Some Crafty Things!

Well, happy late Monday evening!  I haven't had anytime to blog since Friday!  In fact I'm squeezing this in while still sitting around in my workout clothes from this morning!

Last week Lorie over at Be Different Act Normal had these really cute ribbon votive on her blog.  I thought they would make great mom Christmas gifts for the Girls in my Troop to make.  

Kate is my test kid for every project we do in Girl Scouts.  So this weekend we tested out the ribbon votive. Not too hard, but after Kate finished the two sample votive I realized it would be too hard to do as a Troop.  

I have to say, considering a 9 year old made these (with some mom help), they turned out really well......especially when you view them from far away.  We might just make some more!

The next crafty thing is not my creation, but that of 

the Ultimate soccer mom on Kate's team!  The picture does not do this fun cake justice.  The cake is a soccer field and Shannon cut out action shots of all the girls, mounted them on card stock, then suck them on Popsicle sticks.  She even included the team banner and coaches.  I just thought it was so darn cute!

Here are my soccer mom friends from Kate's team.  This was a few margarita's into the team party!  That's me in the middle, the one that looks like the jolly pink giant!  

Thanks for stopping by!  ~Michelle

3 Goals = 1 Horse

Ever since we got back from our summer vacation at Greenhorn Creek Guest Ranch Reid has been begging us to buy her a horse.  So using an old joke from last season (her teammate was going to get a turtle if she scored 3 goals in one game) we told Reid that if she scored 3 goals in one game that we would buy her a horse.  Now before you think we are totally crazy know that if we were telling her this in an email the statement would have been followed with a hearty LOL!

Well, much to our horror (and delight) she scored two goals in the first half.  If it wasn't for her coach putting her in as goalie the second half of the game we may have been faced with an almost 13 year old wondering when her new horse would be arriving.  :)

Soccer Mom!

Soccer season has started and we have both girls suiting up this time around.  Their first games were on Saturday and both teams played well. I'm looking forward to relaxed afternoons sitting under my umbrella in my soccer chair cheering for the girls teams and chatting with the other moms! Stay tuned for action shots!