Numbers Galore!!!!! Scrapping Out Loud Challenge

Here is my page for this week's challenge!!! We were to use numbers on our layouts!!!

My son Nicholas,,,,what a goofball!!!! This is so him!!! I don't know if you notice that he is always making faces of somekind in his pics...so I thought it was about time I scrapped about all those fantastic faces!!!!
Be sure to check out the dt's layouts this week they are amazing!!!!

Scrapping Out Loud Challenge~ Get Cooking!!!

Cooking up something good!- This week is a recipe challenge, no, no we don't want you to scrap a recipe again, we want you to follow the recipe below to cook up a delicious LO!
3 circles
1 picture
5 buttons
scallops
1 heart

stir well and voila! :) Be sure to check out the fabulous pages our dt's cooked up this week!!

A layout and an update on my pooch!

Hi, Hope you are all enjoying the weekend! I just wanted to share a layout that I did last week before all the chaos of the attack! It was a layout about my boys climbing the hay bales at the pumpkin patch. I loved the pics I took that day especially these ones because my boys are so close and it was very evident that day! You see they are 8 years apart and sometimes age is a factor between brothers. My oldest son is such wonderful big brother (don't get me wrong...things aren't always perfect between them) but for the most part Brendan is very patient with his little brother. I hope that Nick will remember how his big brother always included him and helped him out! I felt a huge reward as a mother watching the boys that day, I saw the love, the friendship, and the fun that my boys share! (If you want to read the journalling just click on it and it will enlarge it!)

*a quick update on Nellie, I took her to the vet yesterday for a check up and to take a drain out of her ear, she is doing well. Everyday we see improvements....she is now more willing to go outside for a walk around the yard. I was pretty worried about her emotional scars, they say that dogs live in the moment and I was totally re-living the attack everyday so I wasn't really helping her, but now I've moved on and so has she. Thanks for all your well wishes, they helped us get through the tough days.

Have a great week, I'll try to get around to your blogs today as I relax and sip my coffee!

Scrapping Out Loud Challenge.....and a few busy busy days

I'm so sorry for such a late post on my tuesday challenge page; we were to use hidden journalling on our layouts!!! Mine isn't too hard to find...it actually goes in a bit more but I pulled it out to show you all!!! It's a little note to my new baby niece...welcoming her to the family and telling her how beautiful she is and we are so happy to finally meet her!

I've had a really busy couple of days around here...my dog nellie was brutally attacked outside on tuesday morning by an animal of some kind and left with severe wounds...and emotional scars that are going to take sometime to get over. So I've been kind of busy trying to help her heal and deal with everything, she is so scared to even go outside to the bathroom. (your prayers are definitely needed)

Thanks for all the birthday wishes here, on the phone, and on facebook I had a pretty good birthday despite my dog's injuries. We had a wonderful supper cooked by my hubs and he even baked this cake for me!!! It was super delicious!!! Thanks Brock you are the best husband in the whole world!!! Love u!

Thanks for this Award my friend!!!

Thanks Jess, I think your blog is over the top too!!!!

1. Where is your cell phone? on the charger
2.Your hair? straight
3. Your mother? short
4. Your father? same as me
5. Your favorite food? steak and lobster
6.Your dream last night? can't say out loud!
7. Your favorite drink? coffee
8. Your dream/goal? keep losing weight
9. What room are you in? hallway
10. Your hobby? scrapbooking
11. Your fear? my kids getting hurt or sick
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? somewhere hot with my hubby
13. Where were you last night? watching football
14. Something that you aren't? quiet ;-D
15. Muffins? banana or blueberry please
16. Wish list item? Canon Rebel
17. Where did you grow up? Ontario
18. Last thing you did? ran on the treadmill
19. What are you wearing? sweats
20. Your TV? flat
21. Your Pets? 2 dogs
22. Friends? love them
23. Your life? the best
24. Your mood? beaming
25. Missing Someone? my mom and dad
26. vehicle? GMC Yukon
27. Something your not wearing? makeup
28. Your favorite store? Winners
29. Your favorite color? red
30. When was the last time you laughed? this morning
31. Last time you cried? this weekend
32. Your best friend? a great listener
33. One place that I go to over and over? bed
34. Facebook? yeah but not faithfully
35. Favorite place to eat? red lobster
I'll pass this on to 5 fabulous over the top Bloggers!!!!!

