Okay, so this is a bit over-the-top even for me, but I've spent a loooong time working on this card, and had to show it off somewhere. Using the loosely quoted remark from one of my most-watched movies ever, Napoleon Dynamite, "It's pretty much my best card ever." (LOL, what you can't see is that it's 2:19 in the afternoon, and I'm still in my P.J.'s.! Talk about stuck in Frump!) It's a multi-page, pop-up extravaganza of a card.
My second youngest sister Johanna and her husband Nick are the bride and groom in the last photo. They were married this past June during a short interval between two of his overseas TDY's. Nick is a military man, currently stationed overseas, and Johanna has just completed her 2nd grueling week of basic training. To become part of a Military Band. Yes, even those who will play piano and sing for U.S.O. and troop morale concerts must go through training to become soldiers.
While she's gone, her girls are staying with a good friend near their home, with my mom and another sister Jami, coming to spell their babysitter periodically. It's been difficult on them all, being all spread out all over the place, and they are all extremely homesick. As if that weren't enough, the girls will both have birthdays while mommy and Nick are gone.
Needless to say, the girls were in need of a good pick-me-up. Hence the elaborate card.
I'm so proud of my sister. She's made a lot of sacrifices to get to where she is today. Basic Training is not easy, but she's working very hard at pursuing a dream of hers that until just a couple of years ago she thought had all but died. God has blessed her faithfulness, both with a wonderfully supportive husband that adores her and her girls, and the ability to finally pick up and dust off her dreams, including that of singing on stage. I'm really excited to see where this venture takes her.
Keep on Keepin' on, G.I. Johanna, and you'll soon pass with flying colors! You're in our prayers!
7 comments:
Those cards are treasures! I love the wedding photo with the chinheads adorning the shoulders of the bride and groom.
Poor little Judah, in the far right of the goofy family photo, the Weeble of the Feeble Family, cousins to the Famous Farkle Family of Laugh In Fame (I'm dating myself here). He looks like a little dwarf!
Oh, the memories! I know Nick, Johanna and the girls will love seeing those. (**whine, whimper, sulk** why don't I ever get one of those fab cards, anyway? **weep, wail,mourn**). I'm so pitiful, it's pitiful.
Go ahead and say so yourself...that card is awesome!
You got skillz. Writing skillz... Card-making skillz... Parenting skillz...
Great cards. I love them!
Frumpgram-Thanks. You'll get one of those cards eventually. I can only handle so much hunching over with an exacto knife before I get a serious crick in the neck...
Rosie-Thank you!
Jenster-You really know your Napoleon Dynamite! LOL. I loved that one.
Thanks for the compliments! Made my day.
Are you kidding? I have a 15-year-old who thought he WAS Napolean Dynamite for a very long time. He does a mean Kip imitation.
OH! And the ringtone on his phone for me is when Trish (I think that's her name) knocks on the door and says she's trying to save money for college and Kip says in the background "Your mom goes to college."
And the ringtone he has for Todd is Kip saying, "Don't be jealous, Napolean. You know I'm training to be a cagefighter."
Yeah. I know ND better than I care to admit. lol
Becky that is an awesome card! I got all teary-eyed when I read your sister is the wife of a military man, taking Basic training AND a mother. Whoa! Unbelieveable. I'm glad God makes special people like her.
That card is SO cool! I'd never have the patience to do something like that. Amazing!
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