It’s time for the annual Barefoot Memories card drawing!
This year I’m enlisting your help in brightening the holidays of our retired US Military Veterans living in the VA home in Chula Vista!

Mail a card to the veterans with a simple message of thanks, send me a picture of your card, and you’re entered!

Check out the Barefoot Memories Facebook page for all the info & rules so you can enter the drawing.

… more details below…

Instead of sending ME your gorgeous cards, I want you to send them to the wonderful retired US military veterans living at the California Veterans Home in Chula Vista, California.

Take a picture of your card before you seal it up, then mail your card to:

Veterans Home of California, Chula Vista
Activities Office
700 East Naples Court
Chula Vista, CA 91911

EMAIL ME THE PICUTRE OF YOUR CARD! barefootmemories@gmail.com

I will post all of the entries on the Barefoot Memories Facebook page, and you’ll be entered to win some awesome prizes!

Here’s the cool part:  The more entries I get, the more prizes I’ll give away!  I’ll give away one prize for every 10 entries, so no matter how many entries there are, you have a 1-in-10 chance of winning!  I’ll also give away a GRAND PRIZE of an APPLE TV!

So SHARE SHARE SHARE my drawing so we can fill those veterans’ hearts with holiday cheer this year!

ENTRY DEADLINE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18th, 10pm PST

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Official rules:

-One entry per household
-email a picture of your Christmas/holiday card to barefootmemories@gmail.com
-emailed photo should show your card and the addressed/stamped envelope
(try to keep the file size below 1MB. thanks!)
-send your card to:
Veterans Home of California, Chula Vista
Activities Office
700 East Naples Court
Chula Vista, CA 91911
-cards should include simple greetings of holiday cheer to US military veterans from your family
-entry cards do NOT need to include Barefoot Memories photos, but that sure would be cool!

GRAND PRIZE: AppleTV (chances of winning depend on number of entries)
Second prize: iTunes gift card (1 in 10 chance of winning)

Emails must be received by Sunday December 18th at 10pm, PST.
Winners will be announced and notified on Monday, December 19th.

It’s Friday of Memorial Day weekend!

BRING ON THE SUMMER!

I’ll be off in Orange County for a soccer tournament (wipe that look of fake surprise off your face — you’re not fooling anyone), but I wanted to share some great beach images with you to kick off the summer!

This family from Kansas is adorable! I loved playing on the beach with them for a little while. I’m very excited to see their Christmas card this year, because I think it just might have a beach theme!

Have a great (and SAFE!) holiday weekend!

This morning I spent hours completing a project that has been MONTHS in the making.
I don’t even want to think about how many hours were spent in Photoshop working on these images, but the end result is worth it!

If you live in San Diego, swing by the Soccer Fanatic store on Telegraph Canyon Road, just off the 805.
If you live in Northern San Diego County, soon you’ll be able to swing by the Solana Beach Soccer Fanatic store (just off the 5 at Lomas Santa Fe) and see something very similar — with North county kids! I didn’t have time to get up to Solana Beach today, but that store will be done in the next few days!

CLICK HERE to see all of the kids from the photoshoots, too — they’re all such great kids!.

“What’s that about a prize??” you ask? … keep reading …

Get yourself to that Soccer Fanatic store & take a picture of yourself in front of the new window displays (you might need a helper!), put it on the BAREFOOT MEMORIES FACEBOOK PAGE (or tag Barefoot Memories in FB), and if you’re the FIRST, you WIN a $20 iTunes card, or a $20 Soccer Fanatic gift certificate (your choice!).