Winner of CitiBloc's giveaway!

The winning number that the random number generator picked was....12

CONGRATULATIONS to LoveMy2Dogs!!!!

Winning comment was.....

LoveMy2Dogs said...
I follow your blog

Email has been sent, you have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen!

Thanks to all who entered!

Wordless Wednesday

I am on a roll 3 blog posts in 3 days...WOHOOO!!!!


My baby lost his top tooth...the other one is loose and he is trying to get it out...why you ask...for the money of course, he claims he is saving for a car!

CitiBlocs review/giveaway

Well it is no secret I love all things green so when I had the opportunity to review CitiBlocs I JUMPED at the opportunity!
When they arrived my boys ripped open the box and stared playing with them right away. They have not stopped! These block are so cool and unique yet so simple at the same time. They are all cut to the same size requiring no glue and the best thing of all they do not click together, they use gravity and balance.

From their web site:
CitiBlocs are High Quality Building Blocks unlike any other! Crafted from Grade A New Zealand Radiata Pine, each block is engineered and precision cut for new generations of building fun from age old proportions. Citiblocs distinctive design enables Building without Borders – no complicated instructions and no missing pieces. Guaranteed success and pleasure for creative construction, innovation and design.

Building with Citiblocs is all about making connections. Connections to ourselves and to the world around us. It is about learning naturally. With Citiblocs children can create the fantastic worlds from their imaginations or from the environment that surrounds them. They can discover the principles of math and science that allows bridges to span great distances and super-towers to reach the sky. Children can create fun-filled games and works of art that are limited only by their imagination...with Citiblocs the possibilities are endless...



Here are some of the boys creations..

CitiBlocs provide hours of entertainment....my boys have even used them with their other toys, the most popular being Matchbox cars. I can guarantee that Santa will be leaving more CitiBlocs under the tree this year.

Here are some more cool things you can build with CitiBlocs:

The possibilities are ENDLESS!!!

Would you like your own set of CitiBlocs??? Well Today is your LUCKY DAY! I have one set to giveaway to one luck reader!
You will have your choice of the 52-piece natural or 54-piece color set!

Here are the rules:
-Visit CitiBLocs web site and tell me what you think is the coolest thing about CitiBlocs-(You MUST do this or all entries will be deleted!)
-Follow me on Twitter
-Follow me on my blog
-Tweet this contest and leave link in comment

Giveaway ends on 8/26/2009 at 11:59 PM CST-open to US residents only. If you do not have a blog PLEASE leave your email in comment, I need a way to contact you! Winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen!

Thank you and good luck!!!

Has it been that long???

WOW! Was my last blog post really on June 8th? That seems impossible! Our summer has just FLOWN right by! The boys start school in just a few weeks...CRAZY I tell you!
I miss blogging...SO MUCH so.......I am back! I know you have missed me...I missed you too!! I have a few reviews and giveaway lined up starting tomorrow!
So where I have been this summer? Here is a quick run down.

-Went to Polish Fest in Milwaukee

-Went to Chicago for 10 days

-Went to Connecticut for 6 days for my 20 year reunion (look for a future post on this!)

-Big guy had Basketball Camp

-Little guy had Safety town

-Hubby's band has been playing allot this summer

-Went to Summer Fest in Milwaukee

-Work has been INSANE as well....seems like I am working on work stuff ALL the time (future blog post-I think this might be a time management issue or ADD not sure yet!)

-We became members of Costco :) had to add that!

I hope all you have been enjoying your summer and I look forward to catching up with all of you! I look forward to discovering new blogs and I will miss a few that no longer exist :(

Until tomorrow....

Gone too soon

I don't even know what to think or how I am feeling.....I suffered such a profound loss today that I can not even process it. I am truly heart broken and have been sick to my stomach all day. I keep thinking how? why? and is this really happening right now? My day has been a blurr filled with laughter and lots of tears and times of pure denial and physical sickness.

I lost a friend today...a good man, a man of faith probably the nicest most genuine person I have ever met and I am honored to have known him. A man who walked into a room and it got a little brighter. A man who was also a husband and a father. A man who gave back to the community all he was able to. A man who forever changed my life and that of my family. A man who will be missed, truly missed.

It is not only heart breaking that his life was cut too short but his 16 year old son died along with him, this is just way too much for me. They were in their private plane, headed back from a paint ball convention, they we celebrating Max's 16th birthday.

Dr. Dave was a TRUE man of God, a man who lived his life to help others. I met Dr. Dave Holtrop 15 years ago. I was in a car accident and had whiplash, my best friend suggest I go to her Chiropractor and I did. When I met him I knew he was a man doing what God put him on earth to do. I was in such pain and he was so caring and gentle and help me more then I think he ever knew.

I continued to see him a regular basis and we formed a friendship. When I be came pregnant he was thrilled for my husband and myself. I had left his office and no more then 10 minutes later my water broke..who did I call first? Not my husband, not my OBGYN but Dr. Dave. When my first born had an infected ingrown toe nail and his pediatrician prescribed an antibiotic who did I call? Yes Dr. Dave. His first ear infection? Dr.Dave When he was diagnosed with Asthma I went to him...and within weeks my son no longer needed his inhaler, it has been 8 years with out him using it. When I became pregnant with my second child again I saw him I continued to see him on a regular basis. When both of my children were born I brought them to him with in the first two weeks and they also saw him regularly. I killed me a little bit to have to tell my oldest what happened...he is so sensitive and that I know this will effect him for a while.

Life is short and precious I understand that. Why did it have to be Dave and Max, his son was only 16, so young, so innocent, so full of promise and Dave a GREAT man and man true to his faith. I seriously do not want to hear one more person saying it was his time, God needed him more then we did. I disagree with that, his wife needs him, his 3 reaming children need him, his family needs him, this community needs him, God did not need him, not yet I can not believe that and no one can convince me of that, EVER.

He was so devoted to his work, he went on several medical missions to South America and on one of those trips they decided to adopt a child, a little girl. It took a while and I remember him complaining how long and tedious the process was, I do believe that was the only time I ever herd him complain and yet he was just anxious to bring her into their loving home and make her part of their family.

I do take peace in knowing he had a solid relationship with God and one who is that devout does not fear death. I can not help to think what was going through his mind as the plane went down knowing his son was with him. I have to stop my self from going there.

So Dr. Dave I will miss you with all of my heart, you have made such a great impact in my life and others lives as well. It was truly an honor to have know you. Your generosity and kindness will carry on in your children and their children. I pray that God protects Michelle and gives her the strength she is going to need to carry on. God bless and RIP.