Good Morning everyone!!

Hopefully everyone had a wonderful weekend! We had a great time listening to our Prophet during General Conference. I am looking forward to reading the talks and catching all the bits that I missed due to children being children!

With a new month, comes a new challenge! I am not really sure where I found this sketch - but isn't it lovely?? So to whom ever created this wonderful sketch - THANK YOU!!! I do know, however who created the awesome designs that I used for my version of the sketch: Audra's Little Scrap's!! It's called Autumn in the Air. Check it out - it's on sale!!





I just love the rich tones that this kit has to offer! Perfect for all the autumn pictures that we will be taking so very soon as the leaves change colors.

I'll post more pages using this kit later.








Also new to Audra's Little Scrap's shop is an AWESOME kit called Apple Pie. I love this kit and the cordinating Apple Pie Alpha that goes with it. Check them out too! They are also on sale for 40% off!!















I love using the traditional red & green Christmas colors for other events! Audra did such a nice job of capturing the red of an apple and the super green that one will find on an apple tree. Great kit Audra!!

I hope that everyone will have a fantastic week this week! My goal is to get my house clean again after the whirlwind of the last week or so!! We shall see if that happens!

~Laura

.... (how does one go about announcing a winner without introducing the contestants??)

So, without further ado, our contestants for this month's challenge are:

Brittany & Mary Ellen!!!
Brittany is a fabulous stay at home mom to three cute kids and wife to Nick. She is a fabulous scrapbooker and scrapbooks both digitally and traditionally! Check out her spectacular page:

Mary Ellen is no stranger to Happy 2 Scrap! Like Brittney, she is also a stay at home mom to 3 super kids and wife to Jerome. She is an awesome scrapbooker and scrapbooks traditional She is trying to use up her things before going to buy more! (I wish I had her will power and so does my husband!!) Check out her fabulous page:

And now...the moment our contestants have been waiting for.....

The winner of Happy 2 Scrap's August/September's challenge and the lucky winner of a $15 gift certificate to the Ettes' fabulous store is.....

Brittany!!

Good afternoon everyone!!

Each year, since Jeremy began working for Pepsi, we have gone to Port Clinton, Ohio. It is one of the many towns that Jeremy is the Pepsi man for and his accounts LOVE him! (Of course I think - what's not to love??) :) This town is such a fabulous little place filled with so many neat things!

Here is our itinerairy for our day trips:

• The Great Lakes Popcorn - a spectacular place that sells speciality popcorn. At Christmas time they make a wonderful mint popcorn drizzled with chocolate! It is SOO yummy!


• Pizza House - If you love pizza then this is the place to go. They make the BEST pizza ever! I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!


• The Beach - which one you might ask? Port Clinton has several! We regularly visit a couple of different ones. There is one right alongside of the road that has TONS of seashells for little children to collect and rejoice over!


• Bay Point Marina - This place is awesome!! I know that this place costs money to get into, however because of the before mentioned love of Jeremy by his stops, we get in free!! A pretty sweet deal if you ask me! Several years ago, they had this really neat Mini-Golf area, which is now gone. (Hence the scarpbook pages at the end of this post!) However, the beach is BEAUTIFUL!! Crystal clear sand that feels very nice between your toes, and the food is specatular there! Why, might you ask?? Because Eric the Pizza House man, has opened a Pizza House there right by the beach!! Let me tell you - I was in HEAVEN!! A beautiful beach and my beloved Pizza! What a wonderful combination!!


• Marble Head Lighthouse - This place is a must visit for the photographer in the family! With Lake Erie right there, it provides a beautiful backdrop for some spectacular pictures! Plus if you can, you can take a tour up inside the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation on the Great Lakes. It is AWESOME and well worth the time!


• The African Wildlife Safari - This place is super cool!! Warning - you will need a car wash after visiting here! You drive through the safari and feed the animals. It is a wonderful adventure. I will post pictures sometime - the kids had a blast!!

In short - WE LOVE PORT CLINTON!!! If you are ever in the area check it out!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Sabbath day! Thanks for letting me share about a wonderful thing our family enjoys!

~Laura

P.S. This is the last week to get those layouts to me! Thus far I have one fabulous entry for our $15 GF to the Ettes's store!!!