I'm home!!

Did you notice I was gone?

Family Pictures 2008

Here we are. One big happy family.

SALE SALE SALE

There's a huge sale at Queenscraps right now!
It's their year end clearance sale!!

Here are the codes for you to use while checking out your cart.
EOY30OFF - 11/15/08 to 11/23/08
EOY35OFF - 11/24/08 to 12/08/08
EOY40OFF - 12/09/08 to 12/15/08
EOY45OFF - 12/16/08 to 12/22/08
EOY50OFF - 12/23/08 to 12/31/08

The kit for January, February and March 2009 is also up at the site too. These will be some of their final kits as the owners had decided to discontinue offering kits after this year .

Here's the link to Queenscraps.
http://stores.homestead.com/QueenScraps/StoreFront.bok

Have fun shopping!

Blogging blogging blogging

I am in charge of the ScrapShanty Blog this week so if you aren't seeing me here check

HERE!!

((PS if you do check it out there you might find some fun challenges and little RAKs throughout the week.))

OMG He Wrote His Name

So we are all sitting around this morning doing our own thing and then the follow conversation happens.

Evan: I wrote my name Mom, want to see.
Me: Sure honey bring it in. (thinking I am only going to see a scribble)

Evan brings it in and shows me his name and I can't believe how perfect he wrote it. We haven't actually been working on his writing or anything he just did it all by himself. Check it out!!

I WON SOMETHING!!

My favorite LSS Scrapbook 911 had it's birthday last weekend. I wished I could have been especially when I saw on their blog how cute their cake was, it was an ambulance and they had cupcakes with fake pills on top!! SO CUTE!! Scroll down on their blog and you will see them.

Have to let you know later what I won but no matter what it is I am sure it is cool!!

Tree House Layout

Pictures from our trip to Indianapolis IN one year. We stopped at this observation tower and climbed up to check out the view. Used all Love Elsie PP and embellishments.

Cards Week 1

Got the first week of cards done for Kim's month of card challenges at the ScrapShanty. Normally I am not a big card maker but this aren't too bad I guess.

Supplies are all old papers that I have been hanging onto for a long time. Mostly Basic Grey and Love Elsie PP and embellishments. Sketches used for some of the cards are all posted in the gallery at the ScrapShanty.

New Layouts

Since I haven't scrapped in almost a month I finally got my sewing done and my mojo back!!

This layout is of me and my niece right after she was born. She is so pretty (and a couple of years old now). I used my August Studio Calico kit for the paper and the layout is based on the November AD Challenge at the ScrapShanty.

This second layout is of Ian playing with a worm when we were home visiting my parents for Easter. I never thought he would pick it up but he did. Finally got to use my fun Boys Gone Wild patterned paper by Reminisce.And this last layout is a picture of the boys with Grandma. Why is it so hard to get them to sit still for one NICE picture. Paper and brad from the August Studio Calico kit, some old KI Memories Lace Cardstock and some old letter stickers that happen to match pretty well. Also got to play with my new Martha Stewart border punch.

Halloween Costumes

It's Halloween and that means costumes!!! My boys both knew exactly what they wanted to be at the beginning of the month. Evan wanted to get the Bumblebee Transformer costume and he looked so cute because it fit him like a glove and Ian wanted to be a soldier, wearing Daddy's old BDUs. That is the costume that I made. I took all Darren's brown BDUs apart and used them as the fabric for my little soldier costume for Ian. He looked so cute it in and I got lots of compliments about all his little patches and stuff!!

At Ian's school they had their storybook parade and Evan sat with the second graders in the gym to watch the parade. Each child got to wear their costume as long as they brought a book to match their costume. He picked his Avengers comic book that the Army made because it had soldiers in it.

After school we invited Ian's best friend and his mom to come over and hang out with us. We had some dinner and then took the kids trick or treating in the neighborhood. After it got really dark and the kids were tired of walking we came back home and hung out in the front yard with our big bowl of candy and some glow sticks. The kids had a great time flagging other kids down with their glow sticks and handing out candy.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from my little ghouls to yours!!!