He just makes me smile!

I thought I'd pop in with a photo of John from last week. Every time I see it I can't help but grin back at that little face!



Hope you're having a great day!

A Walk on the Bright Side

Brittney has a great new kit, "The Bright Side," out this week with a special offer for a free coordinating alpha when you buy before Thursday, Oct 30.


I had so much fun scrapping with the kit! Here's the page I did (and don't forget to pick up the coordinating addon free on Brittney's blog!


Happy weekend!

The Birthday Boy

James turned four a couple of weeks ago. When I stop and look at him, I realize that he has left toddler-hood far behind. I know that in the blink of an eye the next four years will be gone too. He has already become such fun to be around (when he isn't grumpy, of course) and the funny things he says and does keep us laughing.

I went looking for some pictures of him taken on or around each of his birthdays just so I could see how he'd grown, and thought I'd share them with you too. Here we are in the hospital.

I think by his first birthday he was already running, and he's been mostly a blur of action ever since!

Two years old and already a style icon.

Last summer in Hawaii (our camera broke while we were there so I don't have any pictures for a couple of months)... muscle man.

Last week...

How I love that kid! Thanks for walking down memory lane with me.

Bad blogger, bad blogger!

(slapping my hand)

I can't believe that it's been weeks since I posted anything. Time flies! I don't know how it's possible, but life seems to have gotten busier as we've gotten further into the school year (not for my boys of course, but for everyone else). I've been trying to squeeze some scrap therapy in around the edges of everything, but it's not easy. Here's the CT pages I've done and then I'll be back later with some pictures of the kiddos for those of you wondering if we still have them all. (I crack myself up sometimes, especially when I'm short on sleep, which I am at the moment...)

Anyway...

First for Brittney (who just got back from Disneyland, that lucky girl!):




Miss Tiina just came out with a fun new Halloween kit, but since we don't celebrate Halloween, I thought I'd use a few of the spiders to document the fear I've created in James's mind.


Lastly is a page with Zakirah's new kit that made the GSO.


I did a few "just for fun" pages too, so I'll try to get those posted in the next day or two as well.

Sugarplum Blog Challenge

There is a Scrap Pink challenge right now on the Sugarplum Paperie blog. I decided to scrap one of my favorite pictures of my sister and one of my nieces reading a book together.


Somebody's crying... off to investigate!

Some graduation pictures

(If you're here for the blog train, scroll down a post... )

Out of all the photos I took the two days we were in San Diego for William's graduation from boot camp, most of them didn't come out very good. It was such an emotional time, that I guess I must have had trouble focusing the camera well. These are a few of the better pictures.
The first ones here are photos I took while walking to the stands on Family Day. These are all the new Marines that were about to be released for their first liberty in months, five hours worth.This is Will's platoon marching out and then all lined up, waiting to be dismissed.Our family
These are two of my favorites: My mom getting her first hug, and James who wanted to hold Uncle's hand.
These last two of Will's platoon are from graduation day. I wish I could convey to you the excitement that built in the crowd as they marched out; the amazement of watching 585 men move and speak as one; and the pride that radiated from the new Marines.And now he leaves in just a few more days for combat training, and I will miss him again but at least this time he'll be allowed to bring a cell phone! And I'm sure my mom will continue to update the blog as his exploits continue!

Thanks for dropping by!

Family Matters blog train!

Yep, it's time for another blog train! This time there are quickpages and addons to be collected from this kit by Matahati Designs and Sya's Blueprints:

Here's the layout that I've made and turned into a quick page:


Just click on the layout or ~~ here ~~ to download the quickpage!

These are all the blogs where you can find a goodie:
1. Zakirah htpp://matahatiseni.blogspot.com/
2. Sya - http://scrap-stuff.blogspot.com
3. Jess http://myboycrazylife.blogspot.com
4. Stefanie - http://stefgonedigi.blogspot.com
5. Holly http://mommaholly.blogspot.com/
6. Lisa - http://www.kandykanekreations.blogspot.com
7. Alice http://designsbyarisu.blogspot.com/
8. Kim - http://kimbytx.blogspot.com/
9. Fliffy http://funwithfliffy.blogspot.com/
10. Len http://celebratinglifesmemories.com/blog

Thanks for stopping by!!