Merry Christmas and Happy 2007!

Just wanted to share our 2006 Christmas cards. 

WOW...it has been a long time, huh???

I cannot believe how long I have let this blog go untouched. Disgraceful, I swear. Seems like since school started things have stayed so busy that everything I enjoy has slowed down. I am still scrapping, but not even CLOSE to as much as I was before or as much as I'd like.

Since I am so far behind posting LO's here I will just post them as a slideshow. Credits can be seen at my SBB Gallery.

As a side note...prayers to my high school friend Randy and his family. He is currently in Iraq and expecting to return home next month.

Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday and a Happy 2007. Hopefully I will get this thing back on track next year, LOL.

Not much to say

but hate that I have been so slack lately. I haven't even had time to scrap lately with so much going on with school and such. Just thought I would post the two LO 's that I have had time to do. As before, check credits on my SBB Gallery page.





Thanks for looking!

Long hot days of summer...when will they end??

It has been SOOOO hot here, as I know it has been almost everywhere lately. There have been a couple of short breaks here and there, but then it ultimately ends up being more hot and humid after that than ever.

My oldest started school back on the 1st and my life is once again back and forth carpooling all day. Then, on top of that, my youngest has learned how to get out of his crib. Naps have virtually disappeared over the past two weeks. I feel like I am living in someone else's home all of a sudden, but I know that like everything, this, too, shall pass.

Here are a few LO's that I have done lately. Credits can be found at my SBB Gallery




Journaling reads: You have enjoyed the pool so much this summer. The first couple of times we went in you weren’t quite sure what to think, but it didn’t take long for you to figure out
that swimming was pretty fun. You would watch
Noah going underwater and swimming and, like
everything else you see him do, youwanted
to swim too. Daddy started being a little too
adventurous for your comfort, so Mama
became your swimming partner of
choice. Youwould cling to me saying
“No hold Daddy. . . hold you”.
Gradually you got more and
more comfortable in the water.
You would hold just my arms,
then just my hands and now
just my fingers. You will let
me turn you onto your
back and you kick your
legs like crazy. We never
stopped letting Daddy
take his turn holding
you though, and while
I won’t say it is your
“favorite” thing to do,
you will let him hold
you up in the air
several times and
then dunk you
completely
underwater for a
second. You even
come out with a big
SMILE on your face!
I expect that by next
summer you will be
swimming even better
. . . maybe even without
holding on.

You are our little

FISH

in the making!



Thanks for looking!

Gee...has it been THAT long???

I haven't posted anything over here in weeks! WOW...didn't realize how slack I was getting.

It has been really busy though. School started back this week, so along with battling the crowds at Walmart for school supplies,I was also planning a sleepover party for Noah as his birthday was Sunday. He had two friends over to see Pirates of the Caribbean II, swimming, and then a sleepover. It was fun though and he is somewhat glad that he's back at school with his friends.

I have scrapped a few pages that I would like to share. Please see my SBB Gallery for credits.






Journaling reads: You signed up for soccer camp this summer and although you weren’t a seasoned player at the end of the week, I was so proud of you for trying something new, not letting what others may see as “failures” stop you from giving it your all and continuing to try and try again to score.



Thanks for looking. Maybe I will post a lot quicker next time, LOL.

A BUSY week and a few new LO's

We have had a very busy week here. My Hubby was on vacation, we got a new puppy (***SOOO much work...I forgot how much***), and Cooper has HIT the 2's head-on. It has been a really, really rough week, but I did find time to scrap a few LO's. Please see my SBB Gallery for credits.


Journaling reads:
You found this Luna moth in the back yard after Lola had been playing with it. It had a hurt wing and wasn't able to
fly very well. You picked it up, decided it was your job to nurse it back to health, and named it Butter-fur “because his fur looks like butter”. He crawled all over you and you just loved that, even though it felt weird. By the end of the evening he was pretty weak and we were not sure if he would make it through the night, but you kept him in
your bug box in your bed and the next morning he was still alive! You took him to school to show your class and when you got back home he was strong enough to fly away, and you were both happy and sad to see him go


Journaling reads:
Your favorite foods are chicken, raisins, ham, and cheese. You can’t get enough “mulk” and you love to drink Noah’s Propel.

You have just started saying “tanku” instead of “wekum” when you want to say thanks.

You love to play with trucks and cars just like Noah.

You get so excited that you start screaming “park“ as soon as it is in sight.

Your two little friends are Sam and Dylan, but you are also crazy about Noah‘s friends, Cameron and Joshua.

