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What a summer!!

I've been absolutely too busy to post much this summer, so I'll try to do a quick re-cap :-)

~5 sisters and 1 brother visited (and lots of kids). I think at one point there were 17 people sleeping here.

~Mom was home for 8 weeks (that flew by way too quickly!) We went on a few outings, though we didn't get time for rafting -- next summer for sure! Oh, ......she bought a new car

~My birthday was celebrated with family. My big sis made me a delicious cake! Devin gave me a beautiful bouquet of roses and we went out for supper.

~Benjamin's pet hamster, Charley, died. She was only 4 months old. Very sad day :-( He later bought a new one, named Henry.

~Jessica participated in her first swim meet and did a great job!

~I made MANY decorated cakes -- busy summer for that!

~Luke left for 6 weeks of glider camp with the Air Cadets. He arrived home, a certified glider pilot! So proud of him!

~Jessica's birthday was celebrated a day early as she left for camp on her actual birthday. She went for 2 weeks to Air Cadet basic camp.

~Timothy left for 3 weeks of Air Cadet PE-RT camp (physical education) Had an awesome time. Came home 10 lbs heavier -- all muscle! Won the Award of Excellence.

~Many of Mom's family were in NL this summer, so we planned a mini-family reunion. Just wish ALL could have been here. So much fun and really neat to see the second-cousins having such a good time together. Wish we all lived closer together!

~We also planned a big party with the cousins and played some old-fashioned games such as sack races, three-legged races. What a laugh! Oh yeah, can't forget the candy toss!

~Devin took each of the kids (except Benjamin) on a canoe trip down the river. Benjamin's turn is comin!

~Benjamin and I visited several cemeteries in the area -- still looking for headstones of some of our ancestors.

~Lots of playground time, tennis with Mom, Devin and Timothy, Nintendo DS (Mom even bought her own!), hiking and swimming.

I think that about sums up our summer!

This coming week Devin and I are hoping to take our kids on some little day-trips around Newfoundland. There's so much of our province that we have not seen yet. Praying that it will be a relaxing time as we head into Fall and the new school year :-)

FABULOUS give-away.....

on Steph's blog - Where'd All My Money Go?. Don't ya just LOVE that name!? So true :-)

Check it out!

Adornit Blog Hop

Welcome to the Adornit Blog Hop. HERE is the beginning!

My project is a summer treat box. I think they'd be nice for a pre-teen birthday party :-) or for just a little "pick-me-up" for a friend.

Step 1:

Start with a 5x12 piece of patterned paper.



Step 2:

Score at 2 3/4, 5 1/2, 8 1/4 and 11. Turn and score at 2 inches. Referring to the diagram below, cut along the marked lines.

Step 3:

Fold along score lines.

Step 4:

Form into a box. Fold the smaller pieces in first for the bottom of the box.

Step 5:

Your box should now look like this......



Step 6:

Take a piece of co-ordinating strip of patterned paper 1 1/2 x 12 inches. I scalloped the edge.

Step 7:

Score at 2 3/4, 5 1/2, 8 1/4 and 11. Fold and adhere to top edge of the box.

Step 8:

Fill with a small treat or bag of candy. Embellish as desired.

Thanks for looking!

Now..... on to Michelle's blog!

more blog candy.... and a new company!

La-La Land Crafts is a new stmp company. They're offering up some sneak peeks of their product, PLUS some awesome blog candy!

blog candy at LB

Lovebug Scrapbooking has a couple of ways to win this month -- check it out on their blog!

If you're new to LB, and you place an order -- tell them I sent ya! LOL!

There's also a layout kit contest going on.

What's happening at Scrapbook Heaven??!!

There's a "Use Your Stash" challenge going on! Prize package of $25

Here's the master list of monthly challenges, with another prize donated by Shannon.

Also, DT reveals were yesterday. One kit is already sold out! Wow! Check out what the DT created.

Very busy week so far....

I have just not had time for scrapping! Hopefully that's not a sign of what's to come this summer!

Getting my oldest boy ready for camp -- he's leaving early Sunday morning for Glider Camp in Nova Scotia. He'll be gone for 6 weeks!! What will we ever do without him ;-) I'm sure he'll have fun and will certainly learn a lot!

I've also got 3 cakes to do this weekend -- have to fit them in somewhere :-)

TEN amazing things......

happening at Sisterhood of Scrap :-)

Go see!

And, just a couple of layouts about my Timothy!

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