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Hope you all have had a great Father's Day...whether you were celebrating your Father, the father of your kiddos - or any other guy that is a Daddy! This was my first Father's Day since my Dad went home to be with the Lord - and that fact alone made me conscious of celebrating those guys that work so hard to be a good DAD to their kids.  It is hard work being a good dad! I am sure you have your own "list of what makes a good Dad," but I thought I would share what I have been pondering today - things learned from my own Dad or from watching Royce with Weston. You're A Good Dad If... 1. You live everyday knowing that your kids are watching what you do more than listening to what you say...and you give them a great model to follow. 2. You know that while you might be the guy with all the answers to your kiddos - you go to your Heavenly Father for the BEST ADVICE ever. 3. You know that as easy as it would be to say "YES" to your kids, you take the ...

Well, hello there friends! I know - it has been awhile since we have gotten together to chat here...crazy life!  I have been doing some fun creating though - and want to begin sharing some of it with you. This past week, I was really inspired by the cards that Heather Nichols shared for the Make It Monday Challenge on the Papertrey Ink Blog.  If you would like to check out her tutorial, you can see it HERE . I ended up making a set of cards to send to my sister for her birthday...she is a busy Mom and I thought it would be nice for her to have a few cards ready for when she needed them.  These were really fun to make - and super easy. The basic pocket started out as a standard Kraft A2 size card that I trimmed off 1.5" and then stitched up the sides. If you don't want to sew, you could just tape or staple the sides. Before I created the pockets, I left the cardstock flat and stamped a background - starting with the largest stamps first and then filling ...