Date night and Template Freebie

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend! I was hoping for a nice picture of my boys all dressed up for Easter before church -- but instead I came downstairs to crushed up eggs ground into the carpet! Yeah... so needless to say, no picture was taken and we were late to church. Afterwards we went to my dh's folks for Easter dinner. My MIL is a fabulous cook and I ended up over-eating a bit and have felt sick ever since! Trust me... not a good feeling! But hey, besides that... it's been a terrific day! Oh, and on Saturday my dh surprised me by getting a babysitter and taking me to a fancy Fondue restruant. We decided to take in the whole dining experience and got the 4 course meal for 2 - which included the salad a bread, followed by a pot of Cheese fondue with an assortment of breads, fruits and vegetables. Next came the main entree that was a selection of meats (like chicken, shrimp, filet mignon, pork tenderloin and alligator. Yes, you read that right -- ALLIGATOR!). I'm so not adventurous when it comes to food but I did have to have a bite of the gator -- just to say I'd eaten it. Then finally out came the Turlte a'la flame -- a rich chocolate with pecans and caramel -- Mmmm.. Yum! They serve this with brownies, cheesecakes, macaroons, lady fingers and then an assortment of fruits and such. Unfortuanetly by this time I was completely stuffed so just had a bite of brownie and cheecake. The whole dining took several hours and my dh and I had a wonderful time just reconnecting.

Alright, now that you've followed me along on a recap of my date - LOL... lets get on with another MGM post. For those of you perhaps just finding my blog now, MGM stands for My Giveaway Monday -- and just like the name says, each Monday you'll find a little goodie free for the taking right here at SVdesigns :) I know I say this pretty much in every post, but I really mean it!... THANK YOU guys for leaving me such wonderful comments. Reading what you write is such an uplifting part of my day! I thought I'd share another template today. This was actually taken from a paper LO that I had created a year or so ago (ya know.. in my "Pre digital" days when I was on the DT for the LSS) and recently made a digi page with it... so here it is for all of my cyber friends :) I hope you have as much fun with it as I did! Remember to keep sending me links (or even just the jpg's) of LO's you've done for inclusion with the weekly SHINES. Have a happy Monday and KEEP ON SCRAPPIN'!

download Template #1 here