Awards of Excellence

Tonight was the District Reflections awards ceremony. Crafty had to leave dance a little early so we could get there on time. She had quite a few entries in competition this year. Sport had only one in Photography, and sadly, it didn't place although I think it was amazing!

The first category they called up was Dance Choreography and Crafty was thrilled to receive an Award of Excellence. She told me that she would have been happy with just that one, but she had more coming. She received Awards of Excellence in Literature, 3D Art, and Film Production. She also earned one Award of Merit in Music.

She was embarrassed to go up on stage so many times, but I thought it was perfect. Each time I made her place the medal around her neck and she would hold them against her chest to keep them from clinking together.

Apparently that's not a good thing.

Still Love that Squishy Mat

It's been almost a year since I was asked to try out the Squishy Mat. I'm pretty sure Twizlet wasn't even born yet or maybe she was just tiny. Anyway, when the mat arrived, I was super impressed with the quality and when Twizlet was over we spent tons of time reading and just lying on the the mat because the memory foam was so comfy.

Once she became mobile, I put the mat away. At the time I was thinking it would only be for a little while until I started watching Little Warrior while his mama went to work part time. But then I had surgery and blood clots and weakness and Beauty and The Beast made other daycare arrangements.

About a month ago, I was moving some stuff and I came upon the Squishy Mat all folded up and just waiting for another cute little one to enjoy its squishiness. So I packed it in my car and I ran it over to Beauty. She was thrilled to give it a try. Little Warrior loves it! They use it almost every day and she sent me these cute pics from last week. As you can see, he wasn't feeling very well and his favorite place was still the Squishy Mat.

Last month our friends at Squishy Mats sent us a fabulous deal with a 35% off code. When you load yours into the cart from their website, just enter FACEBOOK. And then once yours arrives and you love it, send them a positive review. Tell them Sandy sent you.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!!

We spent our New Year's Day with some pretty crazy goals and I'm happy to say we pretty much achieved all of them! Our first goal was to help Drama Queen get moved into her house. If you remember, she bought it about 9 months ago and we have been renovating ever since, right around Teach's little family for the last 6 months.

Anyway, part of the family was helping her with this major change while the rest of the family were hanging out at the dance studio, refinishing our church pew that they are borrowing for one of Crafty's competition dances. We started that project on Friday and it has taken up the entire weekend and then most of today.

My sweetie, Crafty, and I arrived at the studio around 11:00 and we didn't finish up until about 6:00. Drama Queen and the kids were working on the same schedule moving first her bed and then the rest of her furniture and clothes. She took her final trip tonight with a full truck and a carrier with her two kitties.

She still will have to make several more trips to gather up the odds and ends and her laundry, etc., but she is mostly moved. We can now start gutting her room and repainting and getting it ready for Dog Walker and Cat Lover to move into after they are married. Crafty is moving upstairs much to her dismay until we can make all of these changes.

So many changes coming! I'm so excited for 2018... good things, I can feel it already.

Guest Blogger: New Years Resolutionary Poem by the Dog Walker

Happy New Year, Everybody! And I'm pretty sure you've all heard about what I've been going through throughout the rest of 2017. I found this beautiful girl named Cat Lover and I asked her to marry me and she said "Yes!" We're so excited about the ceremony coming up. We're going to get married in the Salt Lake Temple and we'll be having a reception on March 2, 2018. We're looking forward to it. It's our New Year's Resolution. Now I promised that I share you an amazing New Year's Resolutionary Poem that I came up with that inspires this moment of my life. Happy New Year, 2018!