Free June Desktop

Well it has been awhile since I updated this blog and figured I was way overdue. So to get back in the swing of it I have created this fun June desktop for you all to enjoy for free!! I used my kit Summer Lovin that you can find where I am now selling at The Sweet Shoppe!! Yep I finally got my dream store!! You can also find the kit at my personal store Melissa Bennett Designs. If you download the kit please leave a comment here on my bloggaroo!! Thanks so much!!

















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Saying goodbye to a dear old friend

Today we lost out dog of 12 1/2 years. Simba we got as a puppy for Tyler's 2nd birthday and today we had to make the incredibly difficult decision to have him put down. It was of the hardest things I have ever had to do. I got to be there with him the entire time and comfort him and pet him and tell him how much of a good dog he was. My heart is just broken right now and Tyler is just so sad. I have never seen him so sad. We love you Simba and will miss you so much!!!

Play Ball!!!!!!!!!

Baseball season is in full swing and Tyler is so excited to be playing baseball again. He had his first game at Union Bridge and it was a beautiful drive out there. It was about 30 minutes from where we live. It was a perfect day for a game too. The weather has finally warmed up and we were in the mid 80's for temp!! The kids were so excited to have a picnic there and we found a nice spot under a tree that I thought was providing us shade. However my sunburned face and arms tell a different story. Tyler's team did really well, but was up against a team with heavy hitters. We lost by 10, but everyone had a good time. His next game is monday night and I hope to get some better pictures of him playing. He didn't get a chance to bat this game and was in the outfield for the last half of the game. I also got some fun pics of the kiddos while we were there.


























































































































Of course with it being such a warm day we just had to have popsicles!!

And the winner is......................

Okay so the 2 prim angels have a new home!! I just wanted to thank everyone who posted!!













































Sonja n you are the winner!!!!!!! Please email me at melissabennettdesigns@comcast.net with your full name and mailing address and I will get these sent off to you this week!! Remember to keep watching the blog for more goodies in the coming weeks!!!

My Crafty Side!!

Well some of you who have known me for awhile, know that I used to do crafts, a lot!! I used to do quite a bit of shows in Utah and Washington State. My favorite kind of craft to make is well anything Primitive!! I still have alot of my supplies and have decided I need to start playing with those poor lonely supplies. So since I don't do shows anymore or Ebay, how fun it would be to do blog give aways!!! So as I craft and get things done, I will be giving away some of these goodies right here on my blog. This first give away is for a set of Primitive Blessings Angels. This is from a Terrye French Pattern. The large Angel has a wire hanger and the very small one has a magnet on the back. This is being given away as a set and well I will ship to anywhere!! So you gals not in the US, join in too!! Now, how do you win? Simply post a comment on my blog between today and March 31st and I will take all those names and draw one out and they will be the new home for this Angel duo!!! I am very excited to get this going, I really miss doing my craft and I think this will get me motivated into creating again!! Good Luck everyone!!!

Easter Fun!!!

Oh wow, I let the time slip didn't I? Well a lot has happened and I have been very busy. I have put out a lot of new products but they will be at my new business blog which you can find here http://www.melissabennettdesigns.com/wordpress
. I also opened my own store!! I am so excited about this and I am still selling at Scrapbook Bytes. You can check out my new store at Melissa Bennett Designs. We had a fun Easter with a house full!! We had 3 extra kiddos with us, making the house kiddo total 6!!! It was actually easy and we have been having a blast. On Saturday night we dyed Easter eggs and decorated sugar cookies. Oh ya we had 7 kids here for that!! They all had a blast decorating the cookies and well I am enjoying eating them!! LOL!! Here are some pics of them having fun with cookies and eggs!!

Valentines Day Hybrid Projects

So I got to make some fun stuff for Valentine's day for Nicole's Pre-K class and her teachers and bus driver. For the treat bags I used Shabby Princesses Confection Collection. These turned out so cute and will definately be using that collection over and over!! For her teachers and bus driver I used little mail boxes I got at Target in the dollar section (woo hoo, love me a good dollar deal!!). I then printed out some papers from my kit Stupid Cupid and modge podeged them on the mail boxes. I added some fun ribbons, filled with tissue paper and candy and that is it!! I was a little heart broken when we took them to school and her teacher says, "Oh those are so cute, did you buy them somewhere?" I answer "no". Then she says, "Oh did someone make them for you"? Um, I guess I don't look like the type that can create anything!! LOL!! But those of you who know me, know I have quite an extensive crafting past!! My garage full of craft supplies, just proves this further. To finish off the day her bus drive was just thrilled and surprised to get hers, that made up for the teachers comments.

