Pizza night?

Ok so I want to have a pizza night, but the kids don't want pizza???????They must be sick or something!!!! It's raining here and thought we could watch a good movie or play a game or something? They are really tired from this week of school. Ali spent like 3 hrs. doing homework last night. Poor girl. Another parent must have complained cause there was a note sent home today with an explanation of why it was so hard. I'm glad I'm not the only parent that was upset about it! I didn't say anything cause it was only one night, but someone sure said something! Ali was actually one of the only kids that finished it! I'm starting to get the bug to scrap tonight, but we'll see. My printer is almost out of ink, so I would have limited photo's to choose from.

My Grandma is also doing better. They are sending her to a center where she can get her strength back....from being in bed for like 3 weeks and then she can go home with her pump for the pain. I think once she gets back on her feet she will feel so much better! Love you so much Grandma!!!

My SIL Holly is having a girl in Nov. so I will have a niece!!!!! YAY! I just saw her 4d ultrasound. She is so beautiful!!!!!! Oh I can't wait to meet her. My Nephew is getting sooo big! He has his little front teeth now. They are so cute when they start getting all those teeth.

Anyway have a nice night!!!!

Fancy Pants

Got some new Fancy Pants in today and it is so beautiful!!!!!!!! Got some of the overlays too. To bad they came damaged!!! Oh well. You think this beautiful paper would inspire me??? Nope!!!!! Not feeling it!!!

Mr. Hoppy

Ok so we've been short on Toads outside....must be the crazy heat! So this is Mr. Hoppy who we dress up everyday in PJ'S and give him juice and crackers and we play with him all day! He is missing an eye thanks to Princess our wonderful Yellow lab that chews everything we own. But Nicolas assures me that he is just sleepy so he keeps one eye closed all the time! And this is what my days are like lately!!! Gotta love it!!!!!!!

OK DUH????

Ok so the school calls and tells me that Isabelle needs one more shot for school????WHAT?????? Ok so I'm one of these people who take her to our Family doc and pay for a school physical....no...... I don't go and get a free one! The least they can do for me after shelling out a lot of money is to read her shot records right and give her the proper shots!!!!!!!!!!! Now I have to take her back so they can give her another one!!!!!! Why do we pay these people big bucks?????? Do they really deserve it?????? Ok sorry...... having a bad day!!!!! Don't mean to B&%$#!!!!!! It just seems like lately the bad guys get ahead!!!!!!! The more honest and nice you are to people the less you get in life!!!!! It's the people who are snakes and take take take that get ahead!!!! Maybe I should be more like them!!!!! WOW sorry didn't mean to go on like that but it's been a rough week. And guess what? It's only Wednesday! God give me the strength to make it to Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Most Beautiful Rainbow

The Most Beautiful Rainbow

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back. Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.

My friend sent me this knowing I was so upset about my cousin. I love you Beth and thank you for reminding me!!!!!!!!

Just a quick note also....

Von, I'll be thinking about you today!!!! Please let me know when you get home that everything went ok! Love ya girl!!!!!

Please say a prayer!

My Grandma has been in so much pain lately and they have been treating her for temporitis (sp?) It's artritis in you blood vessels in your head. It's like having a migraine all the time. So she was in so much pain Sat night my aunt took her to the ER and they discovered she has Cancer in her spine and bones in her back. She had breast Cancer last year. They have her on a Morphine drip for pain. I am sick to my stomach! I'm so glad she is not in pain but I'm so scared for her. She is 92 and I just can't imagine her not up and mobile she has been pretty good till lately. So please say a prayer for her. I just don't want her in any pain!!! I love you Grandma!!!!!!!

ISABELLE

Here's a qiuck one I did this AM. Did some sewing. Not happy with it but it was fun to do.

Going to Kentucky.

I forgot to mention I'm going to Kentucky!!!!!!!
Yay!!!!!!!!! I am going to a scrapbooking event for Breast Cancer. How wonderful is that? And the best part??????? I get to see some of my friends! YAY!!!!! Vickie, Nancy and Jane! So at the end of September I'll be headed to Elizabethtown.WAHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I MISS YOU!

