Got Nothing New

I spent the morning at the orthodontist getting the details on treatment for both Jackson and I. I will be back in metal for a year to eighteen months starting this spring. Jack is just getting warmed up with his long road of treatment. I am pretty sure the orthodontist is going to be one of the family by the time Jack is finished with him. He is starting with a retainer, lip bumper and other assorted stuff, then he will have go into full metal mouth when he’s about 12 or 13 but….When it’s all said and done he will have Rockstar teeth. I am on my way to Rockstar teeth this spring! Anyway enough about the teeth.

Madeleine and I stopped and Mike's office this afternoon and brought lunch and our company to cheer up his otherwise busy day. Mads and I then stopped by Michaels and picked up some craft keepers to continue the process of organizing my South Carolina trip pictures for the big Chicago Sister Weekend. So I am working on a project, just got nothing to show for it yet. In the meantime here are my cuties. I snapped pictures of Dylan and Jackson waiting for the bus this morning. Dylan has really learned to mug for the camera.





Here's Jack trying to look cool with his skateboard Element hat tucked under his hood and of course his glasses look as if they could be cleaned. The hood is hiding the smirk that you can sort of see in his face.


Now, Madeleine, she can pose for a picture!












Have a rockstar day and thanks for stopping by! I hope to have something crafty to show off tomorrow!

Rain, Rain, Rain Go Away

I am working on today's sketch from splitcoaststampers and will post it when it is finished, but most of today I spent scrapping with friends.


Above is what my desk looks like right now. I am working on my South Carolina pictures from the summer. I am getting organized for a Scrapbook weekend with my sister, so I have nothing to show except a table of stuff. I am trying to figure out how to pack for a weekend scrap trip when you can't take your whole scrap room with you. I will show my layouts when they are completed. I started one and am happy with it but I need to order a 5x7 to finish it off.


It's rained all day today and I am fighting the urge to go back to bed and sleep, even at 5 PM. Unfortunately (or fortunately) my bed is covered with laundry that I am working on that has been sorted into many, many, many piles and needs to be put away. I still have two more loads to go so I am holding out on the putting away process, which also means no nap. It has been such the dreary day today, but I did get to scrap and play with my scrap stuff!


I did also place my Stampin' Up! order from some cool things that I will be showing off in club next month! They are taking a long time to ship so am going to have to wait and wait but it will make it here eventually!


The rain has made my driveway less like an ice skating rink, but I heard now it's going to snow! Back to the driveway mess!

Patriots Blues

Sad day here due our NE Patriots losing the Big Game last night. There were catches that should have been caught, interceptions that should have been made, blocks that should have happen, history should have been made. Should have doesn't win the game. A very sad way to end an otherwise stellar season. There were tears shed, mostly by my nine year old, but tomorrow is another day and a new season starts again in eight months. We will be cheering them on again in the Fall!

Sixteen is Sweet

The completed project. Seven Sweet Sixteen Birthday Invites. They are mailboxes covered in the Flowers for you paper. The party is to see Grease (I saw it last fall with Jackson, lovvvvved it!) in NYC then a sleepover. There is an invite inside the mailbox and, of course, some covered nuggets to match. Talk about supper cute!

Super Sunday

Dylan was out skiing his heart out this morning. Today was such a great day to ski. The Upstate New York temp was perfect. The only drawback was the freezing rain from Friday made everything a little icy. The kids didn't seem to notice on the beginner hill, but on the rest of the mountain it was sort of like skiing in grainy icy oatmeal. I actually remembered to bring my ipod today and skiied to a mix of Mary J. Blidge, Garth Brooks, Poison and other random music while the kids were in lessons. There were quite a few people showing off their team spirit we saw Patriots gear and Giants gear all over the place! We are crossing our fingers for them Patriots!





Dylan took this picture of Jack and I after we were all finished for the day. We were heading into the lodge for some french fries and soft pretzels.





Does that not look like Shaun White or what?
Where does that red hair come from?





Jack looking super cool coasting down the hill on his board.

Fly the Flag

Saturday night my friend Dania invited me up to see her daughter perform in her home show, she is part of the Winter Guard at her High School. It was very cool to watch these teams perform. Each group has to put out their performance mat and props before they start and are timed and judged on set up and breakdown as well as their overall performance. The teams performs their routine which includes throwing rifles, flags and swords as well as intricate dance routines. It was wonderful to watch. Dania's daughter Taylor looked great out there! She danced including splits, assisted in lifts, plus her flag moves, it was really cool to see, not at all what I expected, I was expecting marching and military style flag moves. Taylor's group performs at the World level and she and her team will compete in Ohio this Spring! My pictures are blurry because the team is in constant motion. Way to go Taylor!

Enjoy Life

Enjoy - Life - This is a 6x6 scrabook page of Madeleine. We were headed to NYC for the day last May and we snapped a few pictures on the walk before we left.