crop into christmas

I'm learning that fundraising is definitely a big part of playing rep hockey - without it parents end up paying so much more for their kids to play.  We like to be as involved as we can with the teams Justin coaches but don't often participate in a lot of the fundraisers.  I had heard of the idea of doing a scrapbooking retreat as a fundraiser and our fundraising coordinator was such an awesome sport about it and said "Why not!"  So she let my brain run wild with ideas and let me look after a lot of the planning - most of which included the food!

We are hosting the team Christmas party - parents and all the kids - in a few weeks so some of what I made was a "dry run" for that night... I had so much fun!  And even though we didn't end up with as many people as we had hoped, those of us who were there had a wonderful day :)  We created all day and I think we were all pleased with what we accomplished by the end of the day!  Some scrapbooked, some made cards and two of us lugged over our sewing machines to work on a few quilting projects!

A big thank you to Robyn for helping organize and for letting us turn her library upside down with all our "toys"!  And another big thank you to Andrea for the great make and take project and creative ideas!

There was lots of talk about maybe doing another this spring... keep your eyes open for those details :)

Our morning "snack":

What's a girls day without a little chocolate.. and cheesecake!? :)

And a healthy supper to finish off the day!