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when scrapping with friends....
 
Jeanie finding Barry tunes on her phone and Amy singing them for us!
 
 

I survived 48 hours with no internet and television!  It was a challenge that I was up for since sometimes I think they can both take up way too much time in our lives!  I'm going to continue on my path of one day no internet/television because it really forces me to get things done, some of those things that I may have been avoiding.
But at the same time... thank goodness for a DVR, cuz while I...

I got to spend the whole day Saturday with friends scrapbooking and working on some old projects and just having fun and being silly.
I learned something too, I learned that Barry Cowsill and his family was the inspiration for the Partridge Family!  As we shared stories of our younger days and those crushes we all had...
In between all the fun and laughter I did some creating and used some old projects...

Had an amazingly wonderful and fun week with Chelsea home!We went to so many lunches and dinners I'm not sure if I can recall them all...
 
 
Ran the 5k on Sunday!  
Enjoyed the beautiful weather outdoors!movies with grandmawork out with Milt 
Crocker Park

   Hang out with Ben, Emily, Zach and ChelsAnd oh so much more!!!  But now I must go put my feet up, work on my project...

What a perfect week we have had with Chelsea home on spring break!  We couldn't have asked for better weather, especially yesterday when the temps got up to 72!

We've gone to the park twice and enjoyed some outdoor running! Yesterday even Zach decided to join us, although I think the only reason he went was because there was a chance for ice cream afterwards. 
 
before heading to Hinckley...

 
Thirteen reasons I've fallen in love with running
Each day that I set a goal and achieve that goal, it makes me want to reach for more!Runners are some of the nicest people I've met!Spending time with my daughter as we both have the running bug!It's so much quicker to run up a hill than walk it!It's an amazing feeling to run a raceBecause I can!It's an awesome stress reliever!You get a runners...

It was nice to have a night out and laugh!  There has been so much sadness in our lives lately that it was refreshing to be able to spend the night with family and just enjoy one another.
We went to dinner for Chelsea and Shawn's birthdays at a Japanese Restaurant where they cook the meal in front of you.
 

 there were plenty of drinks

 plenty of fun

plenty of grandmas

plenty...

And some things change...
Here is an old picture of one of the houses that I grew up in.  My brother Joe is in the picture, it was the first house my parents purchased and I think I remember hearing it was $19,000 - can you imagine!
 
and here it is today...

they added some lights, a railing and widened the driveway... but it looks like the same bushes?  Not sure I'm too crazy about the...

 
 Ahh, my second 5k... how'd it go?  Well, it was better weather, better running conditions and a lot more hills!  Oh my, I didn't train enough for all those hills, but I kept plugging along.  Early on my ipod quit AGAIN!  It happened at the first marathon too, and I thought it was just a freak thing that happened, but nope apparently something gets jarred when running and shuts it off, so...

I picked up these picture holders the other day at Michael's and had this idea for the kids birthday.
 
I took chipboard and added pictures to both sides, sanded the edges and then 
placed them in the holder.

 then added a few rub ons, stickers and ribbons