And another chapter begins

Well, there’s been lots of crazy activity in my house. Big, huge, changes… exciting opportunities and some serious “must be God because they’re simply too unbelievable” things going on.

Ben is an incredible husband, a totally fun dad and has been super flexible for years as we’ve done one venture or another…mostly in the scrapbook arena which is hardly a man’s world. It all started in 2001 with 9/11, the internet crash, and subsequent loss of his job. He had spent years climbing the ladder as a software analyst and had finally landed just where he wanted to be. But things changed, the job market was tough and his mom was losing her battle with breast cancer so he required some flexibility in his life. I begged him to come help me launch Magic Scraps, which he graciously did. And we ran that company until the end of 2004 when it sold. I had just had Ella and became pregnant with Gracie shortly after so it just made the most sense for Ben to be a stay-at-home dad while I worked for the new company that purchased Magic Scraps. He sweetly embraced that role for the sake of our family. But again, things changed quickly. By March of ’06 it was clear that the purchase didn’t “take” and we found ourselves starting over again. We started Polka Dot Potato and our new journey began. Things have been tough…not knowing exactly where we were going with the company but we knew the direction was coming from God…just too many things falling perfectly into place. Ben started really learning the web from top to bottom. And he even started picking up web clients here and there for some extra money. It was clear that he had a gift. He jumped in with both feet and learned everything he needed to know to get our site to run smoothly.

A couple of weeks ago an opportunity presented itself and he just couldn’t pass it up. We’ve listened to Kidd Kraddick since we were kids. I remember lying on my gray carpet in my pink bedroom of the Inwood house, doing my homework to Kidd on KEGL. I remember listening when Ben and I were first married in the early 90’s…we went to school, both worked regular jobs and we threw papers for the Dallas Morning News. We looked so forward to 6 am rolling around so we could be entertained while doing such a grueling job. There’s so much history for me with the show…I remember Kellie’s first day, I remember laughing all through the OJ trial and I was listening when Kidd announced when the second plane hit the towers in NY.

Well, the opportunity that we couldn’t pass up has come alive for Ben. He is now the “webguy” for the Kidd Kraddick in the Morning radio show. Ben and I have never ever fit into the “box”. And this was about the most “out of the box” job he could ever get and it’s really perfect for him! I’m so excited for him. He so deserves this! He’s had to suffer for years doing what I wanted to do and now he gets to something he wants to do. We couldn’t be more thrilled!

Now it’s adjustment time. Last week it was completely normal for the girls to be up at midnight. Now it’s more like 8 pm. And Ben and I often stayed up until 3 am working on the site. That’s come to a screeching halt. We even actually made it to bed before 10 last night! I have to do a little more juggling with getting Nolen to school but they’re small prices for some big fun.

Ben’s life is officially way more exciting than mine. He saw Ashley Tisdale in the studio yesterday…He’s going to Disney World with the Kidd’s Kids trip in a couple of weeks…some seriously crazy stuff going on.

**Digital Scrapbooking Day**We have some really fun things going on for Digital Scrapbooking Day. Look for some really fun challenges all weekend, lots of random giveaways, new Creative Imaginations product and more! Stay tuned!