Happy Summer!

Memorial Day weekend! It's finally summer. Yeah! :)

I am looking forward to those lazy, no school days ahead. We have a full day and a 1/2 day left this week and then we are free! :)

Today and tomorrow we are staying home and hanging out...pool, a little yard work, and reading a good book. Ahhhh...summer...so glad to see you!

Taking time to think about all who have and currently are serving in our military and their families. Thank you! Because of you my family has the freedom to choose to "hang out...pool, a little yard, work, and reading a good book".

Happy Summer Everyone! :)

Megan Elise

Delivered into this world and directly into God's hands on May 14, 1997.

I miss her so very much.

Altered mailbox :)

Love these papers. Hardest part was making the flag work. Decided to just go with Valentine's Day since now I'll actually have one finished before 2/14 next year and will only be rushing to make two more for the boys. ;)

Here are a few pics of how I made this...super easy altering...nothing fancy but it looks like it.

How many times can I say...

...how fun this all is??? I am so excited about all I am doing this weekend. I really, really, really don't want to go to work tomorrow!!!

Here is my layout for the kraft paper challenge. Another I have wanted to do for a while, and I picked up the papers when my Mom and I were at a Crop for the Cure a few years ago. It was really simple and fast, but with all the pics I have and want to scrap in my lifetime I really need to do this 'quick' scrapping more often. The part that took the longest today and yesterday, while thinking about this challenge, was figuring out what "Kraft" paper is....I finally found the answer at Robyn's (MPS) Facebook page...she said it's any paper that looks like wet sand...so here's my take on that challenge.

As for this page...I remember how scared J was when we bought this smaller quad...he didn't want to ride it himself. Now, there is no stopping any of them! :)

This may be my last post today...even though I really want to make the cupcake challenge (I can picture a group of cupcakes and the title 'Sweet Heart'), wanted to do the Mom challenge (have some beautiful purple paper with an overlay...thinking about how I never knew what being a mother would mean...how wonderful it is); and the altering challenge (I have three red mailboxes that I didn't use at Valentines' Day...thinking of making one into something else). So there are my ideas...if I don't make them in time for the challenge deadline Monday at least I have even more ideas rolling around in my brain. I LOVE SCRAPBOOKING!!! :)

Another MPS challenge completed this Mother's Day!

This NSBD...and really weekend for me...has been great because I have completed several layouts that have been in my head for years...seriously for years! I am so excited! :)

Happy Mother's Day...and more!

It's a great day at our house...we have nowhere to go and it's raining so we get to chill all day. Okay, I'll have to do some laundry -- or someone will. ;) The boys have a few projects to finish up that are due this week so we'll work on those -- that will definitely require Mom to help. :)

I had a great day yesterday scrapping for 8 hours, so I'm going to continue today. Yeah! I have one for the My Pink Stamper kid layout challenge that I want to finished and will submit (scanned and added above)....then I'll look back at the challenges I didn't do and see what strike my creativity today. Maybe the Mother's Day challenge...something about how I never knew just how rewarding it would be to be the Mom of these great boys. I also really want to do something for the cupcake challenge (#3 maybe?)....I have the cutest cupcakes on my Paisley Cricut cartridge that I want to play with....wish I had cupcake mix for inspiration.

I am skipping my workout today...but I've earned it and I will not feel guilt (for a change, lol). I have worked out as scheduled for 41 days straight (with the correct rest days inserted of course accordng to my trainer), but today I'm taking a Mom day...and I might even have some of those cinnamon rolls that DH is making for me. Yum!

So for anyone who actually reads my blog and is a Mother I wish you a great Mother's Day filled with whatever it is that makes you happy...time with kids and DH, skippin a workout, sweets, a favorite activity, etc. For all women who aren't Mother's in the 'traditional' sense I say Happy Mother's Day to you too. I know many women who don't have children but are Mothers to many...their pets, their students, a great Aunt and/or Godmother, and loving to all who know her...so to all women I say Happy Mother's Day!

Pink, green and black card

This one came to me instantly...my good friend is moving to Malaysia and I will miss her so much...I remembered a line from the play at school recently when Horton always says "An elephant never forgets"...and so this card for the My Pink Stamper NSBD challenge. The nose circle cheek below the eye is actually a dark pink like the heart on the card, but it wouldn't scan that way...very cute I think. ;)

Glimmer mist card

Another fun challenge for www.mypinkstamper.com for National Scrapbook Day! Yeah! :)



I'm going to make a set of these and give them to a friend who sells purses and bags for Thirty One. She'll be so surprised! :)

Scrapbook Page for NSBD at mps.com

My National Scrapbook Day challenge for www.mypinkstamper.com. FUN! :)

I love the idea of this lo...but it's really bothering me...it just doesn't have the zing I want with the title especially...and I need to get a new picture of him with the car printed at the store...hmmmm just some thoughts. :)

Super excited for him...getting his license is huge! :)