CQC236 THANK YOU.....

Hello and happy new week!

Hope you all had a great weekend? Ours was busy....and exciting :) !!! Keep reading and you can see some pictures of my girls below....but first I need to keep you posted on this weeks COLOR Q.....

Here are this weeks CQC236 colors.....please don't forget to swing by the COLOR Q BLOG for all of this weeks entries and the inspiration samples from the Design Team....

As promised here are the newest updates on my girls....first Rebecca....as you all know my two oldest are playing Club Volleyball and Rebecca's team has done really great this season. This past weekend they had a tournament in Spartanburg, SC and they placed second in their age group......we are so proud of the entire team!

Sarah had an exciting evening Saturday night being the *Reigning Princess* of her High School Pageant....

Mimi was a good girl and enjoyed hanging out with me and all the pretty girls at the pageant :).

Thank you for stopping by and for letting me share my ideas and family!!! Hope you'll stop by again on Thursday for the Case Study Challenge.....see you then!

                                                          Hugs, ~Silke~

SUPPLY LIST:
Stamp Set: PTI - Happiness In Bloom and PTI - Women of Life (sentiment)
Ink: Tuxedo Memento Black, SU Bermuda Bay, Tangerine Tango and Peach Parfait 
Paper: White CS, left over Echo Park DP, SU Cool Caribbean CS
Others: PTI Tag Sale #10 Die, PTI - Linen Impression Folder, Ribbon, Button, Scrapper's Floss, Pearls

I'M STILL ALIVE....

Howdy Friends!

Sorry, I have been so quiet, but this head cold definitely took the wind out of me. I've been sleeping a lot and pretty much tried to take it easy.

As promised I want to share some *Home Coming* photos with you.....it was an awesome evening...we won the football game...that was definitely the icing on the cake!!!

Jerry, was such a proud daddy and enjoyed showing off Sarah! 

As you can tell Sarah had a great night and at the end of the evening, she had a chance to pose with her friend Jasmine, who actually won the Senior Home Coming! Sarah and Jasmine are also playing on the Varsity Volleyball Team together this past season and had previously played Basketball in Middle School together......this evening was somewhat bittersweet, since Jasmine is heading to college next year and their sports journey will end!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pictures....I'll be back with a new card tomorrow! See you then!!!

                                                            Hugs, ~Silke~

I'M A PROUD MOMMY...continues...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MY SWEET STAMPING FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD!!!

I hope you will have the opportunity to spend some fun times with your families!?!? I will enjoy every minute with my girls and I'm looking forward to seeing what they'll have in store for me :) !?!?

If you follow my blog, then you already know that God has blessed me with three healthy, beautiful, smart, witty,  and very confident girls...and today I'm even more proud, because I'm so excited to announce that my sweet Rebecca...I call her *Bexi* has not only won the GMA Essay Award for our 12th District in Georgia, but when we went to the the Award Luncheon this passed Tuesday she was announced the OVERALL GEORGIA GMA AWARD WINNER...YEAH!!! 

Her essay was selected out of 6715 valuable submitted essay's and my sweet Bexi took home the Grand Prize! I know she is still on cloud nine and Jerry and I are still beaming for pride!!!

Anyway, as promised I wanted to share some photo's with you from our day trip to Atlanta. The reception was held at the Turner Field also known as the Georiga Brave Stadium.....

I TOOK PHOTOS RIGHT AWAY....HERE ARE A FEW AS WE WALK UP TO THE TURNER FIELD.....

IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE EVERYTHING SO CLOSE UP AND PERSONAL

THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW RIGHT OUTSIDE THE BRAVE STADIUM OVERLOOKING THE SKYLINE OF ATLANTA 

THE BRAVE STADIUM PLAY FIELD....SO COOL AND BIG!!!

WE NEVER REALIZED HOW AWESOME THE STADIUM ACTUALLY IS...AND SINCE REBECCA LOVES TO PLAY SOFTBALL WE'LL DEFINITELY RETURN TO SEE AN ACTUAL BRAVE'S GAME SOON

REBECCA & HER DADDY

REBECCA & HER LANGUAGE ART TEACHER MRS. CINDY OLIVER, WHO WAS ALSO INVITED BY THE GMA ASSOCIATION TO JOIN THE HAPPY OCCASION

THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS THE STATE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER STACY ABRAMS

REBECCA & HER FAMILY WITH THE GMA PRESIDENT JOHN REID

REBECCA WAS ASKED TO READ HER ESSAY AFTER SHE WAS ANNOUNCED THE OVERALL GEORGIA STATE WINNER!

CAN YOU TELL  THAT REBECCA WAS EXCITED :) ?!?

