Happy 4th of July!

We’re about to leave to pick up Popeye’s Fried Chicken and hang out at my mom’s house for the day. It should be fun…but there’s something big missing today. It’s my son! He’s at camp. His first “spend the night” camp. I miss him so much! He’s always the first one up in the morning so to wake up every day in a quiet house is sad. I didn’t even realize how precious our time is together in the morning before everyone else wakes up. Now I know.

I’m sure he’s having a blast! I can’t wait to hear all of the stories. We’ll be picking him up on Friday. I can’t wait!

Here’s a page I just finished from dropping him off on Monday. He went with several boys from the church and his Sunday School teacher.

I used one of Amanda’s Get’er done templates, her Funky Fourth kit (which is 40% off today), one of her travel rubons, and Emily Farnworth’s tag from her Zuzu’s Petals and the shoe lace from Chip.

Be sure to grab up the Freedom Freebies we’re offering today!

Happy 4th of July!

We’re about to leave to pick up Popeye’s Fried Chicken and hang out at my mom’s house for the day. It should be fun…but there’s something big missing today. It’s my son! He’s at camp. His first “spend the night” camp. I miss him so much! He’s always the first one up in the morning so to wake up every day in a quiet house is sad. I didn’t even realize how precious our time is together in the morning before everyone else wakes up. Now I know.

I’m sure he’s having a blast! I can’t wait to hear all of the stories. We’ll be picking him up on Friday. I can’t wait!

Here’s a page I just finished from dropping him off on Monday. He went with several boys from the church and his Sunday School teacher.

I used one of Amanda’s Get’er done templates, her Funky Fourth kit (which is 40% off today), one of her travel rubons, and Emily Farnworth’s tag from her Zuzu’s Petals and the shoe lace from Chip.

Be sure to grab up the Freedom Freebies we’re offering today!

My Target find!

When I was at Target the other day, I came across one of those deals where it’s so cheap you just can’t help yourself. When I bought this magnetic collage set, I couldn’t even tell exactly what it was. But for $2.50 (orig. price $9.99) I figured I could afford to find out. To my delight I found a 13 x 13 magnetic board with 3 stair-stepped frames with mighty magnets. Then I saw it – a 12 x 12 layout with the pics used on the layout popped up in the frames.

So I made this page and stuck it up on my fridge. I cheated and used one of the frames from another set. I actually went back to Target with my Boston Market friend Karen and bought all the white ones they had. They’ll make awesome presents!

Since our retirement sale is in full swing…I decided to use one of the many awesome items being retired. For the “My Crew” page I used Saskia‘s Bubblegum kit. I added a few none retirement items: one of Luiza Garay’s grunge overlays and Jana McCarthy’s Grungy! stars.

I also had fun making this template, so if you like it, you can download it here.

My Target find!

When I was at Target the other day, I came across one of those deals where it’s so cheap you just can’t help yourself. When I bought this magnetic collage set, I couldn’t even tell exactly what it was. But for $2.50 (orig. price $9.99) I figured I could afford to find out. To my delight I found a 13 x 13 magnetic board with 3 stair-stepped frames with mighty magnets. Then I saw it – a 12 x 12 layout with the pics used on the layout popped up in the frames.

So I made this page and stuck it up on my fridge. I cheated and used one of the frames from another set. I actually went back to Target with my Boston Market friend Karen and bought all the white ones they had. They’ll make awesome presents!

Since our retirement sale is in full swing…I decided to use one of the many awesome items being retired. For the “My Crew” page I used Saskia‘s Bubblegum kit. I added a few none retirement items: one of Luiza Garay’s grunge overlays and Jana McCarthy’s Grungy! stars.

I also had fun making this template, so if you like it, you can download it here.

Amanda made me do it

Amanda has been at it again – making a TON of new templates. And since I live and die by them, this is good news for me. She just completed 3 more 2-pagers and needed a sample of one of them in use…perfect excuse for me to do some more scrapbooking. So when Ben walks by with his eyebrows raised and wondering why I’m “playing” again, I can explain to him that this is an important marketing function and I am working!