So WOW I pulled this photo out of an old pile and just cried and cried. I almost couldn't scrap it then I started remembering all the great times my friend Tonya and I had! I just had to scrap it. I kept it Simple because I didn't want to take away from the pic. This is Tonya and I in 1994 on Spring Break in Orlando. Jon and Brian were a couple of friends of ours. Tonya died in the Hospital after a routine surgery several years ago and she was one of my closest friends in the whole world! I miss you girl!

I used my insanely AWESOME kit from Back Porch Memories to do this LO.

Last Photo day

Ok so here is day 5 of the new school week. The kids had a great school week. Scrapbooked last night and I'll post later!

Together

So Here is a quick LO I did today. Nicolas wanted me to color around the flower petals so that's what we did! Ha! Now when he gets older he can say he helped do this LO! So fun!

DAY 4

Ok so here is day 4. Isabelle is already picking out her outfits and will not let me do it! OYE VEY! She would not let me do her hair either! Oh well. Nicolas got his hair cut so I will post a pic of that later. Have a great day!

Day 3

Ok so here they are Day 3. Notice Boo Boo is not smiling anymore!!!!! HA! He was just playing!!!! I could only get one pic before my camera died. Off to charge the batteries.

Day 2

Ok so per Boo Boo...........Here is a pic of day 2 of school. He thinks I should take a pic a day for the first week! No problem Boo!!!!

obsession with Toads

Ok I really don't know what his obsession is with these Toads but He has to have a toad everyday!!!!!! This one came in for a little while and just crawled all over him while he watched TV!!!!!!! Sat on his shoulder for a while. He is so gentle with them........which if you knew him he is not gentle, he is my baby ya know so he gets picked on by big sisters and big brother! Anyway had to show these! What a nut!!!!!

Push Up

I love this pic of Nicolas with Push Up all over his face and clothes. I have a ton of them so I'm going to scrap them in 6x12. Love that size!!!

One more pic!

Back To School!!!!!!!!!!

Well it's finally here! The kids were so excited that Boo woke up at 3AM and asked if he could get ready!!!! WOW If only they were this excited all year!!! Here are some pics.

High School Musical 2

Ok so tonights the night !!!!!!! Big deal in our house!!!! The kids are getting popcorn ready and are PJ'D up. I am so glad it's on tonight and we''ll be over this phase. It's all I hear about! Even Boo Boo knows all the songs and dances!

Met the kids teachers today and I'm very pleased with them! All of them seen so nice and the kids are excited for Monday. There are about 7 classes for each grade. So this year Ali's teacher has all the smartest kids from those 7 classes (from last year) and all the ones who almost didn't pass............not sure how that's going to work, but we'll see. Isabelle is so excited for K!!!!! Steven actually is excited too! Well we'll see how Monday goes. School lunches went up too!!!! I'm going to go broke buying them! Anyway gotta go get ready for the big movie! Have a nice night!

My artist!

Just a pic my son painted. It's a rooster!

Things to do today:
Go meet the kids teachers YAY!!!!!
Maybe book airline ticket to KY for a scrap weekend! Double YAY!!!!!
Clean house
Nothing else really planned besides clean up my scrap area. Have a great day!

TEXAS

Ok so Ya'll know I love Texas I mean I was married there and two of my babies were born there, but it is a whole different world down there!!! Ok I love ya'll !!!!! Sorry for the bad words to but I just have to post this!!! My dad sent me this and it's funny!

A man walked into the produce section of his local supermarket and asked to buy half a head of lettuce. The boy working in that department told him that they only sold whole heads of lettuce. The man was insistent that the boy ask his manager about the matter.

Walking into the back room, the boy said to the manager, "Some asshole wants to buy half a head of lettuce." As he finished his sentence, he turned to find the man standing right behind him; so he added, "And this gentleman kindly offered to buy the other half." The manager approved the deal, and the man went on his way.

