Celebrate!...TAWS BE Inspired #33

Guess what! On Tuesday, I packed a slightly version of the ‘mobile craft unit’ into the car for another road trip.  Destination: Edmonton, to Mom and Pa’s house, where (hopefully J), I'll be staying until August 18!!  Look out folks, the ‘middle-aged daughter’ has made a return!!  Yayyy…

Here's the abbreviated version of how this wonderful event came to be:  a while back, my husband applied for, and was accepted (like in a nano of nanosecond) for a 'mission staff' position for Canada Summer Games, which begin today, in Sherbrooke, Quebec.  All the Alberta folks flew out on Tuesday, so after dropping him off at the airport, I simply...headed north!!  Of course, I'll miss him immensely, however, well, what can I say?  Time with my folks? My brother and sister-in-law?  My NIECE and NEPHEW??  This is a win-win opportunity for both of us - he's busy managing/helping athletes, whilst I'm busy playing/helping with wee munchkins.

Just shy of 48 hours here, my Aunty C activities have been plum-full of all sorts of things: playgrounds, trail hikes, chariot-stroller pushes, carrying and/or hand-holding walk, flower and rock watering (rocks get dry too, I've been told by Ms. Niece, who seemed shocked I wouldn't *know* that), making pancakes, picking peas and carrots in my mom's little garden plot, making 'take home' snack packages (cereal, usually, and 'only 3' of each of mini-wheats, cornflakes and rice krispies), and so much more. A 'first time' experience for me: yesterday morning, along with my brother, I was a volunteer for yesterday's field trip to Fort Edmonton with my niece's day care group of 15 little ones. Fifteen - and oh, they were soooo good, holding hands with their partners, eating carrots from the Fort's garden, tossing the greens to the pigs, sitting 'politely' for their cheese sandwich lunch...cute+++. To put everything in a nutshell: Too. Much. Fun. 

Anyway, I had a snippet of time to create a card for a much missed challenge: TAWS BE Inspired note to self: play more often!!), and one that I almost 'missed' again, seeing that the link's close was a mere few hours away. 

Here's the lovely photo

Gorgeous yellow + grey, with hints of light blue and black, and gift boxes: this is what caught my eye. And given that I have so much to be thankful for, well...I went with a celebration theme, using images from Wish Big...

Thanks so much for dropping by; please let me know you did! Your comments brighten my day!

Hope you have a fantastic start to August!  Me - looking forward to more family time (happy face X 1000000), and in the card-making world, I'm starting to think fall... Thanksgiving... Halloween... Christmas...