So Many Special Women...

This post is going out to all of the wonderful Mothers that I have the pleasure of calling my friends.

First and foremost... my Mommy... if only we clueless teenage girls would understand how special our mothers truly are - then our growing up years would be so much better. I know now that she is truly one of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life. I love you Mom!

Also right there is my mother in law - she raised 5 great children - and I hold her responsible for the incredible person that my husband is. He takes after her kind and gentle heart and I love it. Thank you!

And as wonderful reminders to me in my daily life of how a mother should be... I have all the incredible women in my life that I have met through MOMS club, Scrapbooking and schools. It is so refreshing to see how everyone else is learning the ropes like me and can give each other advice on mothering without looking down on each other and their 'cluelessness'.

Thank you one and all for your part in our life. I love ya!

Wonderful Weekend!!

I spent the time with my fabulous friends - Tannile and Beth - at a hotel in town scrapbooking ALL weekend!! It was great! I missed my kids and my hubby but - you know that scrapbooking is just a great way to relax - reminisisce - share with friends - and be CREATIVE! It has been way too long since I have gotten to just create and chat with the girls about kids, scrapbooking, tv and even politics! Thank you two for such a wonderful time! (We even got to see adorable 2 month old Henry!! Baby Fever!!!)

I had so much fun getting to use some of my collection of new products and even uses some of my older ones.

Speaking of older product - Ali Edwards' AEzine challenge this week is to purge your scrapbook supplies and to use something old on a layout. I haven't gotten to the purging yet but I did do a layout for the challenge. So on this layout I used some of my older pattern paper that I have in my Lexi paper file. It is a cute pink floral from Me & My Big Idea a couple years ago that Susan & Erin from the store suggested I use for a cute Girly page (I had only been doing boy up until then). It took me awhile but it was so fun to use! Thanks S&E!

And new products - BOY I LOVE my Autumn Leaves acrylic journal spot stamps! I think I used them on almost every layout I created this weekend. What is so great about them is that it encourages me even more to use my own handwriting. Even my friend Beth - who NEVER writes her own stuff - used them for a couple layouts this weekend! Too Cool!

Enjoy this layout and be watching for some of the others I will post later. Have a great week!

kelly

postscript - my dear friend Elizabeth's son Matthew is having surgery tomorrow morning so please help me keep him in your prayers. I truly appreciate it!

Dealing with a 2 1/2 year old!

Okay - so I admit it - I have hit the stage where it is just easier to deal with some of her opinions rather than to try to conform her to mine! This morning - I asked the kids to get their shoes on so that we could head out to the Y for me to workout. Well they did as asked and Lexi was so excited to show me her choice of shoes... her dress up Cinderella high heels!! Nothing I could do could change her opinion!!!! Since I was running late I let it go (have you seen her throw a tantrum????) Since she couldn't walk real fast I had to end up carrying her most of the time.

It was even more priceless when we decided to meet Daddy at the little chinese restaurant in town and here comes Lexi - walking in her "LOVE" t-shirt, jean skirt, cinderella heels and her Strawberry shortcake purse hanging around her neck! Tables of people were turning to smile and laugh at her and she was eating it up with that big grin on her face!!!!

As my friend Michelle says... "here comes Diva!!!"

Isn't she lovely!

Isn't she just beautiful! The newest addition to the Perry family. Todd's niece, Kim & her hubby Craig welcomed beautiful baby Maeve on Tuesday morning. We just wanted to wish them a wonderful congratulations and can not wait to meet this precious new addition to the family!

Love to all!

Another page to show you! Yay!

Sinca that last page was so much fun... I had one other page in mind from our Easter pictures and even got the time to do this page! My hubby rocks!

I got to use even more of the Scenic Route arrows and their papers and chipboard embellishments. This is so fun!!!! This one is more of a test for me because it goes a little outside my comfort range when it comes to color but it was good for me.

We are also spending the weekend reorganizing everything including my scrap area so hopefully I will get to create even more!!!

Have a great week!!!

Yay! I have been creative!

I got to spend some time and be creative today! So much fun and makes me realize how much I have missed it! Todd was so nice and kept the kids occupied while I put to paper an idea I had with using some fabulous new products we have gotten in at Scraps.























I used the fun new Bailey Line of paper and glitter chipboard words from K & Co and then also some of the grid paper and arrows from Scenic Route. (Yes Erin, I broke down and bought the arrows to go with that fabulous star paper we both loved) This is one of the Easter pics of Lexi that I love. I am going to try printing it in either Sepia or with Watercolor type saturation to see if I like that look of the picture better with the color of the paper. Her dress really clashes with the paper! Who dressed that girl anyway!

Hope you enjoy!

Have a Beautiful Easter

We hope everyone had a glorious Easter and celebrated with people you loved! We got to spend the day with two of our favorite people! Grandma and Poppy! We love them!!! (thank you so much for sharing the day with us!) And Grandma even made sausage gravy and brought loads of fabulous fruit for us to go with all the food I had! We ate well! Yum!

The kids got to see their Easter baskets and did a mini Easter egg hunt in the house. Wasn't it fun to see the snow falling outside on Easter?!! Lexi had Poppy helping her open her eggs and smiled so big everytime he opened an egg and gave her the candy inside. Logan had Grandma watch over his candy after he opened his own eggs then he went back to his Legos. Boy does he love those!

I just wanted to share some cute pictures from the day with everyone. Logan chose his own shirt - isn't it beautiful with his eyes! And little Lexi - after a VERY large fight even getting her into a dress (I guess she is not going to be my girly girl) - she looked absolutely gorgous!