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Mondays with Mom – Tractor Days

Katie — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:26:06 +0000

The Gera Old Tractor Days was this weekend and my husband and I attended. I was there as a vendor and my husband was there to assist me when needed. But being a farmer’s son, he enjoyed walking around and looking at the hundreds of tractors. This is a perfect family day event – something for every age group. Almost every small child had their face painted with the most fantastic designs: little colorful paintings of cupcakes, butterflies, flowers and full faced masks – incredibly well done and creative, with a large number of choice designs. There were hay rides for the whole family pulled by two Belgian horses and little barrels cut out to be train cars pulled by, of course, a tractor. Pony rides, a balloon twisting creator, auctions, bar stool racing (a lot of fun to watch), craft tables, a food tent, and obviously, competitive tractor pulling. The kiddie tractor pull created a lot of winners with trophies to prove it and when I say trophies, I mean very nice trophies of all sizes. I cannot count how many beaming little faces I saw walking around and even proudly showing me as I sat under my canopy.

When I go to shows, I have often been impressed by certain vendors for a variety of reasons and those are the ones I like to post about. This time it was the gentleman set up directly to my right. His name was Ken, and besides being the nicest guy (helping me with my tables, canopy, etc. before hubby got there) he was a chain saw carver. I guess I am always impressed by the vision artistic people have inside their head to create an art piece that actually comes out looking like what they envisioned. Well, here you take a look and see what I mean. * pictures used by permission

For more information: http://geraoldtractordays.com/2013-show/

Four Months

Katie — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:25:43 +0000

Texture Tuesday – Free & Easy (Healing)

Katie — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:43:50 +0000

I’m a bit late, but I didn’t want to miss this week’s Texture Tuesday. Although I haven’t been following Kim Klassen‘s blog for very long, I have really enjoyed her posts and her generosity. It’s obvious that she has a huge heart and is incredibly talented. Just last week, she and her husband found out that he has leukemia. Treatment has begun and many people around the world are praying for you, John.

This week’s assignment is “free & easy” but Kim’s followers are running with the theme “Healing”. I hope this photo brings a smile to those who see it. And smiles heal.

I used texture Happy Heart filtered using soft light at 80%.

Get well soon, John!

Texture Tuesday – Free & Easy

Katie — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:21:57 +0000

I’m heading back to the office in a couple of weeks and one thing I’ll miss, in addition to spending my days with my son, is looking in our backyard to see the beautiful flowers bloom in the pond. They open up each day and close each evening. I took a few minutes today to capture a photo for Texture Tuesday.

I used Kim’s Cherish texture with the soft light at 75%.

Texture Tuesday – Black & White

Katie — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:41:55 +0000

It’s been awhile since I’ve participated in Kim’s Texture Tuesday but as I was editing some baby photos last night I received her email about today’s assignment and it timed up perfectly with an image I was working on. This is my little dude about a month ago getting in some quality tummy time.

I used Kim’s texture, Unleashed, blended with a soft light at 75%.

Three Months

Katie — Wed, 08 May 2013 02:54:10 +0000

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Two Months

Katie — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:54:15 +0000

The little man is oh, so much fun. He’s nothing but smiles in the morning which makes waking up at hours that used to be offensive to me not so awful. Considering he’s only 2 months old, he’s sleeping great - through the night just about every night. Naps on the other hand are not so good. His favorite place to sleep is in someone’s arms which is sweet in theory but not so practical in actuality. Unfortunately for him, his momma is more stubborn than he is so I’m going to keep at it!

We’ve had several visitors in town which has been lots of fun. One visitor I’ve been very thankful to have in town is my mom. She’s been here for a few weeks and will be staying a couple more. You may remember a few of the posts she wrote entitled, Mondays with Mom. Maybe I can convince her to write another post while she’s here.

One Year Going On A Decade

Katie — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:22:24 +0000

Coach and I celebrated our one year wedding anniversary this week as well as the ten year anniversary of our first ever date (oh…that fateful night at Applebees)!

I love our wedding photos and the memories attached to them. Even though it’s only been a year, I can’t help but smile looking back through them and remembering how very special that day was.

Photo by Robert Burge Photography

We spent our anniversary with our little man, volunteering at/attending church, and then had a delicious steak and lobster dinner with some close friends who share our anniversary (but are 33 years ahead of us). We ended the evening by eating the top of our wedding cake. Who thought of that tradition anyway? It was a bit dry, but surprisingly still edible!

Photo by Robert Burge Photography

We were going to send up another wish lantern to end the evening, just like we ended our wedding reception, but it was cold and windy out so it’ll have to wait until this weekend!

Photo by B. Billick Photography

Happy Anniversary, Coach – the best is yet to come!

One Month

Katie — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:30:30 +0000

Last month, my husband and I welcomed our first child into the world – a son. What a blessing he has been! It’s a crazy thought to imagine life without him in it now. It’s also crazy to see the massive amount of football clothes this little man already owns. Coach is going to require some therapy if our boy doesn’t like sports.

Once I found out I was expecting, I took a bit of a hiatus from Remaking Memories since several of the supplies I use to create my products produce fumes that I shouldn’t be smelling while pregnant. But now that I’ve lost the baby bump, I’m back and ready to work – during nap times of course! I’m excited to get back to taking orders and making products, so please feel free to contact me if there’s anything I can help you with.

Giveaway Winner

Katie — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:46:26 +0000

Sorry for the delay in posting the winner of the giveaway. Our little man arrived into the world on February 2nd and since then things have been flipped upside down in our house.

Without further delay, I’d like to congratulate Poekitten on winning the handmade fused glass necklace with her comment #13. I’ll be getting in touch with you soon! Thank everyone for participating!