5 FAVORITES

Nothing too exciting going on this week and I never even took a single photograph. So I decided to list my favorite thing about this week. (in no particular order)






1. Grace is Potty Training
(This photo is from our first attempt a few months ago)









2. Coffee and conversation with a good friend.







3. I used my Christmas $ to buy a new scanner.
I used it to scan this old photo of me and my little brother Jason.

4. Took Gracie to Lumpy's to celebrate a week of Potty Training!

5. It's Girl Scout Cookie Time again!

(and I'm NOT the cookie mom this year)

A few moments I would like to forget...

1. Getting pooped on by a bird at the kids school

2. forgetting to turn the Crock Pot on

3. Coco loosing her cell phone

4. Soccer Drama

Stacy Julian's Sprinkle No. 13

This is my first post of 2010. Yes I know it's late! We have had a lot going on here in the Truhe household so far this year and I haven't really felt like blogging.

I wanted to do a 2009 year in review and even started doing it but I was spending too much time choosing photos and it just felt like it was getting out of control. Then came across Stacy Julian's Sprinkles. Sprinkle 13 to be exact. I copied it from her site...

Your *sprinkle* this week is to select and share 12 favorite photos from the past year. To make this an exercise in intuitive creativity, you are NOT going to make this task hard. For example, you won’t make yourself pick one photo from each of the last 12 months–even though that seems like a good idea. You won’t play even-Steven and make sure all the people you love are represented in your collection. You won’t attempt to force a theme or look for a specific kind of photo. What you will do is use your kitchen timer and follow these six steps:

1.Create a “2009 Favorites” folder on your computer.
2.Open up your digital photo library.
3.Set your timer for 12 minutes and hit start.
4.Scroll quickly through your photos until an image catches your eye.
5.Stop and save this image to your folder.
6.Continue selecting and saving until your timer beeps.

Now, think of a way to share them. You could …

1.Email them to your extended family.
2.Print them and display them on the fridge or back door.
3.Post them to your blog or Facebook.
4.Put them together on a scrapbook page.
5.Use them to create a 2010 calendar.

Sounds like fun! Anyone else want to do it?

My photos are not quite as interesting as Stacy's but here they are...

For more SPRINKLES check out Stacy's website at http://www.stacyjulian.com/

NO TURKEY FOR PERKY

Today I got to watch AJ in his first school play. He was so excited to be in the kindergarten play "No Turkey for Perky" just like his older sisters were when they were in kindergarten. It was so cute. I think of all the school plays I have seen at Garin "No Turkey for Perky" is my favorite. I can't wait to see Grace in it in a few years :)

AJ in front of the Marquee (that the parents club worked so hard to buy for the school)

AJ and his teacher Mrs. Byrne

Miranda got excused from class so she could watch her brother. We got good seats with a nice view. If only I could get a camera that takes nice photos in the MP room at school. All of the awards photos come out looking like this as well (dark and grainy)

Coco's Class put on a THANKSGIVING play in their classroom today as well. It was really cute and Coco did a great job :)

This was my attempt at getting a shot of the whole class. I was not very successful.

Coco with one of her best friends Katelyn Boettcher

Another shot of Coco and Katelyn

Coco in her Indian costume.

NOR CAL STATE CUP

It's been a crazy couple of weeks...





Last weekend Miranda's soccer team was in Sacramento for the state cup quarter finals. We lost the first three games. It was really disappointing but we did have some tough competition. We had one last game to play before heading home. This last game would determine if the team would go on to play in the semi finals the following weekend or be done for the season.

This fourth game turned out to be the most exciting game (both on and off of the field). The game ended in a tie and according to NorCal State Cup rules it should have gone into 10 minutes of sudden death overtime; then if there was still a tie it would go to penalty kicks. Well, the ref's, for whatever reason, skipped the 10 min of overtime play and went straight to penalty kicks! Our team manager went to protest to the field marshal (who turned out to be the head honcho for NorCal Soccer). He came over to the field before the PK's were over and told the ref's that the 10 min. of sudden death OT must be played. He said that if there was still a tie that the score of the PK's would stand. The ref's then (for whatever reason) asked the two coaches to make a deal to only do 5 min. of sudden death OT and then retake the penalty kicks. Both coaches agreed, shook hands and our team ended up winning.

The other team's coach then said that he never agreed to re-do the PK's. It turned into a huge fiasco and after almost an hour and a half of debate the NorCal board said that the game needed to be re-played. The parents of the other team were furious! They sent numerous emails to the NorCal board (which our team was copied on). They said they were worried that we were going to cheat and swap out our players. So ridiculous! In the end we had to re-play the game on Thursday night on a neutral field. The other team was from the Mountain View/Los Altos area so we went to Union City for the re-match. It was a really good game and our team won 1-0. With the victory we were off to the Semi Finals in Manteca where we won our first game 2-0 (vs FC Alliance Dynamite from Richmond). That victory sent us on to play in the Championship game today (Sunday) against Placer Gold United. We won 1-0 which made East Diablo Fury the 2009 NorCal State Cup U10 girls premiere division CHAMPIONS!

