Mutton Bustin' Picture and just BRILLIANT!

First here is a picture of my guys in the pool at my brother's house. This was a swim at about hmm 8 a.m. Yes we jump in the water early here in arizona. My son was anxious and excited to get in the pool. My hubby and brother did lots of throwing the kids around and playing. It was a ton of fun.

And here is the Mutton Busting picture. This was a very quick ride with lots of grandparents in the stands cheering him on. As well as many friends. In the back of the chute on the left is my hubby in the blue shirt and a friend of ours who rides bulls in the black hat. It was a lot of fun and a great time. Next year we hope to stay the weekend. I was glad the photographer for the event got the picture because everyone elses picture was of my kiddo on the ground lookin' to the heavens above. The photographer was a super nice guy and you could tell he really liked what he did which made it even more fun. Originally they were gonna crop the picture so it was just my son, but I told them to back it out so we could see Dad and also get a perspective on how little he is in the picture. And yes this one is going in the scrapbook! Lots of fun.

Correction: Got a nice little email from my Mom today. She wanted to clarify that she did go to parent teacher conferences when I was young. There came a point when I told her she didn't need to go anymore and she agreed with me. And this was because I was a BRILLIANT child. Just BRILLIANT. hahahaa.. You didn't know you were reading a brilliant persons blog, but you are reading a blog who had involved parents on many levels. I must have not been the trouble child because I still don't remember those conferences. And that whole Brilliant thing is me being dramatic, but if you want to agree with it. I'll let ya'

And on that note my BRILLIANT arm is broken from patting myself on the back. So have a wonderful weekend. Don't forget to participate in the challenge which is due by next Wednesday in my forum. A Halloween themed project made with any of my files!! We already have an entry posted yeah!!!!

Enjoy!

Chris

Chris Durnan, designer at www.visualdesignsbychris.com
GSD KNK WPC AI SCUT files for your personal digital cutters for use with scrapbooking, cardmaking and other hobbies. Whatever your creative mind can come up with!

My files work on many machines. Some of them are: Klik-n-kut, Pazzle, Wishblade, Silhouette, Cricut, Craft Robo. Some of the software involved with these machines are: Funtime, Scrapbooking, WinPC/Signlab, Inkscape, Create & Cut, Illustrator, KNK Studio, Robomaster, DesignMaster and the list goes on..... Enjoy!

And our cutter file "freebies" are kept in the forum. We add to them as we can.

This weeks Challenge.... and on to life

Hey Guys. It is Thursday and man it was a quick day yesterday I was in cutter file frenzy. And while I was got three more files together for the QMC which ends at the end of this month.

The files have a decidely Halloween theme for that and there is a good reason for that.. this week we started a weekly challenge. Something to help you get your cutter put into use. Ever person who posts a project in the forum for this challenge will be entered in a drawing. Our plan is to post a challenge every Thursday. Some of the other designers have jumped in and are preparing for weeks ahead. Lots to look foward to.

So this weeks Challenge is a Halloween theme. Post a picture of any project with a Halloween Theme using one of my files. Any of my files. so post the picture and then you are entered in the drawing. And if Halloween isn't your holiday check back next Thursday in the forum for the next weekly challenge.

And for some added inspiration here are a few new files for the QMC members. If you haven't joined yet, I am closing the doors this weekend so now is a good time to jump in especially if you want at least two of these.

If you like these files and don't want to join the QMC, A-OK with me. they will be in the store in not to long.

On to life...

So I ordered a Catholic family children's book. Thank you to everyone in their help with my quest. I got some great emails and advice from Mom's and Grandma's and even a few Dad's I appreciate that. I appreciate the reaching out. And can I say thank you to all those who reached out a hand and understood my need to give my son some important building blocks in life. This was very nice.

Our little one is quite the busy boy the last few days. He just seems to have grown by leaps and bounds. Last night he gave me a piece of paper and said see. "one thousand leaks" and on the paper it says 1000LEX. He was grinning from ear to ear and said. "Look I spelled it huh? Did you see? I spelled it." And he bounced away in just pure happy happy bliss. His theory was correct so I wasn't going to burst his bubble with the spelling error. the point was he jumped into it and tried! Made me super happy. And last night was the night we did double homework on Wednesdays we do twice the homework because Thursday nights my hubby and son "usually" get to go ride depending on weather and the like. This last Tuesday night we did homework on the lap desk in the truck. Some may think this is crazy, but my hubby gets to ride his buckle series and we still have to do homework. So we did it in the truck and I have to say because it was me, my son, a lapdesk and the homework and a light from the truck we got alot of homework done in a short amount of time. And we read a few books. I think just not having the distractions was awesome. I cannot imagine going outside to do homework in the truck every night, but on those nights when there is no focus it might be reallllly tempting!! whatever works right? We have parent teacher conference coming up. And I gotta wonder why am I nervous. I really don't remember my mom every going to one. But for some reason I am nervous. haha.

