I’m in California for the Craft & Hobby Association Trade Show and since it’s right across the street from Disneyland… guess who I brought with me? The whole family!! We’re so excited to be here.

Instead of having a party for my son’s 9th birthday, I surprised him with Disneyland tickets. We’ll be celebrating his big day in style. It’s my kid’s first trip to a Disney park! FUN!

Birthday Surprise

I found some cool vintage Disney tickets online and edited them to say “We’re taking you to Disneyland!” I then wrapped them inside one of my very own lunch boxes from when I was a kid.

I told my son it was a VERY SPECIAL gift. His face was hilarious when he opened it to see an old rusty lunch box and said “What’s so special about this??” LOL!

After reading the ticket, he jumped for joy and so did his little sister. It was awesome!!

I have this old lunch box displayed on my office shelves, but forgot about the funny stickers!

Oh yes, I LOVED Charlie’s Angels! Mork & Mindy was the BEST too! I even had rainbow suspenders with a big plastic pointy hand attached… and wore them!

Okay, so if you don’t know WHY I would wear rainbow suspenders, then I’m probably old enough to be your mother. So don’t ask why. ha!

So no big party this year for my son! Maybe I’ll do something fun for him this summer if he’s good.

I’ll make these Disney Tickets available as a free printable when I get back home. For now, I’m going to enjoy some family time and lunch with Ariel, Belle, Cinderella, Jasmine, Snow White and Arora!!

Have a great weekend. -Amy

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This week at  I Heart Faces, our photo challenge is books. The assignment is to include some sort of book in your photo.

I love to read and since I got my Nook Color, I am reading even more than ever. I thought of doing a serious photo of me reading to my daughter, or her standing next to a big giant pile of books… but I had to be silly! My daughter and I are much better at that than being serious.

One book that I’m always reading a chapter here and a chapter there, is Have a New Kid by Friday. What more appropriate for a photo with my daughter! It would have been much funnier if you could tell what I’m reading. Unfortunately, my husband loathes book jacket covers and as soon as he gets his hands on a book cover, he throws it away. So imagine the cover of the book saying “Have a New Kid by Friday!” Thanks:-)

This week should be fun over at I Heart Faces! I hope you’ll join us by submitting a photo on Monday and Tuesday.

If you’re new here, I Heart Faces is a great photography website with weekly photo challenges, photography tips and tutorials for all levels of photographers and moms with cameras. We have a fun community. If you’re interested in photography and want to learn more about taking great photos, please come and join us!

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I can’t believe it’s already Christmas! We’ll be enjoying this weekend and reflecting on our many blessings.

To all of my friends, family, awesome blog readers and customers…. I hope you have a wonderful Holiday. I’m so blessed to have you all in my life!!

xoxox – Amy

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. – John 3:16

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I recently got invited by the people at Medieval Times to join them for their new show in Dallas. If you’ve never been to one of these tournaments and dinner, you should go soon. I love doing fun family events, and this is definitely one of them!

When you show up, you get a crown and flag with your team’s colors. We were rooting for the Blue Knight!

It’s also a ton of fun for parents. I got to hang out with my friend Shauna while we waited for our daughter’s to get their faces painted. A must for all little girls right?

They were on the yellow team. Our arch enemies!

When the show begins, you are fascinated by the pretty horses and costumes.

To tell you the truth, I was more fascinated by my kid’s reactions, plus the crazy amounts of food they kept putting on my plate! Yum.

After the show, I asked them if they had a good time? I think this photo sums it up…

Check out Medieval Time’s new show & upgraded menu on November 18th – the first new show since 2007!

Medieval times gave my family and I free tickets to the show. All opinions and photos are my own. Thanks for the good times Medieval Times!

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Our photo challenge this week at I Heart Faces is “Raise Your Hands”. We’re having a special challenge this week where you can enter a photo without a face, it just has to include hands.

I love my daughter’s little hands. This photo was taken while she was crafting with me. We’ll show you what we made soon. I love the colors of this photo and it reminds me of that fun afternoon we spent together.

Join the fun and enter your favorite photo of hands on Monday or Tuesday.

Watch our new episode on My Craft Channel this week where we give you simple tips on finding great light in your photos!

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