cards sent

Okay, so, I just switched this blog over to the new beta blogger. Hope it works okay. I haven't done the tutorial. Don't wanna. Maybe later. I thought there might be some cooler fonts included, but no, there is not.

I have my Christmas cards ready to go out finally! I took pictures of the kids one day and picked a good shot out of those and made my own photo cards at Walgreens.com and they look fabulous! I will save a copy for the scrapbook, you know. I also did one of those family newsletters this time. It's a great way to keep a history of your family, and if you keep the one's that other family units send you, it might be really interesting in later years to look back at those things!

Speaking of scrapbooks, I really need to update my scrapbooking! I do this every year! By Christmas time, I still am working on the past summer pages! I just haven't taken much time to actually sit down and do it. That's all I have to do, because once I get started, it's like a drug addiction, I want to keep scrapbooking until I am up to date!

Do you want to read my family newsletter online here? Okay, if you are someone on my mailing list, then don't read this one, wait for your card to come, (future BIL, I'm talking to you). I will change the names so that no crazies try to stalk me or something like that.

• Our Family Summary
  ~ 2006 ~
  
  WINTER
  · Karen was recovering from gall-bladder removal surgery
  · Boy continued chiropractor visits & was diagnosed with non-specific autism by the school which is similar to ADD, but not as severe
  · Frosty the cat was diagnosed as diabetic and Karen had to start giving him insulin shots twice a day (she was not pleased with this)
  · Hubby took great care of Karen while she was recovering
  
  SPRING
  · Girl graduated pre-school and began playing soccer for a blue Sparx team and loved it
  · Karen took the kids to many fun local places during spring break
  · Boy had a skin rash that was diagnosed as Scarlet Fever and the Dermatologist prescribed several creams to heal his eczema, and now his skin is so much better; Boy completed second grade
  
  SUMMER
  Karen had her first mammogram and everything was fine
  Boy & Girl went with their grandparents to a beach house at the beach for a week and Hubby & Karen joined them for the weekend
  
  FALL
  Boy joined the Lazers soccer team and had a fun time; He also made A/B Honor Roll for the 1st & 2nd 6 weeks of school!! We were very proud of him!
  Girl switched soccer teams and joined the Pink Panthers; She also started Kindergarten at the same school that Boy goes to and she is doing very well
  Karen did continuing education classes to renew her cosmetology license; She also began participation in a Pre-Diabetes medical research study where she takes medicine that may or may not be a placebo
  Hubby began having trouble with Kidney Stones again recently