Laurel, Emily, Tracey, Marit Staci

A few pics and a page to share......

Hi, Hope your Halloween was fun!!! Ours was a blast! My older son opted not to trick or treat this year, he's 12 now so I guess he's done! We decked our house out with spoooooky things...didn't get everything out this year like the grave yard (we just didn't have time). Now onto Christmas right? Oh my gosh I saw people decorating their yards already with Christmas decorations...I guess it's smart to do it early with the cold weather fast approaching but come on people give it a week. We usually wait until after Santa Parade around November 25th, When do you decorate for Christmas?

It's a Blog Hop Tuesday Challenge

Here is my page for this week's Challenge at Scrapping Out Loud!! This week were to scrap using large oversized embellishments/ alphas....I didnt' have any alhpas so I used an oversized bingo card! This pic was taken on the first day of school as I watched my kids walk ahead of me....the moment was going so fast I wanted to slow it down so I snapped this pic and knew that I would love scrapping it later on~ Now usually I tell you to head straight over to SOL to check out the dt's fantastic pages but today I want you to go to our Dt's Blog's first and check out each Dt's page and leave them some love and then head back to SOL and leave a comment there too,,,,we are giving away a prize to one of our lucky blog hoppers so get hopping!!! Enjoy and have fun!!!

Jessica
Aphra
Lou
Yvonne

I am totally SHOCKED!!!!

It's really done....go see here!

It's all about Time.......Scrapping Out Loud Challenge

My page for Scrapping Out Loud this week! We were to scrap about time!!! I scrapped about the first day of school, I haven't added journaling to it, but I will, that was a major event this year for my kids; they began at a new school, rode the bus for the first time, made new friends, new routines!!! I was so darn proud of them, they are off to a great start!!! Way to go kids!!!!

And of course I had to share a few more pics from Sunday!!!
Enjoy!!!

Sunday Family Fun!!!

It was a gorgeous, warm fall day so we took advantage of the warm weather and decided to visit a local pumpkin farm. We were surprised to see more than just pumkins and a corn maze. They had a spooky house, hay bales, zip line, wagon rides, sling shot, petting zoo, and of course lots of wonderful pumpkins!!! I was sooo glad we took the kids there and we are all looking forward to going back next year!!! Have a great day!!!

Tuesday Challenge..............and a few pics

The new challenge is up at Scrapping Out Loud!!!! We want to you to Get Naked!!! Not literally, just your chip board...leave it bare! Check out the beautiful pages the girls did this week here!
Just a few pics from our visit back home a couple of weeks ago.....me and my parents!
Aren't they cute, my dad is 80 and my mom is younger!!!! It was a great visit and made me want to move again!! I miss them so much! They were supposed to come this weekend for thanksgiving but didn't travel due to the weather, we had snow up here already....it sucks!

Scene It!!!!

This week we would like to see you create a scene with your layout. The scene must include at least 2 pockets/slots for hidden journaling or photos.
For example, you could do a scene with a house with a big tree and car outside - the doors and the windows of the house can be "opened" to reveal something otherwise hidden. Think outside the box and see what creative things you could come up with...we look forward to seeing your pgs.!!

You have to head over and see the winner and the new prize and the gorgeous pages the dt's did for you!

Have a great day!!

Doodle it! Scrapping Out Loud Tuesday!!!

I loved this week's challenge at Scrapping Out Loud, Doodle it!! Now get ready to doodle on your layouts, grab a pen, pencil or even a crayon! We want to see how you doodle on your layout, it can be on the paper, flowers, embellies or even right onto your pictures, just doodle it!!!

* Just a reminder this is the last week to enter for our monthly prize from Mosh Posh!!! So get busy and send us your pages!
Need some inpiration, check out what the ladies came up with for you, here.

Tuesday Challenge at Scrapping Out Loud

This week's challenge is up at Scrapping Out Loud and it's a really fun challenge! We want you to use a single motif on your layout and repeat it as many times as you want! Don't forget to check out what the dt's did too, and play along with us you might win a fantastic kit from Mosh Posh!!! Go see, I know you want to!

