Summer's almost here

It's warm and sunny today!! It really feels like summer is here to stay now. Summer is one of my favorite times of the year. Of course I don't want it to be 100 degrees or anything like that, but just to be outside enjoying the day.

Yesterday the kids, My Mom and I went to the Zoo. The kids had so much fun. I am now letting Jenna run free at the Zoo. No stroller needed for her there. She just loves to look at all the animals. The petting zoo is definitely her favorite. Now, Colby like the SNAKES!! Yikes!! I hope he never wants to have one as a pet.

You can see all the credits here

You can see the credits here

You can see the credits here

A Little Contest

A great contest and a chance to win a free kit from

LaWanna Desjardin

The rules are very simple:

You can find her products at Oscraps

and some samples at her site

DesjardinDigitalDesigns.com

Follow this link for more details

Creative Team Layouts

Our Sadie Girl

Credits:
Simple Romance by LaWanna Desjardin
Simple Romance Sampler by LaWanna Desjardin
Launch Pads Collection 1 by Bree Clarkson
Fonts: Dirty Headline, Donnys Hand and Adorable




My Sweet Boy

Credits:
Two By Two - KBDS Designers
Font: PassionsConflictROB

My sweet little Girl!!

Credits:
Lavender Dreams by Heather Heinzer
Stepping Stones 2 (4x6) by Heather Heinzer
Fonts: Susies Hand, Weltron Urban and Barbara Hand

Our Three Legged Dog

Our Sadie girl!!

Poor thing!!

She lost her leg after a long battle with trying to get it fixed. In May of 2006 while in the backyard for some free time, she hurt her leg some how. We don't know what happened or how. All we know is when we returned from our 30 minute walk with the kids she was limping pretty bad. So we loaded up the family and took her to the Vet. That was the begining of 8 surgeries the last one resulted in the amputation of her right hind leg. She had a ruptured cruciate ligament, which is the most common knee injury for a dog. After several unsuccessful surgeries the arthritis set in, it was so far into the bone that our vet was not able to save the leg.

It's a new year....maybe I will blog

Well considering I only had 4 blog posts ever I doubt that I will keep this up in the new year, but I am going to give it a shot!!

Today we have had around 3" of snow. It's freakin' cold outside!! Around 15 degrees!! But, this is Iowa so what do you expect?!?

I have tried to update the blog and give it a face lift today, not sure if I achieved what I really wanted. It does look a little better.

We will have to see what tomorrow brings and see if I can continue to blog. I also need to add a few of my newest LO's

A photo of my DD on her 2nd Birthday

Layered Templates Set 9 - A Touch Of Elegance by Jennifer Schmitt
Carrie Stephens Panache Kit
Carrie Stephens chocolate covered blueberries Kit
Christine Haskell – Yellow Tie, Hat Pin and Yellow Paper for brush frame
Genevieve Sass – Brown Dot Paper
Miss Mint Honey dew Lemon tag
Leah Riordan 12x12 stitching

A photo of my two little kiddos!!

Credits:

Jennifer Schmitt - Layered Templates Set 10

Jennifer Schmitt - A Very Vintage Christmas Bundled Set

Brenda Kempf - Grunge Overlay (recolored)

Dawn Wilson - Stitched Photo Frame

PlumTuckered - Word Art

LaWanna Desjardin - Paint Smudge (recolored)

Sunday...I'm gonna be lazy!

Yeah, I'm gonna be lazy today. Not doing much except sitting here and scrappin'. I might stalk some blogs and surf some scrap sites for some freebies. Read the paper, watch some T.V. and hang out with the family. I haven't done much scrappin' lately, lots of looking and thinking but not much action of my own.

Templates...need I say more

I used Fair Play Kit by LaWanna Desjardin

to create this LO.

This is my DS about two weeks ago

at our local fair.

You can find the kit here.

I also used a Time Saving Template,

created by

Jennifer Schmitt.

You can find the collection here.

Let's take a minute and talk about these wonderful Templates!!

OMGoodness!! How much easier could scrappin' get??

All you have to do is pick you paper, line it up with the correct layer

ctrl g, make sure you like it, ctrl e. On to the next layer until you are done.

Seriously, you are done with your page in minutes!!

Creative Team Layout

I used Botanical Beauty by LaWanna Desjardin to create this LO.
You can find the Kit Here

Preschool 2005

I used Jen Caputo layered templated found on her blog for this LO. All of the papers are from Melany Violette's Guys Weekend Kit. This is my little guy last year for his first day of preschool.