Welcome to the Reed Ranch!: Rubba Sistas Gather Together!

What a wonderful weekend!!! So much going all with everyone and I do hope you guys are enjoying this special holiday season with those you love... that's definitely what I did this weekend!

Saturday a few of us Rubba Sista's met together as we had our long-distance member Carol travel from Wisconsin to California... just to celebrate with us... OK not really.. she was here on business so we took advantage of it! Love it when that happens and we're tyring to figure out a way it could be more than once a year!

Everyone brought a dish to share, from appetizers to brunch to lunch to an awesome dessert~ (actually Carol ordered this from Wisconsin and had it special delivered to Pam's house in time for our gathering!! See what great friends do for each other...

Here we are together in Pam's kitchen.... look at this wonderful spread of food!

It's QVC's Chocolate Moose Cheesecake... ohmygoodness!!!

I had no idea about these cakes..

It was amazing... note the Diet Coke next to it...

as one piece of this cake was about three days caloric intake...

but soooo worth it!!!

Here is the woman responsible for my weight gain this week:... well not really.. no one had to actually tie me down and force feed me.... it's all my own fault.... thank you soooo much Carol for making this very special effort for all of us!! WE LOVE YOU!

Now we're ready to get started....

We each prepared a "shoebox swap"... which is a card designed, prepared and ready to stamp and assemble.. with all the supplies able to carry in a shoebox.. .thus the name "shoebox swap".

Here's Evie teaching us the "roushing" technique..

Evie is an excellent teacher... we're always so honored to learn from her..

you can take her classes at Stampig Details in Poway too!

We wanted to have a Gift Exchange too... didn't necessarily have to be "stamping related" and we got quite a good variety... now mind you remember I just did one at work this week... so I'm well versed when it comes to stealing gifts!! hee hee hee.

Judee and her purple box gift.. filled with Bath and Body Works lotions!

Pam gets a Martha Stewart Scoring Pad... excellent!

Kendra's next and also gets a Scoring Pad.. but it's a mini...

perfect for taking to all the events she attends..

Even the wrapping paper was darling!

Talk about wrapping paper... heres' the bow I got on my gift.. sometimes it's all in the presentation!
The present was awesome too... a darling Scentsy Buddy... RoarBERT the Lion!

Carol got some great recipe books...

well she had them for a minute at least before Kendra stole them from her!

And that was right after Evie took Kendra's mini Score Pad....

did I mention we're BEST FRIENDS FOREVER???

And of course we didn't stop there... gifts started flying all over the place...

Look what Evie made for each of us...

darling little notebooks with our initials on each...

I surprised the girls with some BFF Bling Bags and gift cards...

the smiles on their faces were priceless!!

Kendra gave us these beautiful ornaments.. but inside each were some cool socks and candies...

I couldn't wait to try mine on!

It's a little dark.. but couldn't help including this shot... with our ornaments... just wish you could hear the laughter and feel the love..... these are moments that memories are built on!