AWDML Sketch Contest

A Walk Down Memory Lane, the awesome online store I used to DT for, is celebrating it's 9th birthday this month and they've got a ton of contests going on. I created this layout for their sketch contest.

I used the new Keepsake line from My Little Shoebox along with a My Favorite Things Die and some twine from The Twinery.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Nacho Night!!!

Andrew's been out of town the last few days so in order to keep the kiddos happy, we had Nacho Night last night! They wanted to help so I had them cut the olives up.
Did you know? Nacho Night has it's own theme song?

Yep!

Ahem.

Nacho Night, Nacho Night,

Nacho, Nacho, Nacho Night!

Yeah!!!!!

Our nachos are actually just plain taco salads eaten with our hands but therein lies the fun...we eat with our hands! Woot!!!

Nacho Night Conversation.

Mickey-I win.

Audrey-No, I win.

Me-Okay you guys, Nacho Night is not a race but if it were... I'd totally win! (Flashing my empty plate at them.)

Mickey & Audrey-Nooooooooo!

Me-Bwahahahaha!

Project Life-Week 9!

I know it's Thursday, but this week's layout came together really quickly as I only picked up my photos yesterday and finished it last night! I'm getting much faster. I don't dilly-dally quite so much with the journaling. My goal is to just get the info down and not worry that I don't sound as cool as Ali Edwards or as heartfelt as Stephanie Howell. I'm me and that's good enough for my family!
This week consisted of some pretty unique things. Along with our normal preschool and the kids playing school, we got to head back to our neighbor's house and the kids got to bottle feed their two bummer lambs! We have the best neighbors!

This week also included a ride on the Canby Ferry! Cody and I had gotten a gift card from our dad and so we took Audrey and Cody's boyfriend, Justin along with us. They hadn't ridden the ferry before so it was a real treat! Then we have Mickey helping Andrew do yard work, and help me scrap and help Daddy put up stuff in my scrap room. He was quite the helper! He also got to go to another birthday party this weekend. Andrew took him and they stayed for hours. Kinda wore Andrew out. Heh! Aud was styling a unique hat and I took Lilly for a walk where we watched one of the neighbor's practice landings and take off. Again, we have the coolest neighbors! On the last page is some of Aud's artwork, eating dessert first for Leap Day, walking to the neighbor's and playing with our goat afterwards and a Lego creation of Mickey's. There's also another picture of Mickey and Aud playing school and the story of how Audrey picked Strawberry Shortcake as the theme for her party next month.

I'm pretty proud of myself this week because not only did I get 'er done quickly, I also included a lot of ephemera! I'd kind of gotten out of the habit of keeping little things because I always intended to scrap them but never got around to it. Now, I am. Go, me!

Project Life-Week 8!

Week 8 is here! I've got two inserts this week!

First up, new flowers, the weather, a Lego creation, Play-doh games and preschool!

The first insert is one of my divided 12x6 protectors. I wish that I could find one that held the 3x4's only. This side holds preschool, grocery store Playland, games with Daddy, a munchkin sleepover, more preschool and a girl hanging out with her dog. The backside of this insert is less kid-centric. I started organizing my stamps, cleared off my dresser, got some fun scrappy mail (x2!), found a leak under the sink and scrapped with the kids.

The second insert holds the outcome of scrapping with the kids. Aud made this page and Mickey helped me today by making that little label for it since she can't write her name yet. (Aud picked the tape colors!)

The back holds Mickey's page. He wrote his name twice, wrote Mommy, drew a heart to show he loves his Mommy and drew a treasure map to the dinosaur which has an "x" on it because...it's the treasure! I love this page! Finally we have, Aud taking a nap, the kids bath getting interrupted by Lilly, some much needed outside time, Aud using the potty at Mickey's preschool (yay!!!), Mickey's work job and Aud taking her nap under Mickey's bed. Hee!

I love this project! And, I found a quick kid's photography class online (thank you, Pinterest!) so I decided to give Mickey our unused point and shoot and go over this class with him. I told him that some of his photos could be in the Project Life album and he got sooooo excited! I'm so glad the kids like this as much as I do!

ps~Andrew likes it too! I "make" him look at it each week and he takes the time to not only look at each photo but also read everything I write. I love that man of mine!