And here is one more promised picture from last weekend. This is a close friend of ours and my guys. Don't they look like they are having the best time? I still have to get the busting picture into the computer to post, but will soon.

I better get back to these last files for the QMC. Hope you can join in for the weekly challenge. Have a wonderful day!

Enjoy!

Chris

Chris Durnan, designer at www.visualdesignsbychris.com
GSD KNK WPC AI SCUT files for your personal digital cutters for use with scrapbooking, cardmaking and other hobbies. Whatever your creative mind can come up with!

My files work on many machines. Some of them are: Klik-n-kut, Pazzle, Wishblade, Silhouette, Cricut, Craft Robo. Some of the software involved with these machines are: Funtime, Scrapbooking, WinPC/Signlab, Inkscape, Create & Cut, Illustrator, KNK Studio, Robomaster, DesignMaster and the list goes on..... Enjoy!

Just one of those days ...

We had a wonderful weekend and lots of time together.. which I will share more picture this week. However, today is just one of those days where I am not in the mood to chat to much, feeling a bit overwhelmed by life right now, saying prayers for my MIL, supporting my hubby in his worries, doing homework, working on files and trying to find a few Catholic Thanksgiving related projects I can have my son do. I am trying to instill a little Catholisism in him. (is that a word?) Our local church is not my favorite Catholic church since it changed priest. I just don't relate to the situation nor do I want to even sing at mass when there. Which for me is huge because I love to sing. So we are gonna head in the other direction next weekend and try the other Catholic Church. I appreciate having faith and religion. So even tho' I can't find one that feels like home I want my son to have some understanding and this has been weighing on my mind heavily. So if you have some good recommendations for easy to understand bible pages on the web, worksheets puzzles etc for Kindergarten let me know. My thoughts are wondering and I can't pinpoint them to what I need to do or where I am right at this moment. So I am going to sign off and work on some of those files for the QMC to wrap it up. It is just one of those days, but luckily there is always always a tomorrow. Always a new day to start fresh. yeah yeah yeah. Have a wonderful Tuesday!
Enjoy!
Chris

PS I am on a coupon binge because of my SIL. I found this awesome site...
Called Pinching your pennies. Here is a link to their site. http://www.pinchingyourpennies.com/forums/index.php
My SIL uses Coupon Sense, but I just don't think I am dedicated enough to run it. She is having an awesome time using it. and saving bucks!


Chris Durnan, designer at www.visualdesignsbychris.com
GSD KNK WPC AI SCUT files for your personal digital cutters for use with scrapbooking, cardmaking and other hobbies. Whatever your creative mind can come up with!

My files work on many machines. Some of them are: Klik-n-kut, Pazzle, Wishblade, Silhouette, Cricut, Craft Robo. Some of the software involved with these machines are: Funtime, Scrapbooking, WinPC/Signlab, Inkscape, Create & Cut, Illustrator, KNK Studio, Robomaster, DesignMaster and the list goes on..... Enjoy!


And our cutter file "freebies" are kept in the forum. We add to them as we can.

Labor day weekend adventures

So this is the first of our adventures this weekend. Hopefully the picture will come through as I am mobile blogging. Next week I will post the one of my tough kid actually on the mutton. But for now here he is after the jump not a long ride, but his first and he came off happy and excited. When the announcer said to the crowd "are you ready?" My hubby said our son yelled "YEAHHHH" with all his might. He came over to me after the ride and said "I need a bull rope" so I just smiled and said yep. Wew good thing I am not a mom of faint heart. I was nervous but it was more nerves that he wouldn't like it or would freak a little. I just wanted him happy and he sure was. Although the dance was a bust he asked three girls to dance that were "his size" and they all said no so he gave up and went to play with the boys. It was a wonderful day and I got to sit on the stone wall with my hubby, listen to some live music and just hold hands and sneak a quick kiss or two. Almost like we were dating again. A friend commented.." How cute you guys are.. You've been together forever and still hold hands" I had to laugh because it is definitely a natural comfortable habit with this man of mine. Wonderful evening. Hope you had a great day to! I will post the other picture this week. Now let's see what we can get into today! Enjoy! Chris
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