchase the Cindy Loo cartridge because I LOVE the font!!  lol 

I found this slate type plaque at J's in the clearance section.  It was a pale blue with a patriotic scene on it from the 4th of July.  I simply removed the twine rope that was used as the hanger and painted the entire plaque  with a tan color spray paint and purchased a new piece of leather strap to use as the new hanger.  Both the numbers and flourishes were cut from the Cindy Loo cartridge.  I love how it turned out and more importantly...Diane was very surprised and loved how it turned out! 

Thanks for looking!  Have a wonderful Monday!

Never forget!

Where were you?  What were you doing?  I remember every single minute very clearly.  I was sitting on the floor of our livingroom with our oldest Son, Parker, who at the time was 14 months old.  He was playing with some toys while I was on the phone with my friend Diane with The Today Show on in the background.  When they came back from commercial with their breaking news that a plane had crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center there was a lot of confussion....a lot of uncertainty.  Then at that moment I watched live as the second plane plunged into the second tower.  I knew at that moment that something was terribly wrong.  I started shaking immediately and told Diane I had to get off the phone.  My husband had left early that morning (driving thankfully) for a meeting in Canada.  I called him to tell him what was happening.  He hadn't made it to his destination yet and as the breaking news continued revealing the plane hijakings I begged him to turn around and just come home.  I knew it wasn't going to be easy for him to get back into the states.  He had taken the Blue Water Bridge and that is where he spent a good portion of his time the rest of that day.  It took him over 8 and a half hours to get back across the bridge and back to our home.  I was blessed and lucky to be able to hug my husband and child that night.  My heart still breaks for all of those who lost loved ones that day that never got that chance again.

It was the next day that I found out that a friend of mine from Traverse City had lost his life that horrible day.  Brock Safranoff was an amazing young man who had lived so much in his very short time on this earth.  Brock worked for Marsh & McLennan located on the 96th floor of the North Tower.  He had just married his college sweetheart Tara, just a mere 40 days before his untimely death at the age of 26.  I think of Brock often, but always more so on this day.  Brock may you rest in peace and may your memory live on forever. 

Thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families who lost their lives that September morning 9 years ago.  Thank you to those who risked and lost their lives that day to save and protect others and to the soldiers and their families who continue to do so today.  I will never forget. 

Imagination Layout

Our youngest loves the Journey Into Your Imagination ride with Figment at Epcot!  I must admit that I'm pretty fond of the little purple fellow myself!  Thanks for looking!  This is a 2 page LO, please click on photo if you would like to view it larger.  Have a fantastic weekend!

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