FEELING THANKFUL

Hope everyone is enjoying the aftermath of Thanksgiving and all those leftovers. I completed the Christmas card I am sending this year and have to say it was fun . This is the first year in a while I won't be sending handmade cards...well maybe to a few but it seems with little Will in our life now it seems appropriate to send pictures. So, I just want to take time out to wish everyone a blessed Holiday Season. Stay warm and healthy my friends. Here's a preview of our family highlights this year. We started out with some rough times but ended it with a bang. 
Blessings to all and thanks for checking in.
Iley

My son Curtis and his beautiful wife Kristen and grandson William Scott Burkett

Thanksgiving in front of the fire with our little man Will

What can I say about the Royals. It was a great year.

I Seriously Do Not Believe This is Happening ~~~GO ROYALS

Just a short post today to share more joy in our lives that being the wins for our Royals. Like Kyle said " Going to the World Series game with my brothers and dad is a bucket list thing". Having so much fun.
Tonight we have game four and we are grilling kabobs and rooting on our team.Thanks for checking in.
BELIEVE!!!
Iley

Great Date Night with My Eldest

It was a gloomy, cold and rainy night and I had just put the logs on the fire to stay home with a pot of lentil soup cooking on the stove. It was the perfect night except hubs was at the hospital with my FIL to get him checked out for a bad cough and cold. I was in with the dogs for the night which I was fine with but I then received a call from my eldest son Kyle asking if I would like to have dinner. Are you kidding me? I jumped at it. We talked about going dutch at an upscale restaurant but when I mentioned the fire and  soup on the stove he suggested a bottle of wine and a night in with mom. I was so excited. For those of you with boys you know what I'm talking about. This doesn't happen often. So here are some pictures I took of our evening. We even took in a cheesy chic flick movie on HBO. What a guy. It was the perfect evening so had to share.I can't tell you how much I love this kid.

Thanks as always for checking in. See, I'm even blogging again.

Grammy Love

Wow! Again it's been forever since I posted anything on my sad little blog but maybe just maybe I didn't have anything to talk about till now. Well, now my news...I am a Grammy to William Scott born September 29th weighing 7lbs. 20Z. Need I say more? So now let me share some photos and I hope to do better in the blogging world. I promise.

                                   

                                       I'm just so in love.

Thanks for checking in and I hope you are enjoying each  day during this beautiful time of year. I just love Fall and now have a reason to love it even more.
Iley

Loving The Raisin Boat Challenge

Hi everyone and thanks for checking in on today's card challenge over at Raisin Boat.

This months theme is red, white and blue which is always a favorite of mine. I used a gate fold card for my base and adhered a wonderful patriotic image along with a embellishment from K & Company. A sweet bow was attached to give it some spirit. I kept it simple inside with a Spellbinders die cut  for my sentiment from the Stunning Silhouettes set from Raisin Boat. They have the coolest stamp rental program so check them out. Papers are a mixture of Do Crafts Christmas in the  Country and K & Company.
Thanks for stopping in and leave a comment if you please. We're off to the South of France so won't be back for a while but isn't that normal for me? Life just keeps me hopping.
Have a great summer.
Iley

Raisin boat Card Challenge ~ ~ ~Red, White & Blue

I don't think there is a card that I love more than one done in red, white and blues with a patriotic theme. So when I saw the challenge over at Raisin Boat I just had to enter. For this card I used a spellbinders die in two sizes for my image. This sweet little country girl stamp is one I got on Ebay a while back. The sentiment however is a Raisin Boat stamp from the Stunning Silhouette stamp set. I just love the papers used from the Christmas in the Country pack from Docrafts. Yep, it's Christmas paper. The cute blue table cloth print is Graphic 45. The gate fold is a favorite as well.

Thanks for stopping by on my hit and miss blog post. We have been busy with home makeovers so not been on for a while as you know. Thanks again and have a great summer.
Iley

Pillow Talk

Just a quick share of what I've been creating this week. I think I'm addicted to these little Pillow Pockets.  We will be making these little cuties next month over at Your Paper Pantry for the Pockets for Your Thoughts swap that I host. I used a variation of paper, Prima flowers along with seam bindings and crochet trims. Most are for saying thank you to a friend, relative or teacher but I also added some Halloween for my special kiddo's that come trick or treating. Thanks for checking in.