Sorry this post is so late in coming. As you can probably guess I wasn't really with it enough Monday to be able to work my brain and I decided to take last night off and go see a parade with Keegan.

So here it is, my thank you post. Thank you to all the amazing teachers, the workshop peeps, vendors and show attendees that helped to make this year's festival amazing! It's for you that this crazy festival idea happened in the first place. I know that there are so many people around here that would love to go to San Fran and Portland, so I decided to bring it closer! Thanks to everyone for sticking with us for the 2nd year and to all of our new friends who came by to see what we're all about!

My main thanks go to the amazing people that surround me every week. First to the HBE grrrls and NoMi volunteers, thank you for inspiring me to keep challenging myself to be a better teacher. You guys are getting so good that I HAVE to keep 3 steps ahead. Thank you all for going out of your way to donate time, food, energy and much fabric to the cause! You have helped to show that Buffalo belongs on the map!

As for the NoMi planning committee of Jenna, Imbi, Kim, Lori and Vicky .... you all have amazed me so much this year. Everytime someone thanks me I want to spin them around and say, no you need to be thanking them! You have all believed in this from the beginning and gave everything you had to make it the best festival I would personally want to go to! Thank you so much for sticking with me all these years, you rock!

And to my family, Keith, Keegan, Mom & Dad, words don't begin to describe the amount of love that has filled my life over this past year. I never knew how good it could be to be Kim the mother, the daughter, the partner and the person. Your support has been invaluable.

Again, thank you all for making all of our hard work worth every second!