it’s official…   July 1, 2009

a few of us have been wanting to go to CE for as long as i can remember. wasn’t a good time of year, or it coincided with other trips, etc…were some things that prevented us from going previously.
this year, it all just came together. some of us got in through the mbs. some through the golden ticket. some through hope and adding names at the last minute, and then…all of a sudden, we’re in!
flights booked, hotel reservations made, rental cars secured, surprises in the works going, etc. check!
all we had left was to secure all 6 of us in the same group!

can i now officially get a big CHECK for that box!!!

woohoo, our 6th member just checked in and confirmed she is in our group, after just landing, oh my goodness, i am so very excited:)

love you girls!

dear mommy,   June 30, 2009

am all over it, emi:)

MLS new releases…   June 26, 2009

here they are, for CHA summer! helen and suzy, you did a wonderful job:)
Robots Unplugged

Sky’s The Limit

In Bloom

A Little Lady

Imagine A Forest

Who Loves You?

And here’s a layout that I created with Sky’s The Limit for the scrapbook memories tv show.

our week.   

we giggled.
we painted.
we played with friends and cousins.
we swam.
we went on the swings.
we played in the sand.
we giggled more.
we hung out with baach and uncle davey.
we hugged. we loved on them.
we cleaned.
we had good talks with the fam.

then, mommy got sick.
started with a scratchy throat and sneezing wed night.
now, i’ve got a fever. chills. aches. no voice.

that’s been our week.
hoping your end is better than ours!

my family. my loves. my everything.   June 24, 2009

love. laughter. yummy food. swings. bubbles. more laughter. unconditional love. sobriety.
just what our family needed this past Sunday.

h a p p y.   June 21, 2009

happy father’s day to you, my sweet dh, and to all the other fathers out there:)
happy times with my dear friend, j. i love you.

my girls.   June 18, 2009

these days:

loves God.
loves basketball.
loves swimming.
loves her growing independence.
loves drawing.
loves math.
loves her family.
loves life:)

loves praying.
loves getting into everything.
loves her sisserrrrrr!
loves her family.
loves swimming.
loves anything her sisser is doing.
loves pulling hair.
loves jumping. off of anything.
loves her teachers.
loves her bff addie.
loves baby avery.
loves n’cooooooo.
and obviously loves painting.

happy thursday!

wednesday.   June 17, 2009

bball camp + graders + lakers v. celtics + game on = FUN!
preekool + gorgeous playground + growing independence + tears + fun = proud moments.
brunch + shopping + chit chatting + laughter + smiles = wonderful morning [we so missed you, n]
family being with family = GREAT stuff.
dream dinners +working out = even happier mommy
boardgames + math for mommy + math for daddy + dancing + painting + giggles + poses = priceless times.
family just being there for the family is just hands down the BEST.
girlfriends who you can talk to about anything and everything – thank you, esp today:)

when your hubby makes you laugh like no other at the end of a day, squeeze him tight and let him know how much you love him!

i love you so much my dear dh:)

when looking in your thousands of photos you take over the past few months- to capture emotionally perfect ones like this, just melt my heart. thanks, krista for that saying!

happy wednesday all!

MLS + core’dinations cardstock assignments complete!   June 16, 2009

here’s the rest of my creations:

*hi* card, this cardstock is from their black magic collection. the inside is black, and i’ll write in a white pen for this one. i popped up some of the houses from the our neighborhood line.
for the girls’ door hangers, i chose cardstock from the chocolate box line. i used a clear flower book from rusty pickle as templates, traced around them, cut the cardstock out [dual images], distressed the edges and adhered them to eachother. i took some prima flowers, laid them out on the flower. sprayed some glimmer mist over them, using the flowers as masks. once that dried, i got to work. for emi’s, i chose the enjoy life line. my fave piece is that gorgeous rainbow with the snail on the cloud. punched out some flowers, added some prima ones, a felt one and some bling:) for mari’s, i used the turtles n trees line, and after the mask dried, simply picked out my fave piece from that line [the big apple tree transparency piece] and added a flower and some stickles. punched holes, tied ribbons, and voila, new decor for their doors!
tfl and happy tuesday!

new love- core’dination cardstock!!!   June 15, 2009

completed: MLS assignments and MLS + core’dinations cardstock assignments. yippee! now, all assignments are checked off, i can now focus on my cards class coming up!
saturday, june 27th 3-5pm at PMP.
hope to see you there!

i LOVE this cardstock from core’dinations!!!

here’s my assignments, much better scanned:

*just so very sweet* paired up with the wonderful line. after cutting them into squares and sanding, i just created a patchwork, using both sides.
*roly poly bugs* paired with the owl line. i matted the photos onto it, and then distressed, sanded and crumpled a bit.
*home sweet home* paired with the our neighborhood line. this cardstock is from the black magic collection…i love it!
i have a card to photograph and then add in:)

hope you had a scrapalicious weekend, too!