Snow Days

Things are finally starting to get back to normal in our house.  I have been under the weather for the last 2 1/2 weeks trying to fight off 2 ear infections and a sinus infection. Its not totally gone but is better than it was.  My kids seem healthy and I'm hoping that is the end of all this icky winter sickness.  I am ready for some nice weather to get me back into running and just being outside.

I finally dug back into my scrapbooking on Saturday to catch up on a few pages.   The picture above is Rylin enjoying the winter. (She didn't get that from me!) 

And this one is of Kendra at Nickelodeon Universe. We had so much fun, I just had to scrap it.  

A Not So Crafty Weekend

We had a very busy but very fun weekend.  Being that I work every other weekend, the weekends I have off seem to be jammed packed with activities.  Rylin had a dance show early Saturday morning so we decided since we were all up and out of the house we would go to the Mall of America. The kids have been asking and its the start of spring break so we spent most of Saturday down there.  Kendra wanted to visit the Backyardigans but when it came time for a picture, that was too close for comfort.  She wanted a picture, but only with Momma so I got to be in the picture too!!  It was a ton of fun.  We ate lunch, rode rides, visited a few characters, and did a little shopping.  I can tell the kids are getting older because it was a lot easier than normal and I never once lost my patience.  We plan to go back in a few weeks to visit Underwater World because we didn't want to do too much in one day.  Abby rode some rides she was afraid of last year and Kendra and Rylin really enjoyed the rides too. 

Todd has been working on getting the basement framed up so that has consumed all of today so far. I did get to put together one scrapbook page of Rylin when she turned 4. I love it....like always.

I hope everyones weekend was as great as ours.  Busy.....but fun!!!!

5 Things I Love

No more fevers in the house..YEAH!!! That means I have more time to scrapbook.  I finally finished the page of Abby when she turned 5. Yes, I said 5. I know I'm a little behind but I kind of jump around and fill in where I think I need some pages. I realized I only had 2 or 3 pages of Abby when she was five so I figured I'd throw in a couple more. So here is my finished page.  Sorry about the bad lighting but its cloudy and my lighting isn't the best.

I titled my page "5 Things I Love". I could have come up with hundreds of things I love about Abby but I thought 5 was fitting since she's 5 in the pictures. I used my Sew Easy on the sewing for the top and bottom.  Its not the easiest thing to do but it works. Someday I hope to get my sewing machine running so it looks a little better but for now the Sew Easy works just fine. 

This is one of Abby's 7 year pages.  I did two of her that year because the pictures turned out so darn cute. (Thanks Carrie!!!).   This is one of my favorites because I love the colors and I LOVE the picture.

That's it for today. Not much else is happening. I'm still waiting for the sun and the warmth but I think I'll be waiting awhile.  Maybe time to move to a warmer state....

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!!!!

Spring Can Come Anytime

A nasty cold bug has hit our house. I was hoping I was going to be one of the lucky ones who's family didn't get sick but not so much.  Rylin started with it last week and has now graciously passed it to Kendra.  Its so nice how they share these things.  Its just a nasty cold and with Kendra, a fever. Not so much fun but it could be a lot worse so I guess we're OK. 

Since my time has been consumed by this virus, not much in the scrap world is getting done. I have been doing a layout of Abby when she turned 5 but its still not complete after working on it for the last 2-3 days. I'm hoping tomorrow I can post it and I'm hoping tomorrow all my kids will be feeling better.

Because I'm sick of this cold weather and the cold/flu season, I'm going to show a picture of where I wish I was right about now.  Basking in the sun with an ice cold drink of some sort. (like kool-aid) ha ha.

But not anywhere near this guy......