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While you were Labor Day BBQing…

we were doing a few other things which have become our own Labor Day traditions. 

traditions like ziplining into a lake 3 at a time. 

traditions like the rush of the screamer swing. 
(at this point in the picture, Drew yelled up to Ashlyn and cousins Bo and Maddie, “Pack your underwear!” That boy’s a kick.)

traditions like climbing from tree to tree.

4 of us preferred watching safely from the ground while sipping our skittles, swedish fish, and M&M milkshake.

the other 2 were super brave…and seriously focused while very far from ground.

traditions like tubing over and over again.

love my niece Abby’s expression here. Seriously having a good time.

We even got to visit with a friend 

and meet a new friend, her new baby girl Joni. 

who was not so happy about posing for pictures because she just wanted her mommy. And, that’s a good thing.
(please note and appreciate my efforts of dressing up for 80s night…fringed t-shirt, people, hanging off my neck Flashdance-style. Found the directions on how to make it online with a posting titled “How to Make a Totally Rad 80s T-shirt.”)

The girls went with the Cyndi Lauper look…and managed to look oh-so-cute as they posed in another group’s picture. Someone right now is probably looking at their pictures wondering who these children belong to and why they are in their pictures.

traditions of watching some super funny guys do crazy things that my kids now can’t stop imitating. Even Lydia is mimicking these guys.
And, traditions like hearing some great teaching (including some from my very own hubby who did a great job). 
Who needs BBQ? Young Life’s Labor Day Family Camp has been a tradition in my family for years–my parents ran it and now my older sister and her husband run it. And, our whole family looks forward to it all year long.
Mark your calendars–Labor Day weekend 2012 in Glen Spey, NY. 

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Giveaway Winner – A Waiting Mommy

I love hitting that “generate” button and then counting down to see who won.

And, this time was no different. Just read that comment. So fun to send her this book. 
On her blog, she shares:

Deep in my heart I have always known I wanted to be a mommy. Even if life has turned out to be different than I expected, you know, the husband, the white picket fence, the van full of babies….It is still beautiful. . . . The road I am walking is perhaps one of the most complex, beautiful, frustrating, and faith-inspiring journeys I have ever been on. God has planted a dream, a passion in the deepest part of my soul. I will be the mommy of a baby girl I have not yet met. She is out there, or will be. I hold this truth, this certainty close on those days of waiting, of wondering what to do. Follow me on this journey of faith, of discovery. Follow me as I travel down this road. Not the one I had planned for myself but the one God has for me….I am realizing that it is crooked but perfect. And that’s exactly where I want to be…

Go check out her blog and give her some encouragement as she waits to become a mommy. . . however the crooked road leads.

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They aren’t the only ones with school supplies

Sometimes blogging is particularly fun. 
There’s a big ole company–Avery–heard of them?–they’ve got a big cause going on right now that they are promoting. And, as part of that promotion, they had some PR people looking for ways to promote it. And, someone read this post–the one where I mention that I felt like I needed to take out a home equity loan to pay for school supplies–and this post–the one where I confess my love for office supplies and my odd joy perhaps over sharp led and colored wax. 
And, check out the fun box I got in the mail–glue sticks, highlighters, dry erase markers, tabs, dividers, and a brand spankin’ new binder. 
And, they are all for me. 
That’s right. They aren’t the only ones with sweet new supplies for the first week of school. I’ve got some of my own. And, I’m pretty excited to put them to use. I can see it now–walking into CBS with my tote bag with my new binder stocked with labeled dividers and maybe a pencil case with my highlighters and other goodies. And, you bet I’ll find a use for those glue sticks. Someone is bound to need one in class one Tuesday morning. And, I’ll be the gal they come to. Because this gal’s got school supplies. 
Oh, yeah, I’m pretty happy about that. 
Avery’s got some smart PR people–and some smart executives doing some pretty neat things. I hadn’t heard about it before now, and I can’t believe I hadn’t. 
You know those box tops we send into school with the little pencil logo on them? Well, Avery is part of that Box Tops for Education program. With each little coupon found on their products, schools have earned over $1,000,000 from Avery stuff alone to buy computers, playground equipment, textbooks, etc. Wow. 
And, Avery has their own program called Avery Give Back to Schools–folks can vote online for the K-8 school they want to win (and can nominate their own local school). The top 5 schools at the end of the promotion will each win $10,000 worth of Avery school supplies–that’s a lot of binders, glue sticks, and sticky notes–10,000 bonus box tops coupons, and $1,000 worth of gift cards. That’s pretty sweet. And, 25 runner-up schools will get 5,000 bonus box top coupons as well. 
Head on over there–do a quick registration to vote (takes a whole 60 seconds, maybe)–and then vote for your local school (or look up Barkley Elementary in Phoenixville if you want to give my kids’ school some love). Share the link and get your friends to vote too–so easy to do by clicking on the little FB or Twitter icon there on the voting page. Just think, no home equity loan needed, and your kids could have all the supplies they need.
Thank you, Mr. or Mrs. Avery. 
Now, I’m off to find something to highlight.

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