Later the manager said to the boy, "I was impressed with the way you got yourself out of that situation earlier. We like people who think on their feet here. Where are you from, son?" " Texas , sir," the boy replied. "Well, why did you leave Texas ?" the manager asked. The boy said, "Sir, there's nothing but whores and football players down there."

"Really?" said the manager. "My wife is from Texas .

"No shit!" replied the boy. "Who'd she play for?"

Gotta Love it!!!!!! Ok that was my funny for the day!!!

school supplies

Ok can you believe it...I have to get more SS. Yes, me miss overbuy everything!!! Well I was in Virginia when I bought their stuff so I just went off last years list cause the wonderful school doesn't update their website!!!! Well the list changed. Anyway half of the stuff on the list is for the teacher! Sometimes I get mad but I know they don't get any funds for stuff like that and it's the least we can do as parents to show our support! Those Dry erase markers aren't cheap!!!! When you have to buy 3 packages anyway! What ever happen to good old chalk????? HA!!!!! Anyway it's a good thing I love to shop for SS!!!! Staples here I come!!! Today we are cleaning the house. Daddy comes home today! YAY!!! Anyway I'm getting together a ton of supplies to send to one of my friends cause I have so much stuff and can't use it fast enough. If I don't use it someone needs to!!!!

We went to the park last night and Holy sand!!!!!!!! I think I still have sand everywhere! We had a good time though. It was hot but that's why we waited till 8 to go cause the daytime is just too hot!!!!
Have a great day!!!

GAP

Ok call me crazy but this is what makes me Happy!!!!! Never in my life did I think I would have to buy so many pairs of Jeans! And this is only 2 pairs each! It just makes me realize that I have FOUR kids! Wow sometimes I take a step back and wonder where the years have gone???? It just seems like yesterday I was in grade school!!! WOW the years fly by! Anyway that was the 80's......yes the good old days!!! Love the 80's! Anyway off to post more pics!

pics

Ok so I have some fun pics to share this morning. Let me get them downloaded and I'll post them. Not much to do today. Suppose to take Ali in to get fitted for dance shoes for 2 of her 4 classes. Thank goodness her tap and ballet shoes still fit from last year! That would be a big ouch it I had to buy 4 new pair! Anyway I don't know if I'll take her cause yesterday I told her she won't be in anything till she starts acting better. She's been really mean to her brothers and sister lately. We'll see how today goes. They are all getting bored and want to go back to school.

Got some cleaning to do today! Running my air 24/7 makes me have to dust like every 4 days! Crazy! Anyway everyone have a nice day!!!

Looky what I got!!!!!!!

I WON THIS BAG!!!! Ok, so I'm so excited!!!!!!!! I won for winning an 8 week challenge contest at Lifepreserversclub.com Thanks Shellye and all the girls who voted for me!!!!! I love it! It is so huge! I did not realize it was so roomy. WAHOOOOOOO!!!!! Isn't it pretty???? This was my excitement for the weekend!!!! Made my whole weekend!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!

Challenges

Just a few LO's I did last night for some Challenges.

Never enough Shoes????

Ok so a girl can never have enough shoes right????? The sad thing is this is not all of them!!!!!! Ali has thse cute little riding boots comming! These are the girls new school shoes! They were all bought on sale, but I still think they have too many! Boo got one pair of sneakers and that's it! Spoiled???????? YA THINK???????? And we have no room for these....our closet is bursting with shoes they already have!!!!!!!!!! (No, I didn't buy all these!) The Grandma's always take good care of them! Anyway I love shoes so had to post a pic!

Fashion Frog??

Ok so let me first say********There were no Frogs harmed durning the process of taking this pic!**************** We are frog lovers!!!!! Well, my kids are! So Nicolas likes to hold our frogs that live under our Basketball hoop outside. I usually make him put them back before we come inside. The other day he decides that the toad or Frog needs to come in with us!!! So I caved and let him put it in a little box with no lid. He put grass and some water in it and brought him in for like an hour. So they come to me and tell me that "Steven The Frog" needed clothes on. So Ali's Bratz clothes fit him well!!! OMGosh I just about died when I saw Mr. Steven!!!!!! That poor Toad(or frog, whatever he is?)! He is such a good sport! I'm happy to say Mr. Steven is now back under the Basketball hoop living without his fashionable shorts!!!!! We check on him everyday! He lets Bubba carry him all over and then just hops back home at the end of the day! Anyway I thought this pic was cute and had to share!!!