REBECCA'S TROPHY,  SHE ALSO RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE STATING THAT SHE IS THE GEORGIA STATE WINNER, HER ESSAY WAS FRAMED PLUS A $500 CASH PRIZE!

THE 2013 GMA AWARD WINNERS FROM EACH  GEORGIA DISTRICT

REBECCA & WINNERS CLOSE UP

REBECCA POSING AFTER ALL THE ACTION WAS OVER :) 

YOU CAN READ REBECCA'S ESSAY FOLLOWING THE LINK TO THE BREAKING NEWS RIGHT HERE!!! 

Thank you so much for all your kind words earlier this week when I first announced our trip to the Award Luncheon. It was truly an amazing day and experience for Rebecca and of course for Jerry and me as well. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and for being such sweet and loyal stampin' friends!!! I'll be back tomorrow with a new *Shabby Tea Room* creation...see you then,

                                                                 Hugs, ~Silke~

Happy Easter!!!

Hello my sweet stampin' friends!

I don't have a card today, but wanted to share some photo collages my co-worker Bebe Seward has taken of my oldest daughter Sarah....the photos are a combination of fun, relaxed poses as well as showing off Sarah's High School Pageant *Princess* crown :) !!!

What do you think...aren't they awesome...??? I can't wait to show you Rebecca's and Miriam's photos as well...we'll take them soon :) !!!

Wishing you and your family a wonderful Easter weekend,

                                                             Hugs, ~Silke~

SOME UPDATES....

Happy weekend!

Sorry no card today, but I wanted to share some exciting news on a personal level...

My oldest daughter Sarah had her High School Pageant last weekend right before I had to leave for work out of town....she blew me away...she was so gorgeous and we are so proud to announce that she was crowned the *Princess* title (sophomore and freshmen group)!!! Not only did she win the overall title, she also was won most photogenic, the friendship and the peoples choice award!!! What a night and I'm the proudest mom :) !!!

Here are some photo's......

Sarah and Lindsay...Princess and Queen SEBHS

Sarah and her proud mommy 

Sarah and Rori Redding (her pageant coach)

Sarah and the reigning 2012 Princess

Sarah and her friends, who came out and supported her :) 

Have a fabulous weekend...I'll be back soon with a new card!!!

                                                                  Hugs, ~Silke~

Are you up for a challenge??? Play along.....

Howdy friends!

I'm back with a fun quiz & photos. The challenge is to guess *where* we went on vacation!!!  If you've travelled there before, you will probably recognize the pictures and I know you enjoyed your visit as much we did!!!

The rules are simple.....you can only guess once!  If more then one person has guessed our vacation destination correctly, then my sweet little Mimi will draw a name from that group.  If you are a friend of mine and you know my vacation destination I kindly ask you not to play...thank you! In order to qualify please leave your name and e-mail address with your comment!!!

The winner will win a Flourishes Stamp Set of their choice, along with a $20 GIFT CERTIFICATE!!! Thank you in advance for joining in the fun and good luck!!!

Here is the clue.....this location started as a small Indian village and is now one of the Top 20 BEST  PERFORMING CITIES in the US!!! Any idea yet???

You have until Monday June 25th, 2012 to play. I will close the drawing at 6 PM EST and make the announcement the next day with my Flourishes post!!! 

Again, have fun and let's see if we have some traveling people out there...!!!

                                                              Hugs,  ~Silke~

FTTC171 Thanks for the Memories....and some pictures!!!

Happy Tuesday!

Hope you all had a great weekend? Sarah's Confirmation turned out beautifully! She did a really good job leading the church sermon with our pastor. I have some pictures for you all on the bottom of this post.

We have a new Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge  ~ FTTC171 for you. Mona is our hostess this week and she has challenged us to create a *THANK YOU* card or tag.

I decided to make a *Father's Day* thank you card using the What a Catch Set. The image was inked in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with these Copic Markers ~ B000, B00, B69, YG91, R59 and Colorless Blender.

My card was also combined with this weeks Color Q ~ CQC139 and The Paper Players Sketch #97. Please make sure to swing by their blogs to see all the details.

Now it's time to check out the rest of the team ~ Cindy, Maki, Heather, Mona, Beate, Amanda and our May Guest Designer Marie Oberg.

As promised here are a few pictures from Sarah's Confirmation Day.....sorry some of the pics came out a bit blurry :(

       The Altar Flowers

                                                 

Our sweet Sarah, she looked so beautiful

 Sarah and Pastor Pechman

 Sarah helping Pastor Pechman lead the congregation responds during the service 

 Sarah and her Daddy

Sarah and her Mommy 

Sarah's YUMMY Confirmation cake.

Have a wonderful week and I'll see you soon.....

                                                                     Hugs, ~Silke~