Doggy Bling

I was trying to decide how Banyan could look as handsome as Jeremy will look on September 23rd for our 2 mile walk for the Chelsea Hutchison Foundation. It came to me over an early morning cup of coffee ( most of my ideas require coffee). Anyway I googled purple dog print bandanas and found a super cute one to order for Banyan. It just so happened they only had  two left in stock so I bought both. We are now giving away this wonderful bandana to the next AMAZING Human who donates $20 or more in their pups name to our cause Team Jeremy & Banyan to walk 2 miles to raise awareness for Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy.

 If you have been following along then you already know our family will walk 2 miles to help the Chelsea Hutchison Foundation continue to carry on their efforts to provide grants for other families to receive a Service Dog or Emfit monitor. Both are tools used to help parents keep their precious children alive should a seizure occur at night during their sleep. Both alert to seizures that could lead to death. It is something our family has lived with since Jeremy had his first seizure at four months of age. But now thanks to Banyan we sleep a little better knowing he could alert us should Jeremy have a seizure at night. He has already alerted us when he was moaning in his sleep & coughing really hard due to a cold. He has a grant waiting for him to finish up his training thanks to this wonderful foundation. Our walking in September & spreading the word is the least we can do for such wonderful people.
 Please take the time to go at least read the information on their website to better understand about SUDEP. Then if your moved to make a Donation make sure to leave a comment below- because if your the first then you WIN this pretty bandana!

If you don't have a pup who can wear the bandana we can still mail it to you or you can give it away to the next lucky person who makes a donation. Jeremy set his goal as $800 thanks to our wonderful friends & family we are at $305.00 as of last night. We hope we can continue right up until September 23rd raising more money. Can you be the next to help us out?

 "Detours are not roadblocks. What we see as obstacles, God may choose to use as a bridge to bring us closer to where He wants us, next to him."

All American Dogs

All American Dogs is a brand new non-profit organization that has been helping our family with my son's service dog from the moment they learned we where in need. They have never asked for any money to pay for Banyan's expenses. For this we are forever grateful & now I am one of their all volunteer staff helping spread the word. If you want to help get the word out about how our Wounded Warriors, Veterans, & their families can get a Service Dog if they qualify please go like the Facebook page as well as share it on your own. Since we are all volunteer and fairly new Jeremy's schools Boy Scout Troop is doing a Raffle in their honor. We have asked that all proceeds go to All American Dogs to help cover Banyan's continued Training.

We recently found out that Jeremy is now considered legally blind in his right eye that is affected by Glaucoma. He will go into another surgery this Wednesday to see if they can salvage any of his vision. What this has meant to us is not only does Banyan need to alert for seizures, learn mobility, but now he needs to be a guide for Jeremy at times. With this comes enormous expenses & a lot of extra training for Banyan. Since All American Dogs has offered to always pay for the training we wanted to give back. A lot of our wonderful family & friends have rallied to donate a lot of great items.

 

These items where Hand Quilted by Jeremys Grammy , my man's mom. She is so talented and wanted to help out. The  bear pattern is a Quillow which is a throw with a pocket for your feet to tuck inside. You can also roll it up & turn it into a pillow- it's amazing.

 

Hand etched lanterns donated by a fellow Army wife & friend- amazing!

Our AMAZING Fire Department donating for a good cause!

This is my husband's fishing buddy & friend -  who is AWESOME!

These are just a few of the items we have to Raffle off. There are many more to add soon. Some items are for Local Winners only. But some like the Quilts & Lanterns can be shipped to our Winners. If your interested in buying a Raffle ticket (s) they are $5 a piece. If you are out of town just please specify that on your checks so we know which items to place you in the Raffle . All Checks can be made out to Boy Scouts of America Troop 603.

They can be mailed to : Amanda Huston P.O. Box 1164 Yelm, WA 98597

We need all money collected by February 10th - with the Raffle to take place on the 12th.

Remember folks it's for a Great Cause- to help give back to our Soldiers who give so much all the time.

Here is Jeremy & Banyan's    Facebook Page to go take a look at all the information. We will add items daily up until the 4th of February. Feel free to share this Raffle on your Blogs. if you do let me know so I can let everyone else know how you are helping out!

OK- now onto a different Post- I posted my First Ever Give Away  And NO ONE has commented. I really want to give away this awesome digital scrapbooking download worth $59 to a lucky reader. If you missed the post go take a look & leave a comment super easy to enter.

Have a wonderful Sunday every one.

First Ever GiveAway with My Memories

I was recently asked to do a review/giveaway to one of my lucky bloggers for the digital scrapbooking company My Memories.

I was super excited as this will be my first ever giveaway. First let me tell you a little about My Memories. Once you download their software which took me about 15 minutes on my computer you have several options. You can either use their pre-exsisting backgrounds or make your own. I chose a pre-made one to start with then tweeked it a little to my liking. It has taken me several minutes to figure it all out but I admit I am really not that great with all this computer design stuff-lol. Those of you who are use to using this kind of software may get it done way faster then me. I had fun selecting pictures from my 16th anniversary night with the girls.

As you can see super cute per-exsisting pages. I even added more embellishments with the little pink flowers. You can take away any item that is on a pre-made page or add more to them.

They give you a lot of options for fonts on text, embellishments, & layout designs.
After you have saved the designs to your computer you can upload anywhere to make bound photo books.

Super Cute Right!!

My Memories  also let's you make digital videos to share but I haven't tried that yet. But I can't wait as I love doing photo movies for Paul when he is deployed. You can make so many cool things & their download let's you save it as jpeg to your computer. All you have to do to get the software now is use my code to receive a $10 discount on all purchases. This is a special offer for just  my Followers. Feel free to share my Blog as I love new Followers!

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Now how to enter my First Ever Giveaway is simple please follow the rules below. I will randomly pick a winner on my birthday February 8th to share in my special day.

Rules:

1. Follow My Memories on facebook & let me know so I can check when you have "liked" their page.

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2. Leave a comment about your favorite scrap design after looking through the products on their

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3. Make sure you are FOLLOWING my Blog

You can enter twice if you pick 2 ways  - just let me know in 2 separate comments.

See it's simple to enter because it's my birthday soon & I want you all to enjoy the day with me!! Now go take a look at their products leave a comment & like their Facebook page!!