yeehaw (winners and photos posted)

Happy Thursday everyone!

I am sorry I am late posting the winners for the Sketch Support blog hop but I wanted to post photos of Abigail's birthday party and they have taken forever to sort and organize!

Without further ado, the winners are:

The winner of the one page sketch book is:
who was:
And the winner of the Travel Sketch book is:
Who was Noey, a member of our Sketch Support team so I took the next comment:
Congratulations Tara and Ruth. Email me your address and I'll send the books out to you!

Now onto some photos of Abigail's birthday party! It was a Western theme so we had 12 cowgirls and 3 cowboys here! We had so much fun - there were 15 kids here, including Abba. Just an FYI in case you ever host a birthday party for 15 kids - don't do it alone! It was insanity around here. But so much fun. We played lots of games (pin the tail on Bullseye, race to fill up Bullseye's water trough which was by far the favourite, and There's a snake in my boot where party goers threw a snake into a boot), ate a great Western lunch (pulled pork sandwiches, cowboy beans, caesar salad - only because it's Abigail's favourite so coleslaw got booted, chips and root beer/pink lemonade) and bounced on the trampoline! Here are a few shots:

My little cowgirl:


The cowgirl outfit was my sister's when she was about 5 ... and my mom said she even had it as a child! This is my sister wearing it:

How cute! I love that they both wore it!
Dean and I made the sign for the ranch, with the help of our Cricut!

The family:

Abba and her friends:




The group as a whole:

Making funny faces now:

Here is a shot of Abba playing a game: There's a snake in my boot:


And here are some various shots of the party:
I put root beer and pink lemonade in mason jars for the kids and made little western signs for the food: Pinto Pete's Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Buffalo Bill's Baked Beans, Cactus Jack's Caesar Salad and Prairie Pancakes (chips).

The girls playing the water game:


Some various shots. Dean and I made the cake and it was delicious! I even sported a cowboy hat for the occasion! The children all got cowboy hats and sheriff badges as giveaways and a hobo stick/bandana filled with some chocolate coins and other little candies.


I also made Wanted! posters for each of the guests and of Abigail. Here are a couple of them:


Okay, I am off - this post has taken 2 hours to write! :)
Have a great night!!!