Our Exhibits at the Spokane Fair

I have tried to publish this post with pictures and I can't move or edit photos once I select its position. So, if you want to see pictures go to my facebook page - its much easier to load photos & takes a quarter of the time.  Also, my camera ran out of batteries so I couldn't take pictures of all that we entered & ribbons.


If you want to see the pictures Jasmyn & I entered & vote for the People's choice award here are the numbers of the pictures we entered (its easier to find by number than by name). We both entered in the OPEN catagory, and they only give out 4 ribbons per catagory. 1st-3rd place & honorable mention. So competition is tough.

If Jasmyn would have entered in the Youth section, I bet she would have got blue ribbons on all her photos!

Color Photos: 439, 438, 479, 475, 460, 254, 286, 318, 341, 381, 97, 94, 178, 399, 506, 510, 444, 213, 167, 73, 281, 152, 187

Black & White Photos: 641, 554, 561, 529, 523, 598, 587, 648, 610, 636, 625, 607, 619, 644, 584, 620, 526, 553.

The Photos that placed were: #641 Tiger licking his lips (she took this when she was 9yrs old). She got 2nd place. #644 Grayson in the snow, 3rd place. #610 her Converse shoes and rocks placed in a heart (took at 12yrs old), honorable mention. #648 A picture of Ethan that she took, but I hand colored & entered in the hand colored section. Placed 2nd.

When you walk into the craft section at the fair and you look to the right there is a wall of photos. You will see a picture of Jasmyn as a vampire. She took the picture of herself on her cell phone & then I digitally enhanced it - gave her fangs, red lips & enhanced her eye lashes. Right next to it is her picture of a purple flower.

In the kids craft area Jasmyn's mini red album placed 2nd and her homemade scrapbook placed 1st (she made it in beginning of 7th grade for a school project).


Ethan's Pinewood derby car is in the Scouting section and he placed 1st!

I entered a bunch of stuff just for fun. I realized as I was thinking of things to enter that I made a bunch of stuff in all different catagories, but have given most away as gifts!


My Strawberries, Raspberries & Blueberries received 1st, 2nd & participation ribbons, which is funny because as far as I could see I was the only one to enter those berries!

The Crafty stuff I entered was:

Wood: One Nation Under God - 2nd place
Wood: Mouse pinewood derby car - 2nd place
Cards: Love Valentine with Chocolate bar inside - 1st place
Scrapbook Page: "Every family has a few nuts" - 1st place
Card: "Bee" Happy Birthday - 3rd place
Card: Heart Felt Thanks (used my cricut) - 1st place
Handprint Painting (made in 2005 for all the grandparents) - 2nd place (hanging up)
Scrapbook Page (hanging up) "American Flag" - 1st place
Cub Scout Treat Bucket - 3rd Place
Sign: Happy Birthday BSA B&G Banquet - 2nd place
Sewing Section: Red Cub Scout Vest I made for Ethan - 2nd place

Ethan needs letters of Recommendation for ASB

Ethan is running for the position of ASB Representative in his 3rd grade class and needs letters of recommendation. Would you be willing to email a letter of recommendation, with comments about his leadership skills, positive character traits, strong work ethic or other abilities to his teacher by September 12th? And if you could email a copy of it for me to save for his scrapbook that would be great! Thanks, Spring


His teacher's email address is: lockm@evsd.org

High School is Expensive!

Today is Jasmyn's 2nd day of high school and already its costing us $113.00. $23 for school pictures (not deluxe pkg or anything), $40 for ASB card (student ID required for sports) & $50 for a YEARBOOK and it goes up $20 EVERY month if you don't buy it this month!! AND driver's ed is $365 for the class that I took for free in high school!

Everyone tells you to save up for college, but nowadays you need a savings plan for high school!

Jasmyn is taking spanish, career choices, pre-ap science, algebra (i took my jr yr), seminary 3rd period so she could get out of her PE class, & english. She LOVES high school, but yesterday she was so tired from her first day that she came home & slept until 8pm got up to eat & went back to bed!

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