Turning five

So my baby girl has turned five!!! I just can't believe she is this old! She is growing up way to fast and I am having a hard time with both of my little ones going to be starting kindergarten this year. Nicole has really made leaps and bounds in her progress since joining our family. She is forever overcoming the obstacles placed before her and learning and developing at a wonderful pace. Here she is on her 5th birthday!! Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!!

Snow!!!!

It has been a fairly quiet winter for us here in Maryland so far and the kids are not real happy about that. So last Thursday it started to snow, and kept snowing. It was so beautiful and the kids were dying to go out and play in it. Of course it had to pick this day of all days. Walter was coming home from his TDY and I needed to pick him up at Reagan International Airport in DC. So the flights started getting delayed in some areas of the country and his out of Chicago was delayed almost 2 hours. I had the joy of driving down to DC at 10 o'clock at night after a snowstorm!! LOL!! Luckily the drive went well, I got to see the city at night after a fresh snowfall, simply breathtaking, and my hubby was home!! Anyhow here are some pictures I took that day from the snow.

Happy Birthday Tyler!!!

Today my oldest turned 14!! I can't believe I am the mother to a 14 year old. He had his party last night with his friends. They watched movies, played video games and oh ya, turned the house into a war zone during their nerf dart battle. I thought a few times the house would fall down. But I am happy to report that there is no casualties including the house. Tyler asked for an ice cream cake for his birthday, but not just any ice cream cake, the one that we saw on a show featuring the Duggar family on TV. So here it is!! This cake is AWESOME and definately not low cal. LOL!!






























So if it looks too yummy to pass up here is the easy squeezy recipe!!

24 Ice Cream Sandwiches
2 Tubs of Cool Whip
Chocolate Syrup
Caramel Syrup
2 King Size Butterfinger bars

Line a 9 x 13 pan with ice cream sandwiches, one layer only. Spread cool whip over the top. Drizzle with chocolate syrup and caramel syrup. Crush up one of the butterfinger bars and spread all over. Repeat the following steps again for a second layer and put in freezer to freeze and there ya go!!

Here is Tyler opening his gifts and blowing out all 14 candles!! Happy Birthday bud!! We love you and are so proud of the incredible young man you are becoming!!!

2008 is in da house!!!

Where has the time gone? I can't believe it is 2008!! Makes me long for my 80's hair even more, LOL!! So this year we all managed to stay up until midnight, little ones included and for those of you who know us, yes Walter made it too!! Barely but he made it and after the poppers and confetti he crashed. It was so cute, because we took the kids shopping for party hats, poppers, streamers and noise makers explaining to them we would be having a New Years Eve party. They were all excited and kept asking all night when. So when midnight hit and we let them go wild with their fun goodies and after it was all gone, we told them it was time for bed. Skyler looks at us with a crushed and puzzled look and says almost crying, "That's it?" When we explained to him, yes, he started to cry. I guess he thought is was supposed to be a longer party, LOL. Poor little guy, guess New Years will never be the same for him anymore.
Today was a great day, Walter and I celebrated our 16th wedding anniversry. I cannot believe it has been 16 years since we got married. Time has really flown by. We are more in love now than the day we married. It is just amazing to me as I didn't think back then it was possible to love him more. I really feel it is all of the good and bad that we have gone through that has brought us to where we are now and made us as strong as we are. He is truely my best friend and soul mate. Thank goodness for time and all eternity!! We went out to dinner to TGI Fridays and had a really nice dinner minus the kids. We have not gone out to dinner for our anniversary in over 10 years so it was a great treat for us and we enjoyed going our alone (well as alone as you can be in a restaurant on a friday night) time together. Anyhow here are some pics of our New Years and a LO I did of Walter and I for our anniversary. Also a pic that Tyler took of Walter and I tonight. We don't have alot of pictures of me and him. Anyhow, happy new year all!!!