You are learning to share, just a little, and it is so sweet to watch.

“Why?” is the question of the day, every day.

You are taking one afternoon nap a day, but sometimes it is hard to get you settle down.

Your favorite shows are: Sesame Street, Calliou, and Teletubbies.

You LOVE to play instruments and sing along to your Sesame Street A to Z DVD. You are already learning to recognize several letters from watching it so much.

You are learning to stay afloat in the pool, but you are very sure that we are right there to grab tightly when needed.

You are growing so fast that your shirts are starting to get too short. You are already the size that Noah was at 3.

You fight to walk instead of ride, and to sit in the booth instead of a highchair.

Even though you are having some toddler “moments“ these days, you are still a JOY to be around each day. WE LOVE YOU, Cooper!!!





Thanks for looking!!

A quick LO

Just wanted to get this LO posted that I finished last night. My IL's were here this weekend and Cooper had a great time yesterday with Grandma pushing him around in his Little Tikes car.


Credits: Tracy Blankenship's The Calm; font-pharmacy


Thanks for looking. I've got sooo many great new photos to scrap, so maybe I'll get back in the scrapping mojo again. I'll try to post more soon. :O)

Pool set-up...Part II

So after the horrible week went spent trying to get the pool set up, it just wasn't level enough and we had to drain it. :( We almost bought a "real" above ground pool last weekend and just let them deal with the sloped yard, but then chickened out at the last possible second. We decided to spend the extra money to have someone come out and help get the yard PERFECTLY level and try the cheap pool again, with the hopes that next year we will know enough about pool care to get the more expensive one then. *sigh*

I finished a LO today of Noah dressed up for soccer camp.


Credits: Buttons by Syrin, Papers by Tandika Star, Ribbon (recolored) by Hunibuni; Ian Jude font

Have a great Father's Day weekend! I SOOOO hope we spend it in the pool!!!!!!!

A couple of new LO's to share

Been really busy running my oldest back and forth to activities, but I do have a couple of LO's to share this week. As is becoming the norm, credits can be found in my SBB gallery.

This LO is very special to me. I am NEVER a fan of being in front of the camera, so photos of me are few and far between. Photos of me and my husband are even rarer. Even though this was just a quick snapshot we took at Noah's field day last month, it has become a part of my absolute favorite LO ever.


Journaling reads:

-He always makes me feel special and beautiful, even when I have trouble feeling that way about myself.

-He works hard to provide a way for me to be able to be a stay at home mom.

-He is always helping and doing things around the house without ever saying a negative word.

-He makes me believe that love can heal all wounds and can carry us through any storm.

-He gave me the two of you...cried at both of your births...and loves you as deeply as I do, making it a priority to show each of you, every day that your Daddy will love you forever!

Thanks for looking!

More LO's

Things here have just been crazy. Trying to set up a pool in the yard and it has turned into the biggest mess you've seen in a while. We are still holding out hope that it will be worth the time and money we have put into it so far. We shall see.

I was without my laptop for a couple of weeks while my media card reader was being repaired, but I do have a few LO's to share. For credits, see my gallery at SBB.
















Wow...that was a lot more than I thought it was. I guess it has been way to long between posts, which seems to be the norm lately. As always, thanks for looking!

Another Credit-less post :O(

Again, not finding any time to post here. But I do want to share my new LO's with friends and family, so if you would like any of the credits either email me at dlnc@bellsouth.net or check my gallery at SBB as I did get a chance to post a few of them over there.


Journaling reads:
When I was pregnant, I hoped so much that the two of you would be close despite an almost 5-year age
difference, but I could never have imagined the bond that you two share. You bring out the best in each
other. It is almost as if you are two halves of one soul, as corny as that may sound. Seeing you two together, playing, holding hands, cracking each other up, touches my heart in a way I never dreamed possible. I hope you will always be as close as you are now!



journaling reads: Noah, you have always loved cats...just like your mom. We got Callie last year and you two became fast friends. While you and Lola have a very sweet, loving relationship, Callie is your “buddy”. She lets you drag her around the house like a rag doll without even flinching. She loves to sleep with you and if she doesn’t get to, she makes sure that she is the first one into your room in the morning, to curl up with you and purr. You and Callie have a very special friendship.




journaling reads: We tried flying kites for the first time when you were about two, but it was a disaster, so we just put the kite away and for some reason never tried again. Just a few weeks ago you started asking about flying a kite and said it was your DREAM. We felt so bad that we hadn’t taken you to fly kites since that terrible attempt years ago, so when March arrived I bought two kites and we waited for a windy day. Finally one afternoon the wind was going strong,
so as soon as Daddy got home we went out
looking for a good location. We ended up at
the high school in a field. We had no trouble
getting the kites in the air and we were able
to fly them for over an hour. You were so
happy...laughing, running, just having a blast!

