As promised...

Some cute kids pics :) Here's Bridget in her 'new to her' car.

Beep! Beep! Get out of my way!

She LOVES it!

How to keep a baby busy while you clean your scraproom...let her play with one of your ribbon jars (yes, I have multiple ribbon jars...shocking for the non scrappers, I know :)).

Candy Canes!!

Watching TV :)

Hmm...looks like I need more pics of Kieran and Riley, lol! Kieran is in a 'don't take my picture phase', lol! Oh wait, I have a few more good ones of Riley I just remembered...

I was just playing with Riley having him do different faces for the camera (please excuse my messy counter in the background :)).

Angry:

Surprised:

Sad (at least trying to hide the smile):

Silly (yeah, cuz he has NO practice with that):

Ok, so, more pictures of Kieran in the future (note to self). I'll also have to post some Christmas cards soon...I have a little stash going now :) Hope you had a happy Monday (I find lots of coffee helps accomplish that).

Did I mention....

That Treasured Scrapbooking is having a DT call? Yup, you could be a part of this awesome team! Check here for details! You have until the 20th to apply so get out there and do it!!

I had a fun weekend of shopping and scrapping with a couple of awesome friends (thanks Amy and Em!!). Kevin made a delicious stew for supper last night...think I'll let him do the cooking from now on! I have to run and get Riley from school now, but I hope to update with a few pictures of the kids soon.

Oh, and we had our second reveal at Treasured Scrapbooking yesterday, so here are my layout and a card I made :)

I know! My shortest blog post ever!! Don't worry though, I'll be back with something long and entertaining soon, heehee!

Busy, Busy!

Life's been hectic! I've been doing kids' craft classes and card classes, taking kids to and from school, going to meetings, cleaning, laundry, DT work! Phew, I could use a vacation! Anyone have a palm tree for me to sit under and a drink with an umbrella? :)

Some funny Riley stories...it's been awhile. On the weekend Kevin was wearing his shorts (this was before this unusually warm weather). He was outside and I could see his breath. I commented that maybe he should have more clothes on and of course, he scoffed at me. Riley says, "That's how God made Daddy special, he made him able to wear shorts in the winter." Heehee.

We got the boys a digital clock for their room so Riley wouldn't yell, "is it time to get up yet?" from his bed every morning at whatever time he woke up. We told him it had to be 6:30 or later (I really don't think that's asking a lot!). Anyway, the night we set it up Riley kept checking the time. "Mommy, it's 6:08, is it time to get ready for bed yet?" I told him it wasn't time yet. Then a little later, he says, "Mommy, it's 6:14." Ok... Then, "Mommy, time is really moving fast because it was 6:14 and now it's 6:15!" Time may have been moving fast for him, but it was a long evening for me!

Kieran is loving preschool. There's one little boy that he plays with a lot that he says is his friend because "he's the same size as me." Haha. So cute. He's still my best sleeper and my pickiest eater :) And those dimples still manage to get him out of trouble sometimes!

Bridget is getting smarter everyday! We think she a genius, though we admit, we may be a bit biased. But she points out everyones clothes when I'm folding them, tells us that her belly hurts (which is pretty good to know at 20 months, and we know she meant it because she had just thrown up!), is able to tell us that her cousin hit her in her ear with his knee. Stuff that I would barely expect her to realize at this point let alone be able to tell us so clearly. She's been a Daddy's girl lately, which some days bothers me and other suits me just fine to hand at least one kid over! She's a funny, gorgeous little girl!

I have lots of scrappy stuff to post, but for now I'll just put up one thing. Be sure to head over to Treasured Scrapbooking for the ChaChaChanges Cyber Crop! TS has a new owner, our very own Erin! After much consideration, Leslie decided to sell her baby to concentrate more on family life. But her baby is in good hands with Erin...she's already rockin' the site and I know she'll continue to do so. So, in honour of this big change we're having a cyber crop! Head over to check out the challenges from the DT and drool over all the amazing work that is soon to hit the gallery. My challenge is to add some beading to a card or layout. Here are some examples...

Here I beaded a border:

Here I beaded the heart in the 'love':

And here, I beaded the swirls:

Have fun creating!!

What a weekend!

I had one of the most fun weekends ever! It all started Friday night with LCOM's very first crop! Tanya put on such a wonderful event...YUMMY food (I should mention she catered it herself!! What a superwoman!!), fun prizes and goodie boxes, a little (or that's what I tell Kevin, heehee) shopping and lots and lots of chatting and laughs with my scrappy friends!! Emily and I were even the first ones there Saturday morning...bright and early at 7:30 (my kids get up really early, and Emily's just an addicted scrapper, haha!). It was hard to leave Saturday at 4:00! Can't wait for the next one!!

