Three Men and a Lady: July 2009

Friday, July 17, 2009

The Butterfly Project

I love when we can use our crafting skills towards a good cause. The Butterfly Project is a cause that brings tears to my eyes. The Holocaust Museum of Houston is collecting 1.5 million handmade butterflies to represent each of the 1,500,000 innocent children who were killed during the Holocaust. I think the display will be a beautiful & powerful tribute to those little ones who never had a chance to grow up. If you are interested in contributing to this display, please note the butterflies:

- should not be larger than 8x10

- should be 2D in any medium (fun foam, cardstock, etc)

- should not have glitter (you know how messy that is!)

- should not have food products (cereal, marshmallows, candy, etc)

Please contact me if you have made some butterflies & would like to send them with mine. I will be mailing a box on September 16th. This could be a great project for you & your kids on a rainy day this summer.If you want to learn more about the Holocaust Museum, check out http://www.hmh.org/. There is a beautiful poem on the website called The Butterfly written by Pavel Friedman who died in Aushchwitz in 1944.

For detailed submission instructions see: http://www.hmh.org/minisite/butterfly/index.html

Lucky Girl

I am heading into my busy, crazy time of year for work! I have 3 trips in the next 3 months for DCWV. Next week I will be heading to Orlando for 6 days:

Mid August I will be in Scottsdale, AZ for 4 days by MYSELF!!!!

And in September I make my annual 4 day trip to Mall of America in Minneapolis, MN:

I feel so blessed to have a job that I love and even more blessed to have a job that lets us travel in style. Always the best restaurants and hotels, and they always pick up the massive bill. And a big "thank you" in advance to my wonderful parents and friends who are helping me with the boys. Man, I am a LUCKY GIRL!!!

Monday, July 13, 2009

My Little Cowboys

If you ask Troy what he did at the Rodeo, this is his response..."I rode a sheep, I got a trophy, I caught a pig." and he says it in the most monotone voice ever! If only every rodeo were this eventful for the Madsen family! We went to the Mt. Pleasant Rodeo on July 3rd and had a blast. Troy participated in the Muttin' Bustin' and held on tight to his sheep! We were all impressed at how long he held on. He got "4th Place" and got a trophy. (A family friend had it made for him. Troy was impressed that it had "Troy Boy engraved in it") Then at the last minute my mom paid to have him do the Greased Pig Race. It was so funny to see all of these little kids chase a tiny pig! Troy jumped on it a couple times before actually catching him. It was so exciting! I am hoping that Troy is Kev's little sports boy and that Colt will maybe be my little cowboy. We will see!