Later that evening you said it was

“ A Dream Come True”







HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

BAD Blogger!!!

Well life has found a way to TOTALLY disrupt my flow. I am so out of my blogging mojo, that I don't know how to get back in. All of my new LO's seem overwhleming to post since I didn't make note of the credits at the time. I haven't even posted them on any galleries which is completely unlike me.

One of the purposes of my blog is just to share LO's with my friends and family SOOOOO...here's what I am doing. I am going to post all of my recent LO's without the credits. If anyone would like more info on any of the elements used, please email me at dlnc@bellsouth.net and I will find the info and get it to you. Sorry for the trouble.











I also worked on a heritage album for my grandfather with some old family photos. Here are the pages I have completed so far:















I hope to get back on track here soon! Thanks for looking!

Another oldie and a couple of cute valentines

I am still battling sickness in the house...this time it is me again. Needless to say, there hasn't been a lot of scrapping energy, but today I decided to scrap a Valentine page for each of my kids. Usually I try to be a little more unique for each of them, but today I just felt like making a few changes here and there, but otherwise doing the same LO for each one. One thing I LOVE about Valentine's LO's is the excuse to use PINK in my boys' LO's, LOL!!!!!





(Credits: Isabelle Cyr aka zazou's Je t' adore kit, alpha by Tandika Star; Fonts:Artistamp and Bickley Script)

I do have one other LO to post. I finished this one earlier this week, but didn't get a chance to post it here. This is from 2000, when Noah was about 15 months old. I used to let him sit in the kitchen floor and play with the pots and pans. This day I had picked him up, frying pan in hand, to put him in his high chair to eat and when I looked back at him, he was strumming the pan like a banjo...even had his ear bent in as if he was tuning the thing.



(Credits:Clara Wallace's Zoey Kit, Foto Frame by Aspnes; Fonts 2peas Gift, Journaling Hand, Zipty Do, NotnorvalHmk)

Hopefully I will be back in the swing soon. Have a great week and thanks for looking!

Going WAYYYYY back in the scrapping time machine

Just a quick LO today from photos taken in October 2000.



Credits: Trudy Montgomery's Fall Potpourri Kit, tag by Traci Sims; fonts: MA Sexy and Journaling Hand

I'm back...

after a crazy couple of weeks, I am back with a few LO's. I have had so much going on, with company, sick kids, etc, that little scrapping has been done, thus the lack of posts here, LOL. Here are the few I have done:


Journaling reads: In November of last year, you asked about getting Harry Potter to read. You were nervous about trying it when you realized that there were no pictures at all, but you had been reading early chapter books for quite a while and you told me that you would just picture the story in your imagination.

We bought the book and a new love began for you. For the next few days, you would carry your book with you everywhere. You were reading it before bed each night and even in the car. You were having a little trouble with some of the words (especially names) and concepts, but you still seemed to understand what was happening in the story.

After a couple of weeks you began to slow down with your reading. You started reading more of your other chapter books and only read Harry once in a while. We thought that maybe it was just too much and that you had lost interest, but after all of the Christmas excitement died down, you picked Harry Potter back up with determination. Once again you were reading it daily In January you hit the half-way point in the book and you became more and more excited about finishing it.

As February approached, you could see the end in sight! “”Four more chapters, Mama!”...then three, then two...until the night you came running out of your room, book in hand, screaming, “I finished!!!”.

Credits:Whitney Bushman's Autumn Collection
Fonts Used: Harry Potter, Accoustic Light, Hogwart's Wizard



Credits:mandabean's Petalpalooza kit, tag by me
Fonts Used: Mandingo



Credits:Sincerely Yours Kit by Debbie Knorr, stiching by Nisha Morton, Word Art by Holly McCaig
Fonts Used: Bang LET, Blackjack

I also managed to finish the kit that I used for my LO about my Nana, so in her honor I am offering this kit as a freebie. All I ask is that if you download it you please leave me a comment and I would LOVE to see anything that you have made with it, so send me a link. I will offer it for the next week, so if you would like to get it, click here now.



Hope you enjoy it!