Really?!!!?

Anyone who knows me, knows how very blessed I am to have such wonderful boys in my life.

Good relations with the Wookies, I have.

-Yoda

I love them so much more than the word love entails. They are a lot of work, but every time a door is opened for me or a hug is given for no reason, I feel my cup overflowing.

Mushy,I know, but it's true.

So how on earth did I end up here?????

What redneck came up with this hobby? We do basketball, baseball, soccer, kickball, swimming, tennis, football, even the occasional racquetball, but tractor pulling?? It's not a real sport! It's boring and the guys act quite immaturely!

So why do I sit through this torture??

Oh, yeah. I remember now. Can you see his little squinted eyes? It's from that big smile that stays on his precious face from the time we tell him it's tractor pull day.


This is his favorite part!
These are my little Wookies and the only way to stay close to them is to be a part of their lives. Even the boring, dirty, stinky (the track is right beside some of the stinkiest turkeys!) parts of their lives.

You Know You're Broke When....

It's that wonderful time of year when you are bombarded by every angle to support your school, pay for field trips, buy class pictures... the list is endless. So my poor little baby came to me knowing we couldn't afford his basketball pics. He smiled and said it's o.k. and my heart broke. It's not o.k. I told him to get dressed. I'll take your picture. Here is the final result. He is SUPER excited to get to had these out to all his little buddies at school. And honestly, I don't think anyone will be the wiser. What do you think???

everything was created in PSE8

Good -bye Week One...

I am kissing week one of 2011 good-bye. It's been interesting FOR SURE! Timothy isn't sleeping because we (o.k. I) am remodeling his room and I've hit a few snags. It's a MESS and apparently he can't sleep in a MESSY ROOM!!!! Never had that happen before!

I'm bruised (like seriously) where I fell down the steps while playing with Timothy! Is someone getting old when they can no longer walk on steps????

Got my hair cut.

Had a WONDERFUL family day! (I hope we do this every week!)

Watched Nick practice dribbling and shooting. He is getting SO MUCH BETTER!! And he should, he practices EVERY day!!! (he got a goal for Christmas)

Hugged Noah and told him how much I love him. (sometimes I think he feels left out)

I told you... an interesting week. :)

So my Project Life should arrive today!!!! I am sooooo ready!!! I know I won't be able to do a picture a day, but I have started out doing that. And hold on to your seat because I don't want you to fall over.... I actually have my photos printed out for the first page and days 1-4!!!!! Shocking. I know.

I thought I'd share some with you.

I'll share from time to time.

I am so excited to be documenting OUR LIFE, RIGHT NOW.

Next year won't be the same.

It changes. We change.

More Christmas Ideas!

I made calendars for Christmas one year and the Grandparents loved them, but it was an overwhelming task for me! Yet, every year they ask, "where's my calendar?" So this year I did calendars just on a smaller scale.

I thought they would fit perfectly beside the computer or on the shelf of a book case. And the best part was they were fun, not stressful!!

I found the frames at Michael's and got the calendars from Designer Digitals. All paper and embellishments were from my stock pile. (A little of everything!)

Happy crafting!

Christmas Time!

I LOVE crafting at Christmas time! Every year I do ornaments for all the grandparents. This year our ornaments look like this...

Lots more coming, but for now... sleep.

I'm nursing a cold that is really kicking my butt!

You Really Are My Friends

I love FWF day because I really feel like you are my friends. I mean I share my pages with you, I share recipes with you, and I share our family photos with you. You have to be my friend... right??? Well, today I have lots to share with you. First up is a page using one of the newer scrapbooking stamps and an older scrapbooking stamp. (I'd show you which ones but the NEW site isn't up yet)

My husband is the greatest. If you can't read the story then click on the page to enlarge it so you'll know what I mean. :)

Second is our family time last week!!!!! And I am thrilled to announce that we have even more family fun for this weekend!!!! But first, check out how my twins went down to the beach!

It was very cold when Nick rode, but it warmed up for Noah.


TOTALLY PEACEFUL!

This is where we did a little crabbing. :)

This boy did NOT leave 'Big Haus' side ALL day!!! Too cute!

The twins chillin on the sand.

It was so nice to get away. When I got back I started on the twins birthday stuff (see invitation below). There's tons more to show you for that, but that's next week. :)
Until then Keep Stamping!

Shhh. It's A Secret

It is almost birthday time again! I can hardly believe the twins will be 11 years old! This year they wanted something a little more grown up so we went with a distressed skateboard theme with a mission impossible feel.

I used Unity's worn grid and numbers stamps for the inside. All other was digital and my own creation.

I'd love to hear what you think. :)

Grandma's Love

It is amazing to see how a child develops little 'traditions' with each Grandparent. For my twins and one of their grandpa's it was saying "whoa, whoa, pa". Don't know why they did it, but it stuck and he became known as whoa whoa pa. LOL! For Timothy, there are several little things he does and I want to capture each one. I've started with his Grandma. He loves her so very much and she loves him right back.

Love these special moments!

FLAIR FRIDAY

I'm so excited that the weekend is almost here! We have an awesome family day planned for Saturday. I'll share it all next week!

For today I'm sharing another family day that we took. (I hope that we will take more time do these family days because the twins are beginning the wonderful journey to teenagers and I think it STINKS! Literally and figuratively!) This was a day spent at the Z Max Dragway. They ran 4 wide this day and it was AMAZING!!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Now go get stamping! :)

All stamps are Unity. The circle border is from the Nov. SB Kit Capture Life (artist was either Lisa, Lindsay, or Michelle Bertuzzi) and the monthly report is from the Jan SB Kit Unforgettable Moments (by me)

Memories

I think one of the memories that stands out for me the most is making roads in the dirt at the sitters house and riding my little red Z28 up and down those winding roads. No worries, no concerns, just plain fun. So when I caught my little fellow doing the same thing I had to snap some pictures! :)

He played out there for hours!

Oh Sweet Memories!

Wednesday

My days are flying by and I can't seem to catch up! Wait for me Wednesday!!

Thank You Lord!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a birthday card to share with you today using one of my FAVORITE stamps from the Feb 2010 KOTM!! I think Lisa drew this one. (So sorry if I'm wrong).

And we have had a wonderful blessing! It started raining yesterday and has not quit!!! We have been so long without rain. The fields were parched and the peanuts were dying. Thank you Lord for this beautiful rain!!
Have a great day!!

Summer Recap Part Duex

We are so fortunate to be close enough to the beach to take day trips during the summer! We had so much fun watching the boys try out the skimmer board.

They rode the waves until their boogie board broke. Then they just improvised! LOL!

This little fellow couldn't decide if he liked the waves or not.

We had a blast!



Have a great day!

Summer Recap

This summer was filled with surprises where our boys are concerned. They all grew and matured overnight it seemed. We spent a lot of our summer learning more about the young men that the twins are becoming and one of the things that we found out was that Nick likes to play golf. He has never showed any interest in it before. One of our lazy afternoons, Wesley was in our front yard hitting balls and Nick asked if he could hit some too. Over course Wesley was over the moon happy to show him and Nick really picked it up and enjoyed it. (Noah... not so much. LOL!) As a result we took the kids to Knights Play, a par 3 course. It was hot, but it was also fun!

You will notice that I'm not in any of these pictures. It's because I HATE golf. I was the family photographer. It was such a fun morning spent with our fast growing boys!