Happy Birthday

I hardly ever make cards! I just figure people are going to throw them away and so there isn't much point in spending that extra time. But with that said I have been getting excited about making cards lately! Crazy perhaps but still fun and usually not so time consuming. I'm thinking perhaps I'll make a bunch of cards to give to my son's 1st grade teacher for Christmas this year. So hopefully this is the first of many.

I've also scanned the inside to share. :)

When did my little guy get so old?

It still amazes me that my little guy is already 6 1/2 years old and in the first grade. But here he is. I took this photo on his first day of school this year. He was so cute. He was up by about 5:30 that morning and so excited for the day to begin. He kept wanting to know when we could finally walk down to the bus stop. He was so adorable getting ready and posing for photos. Lucky me! He is loving his class this year and I am so impressed with how well he's reading. He hates 'learning' how to read but loves 'knowing' how. :) I am so proud of him!

Binkie Babes

Aren't these two little girls just adorable?!! My little Belle is on the left and my sister's little Addie is on the right. My sis and neice came to visit for a week the beginning of September and it was so much fun to see these two little gals together. It's a little early for them to be playing (since Belle is only 5 months and Addie 3 months) but they were still so cute together! They liked looking at each other and smiling and they'd just stare at each other as if trying to figure out who that other little cutie was. :) Someday they'll be great friends! For now they're just our adorable "Binkie Babes!"

Stampin' Party

Last week I got the chance to go to a Stampin' Up party with a bunch of the wives from my husband's school. I took Isabelle with me and she was a total doll and just hung out and didn't complain at all. It was really fun for me to get out for a little while and have some 'me' time...and even better that it was scrappy 'me' time. ;) Here are a couple of the cards I was able to make.

My {Sweet} Little Niece

This is Addie! Isn't she adorable?!! She and my sister came and visited us for a week the beginning of September and it was so much fun! I loved taking tons of photos of them and this was one of my favorites. Can't you just see why?! I tried to keep the layout simple to keep the attention on how sweet she looks. Don't you just love those eyes?! It felt good to get a couple of layouts done recently. I hope I can keep it up! :) Just a little note: I used the thickers from the dollar store on here and they worked perfectly! I love those things now!!

Play

I got lucky today and while Isaac was at school I was able to get the younger 3 kiddos down for a nap at the same time!! And so while I should have been washing my dishes, or mopping my kitchen floor, I snuck down into my little cave to scrapbook instead. ;) Here is the finished product of a page I've wanted to work on ever since I took these photos! Tayden is just a ball of fun whenever he's around water! He loves the bath, the pool, puddles, water soaking dishes in the sink, any water, anywhere! He's such a little ham too and always gives me the best smiles when I've got the camera out... A scrapbookers dream! I love this little kid and count myself as lucky to call myself his mom!
When I was in Utah I got to go to a really cool scrapbook sale and picked up a bunch of new chipboard from We R Memory Keepers. I've never used them before but after using them on this layout I've fallen in love! The title and tag are part of the set I bought. Lucky for me too I got an awesome deal!! Only $2.50 a box (regularly around $10). :) Gotta love those scrapbooking bargains!

Thank You

I really appreciate all of you that keep checking in on my blog. I'm sorry I haven't added anything new for a couple of days. I just haven't had the chance to scrapbook in so long! It bugs me too because I really want to be creative! Right now I'm being creative washing dishes, doing laundry and keeping 4 children alive (notice I didn't say 'happy'... as we all have our fair share of grumpiness every now and then.) I'll add some of my older work again... Just bear with me and I promise to post new stuff soon.

Wyatt

Well, I have got layouts of all 4 of my kiddos on my blog now. This isn't a new one but I love it and I won't have time to scrapbook today. I just 'have' to have all my little ones represented too! I'm strange... I know. This is my little Wyatt (Twin B). He is all energy, all the time! He's a sweetheart and a ball of fire all rolled into one adorable little boy. I'm so lucky to be his mom!

My Sweet Little Girl

This is the first layout I've done in about 2 months...for me anyhow and it was actually the first time I've scrapbooked in almost a month! It felt good to get something done! It only took about a 1/2 hour which is good considering that's about all the time I was given! My little Isabelle is just a doll! She's almost always happy and she's just so sweet and cuddly! Her brother's love to hold her and kiss her and smother her with love. It's really cute to watch. She's so cute about it too and just soaks it all in. How did we get so lucky? We ask ourselves this all the time! I'm so blessed to have a daughter and think she's just the sweetest thing in the world!

Funny Kid

Children can be the funniest little creatures sometimes! I made this layout for Tayden a couple months ago about this phase he's been going through...the 'anti-clothing' phase! Even now he still loves to just wear a diaper 75% of the day! He just cracks me up! He has got so much personality and is such a sweetheart. He loves to help me with his baby sister and play outside. I just love this little guy!!

My New Scrapbooking Blog

Taking the advice of my good friend Audrey, I have decided to start a scrapbooking blog! :) I don't live close to anyone that I share my work with and so I'm hoping this will be my way to 'show off' a little bit. ;) That is when I finally find time to scrapbook... with 4 kiddos that's a rarity. Thanks for checking in.

I'll start by sharing a page I made for my son Isaac about 2 months ago. He's in 1st grade now and I think he's just such a cutie!