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Cristi!!!!! Yay Cristi!!
Ok.. I never got around to posting the pic of the prize, so here it is now... Included is the Butterfly album with coordinating B&T, Victorian Level 1 Scrapbooking Kit, Merry Christmas and Spooktacular My Reflections Collections Scrapbooking Kit, Birthday Script and Thinking of You My Acrylix Stamp sets, a mini desert sand stamp padwith hinges accents, and White Daisy Rub-ons. These are all retired items and not available for order anymore.

Gone for about a week

Just a note to let you know that Robert and I will be gone to Salt Lake City this week. Robert's Neurology appointment was moved up to Monday the 25th instead of Sept 8th. We are very happy for the change and apologise for any inconvenience this places on anyone.

Also, a huge thank you to all who are helping us out, especially with the kids!!!

Have a good week and blog soon!

Amaryllis

I will announce the winner of the gift basket when I return.

Make sure you you have your spot in the drawing by making any purchase of at least $25.00 on my website at www.amaryllis.myctmh.com!

Just Because... Details

{I just ordered these kits and will recieve them on Aug. 18th. Pictures will be coming soon!!}

The dates are: August 14–September 30, 2008

Featured Products:

• Just Because card kit;
• From Me to You card kit;
• Customer contest Grand Prize of $1,000 in Close To My Heart products.

Beginning August 14, purchase Just Because card kits using the following purchasing options and item numbers:

• Purchase the kit at full retail price of$34.95 US (CC1000).
• Make a minimum $75 qualifying purchase and purchase the card kit for just $15 (CC1000A).
• Make a minimum qualifying purchase of $125 and get the card kit for FREE! (CC1000B)

You can also visit my MyCTMH website (http://www.amaryllis.myctmh.com/) or http://www.closetomyheart.com/ and enter a contest to win a Grand Prize of $1,000 (US retail) in Close To My Heart products.

Purchase a From Me to You Card Kit for only $10 and all profits (purchase price less inventory and handling costs) will be donated to Operation Smile. Shipping & handling apply. Limit 5 card kits per person.

The Just Because card kit will be available free to qualifying Hostesses with $400 in Gathering sales totals, beginning Sept.1- Sept.30

September is National Stamping Month

Celebrate with Close To My Heart's Just Because card Kit

Order early, supplies are limited - not as limited as the clearance sale!

Just playing around

My friend, Samantha, from work is getting married in about 3 weeks. She asked me if I could help with her scrapbook/guest book. I was playing with some of her engagement photos in Photoshop Elements 6.0 and liked the results. I'm going to burn her a copy so she can pick what she wants printed for the cover of the album.

Here is kind of what I have in mind but not totally....

Hope you like..

I Want...

... to take a photography class!

I love the Olympics!!

I love to see other countries show off their pride. Here is a little thing that I picked up off YouTube.

Hope you like it as much as I do!

Kudos to my Dear Husband!

Most of last week Robert was in Cheyenne attending the Western States Planning Conference. Unbeknownst to him, his staff (with a tiny bit of help from me) nominated him for Planner of the Year for the Western States Division of the American Planning Association. -- Honey, if I'm getting any of this wrong, please correct me!! Anywhoo, the morning session of the last day, it was announced that he won the nomination!!

YEAH, Robert!!! Congratulations!!!

Does this mean you get a raise?

Love You!!!

Learning to Swim...or Just Another Family Reunion!

I should be crafting or something but this is more fun right now.

I have a rather LARGE family. I have 6 brothers and sisters. I am Grandchild # 50 of 65 (on my mother's side). I have a total of 11 aunts and uncles, most of them still living. I love each and everyone deeply and miss them all so very much.

Living so far away in Sheridan, Wyoming, I don't get to see them often. We have all scattered and it is hard to get us all together at once. We try.

I remember the last time we were all together (all but 2 cousins - my brother Mori serving in the military and my cousin Brett serving a mission). My Grandma Heaton passed away. My grandpa was in the hospital due to a broken hip. I remember the funeral vaguely, it was 15 years ago. I remember the family time after services. We all piled into a room at the church and had our picture taken. Wonder who has a copy of that... I never got one... That was one of the happiest times in my life to that point. Family is a truly wonderful blessing.

So, back to the present...

Our Family Reunion is held every year at the end of July or the begining of August at the Heaton Ranch, dairy Canyon, Southern Utah. Most beautiful place in all the world!

The picture above are the two ponds that my Grandpa helped make when his dad bought the place back in the 1940's. The picture below (yes I took that one and that is strait out of the camera!) is looking out over the Duck Creek Valley (I think) on the trail to Cascade Falls. You can even see the Moon.

So, when we get together at our reunion, you will hear "Remember me?, I'm So and So." And the replies are just like it "OH YEAH! good to see you again!" And we reminisce, sing songs on the porch at night, go swimming, make home made root beer, eat, make dry ice bombs (only after dark and down the road a piece at the creek where we are less likely to wake sleeping children), get thrown in the pond, eat, hike up to Cascade Falls, eat, get thrown in the pond (one needs it again after the freezing cold mountian water of the Falls!), eat, and playing lots of games.

Here is a view of the Fallsfrom a ways out on the trail. My little brother took this one a few years ago.

Cascade Falls is obviously on of my favorite activities at the reunion. I'll detail that more in another post.

Right now I want to share a video that my tallest brother, Charles, put together (he is #6 in my family). This video captures the fun and energy of my Family Reunion and really makes me wish I could have been there!

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=48688025288

I wish I could just embed the video but it is stuck in Facebook. Please click on the link and have a laugh!

Just for kicks, here are a few photos from last year's reunion of my kids getting tossed in. And the big splash at the end, well, we'll just pretend that that was me. I did get thrown in, just not sure which splash was mine!

Here goes Jonathan.....

And there goes Gabe.....

Flying high!!!!!!

No worries, Uncle Charles was there to make sure no one stayed under...

Kate is such a trooper! She wanted to be in the middle of the fun, too! 2 years old!

SPLOOOSH!!!

Next year... sigh....

Cowboy Up!

I'm finally getting the creative bug back and it is already almost time for the new Idea Book to come out!

So, thanx to fellow consultant, Melony, for the inspiration!

Items used:

• My Creations Display Album - Z1054


• Sarsparilla Level 2 Paper Packet - X7098B


• Sarsparilla Level 2 My Stickease - X7098C

The album can hold 24 pages.

Hope You Like!