Well, today is the first day of school. The kids could barly get out of bed since they are still on their summer schedule of staying up late and sleeping in. I am sure they will be tired tonight and hopefully **crossing finges** that they will get to bed at a much more reasonable time. The bus came to pick them up at 6:27 am and by 6:35 am Logan had called me to see if I could bring his trumpet to school. I'm thinking of implementing a fee to charge the kids if they need me to bring something to school. Anyone have any good ideas for that?? Elinor will go to Kindergarten testing this afternoon at 2:30 pm and then her first day will be Friday! Hopefully I'll have some pictures to post of that event too!!! I'm having fun playing on Photobucket with my pictures and hopefully I'll figure out how to do more than just post slideshows!!!

Shaun's 37th Birthday

Today was a fun, fun, ending to a fun, fun weekend!!! Aubrey had to pick up her "college" books at Miami Hamilton Campus, Elinor had "Meet the Teacher" night, and we topped the day off with a birthday celebration for Shaun. We served iced brownies with ice cream and toppings!!! YUM YUM!! Here are a few pictures from the evening.

Courage

Tonight I'm posting as a result of reading a new blog that I found very inspiring...... (in)courage.me . When I thought of writing a post on courage, the lyrics for the song "Where does my help come from" came to my mind. When I'm in need of some courage,this song often comes to my mind.


I lift up my eyes to the hills
Where does my help come from
My help comes from the Lord
Maker of Heaven and earth
O Maker of Heaven and earth

Your foot shall never be moved
You'll never stumble
Or slip no never
He who watches Israel
He never slumbers or sleeps
No He never slumbers or sleeps
The Lord will keep you from harm
He watches over your soul
He will watch you come and go

Now and forevermore forever
Now and forevermore

Maker of Heaven and earth
Maker of Heaven and earth

My newest creation....

Here is a small papercraft item that I finished this evening. I got the template for the box online but I don't remember where...yikes...I'm going to get better at that. I'm planning on making a small item for each employee birthday and we have a birthday in the office tomorrow.

My CTMH ~ Close To My Heart Business

Hello,

It's been a while since my last post and I've been busy with work and family activities. I wanted to post a little bit about my CTMH ~ Close To My Heart business. I signed up as a CTMH consultant back in 2001 as a way to support my scrapbooking/card making hobby. At the beginning of this year, I committed to turning my hobby into a "real" business and I'm finally up and going. Check out my website at www.kaylarussell.myctmh.com . I will be adding and updating the artwork section soon. The good news....I CAN now accept CREDIT CARDS!!! So be sure to check out the shopping tab https://kaylarussell.myctmh.com/Retail/RetailLanding.aspx?PageId=184 and place an order to get started on your projects. I plan on hosting a montly workshop so check back on my calendar soon!!

Last weekend, my Aunt Nancy was kind enough to host a workshop. She was fortunate enough to get over $40 in free product!!! So if you would like to host a workshop in your home or mine just send me a quick email and we will get it scheduled.