Little Mr. A ~ Newborn Session Sneaks

Wow! What a beautiful day out today, but HOT....this little trooper did great in the short time we were out in the heat. Enjoy!!

~ National Scrapbooking Weekend

You read that right! Here it is not a "day", but a weekend. At least that is what I always tell myself because my schedule at work isn't always condusive to getting to spend one whole day scrapbooking. But, I try. This year, I got four pages done. But, I'm uploading five. I did the daddy-daughter dance a week or so ago, just haven't had the time to upload it. I need an extra 4 hours in my day....but I'm sure if that happened, it would be spent on much needed SLEEP :):)

~ Catch up!

Wow! It has been a looooong time since I have blogged. So much going on, not enough time!!! We have been super busy with gymnastics and now the year end stuff is kicking in....which makes it crazier than usual!?!?

Trying to get caught up on Avery's fair scrapbook. She's signed up to participate again this year. It will be her last year to do the pageant and she's very excited! We have her dress bought and we're ready to go. She still has to finish out this year as part of the court with the last two parades. So, since fair time will be here soon and before I can blink, I want to get this year's book caught up. Maybe, just maybe that will happen.

Here are a couple of her layouts. Hope you are all enjoying spring and all springness starting to bloom!

Been playing with some new Sassafrass and new Cosmo Cricket goodies. Yummalicious. I am ready for spring, how about you!?!?!?!?!

My Fair Ladies....

Got some fun, NEW Cosmo Cricket goodies in the mail Friday, so I had to bust them out and play with them!! Trying to get Avery's fair book all caught up, her year will be over in June :(. She is going to do it again this year, it will be her last year to do the Little Miss Pageant and she is sooooo excited. We have already ordered her gown, it should be in in a couple of weeks. Can't wait!!

Story Matters Kit

Here's a layout I did Friday after picking up (finally!!!) my Story Matters kit....click here for more information on this great local kit!!

~ Love me some Jenni B!!

Playin' with some new and old Jenni Bowlin...

~ Sweet Evidence......

I created this little layout for the Scrapaganza blog challenge....even got some red mist while we were out on the town last night and I gotta say, that stuff is sure fun to use.

Love Me Some Hot Cocoa!!

I did this layout for Megan's challenge. I took the "Are you as creative as a Kindergartner" layout in my Top Ten post below and modified and tweaked it a little to create this one. The mug was given to me last Valentine's Day by my hubby (not for my love of coffee but) for my love of hot cocoa! Nothin' better on cold winter days like these....

Top 10 of 2009

Thanks Megan for this challenge. Hoping to get part two done tomorrow night. Now, which layout to copy.....hmmm.

Favorite photo of the year and more of my obession with Unity Stamps!




Avery and her cucumbers, love that I caught her running with her stash. Just too bad I didn't catch her eating them straight out of the garden!



My Little Shoebox papers - love them!! These pictures make me want summer back!! And these little girls are too sweet, Avery's pageant friends.



Another exciting, totally surprising moment of our year...it has been a whirlwind of fun for her being in parades and doing community work, and we're only half done with her time on the court. She was too precious for words and I still love to watch the video of the pageant.



One of many great moments of our year....Hannah, I love you so much and am so proud to be your mommy!!



Loved this little getaway...we already have another one planned for this year ~ VEGAS!! Can't wait.




More Sassafrass...this was totally out of the box for me to scrap ONE photo. One of my favorite photos of Avery all year long. It speaks so much.



Avery and her fabulous Kindergarten teacher...and this was the start of my obession with UNITY STAMPS!!! Love them like crazy!



The Fair is a big deal around here, always has been.



So many years of having a job he dreaded, so thankful he now has a job he loves and enjoys, even if it does mean he sometimes has to be gone all night to plow.

~ Cooking up a little scrapbooking....

These layouts have been sitting on my desk for a few weeks, waiting for me to put some final touches on them. I feel like I am always rushing and not taking the time to look and see what needs to be there, so lately I'm starting a layout and then moving them to my antique table to keep them in view until I'm ready to finish them. That way I can play and rearrange until they're ready. This cold weather sure is great for getting in some scrapping time.

