BIG SHOT HAS ARRIVED!!!!!

I've been tracking my order since Tuesday morning and WOO HOO...my Big Shot has arrived. Can you say LOVE IT!?!?!?!?! I have played with it all night. Forget about all of the new stamp sets and punches I received. It's all about the Big Shot. Alyssa even got the Big Shot fever. We made little envelopes with the Stampin' Up! exclusive Scallop envelope template. Right before she was getting ready for bed she lost yet another tooth. "What are we going to put it in?" she asked...well DUH...how about one of those Scallop envelopes we just made. I'm sure the tooth fairy was be very excited to get a designer series paper envelope with Alyssa's tooth in it. Maybe I should have put a recruit brochure under her pillow....you never know. HEHE...

1st Day of School

Today was Alyssa's 1st day of school. It's hard to believe the summer is over. She was really excited and has been asking for a few days how long until school starts? I'm sure she'll have a great year. Michael even got up to see her off. He doesn't start school until next week. I received an email from her teacher today telling me what a doll she is. I'm looking forward to getting the phone calls from the principal telling me what a good student and citizen she is.

On A Personal Note....

Today was a day filled with lots of emotion. I did my best not to let it show. My oldest, Michael, made the decision to join the US Navy. He will complete his senior year of high school under the delayed entry program. He is scheduled to head to basic training in July of 2009. He will spend 8 weeks at basic training and then head to his A school for 14 weeks where he'll train to be a Navy Corpsman. Upon completion of his A school he can opt to do C school where he will train to be a Navy Corpsman for the Marines & Navy Seals. Mike's ultimate goal is to become one of the elite Navy Seals. I am very proud of my son. Many have asked me how I feel about his decision and my response is this is all in God's hands. He is in control and I will continue to pray for my son but add to my prayers for God to keep him safe and if/when he is deployed to protect him and bring him home safely. I am the proud Mother of a Navy Seaman.



On a side note, Alyssa is so proud of her big brother. She spent the afternoon decorating a cake for her brother. It's kinda hard to see in the picture, but she wrote NAVY in the center of the cake and put an eagle on top of it. She sprinked all kinds of red, white & blue sprinkles on top of the word Navy and the put in a couple of streamers. I don't think the fully understands what Mike joining the Navy means, but what she does know is that she loves him and is very proud of him.