PRECIOUS BUTTERFLY

I JUST HAD TO SHARE A QUICK ONE OF THIS PRECIOUS BUTTERFLY. WE DID THIS AT THE END OF HER SESSION TO CATCH HER IN HER ADORABLE HALLOWEEN COSTUME.

BEING A KID/BEING A PARENT

I KNOW IT IS SO HARD BEING A KID AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WILL HELP MOLD YOU INTO WHO YOU ARE AS AN ADULT. BUT AS A PARENT, IT IS SO HARD SOMETIMES TO WATCH WHAT OTHERS DO AND SAY TO YOUR CHILDREN. I JUST HOPE YOU REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE INSIDE AND ALWAYS STAY TRUE TO YOU, BECAUSE CHILDHOOD WILL BE OVER SOONER THAN YOU KNOW IT AND THE ONE THING THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE IS HOW MUCH YOUR FAMILY LOVES YOU.

LIFE UP CLOSE

Some type of large cricket looking bugs, about 3 inches long enjoying their Saturday afternoon.

DING DONG

ALRIGHT, I'M A DING DONG, BUT IT STILL COUNTS AS MY PAGE FOR TODAY EVEN THOUGH I ALREADY SCRAPPED THESE IMAGES. OF COURSE I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT UNTIL I WENT TO SAVE THE PAGE I COMPLETED. USUALLY MY SYSTEM WORKS, IF IT'S ON MY DESKTOP IT HASN'T BEEN DONE YET, WELL GUESS WHAT, IT DID NOT WORK THIS TIME. HEY, IT'S OK I WILL PUT ONE MOTHER'S DAY PAGE IN MY DAUGHTERS AND ON IN MY SONS.

RECYCLE

MY JOURNALING ON THE PAGE IS AS FOLLOWS:

I am really embarrassed to say that we just started to “REALLY” recycle. My kids were pestering me about doing it and asking why we were not. I could only come up with the answer that we were all being Lazy. No, they don’t pick it up like they used to in Orlando ,but that is no excuse. So it is about time we recycle.

I will not always put them on here, but I have made a challenge to myself. I don't care how busy I am, my challenge is to complete one scrap page a day until the end of the year. Either current or from the old scanned images that I am working on. Believe it or not, I find it relaxing to scrap, because it gets my creative energy flowing while emptying my emotions from the day. Yes, I guess I do tend to be a tad emotional.

NAKED BABY!

My sister-in-law took this great image of my nephew playing in the rain and I just had to scrap it. It is just amazing how the little things can mean the world of fun to children, sometimes I think we should all just stop and play in the rain.

CALIFORNIA COUSIN

JUST A FEW I PICKED SO THAT YOU COULD VIEW A FEW TOGETHER BEFORE HEADING BACK TO CALIFORNIA. MR. "C" YOU REALLY WERE A GOOD SPORT FOR GETTING UP SO EARLY ON FLORIDA TIME!

9 years ago

Fall we be upon us very shortly and I really think it is a wonderful time of year, especially when the weather starts to get a bit cooler. It is hard to believe that this image was almost 9 years ago. I can remember so much about that day, since I was due with my son in just a few weeks and I was thinking this was our last outing as three.

5 MONTHS

MY DAUGHTER AT 5 MONTHS. YES, I AM ON A BOO-WHO MY KIDS ARE GETTING TO OLD TRIP.

Are you Bored Yet?????

Alright, I'll stop boring you with my baby, I'll leave you with an image of one of my favorite times of days, sleep time.

On a Roll!

Yes, with work tapping me on the shoulder I have just decided to take a little break and enjoy doing some pages of my babies. I need to scan more of my daughter, because I have scrapped hers already that I had scanned, but scanning is just not fun, but when they were little digital was just so new! Amazing what less than 10years can do in a world of technology.

3 MONTHS- 9YEARS

I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT MY BABY IS GOING TO BE 9 YEARS OLD IN A LITTLE OVER 2 MONTHS. LOOK HOW CUTE HE IS AT THREE MONTHS. HE WAS A BOOGER, BUT JUST LIKE NOW YOU CAN NOT STAY MADE AT THOSE DIMPLES.

A LITTLE BABY FIX

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF MY OWN BABY FIX AND TO GIVE YOU SCRAPPERS SOMETHING NEW TO GLANCE AT. MY DAUGHTER AT 20 MONTHS AND MY SON AT 5 MONTHS.

UNEXPECTED VISITOR

WE HAD A RATHER LARGE UNEXPECTED VISITOR THIS EVENING. IT WAS IN OUR BIG FRONT OAK TREE AND THEN MADE A TRIP TO THE BACKYARD OAK TREE. I WAS REALLY FAR AWAY SO THE PHOTOS AREN'T THE BEST, BUT JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE HOW COOL HE LOOKS.

A Few More

A few more of irresistible little "L".

JUST A PEEK!

NO, I HAVEN'T DONE THIS SESSION YET OF LITTLE "L", BUT WANTED TO SHARE JUST HOW CUTE HE IS AND GIVE A LITTLE SNEAK PEEK!

QUILT #4

I REALLY HOPE THIS GATOR QUILT WILL PUT A SMILE ON AN OLDER CHILD'S FACE!

THE TREEHOUSE

MY HUSBAND HAD BEEN TELLING THE KIDS THAT HE WOULD BUILD A TREEHOUSE AND AFTER TAKING DOWN THEIR PLAYSET, THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE ALL DID TODAY. ALTHOUGH MOST OF IT WAS DAD, I WAS JUST THE GOPHER, RUNNER, HOLDER. THE KIDS JUST LOVE IT AND EVEN DAD AND I ENJOYED SITTING UP IN IT AS WELL.

UCF KNIGHTS

A FUN AFTERNOON IN ORLANDO TODAY AND LUCKILY WE HAD NO RAIN UNTIL WE DROVE HOME THIS EVENING. OK, MY HUSBAND IS NOT A HUGE SPORTS FAN, BUT HE GRADUATED FROM UCF AND IS A HUGE UCF FOOTBALL FAN. WE ARE SEASON TICKET HOLDERS AND ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR FIRST HOME GAME, IN THE NEW STADIUM AGAINST TEXAS ON THE 15TH OF SEPTEMBER. TODAY WAS A CHANCE TO MEET THE COACH, PLAYERS, CHEERLEADERS, DANCERS AND LET THE KIDS HAVE SOME FUN. COULD HAVE BEEN A BIT COOLER, BUT JUST GLAD WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY STORMS.