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I think I got a day behind while I was sick last week so here's another picture from today to get us back to day 27th!

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Day 8

Project 365 has been interrupted by a problem with uploading an imagine-I have it ready but it keeps giving me an error.  I'll guess I'll try again later!

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getting caught up with Project 365

Now I'm caught up!

Day 5:

Day 4:

Well I missed taking a picture on the 1st-must have been too busy unpacking, doing laundry, grocery shopping etc.-oops!

Project 365 starts...

Day 2:

I decided to start my Project 365 on Dec. 30th:

Happy New Year!

I can not believe it's 2009 and I haven't posted here on my blog since August!  So I am recommitting to being a better blogger and to help myself I am going to commit to Project 365.  You can see all the details at Becky Higgins blog-but basically the idea is to take a picture a day and journal a little bit about it to document a year in your life!  Now the Kit of the Month at Creating Keepsakes went along with this and looks amazing-it went on sale on Jan 1st unfortunately they sold out in a very short time and had trouble with their server, international orders, etc. which is pretty sad seeing how big a company they are and offering the kit as a pre-order could have helped the situation!  They are supposedly working on getting more but I've decided instead to go ahead and take my pictures and post them here and hopefully I'll keep up with it!  So here goes......

Win a Camera strap!

Check out these super cute camera straps from "Cotton Candy by Natalie"

Aren't they just adorable? You can check out her blog: www.cottoncandybynatalie.etsy.com for more details!!! I must have one!

Good Luck!!

Kaboom Town & more.....

For the 2nd year we headed down to Addison for their "Kaboom Town" on July 3rd-this year though we stayed at the Holiday Inn right next to the park instead of 2 blocks away! This was the best as we were only a few minutes away from the action and close enough to go back to our room to cool off, etc. This year the weather was better and I think gas prices kept a lot of people from traveling and the result was that the place was packed!

Here's Natalia getting ready to head over to the park:





















The first thing she wanted to do once we got there was the Batman bounce house and even though the line was really long she waited patiently:

Then she decided she wanted to wait in line for an airbrush tattoo:

But then after walking around and looking at the military vehicles on display, the war planes flying overhead and some italian ice cream she decided she was tired so we walked back to our hotel room to cool off and rest. Then when it was time for the fireworks we went out to the parking lot and watched from the back of the Tahoe:

The finale was amazing-Natalia kept saying it was her favorite-it was even more amazing to be able to lock up the Tahoe and walk a few feet to the back door of our hotel and be in our room a few minutes later!!!! We'll be making our reservations for next year as soon as they let us!

The next morning we woke up, got dressed, had some breakfast and headed home-we however took a slight detour to the Frisco mall so Natalia could get her ears pierced!!! She's been pretending to put on her pretend earrings for a few days and so we asked her if she wanted to get her ears pierced and she said "yes!" so we headed to Libby Lu-we've been there so much this past week with her birthday party and going back to spend some of her birthday $$$ that they know her by name!!!!

She was so excited:




















But then they started to mark her ears and she wasn't so sure:

The girls were so patient with her-everytime they got close to her with the "guns" she'd freak out and after many attempts and lots of tears and asking if she really wanted to do it or not and changing from daddy's lap to mommy's lap she had a brave moment and let them get the "guns" in place AND stayed still:

And it was done! No tears-she just said "ouch!" and that was it!!!

They painted her finger nails for being such a big girl and that of course made everything so much better and the little multi-colored flower earrings she picked are so cute!!!!
We hope everyone had a very Happy 4th of July and please keep our service men and women in your prayers as they continue to keep America the home of the free!!!!