Miranda (Center) with her friends Kylie (Left) and Leah (Right)


Our little CHAMPION

We are so proud of Miranda and her team!

GO FURY!

Scrappy Times

Here are the layouts that I have completed so far this month. The first two are from the last week of October. I also completed a mini book in September and another in October but don't have the pics ready to upload yet.

This one I actually did on October 30th. The photos in the layout are of Grace acting really silly while in recovery after having a Cardiac Cath procedure at UCSF.

This LO is of my kids and their cousins on the Truhe side. This is the first photo I have gotten with all of them in it in a really long time. (also done in October)



I did my first online crop over the weekend. Below are 6 layouts I did for different challenges. I also made some Christmas Cards using a Basic Gray card kit. I didn't take any pics of the cards yet. They came out really cute. So cute that I am thinking of how to turn them into another mini album and keep it for myself.


The challenge was to create a layout using 3's. I used three photos, three buttons and three flowers. The photos are of Miranda when she was 3 years old.

This was a challenge to use the scraps that are on your table. I had just cut out a circle that was in the middle of this paper so I was able to use the left over rim for this layout. The brown cardstock was also left over from another project. The photos are from 2002 Coco was about a year and a half. She was the messiest kid ever!

The challenge here was to use a sketch. The photos I used were from last year when AJ got a Klutz superhero kit. The kids had so much fun making superhero masks.

The challenge was to create and layout and journaling to express why I scrap. I used the first memories that came to my head about each of the kids. I just used photos of the kids at the age they were in the memory not of the actual event. Next, I will have to do a layout of each memory because the stories were too long to include together on one page.

This Challenge was to scrap-lift. The photos here are of the kids cherry picking with Dave's folks this summer.

Challenge was to alter a photo and use it on a layout. I converted a baby pic of Miranda to Black and White then hand colored it.

Scrap For a Cure: Autumn Bliss Online Crop!

Who is ready for another awesome online crop at Scrap For A Cure!!!! You've got it!!!!! Save the date for November 6, 7, 8. The crop will begin on Friday evening and go through Sunday. We will have challenges and games posted all weekend long!!! If you've never cropped with us here, you are in for a fun weekend!! We have tons of prizes to give away, lots of fun, and lots of laughs!!!


http://scrapforacure.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3403

Make a Wish Vacation Day 1

I know, I know, it's been so long since I have blogged that Gracie's Make A Wish trip seems like old news. I have tried to condense it as much as possible for you.

Dave and I got very little sleep the night before we left. We stayed up late doing some last minute packing and making sure everything was ready for us to be able to wake up and leave in the morning. Ahhhhh... What a nice thought. What we didn't count on was oversleeping, Gracie throwing up on me seconds before getting into the limo and realizing that we forgot her medication after being on the road for 15 minutes! YIKES! It was crazy! In all of the craziness I forgot to take a photo of us in the limo. :( But everything worked out and we made it to the airport on time.

When our limo pulled up in front of the airport we were greeted by a few American Airlines employees. They took care of our luggage and carry on bags. They walked us over to the ticket counter that was decorated just for Grace. There was a line for First Class and Line for Coach and a like for GRACE TRUHE AND FAMILY. It had a red carpet and was lined with balloons and Dora signs welcoming Gracie! AWESOME!

We were quickly taken through security, we got to go right to the front of the line! They were waiting for us and already knew about Grace and her pacemaker. When we got to the other side of security the few AA employees had grown to a full on entourage! They escorted us over to the gate where there were there was a huge party for Grace! It was Amazing!

They gave Grace lots and lots of gifts! She got a new Dora back pack, stickers, some toys for the plane and a portable DVD with lots of Dora videos.

The party also included a cake that was about the size of our kitchen table. Later when we were on board the plane the flight attendants let Miranda and Coco act like junior flight attendants and pass out the cake to the other passengers. They even got to serve the pilots while we the they were flying the plane.

They decorated our seats with the big welcome sign and more Dora signs. They also had balloons but I don't think they thought that one through. They all popped in the high altitude and scared the heck out of everyone.

Best flight crew EVER!

Grace was a little nervous for her first flight but she did great. We had oxygen for her Pulmonary hypertension. She gave us a hard time getting it on her but we were able to hold it near her. She did really well on the flight emotionally and medically.

As the plane was taking off the people who were with us at the gate were on the ground holding this cool banner. Also, the SF Fire Dept. had two engines on both sides of the plane and when the plane took off they shot off water cannons. It was really cool.