Scrapping Out Loud Challenge

We are asking you to use hand made flowers on your layout, whether they are paper, crocheted, fabric, or plastic show us your flowerific layouts!!! My layout is a pic of my kids and my MIL who actually crocheted my pink flowers for me! Need some inspiration, check out what the girls did this week!

My new space!!!!

Welcome to my new scrap space! I am so thrilled to call this little nook in our basement my space! The thing that makes me the happiest is I am still near everybody but still have an area I can sit and scrap in! I love all the light from our large windows, which really doesn't make it feel like a basement either. So if you are looking for me I'm here at my desk where I love to create! Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget the new challenge at Scrapping Out Loud tomorrow!

First Day of school

Wow, what a big day for my kids yesterday. Not only was it their first day it was a brand new school, new friends, new teachers, riding the bus to and from school, which made a really long day for us at home. I was worried about them, hoping they would make new friends and feel comfortable with all the new stuff and they did exactly that, they had an awesome day! I was so proud of them!
Thanks for stopping by!

It's Tuesday and you know what that means......

We are asking you to use a quote for your title, but wait there's more, in addition to your quote we want you to use only one part of speech in your journaling. By part of speech we mean your journaling needs to be all nouns, all adjectives, all verbs, all interjections, all adverbs, all prepositions, or all pronouns.
Now that is a challenge!

Need some grammatically correct inspiration...check out what the girls did with this week's challenge!!!
Please help us welcome our guest dt Rachel and scraplift her page this week!

I promise to be a better blogger........

Hey guys! How's everyone doing? I'm doing pretty good considering the kids head back to school this week, I'm sure gonna miss them bigtime! Anyhoo, I've managed to get a lot done around here this weekend, we are finishing up our basement bathroom, oh it's going to come in handy, (with 3 kids) you need one! I unpacked almost all of the boxes from the move back in june, (I know it took me long enough) but I finally feel settled now..(weird seeing as I've been here 3 months already). I carved out a spot in the basement and claimed it as my new space and hung my pics up, I will show pics in a couple of days! ( I promise) I managed to sit and scrap in my new space and loved every minute of it too~! I also have another promise, I promise to be a better blogger from now on none of this once a week crap! I'll be posting more seeing as I'll have more time now that the kids will be back at school. I did this layout for my baby sis, I miss her all the time and wish we lived closer, especially now that she has a newborn, we had fantastic visits this summer and can't wait to go back home and hold my neice again and smell her! I love the smell of babies! (doesn't everyone?)

Have a great day and don't forget tomorrow's challenge at Scrapping Out Loud.

Scrapping Out Loud Challenge

Here's my page for this week's challenge at Scrapping Out Loud. We were to Scrap Out of Season, I used snowflakes on my page...mainly because that was all that I had besides xmas paper. I loved how it turned out! Go here to check out all the beautiful pages the DT's came up with & welcome our guest dt Carissa!!! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Scrapping Out Loud Challenge...some sad news

Well as happy as I am to show you all my pg for this week's challenge I am just as sad to tell all of you that Melissa has decided to leave Scrapping Out Loud Design Team. Melissa has been there since the beginning and we are going to miss her very much, she was so creative in putting together the look for us and the blinkies....she figured all that stuff out soooooo goood!!! (lord knows I could never do it) I wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors and her scrappiness!!! Thanks M for sharing your talent with us and your dedication to Scrapping Out Loud. Now head on over to Scrapping Out Loud to check out this week's challenge and the dt's fantastic pages!!!

Last week's pics...................

August is a huge month for us...besides enjoying summer we celebrate birthday's and anniversaries, time spent with family and friends!!! My daughter turned 8 this month she is growing up so fast, my hubs celebrated his 25th...not really but he's now a year older than last year and still 4 months older than me that's all that really matters right? We celebrated our wedding anniversary and had a fantastic visit with my sis and her kids! I can't believe that the kids go back to school right away and it feels like summer is just getting started (weatherwise summer was a bust) I'm not ready to send them back but who ever is? I haven't shopped for school supplies or made any new arrangements for their bus ride to and from school yet...oh yeah that's on the to do list this week (don't forget to remind me). I'm so determined to scrap daily as soon as they go back to school, I need to scrap all these pics from the new house and our vacations. I miss them already,,, I miss the pj's all day, the late sleeping, the late nights, the fire pits, the smores the walks, the camping trips (I need to go one more time this year), the friends, the bike rides, the lazy couch days, the gardening, the rides back home, goodbye summer I hope you make a comeback next year! Have a great day & don't forget the new challenge tomorrow at Scrapping Out Loud!

