So full of excitement today....!

Well aside from my toilet overflowing today I am full up to the brim with excitement!! here are some reasons!

1.  VERY BIG something with my dad that I can't share yet....

2.  Only 22 more days till i get to see my lil bro and my mommy for the holidays!! sooo excited about that!

3.  It snowed! Yah i know but it gets me in the holiday mood!

4.  I have THREE photo shoots Saturday and hopefully that will be the end till new years.

5.  I was picked by some very adorable Aussie chillens to have their MOMMY scrap my pictures. This lady happens to be one of my scrapping idols!! I am sooooo very excited about that!!!!

Now that things have settled down a bit

My thanksgiving was great! I had so much fun and had a blast with my family! We started around 11 at my Aunts house and ate so much turkey, stuffing and her world famous rolls that we could hardly move! Dessert was even more amazing! Another aunt was in charge of pies and she brought a gazillion. Well maybe not that much but too much. Plus two cheesecakes, and two cakes. Amazing spread. We then played Catchphrase and Scatagories then a game called zilch. All in all it was fantastic! Then off to my Step brothers house then back to my fathers house for a movie!

Yes I did I went shopping on black Friday. it was not an unpleasant trip though. Didn't really buy to much but got a start. The lines we hit were not too bad and neither were the people shopping. Very friendly cashiers and even friendly shoppers!

How was your thanksgiving?

Father is doing well!

Well my dad is feeling MUCH better. He was discharged Saturday afternoon with a clean bill of health on his heart. Now he has to visit regular Dr's to see what is wrong with him. Hopefully its something simple that can be fixed. Thanks to all of those who called with concern and with prayers!

Please pray

My dad is in the hospital. He was admitted this afternoon for observation. We are not sure what is wrong but with his heart I am so worried. If you could say a few prayers for him I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks

Where have you been all my adult laundry life?

Ok guys here is the most exciting video I have EVER seen. i have boys, boys have tshirts, LOTS of tshirts. I found this today and even made my friend here in the office take of his shirt so I could try it. He was not impressed but I sure am!!!

Help me choose!

Which one of the photos above do i blow up to poster size  and frame for a present for Chris? He wanted me to take these photos with his new free football, and his chargers jersey. What he dosn't know is that he will get one for Christmas! So which one? 1 or 2?

my shoot went fantastic!!

I had sooo much fun! I get to do more of her too! Check out my photography blog to see!

Wanted to share another layout from the retreat! I have not done any scrapping since. Need to today though. I have to finish a couple circle journals and send them on their way! This one is of the boys at build a bear this last summer.

friday

Getting off regular work early today. I have a Sr shoot at three and I am so excited. This girl is beautiful and has fantastic blond hair. Her mom used to own the daycare my children used to go to so it should be a little more relaxing for this sweet chic. She says she likes pink and I told her to go for it! We are going to do several sessions because with the time change and winter coming on light is scarce. I hope I do ok today! maybe if you have a sec ask for a little inspiration from the man above? Wanna know something? The shoots I do after a long prayer session asking for inspiration go sooo good. I have shoots that I absolutely feel so inspired with/by, and others I could just bury in the back yard beacause I didn't like them. Inspiration. Notice the word in the middle "spirit". God gave me this talent and its because of him I can do it. Thank you.

had to get this down before I forgot!

Taylor has conveniently forgotten his homework folder for a few days now. So today when he comes to work and empties his folder he tells me that his teacher had to clean out his messy desk while he was out to recess and all it is is old papers. I don't even need to look. Well its a good thing I did. In between all the "junk" i find 4 nice homework papers ready to be filled out. Waiting for him to pick up his pencil and go to town. Well this is the conversation that played out after I gave him the papers.

Taylor: I hate homework sooo much! its so very stupid. So stupid I can't even stop!

Mom: Laughing Laughing and more laughing. (perhaps I shouldn't have)

Taylor: I am serious!!! (pounding fists on desk)

Mom: i know honey (laughing and trying not to pee)

Taylor: I really am serious! Homework is so stupid and I am not your monkey anymore (hides under desk)

mom: running from room to hide behind door and snicker like crazy.

I love that boy. oh, and he is doing his homework perfectly content at this very moment. So I don't think I have ruined him for life.........................have i?

Here's some more!

Been kinda busy so I didn't have time to scan some more but now I am sitting here listening to the boys watch cars and I am sharing some more layouts with you!

The first one I LOVE! I don't really know why. I got the sketch off a page on two peas but don't remember which one. LOVE the picture. Maybe thats why?

This second one was quick and easy and I pretty much let the pictures tell the story!

I have gotten done with a bit of my Christmas shopping done and ideas for most of the rest! I LOVE Christmas. Can't wait till I am aloud to put up the tree LOL.....

Here's another one and a few fun purchases!

I did this one of Taylor with a recent photo. Its so hard to get a photo of him these days!

I forgot to tell you all what I got right before I left for the retreat! My old trimmer has had it. Its bent and wont cut straight so i decided to get this! I used it all weekend and I LOVE It! I am so excited to have this! cuts like butta I tell yas! So sharp and so smooth! I kept telling everyone how much I was in love with it, too much I think. Any who look into it if you are thinking of getting a new trimmer. And today I got this!

My  friend Cindy has one and brought it to the retreat! I have been eying the AMM tool caddy but didn't want to pay the price. She showed me here and it has a ton more room than those and is a TON cheaper!! I already took all my stuff out of my cropper hopper Flat pack and put it in there with more room to spare! soo happy with this! You can get them at Michael's. They are normally 19.99 but if you have a 40% you are stealing it! Well not really but you get the idea!

Have a great TUESDAY everyone!

The advent calendar

Ok I LOVE this thing! Got the directions from a lady over at monkey chatter and had sooo much fun making it at the retreat! I changed the paper to my taste and voila!

It is a steel cookie sheet I picked up at walmart. I used MM paper, and stickers, and also sweet water paper. the squares are really strong magnets I got at walmart and they will be put on the back and then moved to the front as the days go by!

WEll I am back

Not really wanting to be but here I am! LOL. The retreat was FANTASTIC! I had sooo much fun! I got 13 layouts done that I brought, 4 layouts from a class, an altered clock, and a cookie sheet advent calendar done! LOVED the girls that came and the cabin was beautiful! we even got snow! If you want to read more go here.

I am going to post my work a bit at a time till I get them all shown! It will give me something to blog about!! LOL

The one above was my favorite at the retreat! It was also the first one I did! The next one was fun too! I love the scenic route!

Sorry

been so busy with the retreat I have completely neglected the old blog. Have been stressing a bit trying to get so much done and this would be the last day to do it all. I have pretty much all the retreat stuff done. have to pick up a bit more food at walmart tonight and some paper on my lunch hour but thats it. My stress is actually layouts and projects to bring! Nothing like waiting till the last minute to do that! I always tell myself that I should plan pages all the time and just have them waiting so that I know I will have something to work on without having to plan them all at the last minute. I do have to pack too. lol clothes even. I am so excited to get away!!! to leave the world of normal people behind and just hang with the overly obsessed scrappbooking goddesses I have come to love. Unnatural as it may be to the outsider looking in, it is soooo natural be obsessive over paper and pens...really... giggle.

So I will not be posting for a while (but so what, your used to it!) have a great weekend everyone!

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