Princess In Need of a King - PINK

Saturday I spent the afternoon with one of my bestest friend Janna.  She invited me to attend a PINK luncheon at her church.  I wasn't sure what to expect and WOW...when we walked in I was very impressed.  Everything was decorated in pink girly decor.  I wasn't sure what this luncheon was all about, but when I left I definitely understood.  PINK stands for Princess In Need of a King.  We are all princesses...no matter what...we are God's princesses and He loves us for who we are.  They showed videos of PINKing people.  It was like publisher's clearing house with pink balloons and a gift bag.  To see the reactions of the different ladies on the video being PINKed definitely gave me the warm fuzzy feeling inside.  I'm so glad I went and am looking forward to going again with Janna in August.

Alyssa's Stamping Itch

Alyssa was pretty bored tonight and really wanted to stamp.  She spent the night with one of her bestest friends on Saturday night and I told her it would be appropriate to send her girlfriend a thank you card.  She picked up my Stampin' Up! catalog and started thumbing through it.  She loves the Just Jawing stamp set and loves the sample card that's in the catalog.  So off to the stamping studio we went.  I cut the circles with my new circle cutter and Alyssa did everything else.  Only 11 more years until I can sign her up to be a demonstrator...woo hoo. 

She wanted to keep stamping so I pulled out one of my old make & take kits and she made her own versions of my owl card.  I showed her how to use the blender pen and coloring in the owls kept her busy for a while.

My Weekend

What an awesome weekend I've had.  

Friday night stamping with my sister from different parents Janna.  Saturday morning started out with cleaning out the garage and helping Alyssa with a lemonade stand.

Alyssa was so funny.  Initially when she wanted to do the lemonade stand I told her no because I didn't want her to be disappointed when no one purchased any lemonade from her.  So I suggested that we make up some lemonade and take a glass to our neighbors who were working so hard in their yards.  It was very warm and they were very thankful for the glass of lemonade.  Janna showed up and Alyssa told her about how she really wanted to do a lemonade stand and Janna told Alyssa what a great idea it was.  ARG...so a lemonade stand we set up.  A young man walked up to Alyssa's table and wanted to purchase 2 glasses o lemonade.  Alyssa was about to do cartwheels as she actually had a customer...and he was only suppose to pay $1...but put $10 in her box.  She ended up selling 2 pitchers of lemonade.  She kept yelling out "Lemonade...Sugar Free Lemonade....Made With Fresh Lemons"  I yelled out to her that our lemonade was not made with "Fresh Lemons".  It was definitely a day to remember.

In the late afternoon I made  a trip to Basket Market, and dinner at Outback with my SIL Susan and friend Janna.  Today we went to church and when we got home had some great nap time.  Before dinner I asked my DH Charlie to put up my towel rods for my punch storage I'd gotten from Ikea.  I had been asking for several weeks and Charlie didn't really want to put them up because of the holes that would have to be put in the wall.  He finally gave in today and together we hung five  39 1/2" rods.  WOW...how good it looks.  All of my punches fit with extra room for future punches Stampin' Up! comes out with.  Can't wait to finish the organization of my stamp studio.  Next organizational project...card stock & DSP storage.

Jaron's Color Challenge

I'm so excited that Jaron has issued a color challenge.  My good friend Janna (my sister from different parents) was over last night and we pulled out some Soft Sky, Old Olive, & Taken with Teal.  I wasn't so sure about this combo, but once I pulled the card stock and laid it out WOW...how pretty.  So we stared stamping away and here's what we came up with.

Pam's Cards

Janna's Cards

Thanks Jaron for the challenge.  It's been FOREVER since I stamped just for the sake of stamping.  

Sample Pictures As Promised

As promised here are the pictures of the projects we made last night.  Two of them I CASED from my dear friend Lisa Freeman's blog, one I CASED from Splitcoast and two I came up with on my own.  

Downline Meeting

I want to thank all of my downline that was able to make it to my meeting tonight.  Due to life, I've not been able to have my monthly team meetings.  I've missed seeing all of my friends/downline.  I decided that tonight we were going to really play with the Big Shot.  I've been so busy that I've not really had the time to play and my Big Shot had been pouting...hehe.  We made 4 cards and a match box.  The ladies LOVED everything we made.  My camera battery is totally DEAD so i can't take any pictures of the projects, but I will charge it up tonight and try to take some pics tomorrow so you can see what all we made.

I want to thank Linda, "Queen Bee" Becky, Kelly W., Kathy, & Janna for coming to stamp with me tonight.  For those of you that had planned to come and something came up just know I MISSED YOU!!! 

We are not going to meet in May because there is just no way I can pull it off.  We will meet back up in June and back by popular demand...SHOE BOX SWAPS!!!!  Watch for more info on my June Team meeting next month.  If you're not part of my Stampin' Up! team and are interested in learning more about the wonderful Stampin' Up! opportunity think about attending my June meeting and learn more about being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.

Chesapeake Energy Father Daughter Ball

Last night Alyssa and Charlie attended the Chesapeake Energy Father Daughter Ball.  I left the office a few hours early to take Alyssa to the salon to get her hair done and a quick manicure.  WOW....she looked radiantly beautiful.  She and her Daddy enjoyed a dinner together in the Chesapeake restaurant, The WildCat, that consisted of chicken nuggets and mac & cheese.  They know what those kiddos like to eat...hehe.  After dinner she went on a carriage ride with her Daddy, Uncle Dave, and cousins Breezy & Bailey.  Uncle Dave works at Chesapeake in the Operations department while I work in the IT department.  After their carriage ride they headed to the dance.  Alyssa and her Daddy practiced dancing for two nights before the ball and had fun cutting a new rug together.  Alyssa wore a beautiful Red dress with white polkadots.  What a great thing Chesapeake does for our families by offering these kind of special events.  Aubrey McClendon, CEO & co-founder of Chesapeake and his wife stopped by to check out the girls & their Daddies.  I know Alyssa will always remember her special evening with her Daddy.