~Fall Harvest

Lance has been helping a family friend get the fall crops harvested for several years. Lance comes from a farm family, although they sold off the hogs almost 10 years ago and have rented out the family farm for the same time frame. He compares it to hunting, it gives him quiet peaceful time to think and enjoy nature. We drove down this year amidst the bean harvesting and snapped some pictures....so glad we did it. I love how they turned out and what a beautiful reminder that even with all the stress the beauty of the harvest is worth it all.

~ Merry Christmas Wishes....

Where do I begin.....first, thank you to all of you who continue to check this blog and there is NO activity. What a slacker I appear to be. I can assure that there is one great reason why I have had little to no time lately and I will soon share it with you all. It makes my heart burst with joy. :)

Just wanted to pop on here and make sure to tell all of my Blogettes (yep, I gave y'all a name) a very Merry Christmas and blessed 2010. We all have many things to be thankful for and looking forward to. Take time to enjoy the simple things that Christmas has to offer and relish the time spent with your families.

I have some time off around the holidays for once and I plan to enjoy it drinking some hot cocoa & Bailey's, toasty warm with all the lights off but the Christmas lights and snuggling up with my favorite little girls and my hubby watching a marathon of Christmas movies.....Elf, Christmas Vacation, Polar Express, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Home Alone and Miracle on 34th Street.

From our Home to yours....Happy Holidays!!

Winner! Winner!

Avery pulled out GINGER's name for the RAK Halloween Goodies. Email me your addy to teela1974@yahoo.com and I will get them right out to you Ginger...congrats!

Here's my take on the challenge, hope it inspires you. There's a couple other layouts I've done lately I'm putting on here either. One of Lance's deer a few years back and one of Avery doing her Chargerettes program.

Have a happy 2009 all! :)

Takin' a break....

No players for the challenge...that's okay, it's a busy time of year. Tomorrow I will have the girls pick a name of my followers to win the Halloween goodies. I waited a bit to see if there were any late players. I'll post mine tomorrow, it's been done for awhile, but wanted to post mine with the winner. After tomorrow, I am going to be taking a break from blogging for a bit.

Are YOU ready for a Challenge? Wanna win some GOODIES?

Halloween Challenge (was supposed to post Tuesday, little blogger malfuction and it didn't post)



I am going to be giving away a package of Halloween scrapbooking goodies to ONE lucky blogger!! There are many ways to earn a chance at these goodies.

*First, become a follower and you get one chance to win. If you already
are a follower, your name will be entered automatically.

*Second, create one of any of the following: Halloween scrapbook page, paper
craft project or card. Post your project to your blog and leave a comment
here. You may submit one challenge for each category and you can earn up
to three chances here.

*Third, post this challenge to your blog and earn another chance.


Now, here are the rules for the challenge....create a page/project where orange and black are not your main colors but they can be your accent colors. Refrain from using the words "Halloweeen", "Trick or Treat" or "Pumpkin" in your title.

I tend to find that most of my Halloween pages are based around orange and black, with obvious reasons why. I just want to see how creative we can be to only use those colors for accents. And, I know you are all creative title girls, so let's whip up some fun titles for our projects.

I will draw for a winner on October 25th. Ten days ladies.

Get out those Halloween pics!!!

We went to an early Halloween party yesterday and had such a great time! Halloween is definately one of my favorite holidays. I know, it really isn't a "holiday" but it kinda is....at least to me. :)

Tomorrow I am going to make an announcement about a new CHALLENGE!! Stay tuned.....

Tic Tac Toe....

Created this layout a while back, um, like 3 weeks or so ago. Totally was supposed to submit this for Scrapaganza's blog challenge. Totally forgot. It was homecoming week, the girls were busy busy busy with all their after school activities and I was working working working like I always do and I just.....forgot. Feel like a goober for doing so, but here it is to share anyways. The blog challenge was "circles". Hope you are having a fabulous week....me, not so much. My finger still hurts a lot and throbs on and off (think it's sick of the cast) but I don't go to the doctor until next Wednesday. Ugh!

Feels like Fall

Wow! We just flashed from summer to fall here in the blink of an eye. One week we're wearing shirts and tshirts and the next we have coats, hats and gloves. I wasn't ready yet. Still am not. Hannah is growing like a weed, its those preteen years and is in need of an entire new wardrobe. Guess we are going to have to make some trips this weekend. Got a lot of thinks checked off my "to do" list and here are some layouts I did this week. Enjoy! Have a great week.