Ok so not much going on today. Here is a pic of Ali and Boo. The are goof balls! I did get a scrapbook kit in the mail today.....can't wait to play!!! I've done a few more LO's and a mini album that I'll post later. Have a great day!!!!!!

life in a nut shell........

OK so my 3 year old and my seven year old get out of the pool I don't let them come in the house wet so I always hand them towels and make them hang their suits in the sun room. Well I guess I was one towel too short so the boys decided to share their towel. Mind you my seven year old, Boo Boo, is very modest! So my three year old rips off their towel and says, "Hey Mommy look we're The Naked Brother's Band." Get it? Naked Brothers???? Ok so for all of you without kids... The Naked Brother Band is this show on Nickeloden. It is a horrible show! But you know kids they love all those weird shows. It's not bad, it's just a bunch of little kids that made a band and they're all brothers....it's G rated(don't get me wrong here!)
So this is the humor of my Three year old. Very smart. Very outgoing! They were all like this at this age. They all had "spunk" I guess is what I'm saying. The other day Boo Boo spelled password....possword, so I corrected him and said,"that's not how you spell it, it is an a not o." So he replies, "So I have a little British in me, what's the big deal?" HA!!!!!
Anyway it's these little cute moments that I want to remember before their life gets too serious. I hope they never loose that cause as we get older life can be hard and break that spirit. My goal is to keep that spirit alive inside of them!!! Anyway just thought I'd share my little happy moments!

MINE....

Just a quick LO this am. I am off to alter a date book and do a LO of myself.........oy vey....I hate to do LO's of myself so wish me luck!!!!! Have a great day!

Couldn't get the lighting right so here goes two diff pics!

fun.....

Ok so it's done and in her album. Kinda eclectic but it was fun to do!!!!

added...

So I added afew things to my LO! Got my scrapbook out and I'm ready to start the first page! I'll post a pic later!

excited...

I'm so excited!!! My mom called me yesterday from Ohio and told me that my Grandma pulled out scrapbooks that she had made in the 20's and 30's. She used to put the words to her favorite songs and a pic to go with each song!!!! Omgoodness I would love to see these! I Love my Grandma so much and would love to read these! My Grandma is in her mid 90's and her back is getting real bad as of lately. She has been so well up until recently. I'm going to see her soon! I saw her in April, but that seems like forever ago! I miss her and my Aunt Julie!!! So it got me thinking that I am going to start scrapbooking my mundane everyday life.....more of like documenting things. I think this is the best thing that I can do for my grandbabies and thier children and so on......I love to read about my grandparents and what life was like for them. I don't remember talking much about it when I was younger. Plus there were hard times and they did not like to talk about it. I can remember asking my dad about his father in WWII and he said that Grandpa would not talk about it! I totally understand why, but I would love to know my family history. So my goal is to get out one of my scrapbooks that have the old black pages and just scrap away....no fluff, I don't care how "good" it looks. I will add pics and PP and maybe some embelli's but mainly journalling and pics and thoughts about life right now! Now that's what scrapbooking was before it got so commercialized(sp?)!!!!!!! So I am excited about that!

Did I mention that I dislike Florida????? I don't know what it is,but I will never feel "at home" here! Oh well I am making the best of it. I try to stay busy and keep the kids busy, but sometimes I just miss my family and friends! Well that's all for now.........it's actually NOT raining today so I will take the kids in the pool. Maybe I will Mow my poor lawn. Have a great day!!!!


Oh and Congrats to my dear friend Jane on being a Grandma again! Her daughter Sabrina just had a big ol' girl last night!!!! I hope all is well with everyone and she heals quickly! Love ya Jane and give that Baby plenty of kisses from her LP Aunties!!!!!!!!