We didn’t do a lot over Spring Break this year but we tried to do something fun and cheap every day. One day we went to Glen Rose, TX and met my cousins at Dinosaur Valley. We had such a great time and hiked as high as we could go. Wendy is my cousin’s wife but they’ve been married forever. After we did the park thing, we went to my cousin’s house in Stephenville. They have some property there and are renovating an old home. In the meantime they all FIVE live in a 400 square foot cabin. It’s totally crazy but looks like so much fun. My cousin is an Aggie who hocks bull sperm, which just shows there’s a job out there for everyone. I used Emily Farnworth’s Zuzu’s Petals and her Watercolor Alpha to create this layout.

Today I’m taking it easy. I should be cleaning the house…but I’ll get to that eventually. We got 2 extra kids this morning because my friend is recovering from a medical thing and when I went to Target, I ended up bringing another child home – a girl that goes to school with Nolen who just loves my little girls…only I could leave with 2 kids and come back with 3. So now everyone is playing and we have built in babysitters for the day.

Amanda made me do it

Amanda has been at it again – making a TON of new templates. And since I live and die by them, this is good news for me. She just completed 3 more 2-pagers and needed a sample of one of them in use…perfect excuse for me to do some more scrapbooking. So when Ben walks by with his eyebrows raised and wondering why I’m “playing” again, I can explain to him that this is an important marketing function and I am working!

We didn’t do a lot over Spring Break this year but we tried to do something fun and cheap every day. One day we went to Glen Rose, TX and met my cousins at Dinosaur Valley. We had such a great time and hiked as high as we could go. Wendy is my cousin’s wife but they’ve been married forever. After we did the park thing, we went to my cousin’s house in Stephenville. They have some property there and are renovating an old home. In the meantime they all FIVE live in a 400 square foot cabin. It’s totally crazy but looks like so much fun. My cousin is an Aggie who hocks bull sperm, which just shows there’s a job out there for everyone. I used Emily Farnworth’s Zuzu’s Petals and her Watercolor Alpha to create this layout.

Today I’m taking it easy. I should be cleaning the house…but I’ll get to that eventually. We got 2 extra kids this morning because my friend is recovering from a medical thing and when I went to Target, I ended up bringing another child home – a girl that goes to school with Nolen who just loves my little girls…only I could leave with 2 kids and come back with 3. So now everyone is playing and we have built in babysitters for the day.

Retirement sale coming

Many items are already there but there’s still more coming…so you might wait to shop until tomorrow.

We’re preparing for a big shopping cart switch but no drop dead date on that yet. Enjoy the deals while you can because they won’t last!

Retirement sale coming

Many items are already there but there’s still more coming…so you might wait to shop until tomorrow.

We’re preparing for a big shopping cart switch but no drop dead date on that yet. Enjoy the deals while you can because they won’t last!

Rain, rain, DON’T go away!

Our weather has been crazy around here. Lots and lots of rain! I personally love the rain. I woke up to the sound of soft thunder this morning and I was immediately excited. It’s like rain automatically gives you a license to sleep a little late, curl up on the couch and watch the tube…or if you’re my kids, run up and down the sidewalk like wild banshees. The second they see the rain falling all three run outside and play in God’s sprinkler. It’s really an awesome thing. Such pure and simple pleasure. Nevermind a bathing suit. Fully clothed is much more fun. So tonight I scrapbooked their adventures. Nolen runs too fast for me to catch him on camera, so it became a Gracie and Ella page.

I used another one of Emily’s Plug ‘n Play templates, and Rikki’s If it Bends it’s Funny kit.

Rain, rain, DON’T go away!

Our weather has been crazy around here. Lots and lots of rain! I personally love the rain. I woke up to the sound of soft thunder this morning and I was immediately excited. It’s like rain automatically gives you a license to sleep a little late, curl up on the couch and watch the tube…or if you’re my kids, run up and down the sidewalk like wild banshees. The second they see the rain falling all three run outside and play in God’s sprinkler. It’s really an awesome thing. Such pure and simple pleasure. Nevermind a bathing suit. Fully clothed is much more fun. So tonight I scrapbooked their adventures. Nolen runs too fast for me to catch him on camera, so it became a Gracie and Ella page.

I used another one of Emily’s Plug ‘n Play templates, and Rikki’s If it Bends it’s Funny kit.