Scrapping Out Loud New Challenge

Here's my page for this weeks challenge at Scrapping Out Loud, we were to use tissue paper and a bow on our layout this week! Need some more inspiration, head over and check out the dt's fantastic pages this week and welcome our guest dt Amy!

New Tuesday Challenge at Scrapping Out Loud

Here's my page for this week's challenge at Scrapping Out Loud, it's an assortment challenge!!!!!

Your challenge this week is to use these (listed below) different sized papers and embellishments on your layout, *the only other thing you can add is a journaling block and alphas*....

Cardstock or Patterned paper for your base
(1) 9 x 10 piece of paper
(1) 8 x 8 piece of paper
(2) 3 inch x 11 pieces of paper
1 piece of ribbon size of your choice
a scrap of fabric
3 layered flowers (or other embellishments)
And a hand sewn flourish.....
Now get started, I can't wait to see your pages!!! I'm off to camp again for a few more days before the end of summer, see you soon, & thanks for stopping by!

Vacay Pics

We had an awesome time camping in our new camper, we spent most of our time sitting around the fire roasting marshmellows and hanging out. My mom camped with us for 2 nights and we all enjoyed her very very much. She really loves camping and was so excited to be able to come with us, we only got one day in at the beach so there aren't very many beach pics this year so far, but I'm still hoping to get the kids out to the beach before summers end. (not that you'll see me in any bathing suit, I'd hate to scare anybody). Well I'm off to scrap today since we are having a rainy rainy weekend around here. Have a great weekend everyone!

Rip it , Rip it Good Scrapping Out Loud Challenge!

Here's my layout for this week's challenge at Scrapping Out Loud! Rip it, Rip it good, rip cardboard, fabric, paper just rip something for your layout!!! You must go check out the Dt's Fantastic pages and welcome our Guest Dt Cindy this week! We also announced the winner of last month's prize and are showcasing the new prize for August and it's totally yummy; I bet it will make you want to join us this month!!!

We had an awesome camping trip even though the weather wasn't the greatest but we made the most of it and are now back to the normal part of life hanging out, renovating (adding a second bath), weeding, enjoying what is left of our summer break! I don't even want to think about sending the kids back to school the thought is down right depressing. I'll post some of our vacay pics in a couple of days! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

a new page.....some chit chat....and where the heck have i been?

Well here is my page for Scrapping Out Loud's new challenge for today!!! You really have to go check out the dt's fantastic pages this week and play along with us! We were to use distressing on our layouts!!! I totally loved this challenge, now head on over to Scrapping Out Loud and show us your distressed layouts!

Well now onto some chit chat, I've been struggling lately in the crafty department, haven't been scrapping at all. I've narrowed it down to a few things going on around here; I totally love the new house but I'm missing my old craft space, (in my old house), I know I really should get over it the old house is sold and we've moved on but for some reason I can't seem to scrap happily in this house. I sit down with every intention to get motivated and for some reason it just doesn't come out! Of course I've been incredibly busy, with other shit but that is normal too but for some reason I'm so not inspired here. I used to love sitting in my sunroom looking out watching the kids play outside while I scrapped. I'm hoping it's just a temporary blank and my mojo will return one day! Now if you've been wondering where I've been lately, let me tell you! My internet service sucks out here (in the country) We are using a satelite service for our internet but we are only alotted a certain amount of mb space per day, and of course I'm not the only one who uses the internet here so if we exceed our space our internet goes down for 24hours...I hate it! (did I mention it's incredibly exspensive?) So I sincerely apoligize for not visiting your awesome blogs as much as I once did!
I have to thank Marit and Helen for giving my blog lovely awards, I'm sending them right back at you fabulous ladies!
My hubs is on vacation and we are leaving wednesday for camping so I will return with some fantastic pics to get my mojo off the ground!!!! Have a great week & thanks for stopping by!

