Welcome Ruby Reid

This little tiny baby was sent from God above to fill our hearts with happiness and touch our lives with love. He must have known we'd give our all and always do our best to give this precious baby love and be grateful and so blessed.

On October 16th 2008 at 6:40 in the morning our family was blessed with the addition of sweet little Ruby Reid.

She weighed in at 6 pounds 15 ounces and was 18 inches long.

And though she had a rough beginning Ruby, Mommy and Daddy are all doing fine.

Well, except for the pumpkin hat Great Aunt Cammie made her wear.

I think she is a keeper and will fit in just fine with her new extended family. I know my dad is watching out for her and when I look at that sweet little face I will always remember that he held her first.

Welcome to the world sweet little Ruby, you may only be two days old but everyone already loves you and can't wait to watch you grow. You mommy and daddy did a good job and we are greatful you chose us.

It's a girl

This is just a super quick post cause I am at work, but I wanted to let my blog groupies know that my sweet little Great Niece Ruby Reid was born this morning via an emergency c-section. She weighed 6 lbs 15 oz and was 18 inches long. I will post more pictures and more information later, but for now her is one of her very 1st photos courtesy of Kacey's cell phone. Kacey and Kim are doing well as is the baby.
The new grandma is over the moon!

Happy Birthday!

On Saturday the 11th we gathered at my mom's for chili and cake to celebrate her birthday.

Kollette made this really good cake.

I think those are tears of joy.
Eeyore is her favorite
I thought that a few reasons as to why I love my mom. I have seen it on other blogs where the post as many reasons as the age of the person and I know I could come up with 64 reasons but that would be more like novel. So I have added 6 and 4 together to get 10 and will post the top 10 reason why I love my mom.
1. She has generously donated the use of car to me for several weeks this summer while my car has been in the shop.
2. She is my best friend.
3. She always supports the decisions I make (even if she thinks there wrong).
4. She put up with me through my teenage years.
5. She is always there for me when I need someone to talk to.
6. She taught me many lessons while growing up that have made me the person I am today.
7. She allowed me to make my own mistakes and was there to dry my tears when I made them
8. She makes the best french toast.
9. She can tell over the phone that I'm upset about something, even when I think I'm hiding it.
10. She taught me to love books.

My mom I truly hope that you had a Happy Birthday. I love you and you mean the world to me.

Win a free handbag

Hey guys! This new website, www.handbagplanet.com is giving away 24 handbags in 24 hours. You can choose between 24 different bags and they are ALL cute.It's really easy to enter and it took me 2 seconds. Not hard at all.Contest ends Oct 15, so do it now!

Drummer Boy

Last Saturday my mom, Kollette and I braved wind, rain and almost freezing temperatures to watch Gage and the Uintah High Marching band participate in the Nebo Review Marching Band Competition. It was held at Payson High on the Football Field. They did a good job but sadly they took 8th out of 8 bands in their category. I got a few pictures, most did not turn out too well because it was raining so hard.

Here they are getting ready to go out on the field. We tried really hard to get Gage to smile but it was a no go.

In this pictures you can see that he is much taller than his band mates.
Still trying to get ready to go out on the field. You can see my mom and Kollette going to the gate to get in. They are the two in the blue coats.
You can see the water building up on his drums. At one point he was using his hand to drum with and the water was splashing everywhere.
I felt sorry for the flag girls cause it was so cold and rainy and they were dancing in tank tops. BRR..
I got a small movie as well.

Despite the fact it was so cold I enjoyed watching him perform. Good job

Gage!

Happy World Card Making Day!

For those who don't know me well.... card making is my all time favorite hobby. So much so that once I get started I have been know to lose focus on everything else around me. Luckily I have a very understanding husband who supports what I do. So I excited to wake up and find that today is World card making day. It is a holiday especially for card makers around the world to:
Celebrate the creativity of handmade cards and the personal connection that they create between friends and family, and to kick off (and get a head start on) the holiday card-making season. This day comes the 1st Saturday in October every year kicking off the holiday card-making season, the most popular time for creating and sharing handmade greetings. This day is celebrated by the card-making community worldwide, including hobbyists, beginning card makers, manufacturers of card-making products, retail sellers of products, educators, and press. World card making day is a day to connect with fellow card makers both near and far, to applaud the creativity that powers the craft, and to provide an opportunity for card makers to connect and find resources that will empower, inspire, and encourage them in their card making. For those of you who frequent my blog and maybe fellow card makers as well you can go to this site http://www.worldcardmakingday.com/ to learn more about World card making day and activities that you can participate in to help celebrate. Or if you need inspiration you can click on this link http://www.worldcardmakingday.com/share/.

Once upon a time a made cards for every Holiday and sent them out to family and friends. This year has been a little weird and I am lucky if I can get a Birthday card out in time. I am going to spend the day making my holidays cards but thought I would also share with you some of the cards I have recently made. You can view them on line here: http://picasaweb.google.com/happyhugger/Cards?authkey=FSEpRuXmgxo#

Happy 18th Birthday Gage

I have been working on this post for a few days and had plans to post it right on Gage's Birthday however that day has came and went. Gage turned 18 on October 1st. He has turned into quite the young man and we are glad he is a part of our family. We love you Gage and hope you had a Happy Birthday!

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