Making up my mind.........

Ok so why for the last month I can't make up my mind. Always go with your gut I say, but I've been second guessing myself. I did this LO and can't decide to put in the big brackets or not. So I took a pic with and without and still can't decide. I don't know why I'm stressing over it I'm just going to put it in her album as soon as I finish it anyway. I think I'm just tired and still not feeling well. I wanted to scrap so bad though! Maybe tonight I'll do some more. I'll blog more later too. Just not feeling like it now. I have found some really inspiring scrapbook sites lately and will link them soon!

TTFN!!!

Not feeling well.....

Well 9 times out of 10 I'm a happy upbeat person. Even when things are bad I always try to make the best of what god gives me. I'm just not feeling well today. I have not been sick in a long time, but usually it is after I have traveled alot. Well I had a fever all day yesterday and now today also. I'm so tired that I slept through my alarm.........ok never in my life have I done that! I have not been this tired in a long time! It does not help that it's raining again here. Rain rain rain!!!!!! Anyway I still am smiling, but just so tired.


I did take Isabelle to the doc today for a school physical. She got one shot. She never cries (she's my strong one) but, she cried after cause she jerked her arm and they had to do it over. She still did well I'm so proud of her. My other two older kids have to have 50 people hold them down! Anyway, when I walked in I had all four kids with me. I don't normally do that just out of respect for others, but today I had nobody to watch the other three. So when we walked in you could see the nurses rolling their eyes and thinking OMGoodness here we go! This is a Family Practice office where Isabelle is seen .........not many kids. My other kids go to the Peds office. She never gets sick so this is where we choose to do her basic stuff. Anyway my kids are very very very active and touch everything and always ask questions....ect.......BUT...........they know when to be good. Well we're still working on the 3 yr. old! Anyway, When I left that office I had 3 people tell me what a wonderful mother I must be because my kids were so well behaved!!!! The doc told me at least 3 times! I just was so happy to hear this cause my kids are so loud and happy and active and very social people.........but I have worked so hard on teaching them that there is a time and a place to do certain things! Anyway I was very pleased with them and they made me proud!Sometimes when they are at home driving you crazy you forget that they really are good kids!!!!!!

There was a book in the docs office that said childrens Bible stories. So we picked it up and Nicolas was reading it and all of a sudden says, " Oh my goodness Mommy these people are naked! That women is about to show her boobies!" I almost died it was so funny. We have Bible story books, but this one was very different! They showed a bit too much skin for me to explain in a doc's office! It was cute..... Ali had to explain to him that that was how we were born and went on about Adam and Eve............It was funny. Thank goodness they called us back right after that!!!!!!

Anyway I want to scrap so bad, but I'm just so tired and my fever is getting worse I think. I will probably go take something for it and watch tv with the kids. Hope everyone has a nice day!

Oh and my heart goes out to all that are involved with the bridge that collapsed in Minn. I watched it on the news last night and just felt sick about it. I am praying that they find all who is missing and they are all alive!

back to life.....

So I have to do a ton of laundry today and get a few things at the store and make Isabelle an appt. for 1 shot for school so I can register her! Nothing like waiting till the last min. eh? Oh well. I still need to get the girls school bags. I get the Diddl bags....it's a German thing. One lady has a US online store, although Toys R Us had some stuff last year. Boo likes the GAP backpack so he makes it easy for me! Already got his. All my Gymboree orders have come in so they are set for school clothes! Just need to exchange some shoes that were too big.

I have not done my last two classes on WT cause I was gone so tonight I need to try to get those finished! Oh BTW...........I won the LP challenge contest I was in!!!!! Wahooooooooo! I get one of those new Amy Butler bags!!!!!!!! Congrats to Corry and Sandra for getting 2nd and 3rd place!!!!! Everyone did awesome work! Thanks to Shellye for hosting the contest and inspiring me to scrap! Can't wait to get my bag!!!!!

Well that's it for now cause I have to clean a little today. Everyone have a great day!