A Little Update from Me

Wow. It has been two months since I blogged! I really didn't plan to take that long of a break.

So here is what is happening with us. The boys and I are still in St. Louis. This housing market is not being kind to us. I was really hoping that we would have made the move to Texas by now, but unfortunately it just hasn't worked out that way. We are planning a visit to Texas soon to start our house hunting down there. We would like to get the move done before school starts there. The next couple of weeks should tell us if we can make that happen or not. 


I haven't been able to do anything creative in quite a while. I packed up most of my stuff to make the house "show-ready". I'm anxious to get back to making stuff and not worry about the mess I'm making! lol! 


Since the boys and me are still here, we decided to do a farewell to St. Louis tour. We are planning on visiting all of our favorite touristy spots here before we leave. 


The first one we went to was the Magic House. We love the Magic House! We have gone here since the boys were little and suddenly I was taking the following pictures and it hit me. My boys won't be able to visit here anymore. It has been such a fun part of our time here in St. Louis. Now I know they will grow out of the Magic House soon enough, but I really got a little teary when I was taking these shots. 

And here is why I got a little sad. I went and found these old pictures of both boys doing this exact same art project when they were little. 

Now this picture of Spencer isn't the best. I didn't have my fancy camera back then. lol! This was actually taken on his 2nd birthday. I had forgot that I took him to the Magic House that day to celebrate. Look how little he is! 

And here is Connor. He is about 2 1/2 here. These pictures brought back so many memories for me of all the great times we have had here. 

I'm guessing that I'm going to be having a few of these trips down memory lane as we continue on our Farewell to St. Louis tour. 

While some of these will more than likely bring a tear or two, after all both boys were born here, we are ready to start our new adventure in Texas! And make lots of new memories. 

If only someone would buy my house! Please!

Thanks for visiting me! And I promise not to take that long of a blog break again! 

Well since I'm moving here,

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Blog Hiatus

Howdy everyone! I guess I should get used to saying "Howdy", and I'm "fixin" to go do something. I think these are popular words where we are going to. I think they are but I'm just a midwestern girl so I really don't know! 


But in case you haven't heard our news we are moving.


 To:

Yep, we are heading to the Lone Star State. Fort Worth, TX actually. We are excited to live in a new place and one that doesn't have bad winters! 

I will be extremely busy the next few months getting ready for this move which means I probably won't have much blogging time. I hope you guys don't abandon me during this time! I will be back! This time with adventures from Texas! Yee haw!!! 


Thanks for visiting me and please don't judge my efforts to sound southern. :-)

A Crafty Birthday Card

I have one more card to share from last week. I made this for my crafty, scrapbooking friend Leslie! 

I made this with another PaperTreyInc stamp set. This time I used the Studio Style set. I just love this set and can see me using it for lots of cards for my scrappy friends. 


Thanks for visiting me! 

A Birthday Card

This card is different for me. It seems busier than what I usually make, but I like how it turned out. 

I cut the pennant pieces on my Cricut, then strung some ribbon behind them and held that in place with some button brads. 

Then I colored the stamped image with my Copics. I thought this was a nice springy image that would be great for a spring birthday. :-)

And here is the inside of the card. This one is going in the mail today. 


Thanks for visiting me!

A New Card

I really like how this card turned out. 

I used the PaperTreyInc Everyday Button Bits stamps 

for the bike. 

Here is a closeup/sideview of the bike. And now that I'm looking at the pictures it appears that the front wheel is about to fall off of the bike. I gotta fix that with a little glue dot. :-)

And the inside. 

I have a few birthdays this March, so I will be showing a few more of my cards in the next few days. 


Thanks for visiting me! 

Today: The Zoo.

The weather here today is stunning. Just gorgeous. So the boys and I joined our neighbors and went to the St. Louis Zoo. Along with the rest of the city. It was seriously crowded! It took forever to get through the traffic and find a parking spot. I really think the entire city that didn't have to work today (sorry Chris!) was at the Zoo. 

The boys at the front of the zoo 

when we first got in there.

We saw some fish. There were hippos here too, but I didn't get a good picture of them. 

We saw elephants.

And more elephants. The elephants were really out today. These two would bang that green container and food would drop out of it. 

And we saw penguins. 

We also saw cheetahs, brown bears, black bears, reptiles, gorillas and other assorted animals. It was a great way to spend this beautiful Friday. 

Unfortunately the nice weather is ending today. This weekend is going to be rainy and possibly some snow mixed in. Yuck! And tomorrow is the first day of Spring! I want this nice weather to stick around! 

Thanks for visiting me!