Scrapping Out Loud's New challenge, new look, new dt's and new prizes!!!!

It's a big day for Scrapping Out Loud we are celebrating with a brand new design team and a new look, awesome prizes and the new challenge is up!!! Hurry over and check it all out!!! I know you'll want to see our new dt's first layouts and welcome them to Scrapping Out Loud!!!!! The challenge this week ...A Pinch of this, and a dash of that! Scrap about a favorite recipe! It could be a family recipe, a new recipe, maybe one you made up yourself or even a dish at your favorite restaraunt! Get creative ladies, and get cooking!

Have a great day!!!!

Taking a Road Trip...............

Hey Everyone,

Hope you are all having a great summer so far, sorry for my absence lately, I've definitely been very busy and I'm not ignoring you ,I've had lots on my plate lately and it's not food (still sticking to my new diet!) The kids are done school tommorrow and ready for summer holidays and so am I! I need a break from our routines...and daily life! So we are taking a road trip just me and the kids! (my hubs has to work again...he works way too much)

My sis had her baby on June 1st and I haven't seen the baby yet so we are heading home on tuesday, wish me luck please cause it's an 8 hour drive....yikes! Take care and have a great week!!!

Alter ego....at Scrapping Out Loud!

This week's challenge is up...well it was up yesterday and I totally spaced it out!!! This is our Dt's last week and I hope you stop by and see their last pages, they are so beautiful!!! I'm going to miss our fabulous design team they are a super bunch of ladies!!!! Really you have to stop by and leave them some love this week!!! There will be no challenge next week so you'll have to stay tuned to meet the new dt's and the new look for our blog...coming soon!!! Have a great day everyone!!!! I've been scrapping and hope to have some layouts to share in the next couple of days!!!

My house!

Here's a peek into my new house...(sorry I took so long to get this onto my blog)I've been trying to get some flower beds made for my perreniels that I brought from the old house...they've been dying to get into the ground. I am loving my new house, it's not too big or not to small, it's just right! We have a lot of work to do before we call it done like finish the basement, build a garage...add a hottub...did I say hottub oooo wouldn't that be nice! For now my upstairs is complete and that's all that matters. The dining room and living room face south east so we get a ton of natural light even on cloudy days. The best part is my hubs is going to build me my very own scrap room with everything I need in it, right from scratch!!!! Can't wait!!! Hope you all have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Scrapping Out Loud Tuesday!!!

This week's challenge is up at Scrapping Out Loud! It's an awesome challenge with an awesome prize this month!!! You have to check it out and play along with us!

Sorry no pics of the inside today but they are coming soon I promise! I've been diggin in the dirt since the weekend and I need a break soon, I haven't scrapped in weeks and I can't stand it any longer so I will be scrapping this afternoon and hopefully I will have some new layouts to share soon! Have a great day, & thanks for stopping by!

I'm baaaackkkkk!!!!!!!

Hey everyone!!!!

Well I'm back online, I finally got decent wireless internet hooked up yesterday! Our move went extremely well almost too good! It took the whole weekend to move all of our stuff! We were completely drained every single night, I think I was asleep in less than 30 seconds every night. The kids were a huge help with the move too, thanks guys! I labeled every box so we knew exactly where everything was and it really made things so easy. We worked tirelessly to unpack and settle in the first week, I'm soooo happy we did all that work and can now look at getting our yard seeded with grass and get going on the flower beds! I'm a huge gardener and can't wait to get diggin in the dirt planting perrienals and trees~ Our yard is a complete mud hole and our sidewalk is a trail of moving boxes, but we are soooo happy to be here and love our new house! Enjoy these pics of the outside and I'll post some of the inside in a couple of days! I'm going to try and get to your blogs this weekend and say hi to everyone!

Tuesday's Challenge Scrapping Out Loud!

The new challenge is up at Scrapping Out Loud and I didn't get this one done in time before the move, but that doesn't mean that you can't play along and see what the other dt's came up with...head on over and see!!

Celebrating communion!

A simple layout I created for my dd album celebrating her 1'st Communion! Our new priest allowed us to take all kinds of pics during the service so we took full advantage of it. She will treasure these pics forever! Have a great day!!!