Yesterday we had Riley's family birthday party/our annual family pumpkin carving. It was nutty...13 kids, 12 adults, 11 carved pumpkins!! We also had a ginormous pot of chili (Kevin says his best ever :)) and birthday cake (thanks to Nana and Connie!). It was really chaotic, but lots of fun!!

Hard at work!

A few of our creations!

So, it's Monday and I am BEAT from our busy weekend! I've been taking it easy...you know, laundry, dishes, puzzles with the kids...that's easy for a mom :)

Today was also my day to post over at the Treasured Scrapbooking blog :) Check it out here!

Have a happy Monday everyone!

Where does time go?

October has been so busy and I've been neglecting my blog big time! Today my first baby turned 5!!! I can't believe it! And he's just so big and gorgeous and smart and funny! He drives me nuts sometimes, but he also makes me laugh and smile. I'm so proud of him and am so happy to be his Mommy!

We had his friend birthday party on the weekend. This year it was a rocket ship cake that almost made me insane on Saturday. Icing was sliding off, cones were falling out. Ugh! No more rocket ships. I know it doesn't look much like one, but that's what it is folks! At least he loved it. He kept saying, "I can't stop looking at my cake!"...made it all worth it! Then 12 kids proceeded to devour and destroy it...sigh. He had a blast at his party though and we made it through with only minor bloodshed (one little boy had a minor nosebleed), but even he had fun!

Here's the cake:

Today he had a great day at school. I think they sang Happy Birthday to him and he got to 'move his ring from the 4 year olds to the 5 year olds' whatever the heck that means, lol! Tonight we had supper with some of the grandparents...pizza and ice cream sundaes (I only do one cake a birthday, people!). He got some more really nice gifts and had fun with his microscope that daddy picked out for him. He also loved the card I made for him...he really likes when I make layouts of him or cards for him. I think he's my biggest fan! So cute!

We still have one more party to look forward to on Sunday. The family party with all the cousins. We're also combining it with our annual pumpkin carving party. I think apple cider, roasted pumpkin seeds and chili are in order! Yay, fall!

I've been doing some scrapping lately, but not as much as usual. Basically just trying to get what needs to be done finished. It's been too busy for anything else! But here's a layout I did recently that was featured in the Treasured Scrapbooking newsletter. It's a scraplift of a layout by LisaNRoxy...if you're a scrapper, you should definitely check out her work here. This one fits the season too :) And, and...it was my first time making one of those big pretty bows! Turned out pretty nicely if I do say so myself!

Most of the supplies for this layout were from the Treasured Scrapbooking October Kit #2. Gorgeous kit! Check out kits here.

Last, but CERTAINLY not least, LCOM has a big crop coming up this weekend and I am SO excited to go! Tanya is going above and beyond organizing this do! I've been lucky enough to see some of the behind the scenes goings on and I can just say is that the girls will not be disappointed. I can't wait to hang with my scrappy friends!!

Well, I'm off to bed. Bridget has been getting up between 5:30 and 6 the past bunch of days so I think I need to start heading to bed a bit earlier. I am totally zonked at the end of the day! Hope to update you more often now that things are slowing down a bit!

There's still time

Check out the challenges at Treasured Scrapbooking for our World Card Making Day crop! You have until tonight at 9EST to upload your cards for a chance to win an awesome card kit! My challenge was to go into the gallery and pick one of the DT layout sketches and adapt it for a card. Here's the card I created

October 1st was also reveal day for the DT over at TS. Here is my layout that I created with the amazing kit I received!

My challenge for October is to scrap a wedding photo. Guess I have weddings on the brain (well, my anniversary is tomorrow :) My parents' anniversary is tomorrow too...Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!). Since it's not a really traditional time of year for this challenge I want everyone to add some traditional wedding elements to their layout...pearls, lace and sparkle. Here's my sample:

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!

Capture These Sketches Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to the Capture These Sketches blog hop!! Didn't know we were having one? No problem!! Check out the details here.
October's sponsor is My Stamp Box!! you have a chance to win a fabulous set of these stamps just my playing along!! So make sure to comment here and then move along to Allison's blog!!
Don't forget to pick up your "letter"!! Write down the letter "A" and at the end of the hop, we'll tell you what to do with it!!
Now here's the order again in case you got lost along the way!! :)

Start out at the Capture these Sketches Blog...

Jana
Mel
Natalie
Darlene
Amanda
Allison
Tara
Calia
Emily
Tina
Back to the Sketch blog

Thanks for stopping by... and happy blog hopping!!