Welcome!

Hello to all my friends & family!
I'm going to try my hand at blogging here. If you know me, you know my favorite things. OK, I'll remind you. I love my family... My dear hubby, Don, and I have been married for almost 14 years, enduring the ups and downs, still going strong. My favorite boy in the whole world, Tyler, just turned 11 and is starting 6th grade. My favorite girl in the whole world, Haley, is 7 and starting 2nd grade. Extended family is also very important to me. My parents are divorced and remarried. My mom is Dawn, married to Ron, they live about 2.5 hours from me. My dad is Bob, married to Patti, they live in Upper Michigan. I'm the oldest, then there is Rob, engaged to Sarah, who's children are Isabella (8) and Mari (6), they live in Wauzeka about 5 blocks from me. My sister is Tricia, married to Brad, parents to Brianna (9), Keegan (7) & Xander (1), they live in Sextonville about 45 minutes from me. Next sister Deanna (21 on Sept 7) is in college at NMU in Marquette MI. Little brother Ryan is a senior at Lake Linden High in LL, MI. Baby sister Rachel is entering 8th grade at Lake Linden. I also have a step-sister Kimi, and her hubby Bill, who live in Arizona with some furry puppy kids. My husband's family is very close, too. His parents, Don & Joan, live across the street from us. His sister Tonia, married to Levi, parents to Jory (1), live in Boscobel. His brother LaVern, married to Sara, parents to LaVern aka Little Bernie (5) and Jacob (2), live in Steuben. Whew! I'll be posting photos, so you can return to this to see who's who.

I currently work for DA Diggers, which is Don & his dad's business. I manage the office and all sorts of fun stuff. I also substitute teach once in a while. I earned my Bachelor of Science degree from Upper Iowa University in 2005. What did I learn most? Advice to all young people: go to college BEFORE you have kids and a job, it will be much easier! Since graduating, I've become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I love to create home-made cards and scrapbook pages. As you can tell, I love glitter. My all-time fave is dazzling diamonds. Oohh, it is so pretty!

I think that's about it for now. I'll be posting more later. Not sure if it will be daily or not, but check back soon!

Keep craftin',
Audra