Happiness is....Stampin' Up!

Well, I am determined to get a positive post out today. Despite the fact that it is raining and that Ev was at the doc yesterday....
Most of you know that I LOVE to scrapbook/make cards! So I thought I'd post my favorite layout. This one is of Evie a few years ago. We try to go to Jack's Creek at least once a year and this was Ev's first time there. I love the colors in this layout! All the products are of course Stampin' Up as that is what I sell!
The card is my Christmas card this year so all you family and friends act surprised when you get it in the mail:0) It also is made with Stampin' Up products...just LOVE the stamp set. Actually, it probably is my all time favorite! Check out my website to purchase products or see when I have classes. And to all my out-of-town relatives, you can still purchase from me, direct or at my website! Today is a scrapbooking kind of day so maybe I'll get busy and post some more tomorrow!
P.S. click on the scrapbook page or card for a better/closer look:0)

Happiness is...Alec!

Well, Alec is happiness but...Alec in the ER is not so much. That's right, just when we started to come down from the whole ordeal with Bec we had to rush Alec to the ER today. He was skating when he, well we think as he can't remember much, fell and cut his lip on some metal his dad had in the truck. Slit his lip right open. 13 stitches later we are home. He is in pain. Pain meds have been given and of course the poor guy is starving! So I'm going through all the soft stuff I have in the kitchen.
We have pictures so I'll post one soon. Don't look if your faint...like me:0) The funniest moment was when we called Garett, his friend he was skating with, and the first thing Alec said to him was he couldn't believe he didn't get in on film! Are you kidding me???:0)
Anyway, good thoughts and prayers are appreciated once again at this household and let's hope our next posting is a good one!

Happiness is....Becca!

Posting this is so much easier than repeating it a thousand times. I know it is much less personal but it will have to do. As most of our close family and friends know (but just in case you don't:0) Becca was diagnosed with having an SVT (rhythm problem) last week. It was scary to find out as I took her to the doctor with a pulse rate of 230! The doctor, of course, took it very seriously and called the peds cardiology office right away. We went straight down to Pres hospital were she was hooked up to machines and given an ultrasound of her heart. Thank God her heart is not enlarged and no deformities were found. They gave her meds (a beta blocker) to slow down the rate...which did its job. Monday she wore a monitor for 24 hours and today we went in to see the heart doctor (the one who would do the surgery.) They did confirm she is in the 'early stages' of WPW...Wolff Parkinson White syndrome. The good news is that we caught it before it did lasting damage to the heart. There are 4 options to control it: 2 include meds, one surgery and the other is an 'as needed.'
I went in thinking I wanted the ablation...which is the surgery or procedure that basically burns or freezes the extra pathway in the heart. I left feeling that meds may be a better choice for now. So...she'll be on meds, the atenolol, until she is older and the risk of surgery is less...and of course they (and we) will monitor her. So there you have it!
Can you believe my last post was her cheerleading competition? Incredible how life can change in only a few days! I want to thank, thank, thank all of you who have been praying for Becca. We greatly appreciate you! (Edie, Jane/Gram Faber, Grandma & Papa, the women Jane works with at the prison, Michelle...and anyone I missed-You are wonderful!)
Feel free to leave Bec a message and I'll make sure she gets to read it...It will make her happy:0)

Happiness is....First Place!

After weeks of practice, cheerfest was Sunday. AND....Becca and team won first!! We are so proud of all the girls. They worked so hard for this and it shows. They also won the technique ribbon (the hardest ribbon to win!) It's hard to tell which one is Becca but when the stunt goes up she is the one doing the 'high V' behind the little one doing the splits and high V.
Feel Free to leave a comment for her:0)