Spring Break

This picture is from last summer!

We are southward bound for the week, the weather doesn't look as good as it should, but it will be an awesome time. I am taking the kids and leaving Mike behind, but I stocked the freezer with hot pockets, hungry man dinners and lean cuisines, he should be okay until we return! Have a great Spring Break!

April Club Projects

This card uses the Wonderful You stamp set and matching jumbo wheel. This is one of the stamp sets included in the April Wheel Promotion.



Have to have a Mother's Day Card. I love the embrace life set and this came out to be such an elegant card.



Dare to be Fabulous, aren't I always fabulous! This card uses the oldie but goodie poppin pastels using the chalks and a versamark pad!

Monday!

I can't believe it's Monday again, we had a busy, busy week last week and this week is just as crazy!
Last week, Jack got bands on his teeth and impressions for his palette expander, I got full on braces, we had the Science Fair, the kids had a half day on Friday, I finished my Disney Scrapbook, I hung out with Friends on Wednesday, Madeleine had a playdate, We had an Egg Hunt, Birthday Party and I taught a class this weekend! Whew and now it's Monday again, I have a Volcano of laundry to do and my house looks like I took the weekend off, I am embarrassed even to post a picture for you, so off to straighten up and then to ballet class for Mads..........Rock on!

Distracted Drivers!

Last Thursday night we had the Science Fair at School. My boys presented their combined effort! They did an experiment about driving and talking on a hand held cell phone. Each volunteer drove the driving came with a steering wheel to get used to the track and game. Then each volunteer had to drive the track 4 times and the boys recorded their scores. Then we gave them a cell phone and Dylan called them from another room and told them jokes and asked them a series of questions to distract them. They then recorded the times again. They averaged the times of the four races with and with out the phone and to no surprise it took longer to drive the track using the the cell phone. Leave it to my Jack to find the Science Project that involves a cell phone and a video game. It was a great project that both a fourth and first grader to contribute too! We made an impact at the fair, anytime you bring a Wii to a Science Fair you are bound to draw a crowd!

Made my Day!

I have been taking Jackson to school in the AM. He has to patch his eye to help improve the vision in his weak eye, so to minimize the time he wears his patch afterschool, we have been getting up early and doing it before school, I take him in so he gets about another 45 minutes, ANYWAY, on my way in last week we saw this in the center of town! I was so giddy, I yelled to the kids "That's Me!". Now, I know it's not my name in lights but it was close!


I taught a class at the library as part of the Friends of the Library Program and had 10 people come! Isn't that cool! We made these four simple cards, everyone seem to enjoy them and I had fun despite the fact that my mouth still aches! I know I have no right to complain about my mouth, but if you read my blog on a regular basis you can skip these parts of the entry, because every entry is going to have some reference to my aching mouth! My mantra these days is: rock star teeth, rock star teeth, rock star teeth!

One year away from a Rock Star Smile!

I got my braces on my teeth on Thursday, the spacers that had gone in a week earlier still ached so I have been in rough shape. The metal has cut up the inside of my mouth and the bands on the back are just ANNOYING! I am trying to soldier through but have decided I am not the tough cookie I used to be! I have taken Advil and Tylenol and am just not a happy camper. I know I am going to have rock star teeth when this is over and will not have to ever be disappointed in my smile when this is over but UGGGGGGH!

Not the most flattering picture of me, it was taken by my nine year old, Jack. I am channelling my inner teenager!

I finished it!

I did it! I finished my 2003 Disney Album! I am so excited to go to Disney in June now! I just can't wait! Now I can come home and not have two albums waiting to be done, which is such a bonus!

This page is from the Lego Store in Downtown Disney. I used a Simply Scrappin Kit from Stampin' Up! to get 'er done! I used a Cricut to cut the letters for the title and I used my new favorite tool the Imagine book of layouts to complete this awesome layout! I love this book and recommend it to all scrappers who like the mix of pattern paper! Quite a few of the layouts if not all came with a lot of help from this awesome book! A must have text for any scrapper! Can you tell I love it! All the measurements are there, the layout, how to cut the paper the whole enchilada! The little arrows point to Jackson in the shadows, I wished I had the arrow punch from Stampin' Up! it really would come in handy when scrappin pictures from back in the day, before photoshop, digital cameras and lots of practice. Jack is in the pictures but it's sort of like playing I spy.





This layout is a compilation of all the ride pictures I had. I used a pad of cardstock that came with embellishments for this page. Note the circle cutter was still on the table and I used it! Out of the square for a straight edge girl!





The Pooh Diecut came from of all places Creative Memories, circa 2002. I had saved all the embellishments I had bought back in 2002-2003 from my friend Jenn Dixon in a Craft Keeper and actually used some of them to help finish the book. The beehive and bees are Creative Memories too! The blue strip with the characters is from somewhere, not sure where and the giant Pooh is a postcard I bought in the Wonderful World of Disney! The printed paper was from Joanne's and the "and friends" was cut from the cricut!





I had way more pictures of Dylan then of Jack, but Dylan was two years old in 2003 and spent a lot of time in his stroller eating, so he was more likely to pose for the picture. The Disney diecut is another vintage Creative Memories I found it in my stash! All you die hard scrappers have to be proud of me for using the stuff I have! I used the Cricut to cut the other half of the title and all the black Mickey heads came from a punch I purchased at Joanne's with my coupon!




This is a page that was my last page completed, I used the same pad of cardstock that I used for the "ride the rides" page!



I love the way this page came out! The "I shrunk the kids" was printed on the computer! This is the playarea in Hollywood Studios where they had a garden giant sized for the kids to play.




This was a tough page. I used a postcard of the Castle and stickers and tags to create the title. It was a three part thing, the Mickey metal edge tag, with the red sticker letter, with the Mickey shaped bubble sticker on top. Note the arrow to show the small family in the crowd!



I have to finish this layout. It's the night we went Trick or Treating in the Magic Kingdom, hence the Halloween motif. The layout came out great by I have to add a few touches, I just haven't decided what yet! Note: I actually made it into a picture that night, actually two!









More small family large landmark pictures!



I don't love this page, but it's growing on me. This was Jackson's favorite ride, the raceway. I was distracted by Dancing with the Stars when I did this layout!