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September Card Camp & Lunch Bunch

Today at our monthly group that we call lunch bunch, I gathered up the registrations for the next card camp from those who plan to join me. Once a month, the lunch bunch goes to different places in Austin and today we went to Mama Fu's. There was a huge turnout today, with Conni (plus Claire), Cristin, Peggy, me, Aren (plus Micael), Michelle, Caroline (plus Olivia), Jenny (plus Jolie and JJ), Sue, Sierra (plus Abby), Paige (plus Tyson), Molly (plus Liam and the baby), Molly's mother-in-law, La Nan (plus Dalin and Rhett), Michele, Kim, Holly (plus Kennedy), Jillian (plus Simone), Lonna (plus Gwen), and Lindsay (plus Adelyn). Wow! What a turnout--twenty women and fifteen children!
My deadline for registering was today for my card making shindig that I'm going to hold two weeks from tonight and I wanted to plan what cards we'll be doing so I could show everyone. I came up with an entire Halloween theme and most everyone seemed excited about them, so I was pleased.

After that, I went by Summer's house to pick up her little baby, Brooklyn. Brooklyn is here right now and has been all afternoon while Summer gets a break. She's feeling extremely under the weather so I am helping her out. Brooklyn has been an angel. Lindsey is holding her right now and fed her a bottle a moment ago. She seems content, but Lindsey has homework to do, so I must relieve her. Summer warned me that this time of night, the baby, who is six months old, starts getting cranky and is ready to wind down for the evening. It's been fun to have a sweet little baby girl around.
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Heidi said…
Love the cards and you know I wish I could be there! That is so great you can help Summer out with Brooklyn, you always seem to have such a willing and helping hand Kelly!
September 13, 2006 7:32 PM
Anonymous said…
I LOVE THOSE CARDS!!! And I'm so glad that lunch was a hit. I've already got our next place in mind. Thanks again for taking Brooklyn for me. I needed that break and she was pooped from having soooo much fun. She went to bed without blinking. Thanks a million!!!
September 14, 2006 8:17 AM
Kelly said…
Great! I tried to keep her awake so she could save her sleeping time with you. She was so cute. You should have seen her checking out her arms and fingers. She was getting a kick out of controlling them and seeing that she had the power to make them move. It was adorable to see.

I'm glad you love the cards...I was worried that people might not like the "all Halloween" theme, but it was the opposite, and they seemed thrilled.

I hope you feel better today, Summer!
September 14, 2006 9:25 AM
ninnies said…
super cute cards! I love your creativity!
October 08, 2006 12:22 PM
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