Countdown to the New Year

Ahh the Christmas hustle and bustle is finally over. And I am grateful for that. I have been enjoying time to scrap. Tallyscrapper has been having a AWESOME cyber crop for the new year. Lots of fabulous challenges and prizes.. Everyone should check it out. The link is too the right :)

Here is some of the creations I have made since the crop started (Also check out my attempt for my blog header, dont worry I am going to make something better. But you have to start somewhere Right???) :

Merry Christmas

From My family to your's. We hope you had a blessed day :)

Winners

OMGOSH Thank you soo much for the turn out for this RAK. And since I am in the giving mood ;) I let my daughter choose 2 RAKS..... We all know you want to know who won so here we go......





Shake Shake Shake--
Drawing Winner1--



Drawing winner 2--Congrats winners- :)

Countdown to Christmas with a time to reflect

I have totally neglected this blog, sorry. ;) Between spending 2 weeks in FL, then dealing with some health issues with my daughter, I have been a little busy. Oh yea and it is Christmastime to boot. As we get closer to Christmas, the more excited I get. This is the first year we are spending Christmas here in NC and the first year that we arent traveling home to be with family. My aunt went to FL last weekend (she lives down the road from me) and brought back tons of presents from my mom and my husbands grandparents. I totally want to tear into the presents NOW, but alas I am going to be patient and wait. On the other hand after the "tear into the presents excitement" left, I was feeling a little bluesy. I miss my mom terribly and it's all I can do to not jump into the car and drive to FL. Then I realize this is a great Family time for me and my little family. Michael may be deployed next year we just dont know. We only have 8 months of recruiting left and truth be told I am a little scared of whats to come. It's weird I was really upset and hated recruiting life in the begining. I honestly didnt know how we were going to handle the "recruiters lifestyle", but now 2.5 years later we are in a groove with everyday life and changing that literally scares me. Yes the hours suck and my husband is always stressed out, but atleast he is home most of the time. I look back and I should have been more grateful for the time we got to spend together and not bitter for the time we didnt.

Ok so let me get off that soapbox and onto some fun.... In honor of Christmas I would like to give out a little RAK. So if you leave a comment, I will draw a name on Saturday December 22nd.

And you know I cant leave a blog post without photos- here are some recent ones :)

And since this is supposed to be a scrap blog here is some scrappy work :)


Merry Christmas Everyone :) Have a wonderful Day, Amanda