BIG day . . .   August 24, 2009

for our household:

Dsc 0023-9 look at our beautiful miss e! she officially started 2nd grade today! we are so very proud of you!
Dsc 0067-6 and our lil miss drama puff went POOPOO into the potty tonight!!! so so so very proud of you miss m!
happy monday!

xoxo
erin

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our past week   August 23, 2009

well, hello again! i know it’s been awhile, and you’ll soon see why:)
here’s our recap this week:
monday-
preschool- big hugs for our bff.
errands
miss e had a playdate with her dear friend that just returned from vaca. they had a ball in the pool:)
later that afternoon, miss e had a make up swim lesson.
hit the gym after dinner.
helped a friend sort through some stuff. love our girltime!
tuesday-
miss e had lg camp:)
miss m had her speech moved, so we had an impromptu playdate in SR and ran a bunch of errands.
daddy had men’s group, so us girls played with art stuff. miss e created another lo and we made stuff for daddy’s bday.
wednesday-
preschool:) more love for our bff.
miss e had a playdate:)
miss e had lg camp:)
speech.
??? our evening?
thursday-
daddy had the day off!
carpets were cleaned:)
we got haircuts.
we went to the park.
we hit the mall.
we had some yummy lunch altogether:)
we hit the mini golf place. too crowded.
miss m and daddy hung out in the arcade and watched the waterslide fun.
miss e and mommy hit the waterslides, her first time and she LOVED it!
swim lessons.
dream dinners.
bed early:)
friday-
preschool:)
daddy and emi golfed:)
mommy worked out. ran some errands.
had lunch with some dear friends.
miss e and i hit the paper chase:)
cropped…and i’ll be sharing those soon.
laughed.
created.
laughed some more.
saturday-
went swimming.
went to a bridal shower for my cousin.
made it over to the C+T publishing event:)
won some cool stuff.
saw allison and caught up with her.
hung out with my parents since miss e hit the sack a lil early:)
sunday-
celebrated my sweet dh!

now, here’s the short version in photos…thanks for hanging in this long. happy sunday!

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thank you very much to my mom and dad- for opening their home and helping with all of brian’s festivities! thank you to our dear family and friends, it meant so much to have you all with us, as we celebrate b:)

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Whoo LOVES you? – part two.   August 19, 2009

Eky4 *a sweet quiet moment*
hambly overlay, 7 Gypsies tickets, lace unknown, Ranger stickles, all else is MLS.
Eky2 *sisters in Christ*
lace unknown, bling unknown, pen is American Crafts, all else is MLS.
Eky3 *special friends*
Martha Stewart punch, Bazzill cardstock, pen is American Crafts, all else is MLS.
Eky5 *hi there* card
Bazzill cardstock, ribbon unknown, all else is MLS.

thanks for stopping by, happy hump day!

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Whoo LOVES you?   August 18, 2009

this month, i got to work with this adorable line for MLS:

Eky i created this wall hanging to go in our kitchen:) everything is MLS, except:
hambly clear overlay
7 gypsies trust ticket
core’dinations cardstock

tfl:)

more will be coming shortly…

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please pray.   August 16, 2009

for my dear friend’s son.

i originally posted about him, back when he was originally diagnosed, in the spring of 2008. we all thought by now, he would be on the road to becoming a regular little 4 year old boy, however, that is far from the case.

many of you have personally emailed me about him over this past year, and i’ve shared his website. his Mother is a private person, but i know she wants as many prayers as she can for her son, so here’s his website:

please go here to find out more about tanner and his condition.

we all appreciate your prayers.

loving Him and you,

erin yamabe

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girls. giggles. fun. strong. love.   August 13, 2009

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you can tell from the title, i have a hard time putting into words how i feel about my girls. and for those that somehow didn’t get camera time, i love each of you so very much.
nicole, you are one strong woman, being able to pick me up like that and all:)
you know who we missed!
and . . .
ps . . . i love you. LOL
ps virgins no more~

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some scrappy love . . .   August 12, 2009

here’s my final garage girl assignments . . .
suzy and i were talking during CHA, i will truly miss these!

Securedownload-2-4 new from Creative Imaginations + Prima
Securedownload-3-3 new from Jillybean Soup, love them!
Securedownload-4-2 new from Luxe, for once, i did a more simple, monochromatic look.
Securedownload-5-2 and more fun with Jillybean Soup.
and for some Bo Bunny love…
Securedownload-6-2 this was a really fun call to create for, it was a first for me in over 3+ years.
Securedownload-7-2 i’ll be trying more of these:)
Securedownload-8-2 i LOVE these fun, bright colors and of course, more layers from me.

Securedownload-1-3 and introducing my adorable dd, miss e’s creativity. her first 12×12 layout. gotta love how she doodled and added her own artwork right onto the page itself!!! good job, e! i hope you continue to love art and finding your niche as much as your mommy does:)

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half moon bay.   August 10, 2009

my dh is very good to me. after coming home from our vaca late saturday night, he took care of our girls sunday for me after church, while us girls played…

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Dsc 0040-7 love you girls, and am so very thankful to have you in my families’ life:)
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$88, a new shade of white, stellar waiter skills, juice after brunch, twinkly lights, crowns, candy cigs…it’s all good:)

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family + lake + tahoe + love + hail + golf + games + swimming = treasures.   

cannot quite put into words how much my sweet, supportive, and unconditional family means to me.

while the weather was far from normal for august, we had so much fun:)

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doesn’t get better than this!!!

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Pencil Lines + MLS = FUN!   August 9, 2009

Anna asked us to be a part of her awesome sketch site this month, and go here to see what the MLS girls came up with.

Thanks, Anna, it was alot of fun:) And there’s a contest…good luck!

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