I have to say that we got TP! We were home one night just watching tv and hanging out. There was a knock at the door around 11:30. Gary was asleep in his chair right beside the door so I tried to wake him up and tell him there was someone at the door. Everyone knows that normal people don't come to your house that late, so I thought maybe there was an emergency or something. Of course, he doesn't even move. I opened the door and I could see toilet paper wrapped around the front tree and the porch.
Chelsey and I walked outside with a flashlight because I figured the culprits had to still be close. We cleaned up the toilet paper and talked quite loudly about what a crappy job they had done. We teased that they must have only bought one roll of toilet paper. We went back inside after we got it cleaned up and went to bed. I left my bedroom window open so I could hear if they came back. Well, apparently they did come back and I didn't hear them because we woke up to tons of toilet paper everywhere! While some of the boys were t-peeing, one of the kids thought it would be funny if they knocked on the door. So all the boys ran down the road about thirty feet and just laid there watching us clean up their first job. Then they came back and finished what they started...naughty boys!
These are the three cards that I made with the leftover scrapbook kit from the layout the other day. You really can't tell by the pictures, but the stickers are dimensional and stick up off of the card. They also have little sparkly jewels on them!
Love them!
Exactly 7 years ago, this little man joined our family and we haven't been the same since! He was the biggest of our babies weighing in at 8lbs 3 oz (and one full week early!) and now he's our littlest. Mostly because he's a picky eater!
Hope you have a HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DUDE!
This is a new page I did for Ellie. I picked up a scrapbook kit at Wal-mart for only $5.00 and it had six patterned papers, lots of little chipboard doo-dads, some dimensional stickers, and a sheet of alphabet stickers. I put together this layout in no time at all. I also made three cards out of the leftovers (which I will post tomorrow or Friday!) I was so happy with the kit that I went and bought one with waves and a water-type theme. I'm going to do some pages of the kids from our tubing times. I think I will definitely be buying more of these!
We have been promising the kids a trampoline for sometime now, but we couldn't find the one we wanted. All of the ones I looked at were only 12' and they all had the safety nets around them. I don't really like the nets because as the kids fall into them over and over, they end up sagging and looking yucky.
I finally found a 14' one (with a net) at Wally-World, so I bought it and we put it up last Sunday. We just left the net off. The kids have been having a ball jumping. Ellie likes to bounce with someone holding her, but if she's on by herself, she just sits there for a minute and then she crawls to the edge to get off.
It was a lot of work putting it together! All of us were out trying to help Gary, but after half of the springs were on, he was the only one strong enough to pull the rest of the springs and get them hooked into place. Last night, we thought about sleeping outside on the trampoline because it felt so good, but I'm sure glad we didn't! We woke up to rain and thunder and there's a fire somewhere closeby. When you go outside, you can't see past the neighbors house for smoke and the smell of fire is everywhere....I hope it's not up by Pomerelle!!!
The challenge this time was to use product packaging on a project. I made this layout for Treven's first day of kindergarten and I cut the front of a crayon package to put on the layout. What makes you think of the first day of school more than new crayons?
Gary told me last week that he found a Mustang that I would love. We went to test drive it and both of us walked away unimpressed. When we got done test driving the car, he noticed this little BMW Roadster. He kind of went back and forth on it until he test drove it- said he HAD to have this car! I opposed because I really didn't want to get into the payment thing again (we worked really hard to have everything but the house paid off). He pretty much said he was getting it with or without my approval!
So last Friday we went and picked up his new baby! I have to admit that the car is growing on me. I thought it was much too small at first, but it has led to two dates in the last three nights-no kids because they don't fit!!!
He's so happy! He works really hard 6-7 days a week and he really deserves a car that he loves. I'm glad that he's happy and lovin' it...but...no more toys for awhile!!!!!
This is the latest set of note cards in my notecard phase! I love the look of this bohemian-type paper so I left them pretty simple. A few flowers and brads were all they needed for embellishment since the paper is so busy.
I haven't posted many layouts lately that aren't related to the retreat challenges. This past spring, I was a hostess for a Stampin' Up party and some of the fun things I got included a paper pack with lots of fun spring papers and some felt flower embellishments. I loved them, but they got stashed away for just the right project! I decided it was time to use some things, so I pulled out the "stuff" and did this page for Ellie's scrapbook. It's hard to see the felt flowers in the picture, but they add a lot of dimension and really brought the page together! I've done several other pages that I haven't downloaded yet, but soon!
We all walked down to the lake to go fishing, but by the time we got there, Ellie was sound asleep in her stroller. Our fishing spot was down an enbankment, so I walked clear back to camp so she could sleep.
I'm usually on the other side of the camera, but Todd asked me if I had any pictures of me and Ellie together and I said no, not really. So he took this picture of us...would have been better if Ellie's hand was down so you could see her face!
This little chipmunk lived in our friends' campsite. The kids would put jerky, chips, marshmallows, most anything out on a rock and sooner or later this guy would come out and eat. It would have been so cute had he not looked so mouse-like!
Take a look at Ellie's hands...gross! I swear that no matter how often I washed her hands and face, they were like a dirt magnet!I even see a bit of dirt in the corners of her mouth!
I was starting some potatoes for dinner Saturday night and Treven walked up with his hands behind his back. He's quite famous for bringing animals of all kinds in to show me (you've all seen the bird photos) so when he said guess what's behind my back, I was a little nervous. I started to warn him that it better not be anything alive and he giggles and pulls out these wildflowers. Talk about melting a mama's heart!
Treven and his friend, Tage, spent most of their time catching minnows. There was a small pond by us and they were always in the water. They kept their catch in plastic cups. It kept them fascinated for most of the weekend.
Ellie loved playing camp chef. These were some of the potatoes left over from breakfast and she thought she was cooking. It kept her entertained for most of the morning. She even added some of her own special ingredients-dirt and bugs!
Chelsey doesn't like her picture taken very often, but I think this one turned out good. She doesn't particularly like to go camping and kept asking me to take her home. I told her we go as a family and she is part of our family and she was staying!
Mikayla, on the other hand, will pose for me most anytime. She likes camping and anything outdoors so it's easy to get her to the mountains. She even went up with me two days early to pitch our tent so we could save our spot!
The challenge this time is to use up something that you have had for at least six months. That one was so easy for me. I'm always buying things thinking that I will use them sooner rather than later, but you all know where good intentions lead! Anyway, several years ago, the dollar store had a whole bunch of Disney sticker sheets. I bought one of everything because my kids were little and I thought I could do some fun things with them....never did, though. So for the challenge, I decided to make a card for my 2 year old niece, Mackenzie. It turned out cute even with the stickers. I hope she liked it and I hope she had a super birthday!
Two weekends ago, we went up to Lake Cleveland for a few days. It was a little bit windy, but other than that, it was gorgeous! Mom and Robin came up to take some pictures so we took a LONG hike to see a waterfall. When we got there, all the water had drained so it was a little disappointing. We did get some good shots, though. Chelsey took this one-she really likes to take pictures of flowers.
This is of the lake as we were heading back toward camp. It looked so cool with the mountains and trees so black against the blue of the water.
Here is some rocks that I think had some water flowing over them. It had pretty much dried up, though.
Here is the new set of notecards that I put together. It is an assorted set that could be used for most occassions and I love the color combo. I used crocheted lace trim, pearls, rhinestones, and a few flowers as accents throughout the cards. I made three sets of six and I was thinking about donating one of the sets for the family reunion auction. We'll see, though. I really like this set!
