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Happy Almost Friday, Friends. Friends. What a great word. I can't tell you how blessed I feel when I think of my family & friends. I love all of them, but today I'm feeling particularly grateful for my military friends. They just get it, ya know?!? They get it & they don't judge you. Like today, one of my dear neighbors found me in my garage in tears and she hugged me and sat right down. I love that. They just know what you're going through and are always there to lend an ear. Or a husband. Shortly after, I answered my door to find more friends one of them with hubby in tow to loosen some bolts on my washer so I could take it apart yet AGAIN. Yet another reason I love living on base, I know there's always a hubby around when mine is not to lend a hand or a backdoor open to get some laundry done when my own washer is on the fritz. There's just something about the military lifestyle that just breeds this inner fire and independence in us. It's not an easy life, but it does have its moments.

Switching gears, the big boys both won their games on Saturday in the wet and muddy rain. So, much fun!! Love these pictures of the Bubba making the game ending tackle on 4th down to stop the Steelers from pulling ahead. Now THAT is what a lineman should look like!!!

Yep, that's him in the pile o mud being helped up...

love...

And here's my sweet baby running that ball...

Here's a sneaky of my project for Crop Suey's October challenge...

Did this one for another amazing challenge on Mojo Monday at Creative Soup. Wanna join the fun? They are doing a DT call!! I highly recommend it.

Enjoy your weekend. And enjoy your family & friends, too!

Welcome to the Creative Soup Blog Hop, Crop, & Challenge!!

Welcome to the Creative Soup "Fun in the Sun" Crop and Blog Hop. We all decided to get together and have a blog hop with a fun twist! Each member will contribute a part of a recipe to make a layout. Go around to each of the blogs in the hop, and you'll have all the instructions for a great challenge! Put at least 6 of the recipe elements on a layout/project, and link it back to the challenge thread here.

My recipe element is lining things up on your layout. Take a look at Kim 's layout above, for a great example of this. This layout is from the 02.28 Mojo Monday.

Here is the list of participants in the hop and links to their blogs; up next is MARA.

And if you happen to get lost, remember you can always go back to the original challenge thread!

Tina: http://adogslife-thirteen.blogspot.com/

Jenifer: http://heldscraptive.blogspot.com/

Kim: http://randomsnippetsofasupermomintraining.blogspot.com/

Marsha: http://www.ordinarymoments-marsha.blogspot.com/

Katie: http://scissorsspatulasandsneakers.blogspot.com/

Dayna : http://daynahoward.typepad.com/blog

Jenny: http://www.scrappinjen-partyoffive.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE.

Mara: http://studiolorange.blogspot.com/

The challenge is due 8/27 at midnight. Don't forget to check out the forum for a complete set of challenges from all fo us for the Crop. These challenges are due at the same time as well. Hope YOU win the prize!!

The Home Stretch

Just a real quick post to make sure you don't miss out on the fun starting tomorrow at Creative Soup. We're putting on a week-long crop. The challenges go up tomorrow and you have an ENTIRE week to complete them. The challenges look like soo much fun!

Catching up with the brood & I. This one is soo in love, he'll wear a Hello Kitty hat without even batting an eye.

He does this 5 nights a week... Thank goodness the days are starting to cool off. Cool off means temps NOT in the 100's. Woohoo!!

This one roams the fields and grows up before. my. eyes. gulp.

gasp.

Where's Daddy's gun?

Still in love with Studio Calico kits...

Be back tomorrow in between football scrimmages and party preparations to post my part of the Creative Soup Blog Hop!

Summertime Freedom

Enjoyed a little, no, a really BIG party thrown for the residents of our housing area last week. They don't do anything small around here. The event was catered with some spectacular bbq & all the fixins, and there were a ton of fun activities for the kids to participate in while the moms and dads visited with each other. There were carciature artists, 2 water acivities (good thing, it was SO hot), sand pail decorating, and cornhole. So much fun...

Oh did all the Big Boys have fun with this one...

This sort of reverse dunk tank was a riot!!

Loved this week's Monday Mojo at Creative Soup...

HAD to grab up some of BG's mid-release: Out of Print...

Yea, yea yea. I know I still need to journal this, but you know sometimes you just gotta be in that mood, ya know?!?

The Busiest Bestest Exhaustiest One Yet

Seriously?!? I just checked the calendar and we're only on WEEK FOUR?!? Yikes. Super De Duper Summer Spectacular is only 22 days in the can?!? Now don't get me wrong. You know I love living here, I mean everything is within like 5 minutes/5 miles. Every cool free or next to free kid activity is right here with my name on it. But, we only just started week 4? I'm pooped. My dogs are barking like when I was waiting tables 85 hours/week.

But, man it is soo worth it. The kids are literally having the time of their lives. If they're not out running the neighborhood (like we did when we were kids), they're hanging with all of their new friends, or we're off partaking in some fun movie premiere/reading program/bowling game.... you get the picture. Last week was a big one, so I will spare you and split the post. So ya know you gotta check back for the post with the twins Big Day!

Up first, more instagram love... New digs for the girls' bathroom and Miss Julia's bed. Wonder where the girls get their love of pink?

For The Fourth on the third we had a little alley barbeque with three other families. So, much fun...

Not great pictures, because there's no slowing down the Fun Train . Oh well, I see their smiles and that's ALL that matters.

This week's 20 Buck or less fun was Shrek Forever After complete with popcorn and soda for 6. Totally underestimated this one. It was great. The crew is really looking forward to the next installment.

More Studio Calico June goodness with a TON of stash thrown in. Consider this kit killed.

This last one is for this week's Creative Soup's Mojo Monday. You really have to come play along.

Be back with the Twinnies Birthday Fun soon.