Andrew, Amy, Mason and Jessica
Jessica as Mario
Jessica in the D'backs Dugout
On October 24, 2009 Andrew and I took the Light Rail downtown to go on a tour of Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. It’s one of those things we kept saying we should do for years, but never seemed to get around to doing.
The tour was only $6 which I felt was quite a bargain for what we got to see and do. We started by rounding the field and learning lots of fun facts about the Dbacks and the field in general. We got to see the pool, and then headed downstairs to the visitor locker room. We visited a suite and learned more about the team, then got to go into the Diamondbacks dugout! It was a whole lot of fun, and I’m glad we finally went.
See more pictures of the tour on Flickr.
At the CKC Scrapbooking Convention last week, I picked up a Cricut Expression on the sales floor. For those who do not know, a Cricut is a personal die-cut machine. It allows you to cut out shapes on any type of paper, fabric or vinyl. The shapes you have are determined by which cartridge is loaded.
The Cricut was quite a deal – just $279.99 and it came with two cartridges. The retail price on it is $399.99 with one cartridge, and extras go for $40-$90 depending on the cartridge. I’m just getting started learning how to use it, but have already made a thank-you card for my sister. She taught me how to use it in the hotel room!
I’ve since also accomplished the impossible – completed handmade Christmas cards for this year! Thank goodness for the Xyron – a wonderful companion to the Cricut! It helped get my Merry Christmas die cuts ready for adhering to the cards.
My sister Kathleen came out to visit Arizona to attend the Creating Keepsakes Scrapbooking Convention with me, October 1-3, 2009. The event was held at the Renaissance Hotel Glendale, next door to Westgate, Jobing.com Arena and the University of Phoenix Stadium. After a very delayed, very rough flight, things didn’t look too good at the end of the first night for us. Kathleen persevered through intense motion sickness, and we got things underway Thursday morning.
We had a very nice time at the convention, attending various classes, buying tons of stuff on the sales floor and cropping in our adjacent hotel rooms. We got a lot of scrappin’ accomplished together! Kathleen was working on the kids’ trip to California, and I was working on our tour of the UK and Ireland. I even bought a Cricut Expression and Kathleen showed me how to set it up and use it.
I didn’t even bring a camera, and Kathleen never used hers. How ironic is it that we attended a scrapbooking convention and didn’t take a single picture? Regardless, it was lots of fun! I’m so glad she was able to come out and join me for the weekend.