Happy Leap Day!!!

Today I:

~got some help
~had breakfast with my Granny and my kids
~watched the kids go nuts on McDonald's playground
~took Little Man to and from preschool
~finished the last Harry Potter book (again)
~grocery shopped while the kids played in Playland
~had a great talk with my mom
~had another great talk with my husband
~served dessert first tonight in honor of Leap Day

It's been a pretty good once-every-four-years day!

How'd your day go? :)

Punky Sprouts & Crafter's Workshop

This month we Punky girls got to work with some fun Crafter's Workshop templates! I love these things and already had a few in my stash. My album is titled Goals 2012 and it's a visual reminder of some of the things I'd like to accomplish this year. I used a Rebel Sprout album along with some Lil Lacey Blooms and the new Punky Twine! The paper and chipboard are from Crate Paper's Paper Heart collection.

One of my most important goals is 12 dates with my husband. We had a rough year last year and it just brought home to me how he is truly the rock in my life. I used the Numerals template on the right page for my goal of completing the online 52 Weeks to Organize Your Home Challenge.

Next up is to clean out our shop. I've kind of taken it over the last year and I'm pretty sure Andrew wants it back. Hee! I'd also like to compete in a 10K race this year. And, what kind of a yearly resolution list would this be without a weight loss goal? 150 lbs is my goal and I'm hoping this is the year to get there. I paired it with a more important goal, just to keep things in perspective. This year I will continue to heal from PTSD.

I've also got some scrappy goals in here. One of which is Project Life. The everyday is so precious and so easily forgotten and this is a way for me to keep it close. I used my Circus Banners template to cut out the label shape on this page. I used the same template on the next page and cut out some actual banner shapes, covered them with Glossy Accents and added them to that page. I also used the Doodle Flower template I already owned as a mask on the corners of this canvas page. My goal is to get my scraproom cleaned up so I can create more!

Another household goal, I'd like to paint my kitchen. And finally, my last goal is to get both a layout and a mini album published.

On the back cover I'll revisit it in 2013 and write a bit about how I did.
Do you have any ongoing goals or resolutions for this year? Are you making progress or have you abanded or altered any of them? I have to admit, I'm doing much better on some than I am on others! LOL!

Project Life-Week 7!

Here it is, Week 7. And, I got it posted before Week 8 was over! Hee! I'm on a roll, folks!
Valentine's Day was a big part of this week. We had a special breakfast and then lunch with family and a trip to Dollar Tree with the Gran so she could get the kids a gift or two. Mickey and I also got started on his Valentines for class.

I used two inserts this week. The first, ala Ali Edwards, is a baseball card page protector for Little Man's Valentines that he got from his classmates.

Most of them fit really well and only the top row seems to want to escape so I sealed the top with washi tape and a few staples. Since I got my new Project Life stuff yesterday, I was able to use this new sized insert, Design G. In hopes that it would show up in time, I took quite a few vertically oriented shots. We've got Andrew's Valentine gift from us, scenes from Mickey's preschool party, Granny's house, some large Valentines that didn't fit in the baseball card sleeves and Mickey's completed Valentines.

On the backside we've got more preschool, Aud's self portrait, Mickey getting a snack at Costco, Aud and I at preschool, and the other reason that our week was so busy...Audrey's getting potty trained! She did such a good job that she earned her toy (new dolls for her dollhouse) right away!

On the last page we've got more preschool work jobs and the official news that the name we suggested for the donkey was the one that got the most votes! His name is Patches!!! Andrew came home sick from work one day and he and Aud fell asleep. Him on the bed and her in the living room. Hee! I got my first flower of the year from Little Man, a shot of our Valentine's decor and one more Valentines Day photo that didn't fit up front...popcorn and candy hearts for a special dessert. Yum!

I went through and switched out my page protectors for the Design A ones and I really like them. The inserts will all stay the same. Along with Design A and Design G, I also got a box of the plain grid cards. I tend to use those the most under my Instagram pics so I'll get lots of use out of them.