I don't often do this

I don't often share personal news on my blog, but I thought I would today.
Our(Bonnie's and mine) dear brother suffered a brain aneurysm on Monday, he lives on the other side of the world to us in New Zealand. He underwent an 8 hour brain surgery yesterday to clamp off the aneurysm which was successful, but he is still in ICU in a critical but stable state, under sedation. Bonnie and I will be going to New Zealand probably next week for about 10 days to be with the family and spend time with my brother, we do not even know yet if there will be any permanent damage. It is a huge shock for all of us as he is so healthy and such an outdoorsy type, and so clever (charted accountant)You never think something like this will happen to anyone close to you, it just came out of the blue. I am so happy we were able to spend time with him in December. All I want is to see his huge smile and those cute dimples! Here are some photos we took in December.

With his wife Laurie
With Bonnie and their kids (his little girl is only 6, she is in the middle)



With Bonnie and I

Did you hear that KimB's sister, Gaye is now a designer(GSC Creations) at DSO? I had the privilege of working with her very first kit it is so arty and unusual - Easter Garden

My LO(My DD 15 years ago, the word art is KimB's)
Check out Kim's blog for some awesome freebies today!

I have a new commercial use kit in my shop and it is 40% off for a few days, Into the Blue, a pack of 6 templates, most of them layered.And here is my first commercial use freebie, a fishy template- layered!
Download here

And some sad and exciting news. My very first digi home Snap and Scrap is closing doors at the end of March, and this is where lots of my designer friends and my sister Bonnie sell . I am so happy to announce that some of these girls and Bonnie are coming over to ESS!! Bonnie's shop open on Monday so be sure to check it out!!!