I think I’m going to take Emelia to see the American Girl movie today. I think. She has a little friend spending the night so it will pretty much depend on if they go to sleep at a reasonable hour and wake up early enough to go. I heard the movie was pretty good. Emelia has another friend (Audrey) who she spent the night with Sunday after church. Her mother is from Germany and hasn’t lived in the US long. Her husband is now working in Germany so she is left here for six months with five children. Four of which are wild little boys! I thought little Audrey could use a girl day .

This evening is night one of the teen vbs type event. Tonight there will be a really dynamic speaker and crafts and outside games. Tomorrow night is a Polaroid scavenger hunt. I am supposed to drive a team around. Friday is carnival night and they have rented a lot of inflatables and have fun stuff planned. I think it will be fun. My friend Julie is in town this week (and next)… she dropped by today and visited just for a few minutes. I think she is going with me tonight and then her oldest daughter will go with us the other nights. My friend Melody’s son Matthew may go with us Thursday night too!

We babysat mom and dad’s dog “mojo,” last night. They were out of town. Mom still is. Mojo gets nervous when he is away from dad and sticks to me like glue. This is what he looks like …

He’s a sweetie. I wasn’t too sad when dad picked him up last night. He (dad) also ate dinner with us.

I’ve got some bloggy meetings planned in the next couple of weeks. I’m so excited! I’ll take my camera and tell you all about it when it happens.

When I was contacted by Amy about doing a Precious Moments giveaway I was so excited. Turns out there is a new website Preciousmoms.com that has all kinds of cool resources for moms! There is advice about cooking, decorating, family fun, and even parenting tools like a guide to video game ratings. There are polls to see what other moms think and also a message board. Believe me, you can spend a lot of time over there checking it all out!

If you are looking for really helpful checklists to prepare for that special birthday party, The Precious Party Package is available at www.bsmmedia.com/birthday.

The fun part about the giveaway is that they mailed me a Precious Moments “Birthday Wishes with Hugs and Kisses” figurine. It retails for $44.99. This is what it looks like…

So, if you would like to win this… leave a comment and then tell all your friends about it!

On Friday I’ll draw a winner!

I love going to Orlando because there are so many things to do in Orlando! The last time we visited Orlando we spent a week there and ran of time before we ran out of things to do. First there are all the Disney parks to visit. I loved all the Disney parks. I think my favorite was the Disney MGM. It was awesome! I would like to go to Epcot again sometime. When we went it was pouring down rain and we got so wet we didn’t really enjoy it. I also liked all the Universal parks too. I think the Universal Studios was a little more high tech than the Disney MGM. The rides were really cool. I loved the Spiderman ride the best.

If you are planning your next vacation check out Trusted Tours and Attractions. They have a newsletter you can sign up for. My Sister in Law just returned from Las Vegas. She said there were tons of things to do in Las Vegas! She went to the Outlet Mall and saw some shows. I have never been there! I’ve also never been to the Metropolitan museum of art. If you look at online travel guides you can see things you might not have seen otherwise. Sign up for the Trusted Travels eNewsletter and enter to win a $150 iTunes gift card Offer ends July 31st, 2008.