Just words............

No photo today. I just wasn't feeling "it". I did get out of the house with Marcus and if I would have taken my camera with me I would have a cute photo of him enjoying McNuggets INSIDE the McDonalds. He love it!
Note to self: Keep camera in purse!!!

January 8, 2009

January 8, 2009



Preston brought home his cell project today. It was a hard, stressful project for both of us :)
He was happy to report that he received a grade of 5/5!!! Yay Preston!

January 7, 2009

Two photos today:



New Year - time to stock up on necessities. Smart and Final had a great deal on frozen chicken breasts - and we were out of the 3 things that Marcus can't seem to live without lately: cookies, cheese cookies (aka goldfish) and cocoa (his morning request nearly everyday).


Marcus loves his Little People. He had them set up all over the family room today. Wish I could understand what he was telling them :)

Project 365

I'm trying a new project this year. I read about it last year, but just didn't have the time, energy, motivation.......etc. Now a whole year has passed and I wish I would have done it. Anyway, the idea is to take one photo a day. Something that just catches your eye, no matter how trivial. Then you write a few words about it. Eventually I would like to turn the whole year into a scrapbook, but for now I'm going to use this blog. (less effort on my part) I'm getting a slow start, so here is January 1st through 6th. I want to try to enter one a day from here on out.


January 1, 2009

This photo (taken by Amanda), reminds me of how much Marcus is loved around here. His brothers and sisters worship the ground he walks on most of the time. Even when he gets into their stuff, which happens more frequently now, they still love him and treat him with kindness.

January 2, 2009

Goofball!!! He loves to cheese it up for the camera now!!

January 3, 2009

Today was our Primary "Meet and Greet". A fun way for the kids to meet their new teachers. Afterwards we cleaned out the Primary closets in preparation for the new year...............Not fun!!! The results were great though :) I love to open an organized closet.

January 4, 2009

A typical Sunday afternoon. Resting, relaxing and napping. Amanda loves sharing the couch with her dad and I love that they have such a fun, teasing, loving relationship.

January 5, 2009

This one is to remind me to be thankful for what I have instead of whining about what I don't. Enough said.

January 6, 2009

Our usual morning routine. After we take Amanda and Preston to school, I sit at my desk with my toast and tea and Marcus has breakfast in his chair (while watching Little Einsteins). Hey, it works for us!

Thanksgiving Card

Just a quick post to show the Thanksgiving card I sent to our family. I thought I would use "fall" colors so I chose:

Purely Pomegranate, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron and Always Artichoke - with a little Close to Cocoa in there too. Sounds like the colors and flavors of fall huh?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Color Inspiration Challenge - almost

I loved the colors for Kristina Werner's color challenge this week. They made me think of Thanksgiving and fall. I figured I would give it a go. I also figured out that I should NOT do these challenges after 11 pm. Here's why: I love how my card came out, but this morning, in the light of day, I realized I used Burgundy instead of Eggplant! Oh well - Here's the card anyway.

Thanks for looking! Happy Fall :)

Christmas Cards

I didn't post these on my other blog. I wanted to wait until they were mailed so no one would get a "sneak peek". Well, I can't stand it!! I had to post them somewhere. I am pretty happy with how they turned out this year.

I ended up making 3 different cards this year. Usually I just make one, but I was having too much fun this year. This is the first one:



The bow turned out to make putting this card in an envelope impossible, so this is my card that will go on hand delivered gifts and to the neighbors.

Here is a close up of the star. As you can see I had a BLAST with my cuttlebug on this card!

Here is the second card I made. It is much more USPS friendly :) I loved how the paper had just a little pink. Kind of a fun holiday twist.

And finally, card #3. A little origami tree and some fun paper from my Stampin' Up "I Wish" Simply Scrappin' Kit. This one looks like alot of work, but it actually went together pretty quick.

If you peek before Christmas, at least you'll be surprised at which one of the three you receive!! Let the holiday fun begin!!!