I had a great Mother's Day weekend! Not only did I get to go on a date with my husband Friday night, I also got to go on a Mother's Day outing to the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park. It is a tradition in my husband's family that all the daughters and Mothers (all in-laws included) get together and enjoy some kind of Mother's Day event. This year it was a lovely luncheon and a stroll around the gardens while we peeked into the artists' shops. This year my nieces joined us for the first time! I would totally recommend this to anyone that would like to enjoy a nice outing with either their Mom, sisters or girlfriends.

Then on Sunday, Matt, the boys and I went to Chinatown and walked all over the place checking out the weird stuff that is for sale in the markets and all the beautiful silk items.

BUT ... what started off the whole fantastic weekend was officially being asked to be a GARAGE GIRL for Bay Area Scrappers. I had been a Guest Garage girl for 2 months so I was thrilled when some openings came up and I was asked to be a part of the team. So I am looking forward to future layout projects and getting to know some awesome scrapbookers!

I started a new project! It is knitty.com lace knitting project which I have never done before. I tried purchasing yarn from knitpicks because I had heard the prices were very good. It was hard to choose from all the colors but I am happy with the quality of their yarn and it was like $4.00 a skein - cheap! It took me a while to get the hang of it but now I am on a roll. I was nervous at first because it was coming out wobbly (first picture) and then I reread the instructions and it says that the pattern opens up when you block it (steam iron it between towels) and I did and the second picture shows more of the pattern. It should look like this when I am done. I liked this project because it is so versitile. There are button holes alond the edge that you can use homemade button cufflinks in to wear it a whole bunch of different ways. Can't wait until it is done!

In honor of National Scrapbook Day, here is my last round of layouts for Bay Area Scrappers. It was fun to be a Guest Garage Girl for the last two months. It gav eme the chance to scrap pictures that I have been wanting to do for a long time but have not got around to it. It also stretched me creatively to use products and sketches that were assigned. I hope I get the opportunity to do it again!

This is how much of a nerd I am!

I know this is a couple of days late - but with being sick this week, I have no sense of time! Anyway, I am a BIG LOST geek. I mean BIG! I watch it every week and then I go back and look at message boards and threads that further feed into my LOST addiction. BUT that is not why I am blogging about it. I am blogging about it today because on last Wednesday's episode I think they really knew I was one of their biggest fans and made a personal shout out to me! (just play along okay?) When Hurley was asking Sayid for the transistor radio so he can hold it over his head and win back his girl (but after her father foes to jail)- he was making a reference to one of my favorite movies from the 80s - Say Anything with one of my fav actors - John Cusack! When he said, that my husband looks over at me because he knows this about me and even bought me the DVD for Christmas. Isn't he sweet to indulge his wife in her weirdisms? So thanks Lost creators for making that obscure reference that only some people would get.

Today we did a community outreach with our church's small group. Our church encourages families to connect with other families by meeting in each other's homes once a week or once every other week. This was the first time we had participated and it has been fun. We were challenged to do a community outreach and we decided to go to the "Odd Fellows" home for the elderly which they don't call it that anymore - now it is Saratoga Manor but back in the day when Matt and I were young and worked with Junior high kids it was the Odd Fellows home and I always thought that was a funny name. Anyway, we did a rootbeer float social. Our group has a bunch of young kids in it so I had them color various pictures and hand them out to the elderly people who came to the social. We also handed out rootbeer floats and chatted with the residents. Some I couldn't understand too well so I probably said, OH or Yes at the wrong times but I tired to sound cheerful. I did meet one lady that was turning 100 in June and my birthday is in June too so I thought that was cool. The best part about it though was seeing my husband Matt participate. I wasn't sure how he was going to do - it had been a LONG time since we have done anything like that. Wouldn't you know it though, the first person he talks to happens to be this man who is a famous western painter so him and Matt talk the whole time. He tells him about when he was in the War (he and a buddy were the only ones who survived out of their platoon when they were fighting in the Pacific - rough huh?) and about his paintings. He gave Matt one of his brochures and also asked him to appraise an Indian bowl he had in his little apartment. So off they go. He actually knew the tribe (which I cannot remember) and it was worth about $2,300. WOW - he better hide it from the staff! So I just think it is funny that he used his wacky knowledge of antiques at our community outreach. I think he had the best time out of all of us! One of the little boys told me - "You know what I think? These old people like to see us kids around. I bet they are lonely." So cute and so true!

Just a little something I whipped up on a Friday night!
Tyler picked the letters by the way (that is why the colors are so random). LOVE that little guy!

Hey I played my first interclub tennis match this morning? (not even sure if that is the right way to say that). A friend of mine that was also playing in the match and I were joking because it is like hosting our own "butt kicking". It was held at the other ladies tennis club (who are 3.0 players - not sure what that means either) and we provided all the lunch items and drinks. This was the first time I had ever done this so I was nervous. We ended up winning our match! Yippee! Our fist set we lost 4-6 and then we won 6-4 and then we won the time breaker 10-6. I am freakin' sore now! We were the only ones to win our match (okay we were seeded last but still). Now I am worn out and feel like just laying in bed the rest of the day but I can't. A friend wants to go out to dinner tonight while our husband's have band pratice and I can't even muster up the energy to call her back (but yet I can type). Anway, I thought I would share my tennis excitement.