Happy Father's Day and some crafty stuff

Happy Father's Day to all those special dads out there, especially my dad, my father-in-law, and of course the father of my children, my husband Grant. They are some of the best dads out there, and I hope they all had wonderful days! This is the card I made for my Dad (I can post it now, since he told me he already received it!)

So much has happened since I last blogged (almost a month ago, yikes!) School is out, dance recitals have been danced, and the first round of summer camps have come and gone. First, I have to post a photo of the alligator cake I made for Matthew's end-of-year party. When I signed on to do the infamous alligator cake, I thought it would be easy--you know, buy one of those cake pans at Michaels and you're good to go. But no, this would require me to bake two eight-inch rounds, then cut and paste (or ice in this case) pieces together to make the cake. I think it turned out great, and the kids in Matthew's class loved it.

Not too bad for a beginner!

As I said earlier, Lauren had her dance recital last week, she was a bunny in the production of Snow White. The show was great, and Lauren loved the recital year because she got to do ballet instead of tap. I think she makes the cutest bunny:
Then the following week she had cheer camp:

On the last day of cheer camp, the NC State Cheerleaders came and taught them some cheers. The coach is going to email us parents some pics, so as soon as I get them I will post them here. Lauren had a great time!


Galloway update: this past Saturday we ran 6 miles on hills and it was a great run, even though the weather is a little on the warm side. Six miles is a record for me, and each run after that will be too, next week we run 8 miles!

One last crafty goodie before I go, this is one of the cards I made for Matthew and Lauren's teachers for the last day of school. I think they turned out cute, so I just have to post:

Have a wonderful day, and I will really try to do better at this blog thing!

24, Newt, and Galloway Run #1

Hmmmm, guess I haven't done too well with the whole blog thing yet, but I'm hoping to do better once all of the end-of-year parties are finished. My sweet little Lauren finished up preschool on Friday, this fall she'll be starting kindergarten. How on earth did she grow up so fast?

This week I had to say goodbye to Jack. Love me some Jack Bauer! I know a lot of people said the show jumped the shark, but I still loved it and am very sad it has come to an end. At least they didn't kill Jack off, and rumor has it there's a movie in the works, woo hoo!

So my husband went to a convention a couple of weeks ago and got me this book:

Yay, the next President of the United States (okay, I can dream can't I?) He even got it autographed for me:Now that is pretty awesome!

Today was my first run in the Galloway Marathon and Half Marathon Training Program. For some reason last night I was a little nervous, I guess just not knowing what to expect, but it was great! There's over 300 people signed up for the program and our target race is The City of Oaks Marathon and Half-Marathon. Today we ran a slow and easy 3 miles, next week it kicks up to 4, then 5, in five more weeks we're up to 10 miles. I'm not sure if I'm going to run a half or a full marathon, I just want to see how the training goes. I was planning on running a half, then run a full marathon at Myrtle Beach (since it's flat, ha!) but now I'm not sure what I'll run, good thing the race isn't until November!

Well I'm off to try to get some scrapbooking done, I'll post some photos of projects I did for the kids teachers later, they turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself!

Have a blessed day, Tammy