One Whole Week!

Can you believe it's been a whole week since my last post??! I Know!! Things got busy around here, then I woke up with migraines three-days-in-a-row. Tuesday's migraine was bad enough, as I was leaving early that afternoon to meet my dad's Honor's Flight, but the one on Wednesday really laid me out! The coolest thing this week was the surprise for my dad. He did two tours in Korea, and one in Viet Nam, and spent 20 years in the USAF. Very proud of and thankful for his service. If you are unsure what an Honor's Flight is, please click this link and check it out. My older sister, Sue was dad's guardian for the day. Nearly 100 vets got on a plane at the Outagamie County Airport in Appleton, Wisconsin very early on Tuesday morning. They were flown to Washington D.C. and spent the day at various memorials and also saw the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, as well as a visit to Arlington Cemetery. Unbeknownst to the vets, by 7:30 pm that same evening, family and friends had gathered at the airport to welcome them home. Simply amazing! At least 1,000 of us were waiting for our heroes. Sue and I contacted by phone, text, or FB, members of our family and a bunch of friends to see if any could come and help us surprise dad. He's the last of my mom's side of the family's patriarchs, and he is well-loved. Here are a couple of photos of some of the family members who showed up to greet him.

A few family members and friends weren't in the photos, but we did our best...

And here's dad checking out our group once he spotted us:

He's still talking about this...pretty amazing for him to have this chance to go to D.C., and pretty amazing to be there to welcome him home.

Just a little note here about my Pinterest account. Thanks for the suggestions from you all. Pinterest itself was no help with this, so I did what I could, including changing my password. I can still see the photos of cards that this lady posted, but they don't show up in the "public" view...Go figure...

And I have a couple of cards to share today. Will be posting the first one to City Crafter's Challenge, where this week's theme is 'fruit.' The second card will go to The Card Concept Challenge which uses a nautical theme.

Neenah white base, and a scrap of blue gingham cut with my MME scalloped die. The fruit banner and the "C" on the sentiment are from a pack of stickers by LYB. The 'elebrate' portion of the sentiment is from PTI, using Versamark red ink.

This is the second card:

Since it's been raining all week, the lighting is ridiculous...Believe it or not, the dark blues are a perfect match. Other than the Neenah white, everything else is just scraps. I used my Cameo to cut the anchor. PTI sentiment (the 'birthday' part is inside...) Pretty simple really. *Sigh.* I just love the light aqua color... So since this has been such a long post, I'll stop now. Thanks for bearing with me. Happy dances everyone.