Late night posting

Well hubby is at his baby brother's bachelor party tonight (no worries, it was just a dinner at a nice restaurant those party animals! lol). Anyways, got bored so thought I'd post a few pages I recently did for my CT team... also shows off what we've been up to lately without all that work. lol.

This one makes me laugh, can you tell we live in the desert??? (sigh) Oh well, the grass is gone but we tried to help it, darn rabbits. They still have fun though...

Digital Scrapbooking

Well today I was asked how I did the Digital Scrapbooking (it was great to see you by the way Carol) so I thought I'd write a blog really quickly about it.

First you need a program to do it with. I love the program "Paint Shop Pro" by Corel and you can actually download a 30 day trial of it to try it out. Awesome! I also know Adobe has one, I don't know much about that one. It's a photo program that lets you play with your photos and all kinds of cool effects, definitely hooked.

I have some websites listed on the side and yes, a lot of them are expensive *but* I find a lot of awesome free stuff on them and get away without buying much for scrapbooking unless I am looking for something specific. Here are a few favorites and all free!

http://www.dozibaer.com/SiteMap/sitemap.htm

http://sentimentalstyle.blogspot.com/

http://www.shabbyprincess.com/ (so cute!!!)

http://peppermintcreative.com/ (go to downloads at the top and she has new free kits every month and they are SO cute!)

http://ikeagoddess.blogspot.com/ (this is a freebie search engine where you can get some cute kits and page layouts for digital scrapbooking, very cool)

So that should get you started for now. If anyone really does want to know more I am definitely more than willing to help out. Just email me!

Ariana's 3 year photos

We actually got some decent photos of her for her 3 year this time. (Last year we tried photos with her 3 times at the studio, tears every time... grr...) She just didn't stop moving long enough today, ugh! The girl was patient though and got a few I liked which amazed the heck out of me! lol. I also am starting to think she looks a tad like me... just a tiny bit though (laughing).

Photos at a friend's wedding

A family friend's son got married today so we were invited to the wedding and reception. It was very nice and I got some great photos of the kids only to find out I had the camera set on the wrong setting and am not sure if I can print the photos... ugh. Stinker butt. The kids did pretty well considering we were sitting right next to the band too, didn't realize that one of the reserved tables were for our family so my poor kids had their ears blasted. ((sigh)). It was a good night though, too bad our family photo was blurry. Did I mention I had no luck with my camera tonight? lol.

Daddy and Alex- notice Alex's new haircut? We spiked it... so cool!

The "Lizard Wizard" visit

For the end of the year party for Speech this year Alex's teacher hired the "Lizard Wizard" to come show the kids some cool animals. It was something else! He had a bunch of turtles, some frogs, small snakes, a couple of gekkos, a huge tarantula (eek), hissing cockroaches (blah), a baby alligator (Alex's favorite!!!), millipeds (those are gross too)... a few others and a giant boa constrictor (where is the darn spell check? lol).

It was crazy, Alex squeeled the whole time and even helped hold the giant snake! He was so proud and kept stroking the snake, no fear I tell you. I kept squirming when the spider and cockroaches were out, they were quite close. The kids got to pet the animals after and ooh did that freak me out but they sure loved it! I would definitely recommend it, although I'd rather just take photos than touch them! Eww! lol. It was a lot of fun though.

This is that horrible tarantula in case you missed that, this kid was nervous to hold it and I don't blame him! Eek!

This one is so funny, the boy next to Alex kept talking about it but refused to touch it. Alex *loved* that snake. Oh boy, it took 10 kids to hold it!

No fear I tell you! That freaks me out! Not only do those snakes look like they can bite but look at the yellow one sneaking out of the box next to Ariana's arm... stinker snake!

Okay, I'll stop freaking everyone out. I have a bunch more though. Ariana loved the turtles the most and Alex loved that baby Aligator (he insists it was a crocodile though). Oh well right? It was fun...

I've been tagged!

Okay, I put this off for a while but heck, I've been TAGGED!

5 Random or Weird Facts About Me


I've been tagged thanks to my friend Jill. Here's the rules: Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you. Post the rules on your blog. Post 5 random or weird facts about yourself on your blog. Tag 4 people and link to them. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.

1. I struggled for 2 1/2 years with infertility before we got pregnant with Alex. I honestly didn't know if we'd ever get pregnant, it really was a horrible thought. It was definitely the hardest trial I've been through to this point but I admit I learned a lot... ugh that was hard.

2. I don't mind doing laundry or folding it but putting it away seems to be such a hassle, ask my husband who doesn't see the couch much. lol.

3. I am afraid of the ocean. I love it, think it's beautiful, but am not a great swimmer and am worried about not being able to see what's swimming around me. Maybe if it was clearer water(I blame my mother for that one, she's always been scared of it too).

4. I love digital scrapbooking and tagging *but* still have a passion for traditional paper and pen. Anything to get creative juices flowing is perfect for me...

5. I eat my skittles weird. No other candy is this way but I have to eat them in groups. Green and yellow (and only one of each totalling 2 skittles at a time). Orange is all alone, then red and purple last. I have to eat any extras though that it takes to make the "pairs" before eating them... maybe it's a little OCD? Who knows...

Alright, I tag 4 people right? Let's see, I tag Amanda, Brittany, Kristi, and Natalie.

Build-a-bear

What a great weekend/week it was... so nice to get a break from the drama and I definitely feel a little better. Problems aren't solved but I was able to forget about them for a while. For those who don't know my sister and I have planned for the last 3 months to surprise my mom and dad with my sister's visit from Utah for dad's 5oth birthday (Memorial Day). It was hard to keep a secret but we pulled it off and totally shocked my mom who had no clue that my sister was coming. She was here for almost a week and we have a very nice time together. I definitely am tired now though. lol.

Today was the day she flew home and we took the kids to Build-a-bear on the way to the airport. Ariana had been promised for a while we'd go, my girlfriend gave her a gift card to go there and she couldn't wait to build her new bear. We had fun and she got a Cinderella bear, she's so thrilled! Alex got a pirate bear and was just as happy (he earned it potty training, we planned this in advance and this was his special treat). It was fun to end our crazy visit that way. Unfortunately Aunt Catherine took all the photos of the trip home with her, we'll get those soon. lol.