Layout number 3

I hate scrapping about myself. Yes I KNOW I need to do it to document my life for my kids etc etc blah blah blah. It does not mean I have to LIKE it.

I made the flowers myself again. and left a little room for journaling. That is of course not done. lol

Used a little fun 'bling' on here.

Layout number 2

This is my NOW 92 year old grandma and my oldest. This photo was taken quite a few years ago and I am dying to get another photo just like it. As a comparison. She is only 4ft 11 inches and in our family everyone gets excited when the pass grandma in height! He was almost there. Of course he towers over her now! lol

I really love the prima flour on here. Wish I was talented to make them myself! I still have to finish the journaling. Just have not had time!

ONE MORE THING

One more thing thrown at me is one more thing than I can take. I realize I do NOT handle stress well. Or not at all really. I take it and take it then boom, frazzle bedazzled. We are STILL not closed on the house. Still jumping through hoops THEN to top it all off RIGHT before we are about to close we find out that the appraisal that didn't make it in time to close anyway, has an error. A big enough one that we are now scrambling to even close next week. Soon. I hope.

Because I am so caught up in this the blog has suffered, well most everything has suffered. Course a hangnail on my left toe next to the big toe can make my blog suffer. Lets face it. I am not the best blog writer out there. ;) BECAUSE I am all caught up in life and crap and more crap I finally decided to take photos of all the layouts I did at our last retreat in October to fill in the poor blog. That is seriously the last time I 'scraped'. Maybe that's what's wrong with me? I will share one layout a day with a little explanation for the paper, people etc to pop up every day till I run out of layouts. Hopefully they will last me till we close and my life can go on as normal. So without further ado, here is the first layout.

Harold and LaRee
This is my office partner and good friend. I was able to run out quick one day to take some shots of her family. And it was good till the kids ran away and parents ran a way. I love these shots of Her and her hubby after everyone took off and we were just out enjoying the back yard in the shade!

Paper is my minds eye and so is all the embellies! I made the flowers myself though!
Under the photo is hidden journaling (yet to be journaled)

sharing our christmas

My Christmas actually dragged out longer than most!! Christmas eve I went to LaRee's house and played all day long!! We had so much fun playing games, eating and watching the young ens run around!I didn't get home till after midnight! Christmas morning I slept till 9:30!! I have NEVER slept that late on Christmas day!! It felt GREAT! Then I headed up to my Aunt D's house! Had a yummy meal with family then we played games for the afternoon. Headed home about 4 and enjoyed some peace and quiet till the Dr Who Christmas Special came on BBC America! LOVED watching that!

Yesterday the boys came home from their dad's and we got to have OUR family Christmas!!! We opened presents had a wonderful ham dinner and played with our new toys till way to late at night! Here are some photos of our Christmas season!



This is Chris with his new fedora! He loves them and was so happy to get it!!



This is my tree snow globe. This actually has a VERY long history behind it. When I was young (really young), I got a snow globe like this for Christmas. This kid I knew BROKE it on my bathroom floor and I was crushed! I got another one I think the next year and that one broke as well. A few years ago. I saw this snow globe at bath and body works and nearly BAWLED when my boys gave it to me for Christmas! It never gets put away with the Christmas decorations. It stays in my cabinet all year round!

This is our tree this year. We are moving in a few weeks and I really didn't want to put out all our decorations and just have to pack them again so we did a small tree with just a few decorations. Easy to put up AND take down!

Sparky got a new ball and a bone!

This is my aunt and my cousin Kendra!! Love them so much!

Chris and his new hat again!

This is my favorite. This is bugs face at the moment he saw his new bike from Santa! Huge hit and he was so surprised!!!!

Fun Blog

I have a friend from highschool that started a blog that I JUST love. she is very creative and has givine me more than ONE idea I want to try!!

http://dangerouslydomesticjen.blogspot.com/

Go take a looksie!

I just know it happened this way

LOVE this season

I really do love this season. The lights, the carols, the presents, the family, the meal, the laughter the love. This year ( not really by choice at first) we are focusing on the LOVE part of Christmas. I mean isn't that what Christmas is about? The LOVE God felt for us. So much love in fact that he gave us Jesus, his ONLY son. I don't know about you but I would do anything humanly possible for my children, NOT give them away. This Christmas is not all about the gifts, or the tree, or the carols. Its going to be about my family, the love of Christ, my love for others. I am cutting way back on gifts. I only put up a four foot tree (cuz i am NOT unpacking and packing everything this year) I am not baking goodies, I am not doing parties, we are not doing major gifts, and some who have received gifts from us in the past may not this year, OR they may be home made.

At first I was worried about all we would miss out on. But as the season has progressed my stress level has completely declined. And if we don't make it out to see all the best lights in town so be it. I only had three goals: put up the little tree, get the gifts I am getting, and mail out Christmas Cards. I have THREE gifts left to get and we are finishing up the cards tonight, so right now I am winning! lol.

I realize that the main reason for downsizing is the fact that we are moving pretty much right after the holidays, but the fact that I am enjoying it is amazing!

Merry Christmas everyone.