I actually did a 12x12 layout.

First off, I apologize for the color being off on these pictures. I had the most difficult time getting a decent picture of this layout. It might have to do with the fact that we are stormy here today.

This is a picture I took last summer. I have been wanting to make it into a layout for a while now and finally got around to it. It just amazes me what these two boys of mine can come up with to amuse themselves.

And don't forget (Mom) that you can click on the pics to make them bigger. :)


The journaling reads:

Is that underwear on the window sill?

That was the question I asked Spencer and Connor one morning when I came downstairs. I guess because I'm a girl I will never understand the joy of using your Spongebob underwear like a rubber band.

And since I found a rubber band on the ledge as well, I can only assume that is where the idea came to life. I still don't get how you can go from shooting rubber bands to "Let's see if we can shoot some underwear up there too!"

But I'm a girl.

Supplies I used:
PP: Making Memories
Stickers: 7 Gypsies
Ribbon: Daisy Hill
Fiskars: Upper Crest Border Punch
Rubons: Hands: Basic Grey Letters: Doodlebug Design
Chipboard: Colorbok and Fancy Pants
Blue Ink: Studio G
Cardstock

Now this Countdown is starting to get Serious!

We are officially one month away from our trip! Woo Hoo! This weekend I think I'm going to dig out the boys summer clothes from last year and see if everything still fits or if we need to do some shopping. :) We got them nice new tennis shoes this last weekend and I know they need new swimsuits. (They have been wearing the same ones for the last two years!) The only thing about shopping for summer clothes at this time of year is: 1. there isn't a huge selection yet and 2. nothing is on sale! And if you know me, I'm a huge sale/clearance shopper! I did get both of the boys some new shorts on super clearance last fall, so I'm really hoping they are all set. Now me on the other hand, I desperately need new shorts. I started looking a few weeks ago and there is just nothing out there yet. I'm hoping the stores get something soon.

So here is our Day Five from last's years trip. One of the things I absolutely love about Disney is how friendly and helpful their employees are. The main picture there of the four of us was taken by one their employees. He saw me taking pics of the boys by that fountain and came over and asked if we wanted him to take a picture of all of us. And he took an awesome photo!




Thanks again for stopping by!

Some random pics from my Project 365.

I'm still going strong with the picture a day for this year. I can't believe that I haven't forgot yet. Although I will admit that this last week has been kind of tough. I had a hard time coming up with things, but I still got my picture everyday!

Some days, the picture just happens naturally. Like this shot from this morning. Connor was drawing at the kitchen table, and I knew this was perfect for today's picture!

Then other days, they don't happen so naturally! Yesterday afternoon I was walking around our house trying to figure out what to take, when Spencer volunteered to jump up in the air for me! I love that all the boys (including Chris!) try and come up with ideas for me to take a picture of. It makes it much easier for me than having to beg for a picture!
And this one was from last week. I noticed a bunch of birds hanging out in the trees behind our house. Of course by the time I got my camera out, half of them had flown away. I think the sky looks really neat and this picture just looks wintry to me.
Thanks again for visiting me!

Still Counting Down!

5 More Weeks!!!

I'm still here counting down the days to our Disney trip. Why does time seem to go so slow when you are waiting to go, but once it is here, the time just zips by? In a perfect world it would work the other way. But since we don't live in a perfect world, I'm still counting each and every day until it is Vacation Time!!!

These pages are from Day 4 of our last trip.
We went to the Animal Kingdom this day.

This was breakfast at the Tusker House with Donald Duck.
Spencer liked this a lot because it was a buffet and he could go pick whatever donut he wanted. Yes, vacation food is sooo much better!

My pictures here of Spencer winning one of the games didn't turn out. He ended up way too dark to see in the picture, so I just changed them to black and white and lightened them up a bit. Then highlighted them with some rub-ons.

And you have to get Mickey ice-cream at Disney! Yum! And since I dream of some day living where there are Palm Trees, I had Chris take a picture of me leaning on one.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my Disney album. It brings back such good memories of our trip!

Our Second Snow Day

We got hit by a pretty good winter storm the past couple of days. Started out Monday night with some sleet. So Tuesday they canceled school and we decided it would be a good day to stay in our pajamas all day. Of course, poor Chris had to go to work so he could not enjoy the pajama only day.

Then last night the sleet finally changed over to all snow and we woke up this morning with about 5 inches of snow. So again no school today. But at least today we actually had some snow to play in. One day of being cooped up inside is okay, two days are not so good! The boys needed to burn off some energy! The snow is very light and fluffy. Not the good kind to make snowmen or snowballs, but they still enjoyed it! When we were all done, we came back inside and enjoyed some hot chocolate.

6 Weeks to Go!

Only 6 more weeks and we will be in the warm Florida sunshine! It can't get here soon enough because right now we have sleet and snow here in St. Louis.

This is Day Three from our trip last year. We spent part of the day at Epcot and part of the day at Downtown Disney. Spencer loved going to the Lego store there. I think it was one of the highlights of the trip for him.

Look closely at the top picture of the boys in the "Bruce" shark from Nemo. : D

Cuttlebug Challenge #15

This is the first challenge that I've ever done! I've been following the Cuttlebug Challenge blog for a while and decided to jump on in. This was based on a sketch from Becky Fleck's PageMaps book.
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my card!



I used the 2x2 Woman and Man Cuttlebug dies for the front. The man die I actually cut out of the front of card and then backed it with the blue cardstock. I used the swiss dots and scroll embossing folders on the hearts inside my card. And my circle Nestabilities for the front. The "Now and Forever" stamp is a Studio G. The cardstock is "Black Magic" Core'dinations. And the white stars are American Crafts chipboard.

And sorry the lightening isn't better for the pictures. It is overcast and snowy here today. And it is suppose to stay gloomy here for the next 3 days, so I don't think I'm going to get a sunny day to take a picture before the challenge deadline.