This is on my holiday wish list

The fabulous Lain Ehmann has compiled her witty scrapbooking essays into a great little book. She's a great writer and she will have you laughing and saying, "That's totally true and I do that too!" You can preorder the book and also check out some exerpts. I'm telling you that this is a must-read for any scrapbooker.

I just adore Lain. She's exceptionally creative and she's very generous. She posts projects and shares step by step instructions. She fields scrapbooking questions. She podcasts. She makes scrapbooking fun. Let go of the guilt of being "behind" and scrap because you love it! And laugh at the things we scrapbookers do. Get yourself a copy of Snippets!

Truth be told -- it doesn't need to be on my wish list because I preordered it!

Swimming lessons, cute outfits, Cub Scouts and Veterans Day

Saturday mornings this November, my son has swimming lessons, so here's a fun picture of the kids together before his lesson on November 8. We went to lessons and then to Sam's Club to pick up necessities like diapers and to get supersized snacks for hospitality at church on Sunday. The 2-bite brownie are so good!

Sunday we hosted hospitality at church and I worked in the nursery during the service. Our church has really grown this year, which is great. However, I needed to get one more package of brownie bites. I'll know for next time. After church, we went to my aunt and uncle's house. My brother was in from Ohio,my aunt and uncle from Chicago, and my cousin was here from California. It was fun to hang out with family. My daughter looked super cute for church and the family get together in this outfit I got from JC Penny's.

I took Monday off to do a little Christmas shopping with my friend. We had lunch and did some shopping. It was fun. After school we did some quick homework and then headed to my daughter's gymnastics class. We had dinner as a family at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants. After that, my son and I went to his Cub Scout Pack meeting. It was a crazy meeting that included the ceremony for his Bobcat badge. When we got home, I took some pictures of us with the paint on our faces.

And finally, Tuesday was Veteran's Day. My son insisted on wearing camo even though the tops and the bottoms didn't match. They had a program at school. Since it was yuck outside and we had been running around like crazy people since Saturday, we relaxed at home. My son enjoyed lounging and playing Playstation 2 FIFA 2009.

I've been tagged

I've been tagged by Heather and I'm really surprised because I only thought a few family members looked at this blog. Here's 7 random things about me:

1. I waited 2 hours to vote this morning. I read part of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle while I was waiting.
2. I have a mini van and I absolutely love it. Seriously.
3. I have a crush on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
4. When I brush my teeth, I wet the brush first. Then I put the toothpaste on. Then I have to wet the brush and toothpaste again. Weird, but it's how I do it.
5. I was crushed on Saturday when I found out my favorite LSS is closing. And it's the only one left in my area. All the rest are chains. I almost cried.
6. I like Diet Coke a lot. Not Diet Pepsi. Diet Coke.
7. Gone with the Wind used to be my favorite book. Thanks to the ScrapHappy Book Club, I read Water for Elephants. Now it's my favorite.