Project!!

I cut wood for some wood blocks and put the kits together. Last Tuesday night my friends and I got together to make these cute "Thankful" blocks. My mother-in-law came to visit this past weekend and we did some then as well. I love this holiday season and the opportunity it gives to remind us of all that we have to be thankful for.

Halloween

My pictures just loaded backwards so, I'm just going with it.

Our Halloween activities consisted of:

*Reading of Halloween stories the whole month of October

*Scotty watching "Spookly the Square Pumpkin", "Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie", and "Go Diego, Go Halloween" over and over and over again

*Drawing on Pumpkins (didn't get pictures, but nobody's missing out) *Halloween party at story time at the library

*Trunk or Treat at the church.

Scotty got to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween. I got his costume in February at the Disney store. I bought it for $7.99--original price was $39.99. So, he really had no choice in the matter. Good thing he was still excited about being Buzz!

Friday night was the trunk or treat at the church. They also had a chili cook off and some games in the church.

Mommy and Buzz

Daddy and Buzz

Last Wednesday at story time there was a Halloween party. Scotty was so excited to wear his Buzz Lightyear costume and go trick or treating. The kids got to go trick or treating to the grocery store, the water company and a store where they sell candy and stuff from Mexico. Then they got to play a few games. They had a beanbag toss, fishing, and bowling. Scotty had his eye on the bowling game and just couldn't wait for his turn to come..............and those pictures didn't turn out. :( After games, they went inside and ate a fun Halloween lunch.

Scotty Buzz and his new friend Luke the Ninja

Scotty Buzz and AJ Buzz

Scotty fishing

The Test........................and the Winner!

The Test

Two weeks ago, I posted about the blog for the stuff that I make and will be selling. I know it's taking me a long time to get it all going and set up. So, I wanted to see who was willing to link Simply Sunshine Ray even though it's not completely ready yet. So, yesterday I checked all of the personal blogs I have linked on my blog to see who was kind enough to help me out. I had only 5 people who either put a link on their blog or wrote a post about it to send others my way.

The Entries

So, all of you listed above were entered into my first Giveaway!!!

I put the entries in Scotty's hat.

And Scotty was very willing to draw the winner for me.

Unwrapping the name

And the Winner is.............

The Prize
This fun black, white and pink apron!

Congratulations Diana Thompson! E-mail your address to me at simplysunshineray@gmail.com

Bear Down, Arizona

Scotty and I were able to go to the U of A football game vs. Cal on Saturday night. Derrick helps with the home football broadcasts and was given 2 sets of season tickets. We spread the love and gave some to friends and some to family. Scotty and I went to one last month but I didn't get any pictures. Saleem and Palmer were going to come to this game but changed their minds last minute so Scotty and I got to go again!

Scotty loves going to the "Go, Cats, Go" game and LOVES to sit and eat popcorn and drink soda while watching. Even better, he gets a ticket and Scotty LOVES tickets (see pic below.) Scotty started getting fidgety right before half time so that's when we left the game. The Cats were trailing at that point. We went to wander stores until the game was over and it was time to go get Derrick. I turned on the radio to see if I could find out how much time was left and heard the score. We had definately gone to the wrong half of the game. The second half would have been soooo exciting.

The outcome: Arizona 42 - Cal 27!!!!!

YEAH!

My parents get to go to the game against USC this weekend. They get to brave the sold out crowds. Hopefully the Cats won't get killed by the Trojans (yes, we are Trojan fans too but we bleed red and blue!)

Diana

Since we were in Gilbert, Scotty and I drove to Glendale to visit my friend Diana (Cathcart) Thompson. It was fun to see her and let the kids play.

Here is Diana and her little girl Adalyn

Diana and I have been friends for a long time. My family moved to Willcox in 1991 and that is when I first met Diana. I remember the first couple of times that we saw each other. One was at a mother/daughter homemaking night. The next I remember more clearly. There was a dance for YM/YW. I remember sitting with Diana and her telling me about the boy she had a HUGE crush on (J.A.) and then seeing him for the first time. I remember how nice she was to me when most of the LDS kids our age were not. We didn't become really good friends until High School though. We had some really fun times. Freshman volleyball, "cruising" with Beth in her sweet car at lunch time, working together at Bushman Clinic, hiking with friends, weekend get-togethers, making Christmas cards and goodies for the truckers stuck at the truck stop on Christmas Eve, girl talk, sharing crushes, etc. We both went to EAC and were roommates there for the first year. We had some fun and crazy times. I mean CRAZY!!! I haven't always been a great friend and I'm terrible at keeping in contact with people. Diana has called me and contacted me so many times over the years even when I've been so terrible at calling (sorry!) It was so good to see her and to get to spend a couple of hours visiting with her. I wish I had a scanner so I could scan some pictures of us from the good old days. Thanks Diana for all the years of friendship and for putting up with me!

Fun at the Park

Scotty and I were in Gilbert again last week to house and dog sit for Derrick's mom. We met up with Brianne, Rigley and Dalton at the park (San Tan Mall.) Scotty was so excited to see his cousin Rigley and to be able to play at a cool park (since there's not a cool park here!)

Scotty and Rigley

Handsome Cousins
When we first got there, Scotty made fast friends with this little boy (in below pic.) I wish I had a picture of this little boy's face because he was the older boy version of Scotty's little cousin Salem. This little boy looked just like her except he has hair and is bigger!
Scotty loved this Caterpillar

Introducing..................

Simply Sunshine Ray

A Collection of Creations

www.simplysunshineray.blogspot.com

I just want to thank everyone for your input and help. I'm finally getting around to setting up the blog. I haven't had time to do anything with it yet. So, I just put up some pictures of some things I have made. The ones showing right now are not for sale but orders can be made. There is a craft fair at the hospital in Nogales tomorrow. I, along with my friends Sarah and Holly, will be selling our homemade goods there. Sarah makes fleece blankets/quilts, Holly makes adorable hair clips for girls and I will be selling a spread of various homemade items. I'm hoping to sell a lot of stuff tomorrow but if not, fun times sitting around chatting with friends. As soon as the craft fair is over, I will be heading to Gilbert to house sit/dog sit. I will be without Internet until next Thursday. So, I'll post any items that I didn't sell at the craft fair after I get back. And, I'll try to bring some life to the blog as well. So, keep checking in and I'd LOVE it if you happen to want to put the above link on your blog (hint, hint.) Once I get everything set up and going, I'll be having occasional giveaways! I know everyone likes free stuff! So, keep checking in.