The Cowardly Lion picks a winner! (and lots more!)

Have you met the Cowardly Lion? Are you afraid of lions - don't be! This one is really, really sweet! She is wearing her badge of courage here for all to see~~~


This little "Cowardly lion" is all set to pick a winner - someone very lucky is going to spend some wonderful days at the beach!

Her ears keep falling off! We have to push them back up on her head just to take the picture!

Maddy girl loves CAKE. (she just likes to eat the icing.) Every time she sees her Auntie Vicki - she says "cake" and shakes that little head up and down. She still remembers the cake that we had when she picked the winner of my birthday give away. (this kid remembers everything!!!) So - we promised her cake AFTER she picked the winner of this contest. She said "yea!" and threw her hands up in the air!

"Where is your tail little Cowardly Lion?"

Here it is!

"How does the Cowardly Lion go? Grrrrr!"

(I forgot that I was wearing my glasses -

the very latest in the "school marm" look!)

Those ears about to hit the ground again!

Here we go again - she does this EVERY time! (and then we have to pick up all the papers again and put them back in the basket!)

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We have to take a little break here and run into the house~~~ and climb a stepladder and look into the kitchen cabinet and take EVERYTHING out and put it all back in and finally after looking for 20 minutes because we know it is there someplace ~ we finally find the edible writing pen so that we can write the winner's name on the CAKE because we promised the Cowardly Lion that she could have cake after she picked a winner!!! WHEW!!!

And the winner is DEB from the blog Mountain Musings. Congratulations dear Deb - Maddy girl wants to share her cake with you! Email me privately for your details! We will expect to see some serious vacation photos on your blog when you return. Details! Details!! We want to see it all! (where you eat - where you shop - the beach - if we can't be there - we want to live it through you!) Please join me in saying congrats to Deb on her win! (I know, I know, it is no fun to lose - but there will be more chances - I promise!)

~~~For those of you who played to win - entered every single day without fail - I can only say that I love you and I read EVERY SINGLE comment. I so regret that only one can win - but do not fear. If I remain so blessed - (and the storms do not blow the condo into the ocean!) we will do this again in the near future.

Here she goes - into the icing. The "DEB" part is about to go away!

A kiss for Auntie Vicki!

The Cowardly Lion strikes a pose.

"The End"

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How about a little bit of baby love? Want to see some new photos of our sweet little grandbaby? Kerri Beth is about 4 months old in these photos. (She is almost 6 months old now - so I am a little slow about posting these!) Will definitely try to do better!

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This photo makes me laugh!! She is just learning to laugh out loud and smiles all the time. Admit it - she is adorable!

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Don't you just love these little hands and feet!

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Do they love her or what!

We can hardly stand to be away from our sweet grandchildren. For those of you who live away from your grandbabies - you understand, I know. Our precious little Mason lives in Atlanta - 8 hours away. This little grand baby is a little closer - an hour and a half away - but even that is still too far.

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How about a little craft project for Halloween? This blog post has it all doesn't it! A Cowardly Lion - a beautiful grandbaby - and now a "way cool" little craft project that you are going to LOVE!!!

And you thought yarn was only for knittng or crochet! NOT!! Look what my friend Mary made with her yarn stash! She took a wooden stool - and wrapped it with yarns and then decorated it with a Halloween theme. Is this not the cutest thing ever! (and so easy - even I can do it - I think!)

Here is what you need for supplies - yarn, spray tacky glue, and a variety of embellishments. I know after you see this that you are all headed out to your closest Hobby Lobby!

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Seriously - you are going to make this aren't you! I am headed to the beach in a few weeks and I have my stool ready to go - while I am there I am going to craft one using a beach themed decor! Shouldn't have to go far to find some embellishments - just out to the beach! (that's the kind of friend I am - I have to copy all the cute stuff that Mary makes!)

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If you make this - your friends are going to think you are "super cool and crafty!" (and they will all want one!)

Well, no Halloween crafting for me! You just know what I am working on! Isn't there a requirement that you have to be near the water if you are working on "shorebird" nests?

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Just trying to enjoy the last days of summer here. The leaves are falling like crazy and it just seems like summer is going to end soon. (sigh -so sad!) So--- let's give a welcome to Fall with a new giveaway! Something so perfectly "autumn". Join me on October 1 for a "Harvest" surprise~~~

Vicki