Happy Birthday and other good stuff

Happy Birthday Brooklin!
She's 6 years old today!

I received a call bright and early this morning from my niece Brooklin, who lives in California. It was 6:45 am her time. When the phone rang from my sisters number, I wondered what was going on because she never calls me that early. With four kids, morning time is a zoo trying to get everyone ready and out the door for school (this is their last day!). When I answered I hear this little voice on the other end saying, "Hi Aunt Sheri! Today's my birthday! I'm SIX!!!" Well needless to say, my heart melted! It was my little Brooklin, so excited and happy about her birthday that she wanted to call and tell me everything she was doing for the day.

Then she goes on and asks me, "Can I be on your blog today?" How cute is that? My kids have gotten used to seeing their birthday posts on my blog and now they come to expect it and look forward to it. "Of course you will be!" I replied to her. I was already on it and told her to check my blog when she gets home from school. She was a happy camper. So, to honor Brooklin on her sixth birthday, here's a few photos of her personality!

(Beware, this is a photo-laden post but I have a very special six year old wanting to see herself plastered all over Aunt Sheri's blog and Aunt Sheri NEVER lets her kids down!)

I wish you could know this kid. She is the most amazing little girl. She is just so happy all the time. She has a huge stubborn streak in her that can be endearing at times (others not so much!). She knows what she likes and there is no swaying her. She is perfectly content to play by herself, not really needing anyone or any attention to keep her happy. When she does play with kids, she's usually playing with the boy stuff....she's a tomboy through and through.

Have to share a story here: It was Easter last year and my sisters family had some friends over for a BBQ and Easter fun. Well my sister was in the kitchen and happened to look outside the window to the backyard. She looked at just the right time....Brooklin was at the top of the slide with her brothers skateboard and rode the skateboard down the slide! Needless to say, my sister didn't get the chance to stop her....it was already done! She loved it!

So Happy Birthday to my girl Brooklin!
Your Aunt Sheri loves you very very much!
I love you to the sky and back 10 billion times!
I love you more than peanut butter and chocolate!

Have fun and eat lots of cake!

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Now on to other the business of my blog! Thank you for indulging me in the birthday post for my niece!

It's time to post the winner of the Color Challenge issued last week! We only had two that uploaded their layouts and I wanted to share them both with you!

The first one submitted was from

Roulien S
You can visit her blog here:
http://my-scrappy-story.blogspot.com/

The second one submitted was from
Liz Kordek
You can visit her blog here
http://lovinglife-liz.blogspot.com/

I think they both did a wonderful job with the color challenge. Using colors that maybe normally we would grab to put together. But I just love how they made them work. Thank you both for participating!

The winner was chosen by random drawing....since there was only two, they had a 50% chance of winning! LOL

And the winner is......

CONGRATULATIONS LIZ!

And because it's Brooklin's Birthday, I'm going to send
a package of goodies to Roulien too!

Email your info to
auntierere@bellsouth.net
so I can get your prize out to you!
Thanks girls for participating!

I already have another color challenge in mind, so keep an eye out for that post!

Have a great Wednesday!