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How did this happen????

It is one of my most favorite months of the year and it completely escaped me!!! Lots to update you on, but I am soo tired!! I'll catch you up later. We made it to the pumpkin patch today. I just had to post this picture of Jack! I am in love with it!!

Girls Night Out!!!!

When I had Olivia, she made all of my Disney Princess dreams come true! I longed to have a little girl person to experience all the cool Disney magic with. Yes ,my name is Jen and I am a Disney dork! So when our friends, the Darlings, invited us to go to Disney Princesses on Ice a few months back, there was no way I was going to say no.

Of course, you can't go to a Disney event without dressing up as your favorite Disney Princess. Today, it was Cinderella.















Then we met up with our favorite little girlfriends, the Darlings. They are Darling, aren't they? Katie was one of my Kindergartners once upon a time.















We go in and the joy kills confiscate my camera gear. Disney does not allow DSLR's into performances. They should be scared that I could take a really good picture. I told them it better be in there when I get back. It was like giving up a child. I worried about it the whole show.

Lisa(mom) was kind enough to give me camera duty with her handy dandy point and shoot.

Of course, we had to stop and get a $12.00 princess snow cone. Then a $15.00 light up crown that wouldn't stay on her head. Awesome!!!!















We had the BEST seats in the house!!!! We were 1st row off the ice. It doesn't get any better!!! Boy was it cold!!!!! You could feel the breeze (and ice) on your face as the skaters whizzed by.

Here are some of the highlights:






























I love making memories for my kids. It was a special night for us!!! Livi kept telling me "Mommy, dat was the best show evah!!" and "Thank you so much Mommy. I had so much fun!!". Awww, that kid just melts my heart!! We picked up her sibling that was denied entrance at guest relations, got in the car, and the little princess crashed out before we got out of the parking lot. I love having a girl!!!

It's Friday!!!!!!!

I am sooo happy!!!! It's Friday!!!!!!!! Woohoo!

Yes, I have neglected my blog. You forgive me, right???? I promise a real update soon. In the meantime, I have some creative team layouts to post.

I was excited to find out that both of the designers I CT for released a collaboration kit. Haynay and WM [Squared] got together and created "Rough and Tough".






















I did a layout for each of them. Here is what I made:























Last week, I made a layout for WM [Squared] with her "Feeling Fall" kit:
























For My CT assignments at Scrap Matters last week, I managed to get two done.






















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Have a fantastic weekend!!!

TGIF!!

I can't tell you how glad I am that it is FRIDAY!! WOOT! I am soo exhausted this time of year. I think it is a combination of allergy season starting and breaking in a new group of kindergartners. Good news is we are all still hanging in there!

The designers I CT for have really outdone themselves this week!!! You know it's an awesome kit when each layout takes about a half hour to create (especially when I typically take longer). They seriously got my mojo going!

New for Wendy this week is Gypsy Girl.





















EEKKKK!!! These colors rock!! Screaming for sepia colored photos I think. Here is what I made:





















Heather created these volleyball kits, but they are so versatile that you could scrap anything with them!






















I scrapped a page with Jack. I miss baby Jack!!! Fortunately he still has his chubby cheeks!!! If I were a cannibal, I would seriously consider eating him!!! He was such a yummy chubby baby!!





















I didn't get a chance last week to post this layout. I used a template from Happy Scrap Girl and all other items are a mish mash of Scrap Matters Designers. For full credits click here.






















Have a Happy Friday!!!!!

One Fine Day?

No, it really wasn't! Well maybe for some people who enjoyed my daughter's solo. So...today was our Primary Program at church. Daddy and the three oldest were asked to sing along with another family. Olivia decides it is a one woman show. She grabs the mike and begins singing the song LOUDLY and I thought I was going to have a proud mommy moment. Of course we can hardly hear anyone else. Daddy tries to grab the mike from her and she throws herself on the ground. I seriously felt relief for a moment... until she popped back up and grabbed the mike again. Daddy gave up and went with it (laughing of course). Nick tries to get her stop thus making their performance all the more entertaining. So wanted to crawl in a hole and die. Jack sees everyone at the podium and looks at me and says "bye" and takes off to join the family. Grabbed him and ran into the hallway, where I stayed. You know, had this had been someone else's kid, I would have laughed my butt off. It wasn't and now I will forever have one of "those" children that will keep me on my toes and make life all the more interesting.

Just one layout to share for the week. Lucky to have gotten this one done. I had Back to School Night this last week and a few other projects. I am soo tired still. I could have used another three day weekend for sure!
Credits: "One Fine Day" by Happy Scrap Girl at Scrap Matters.

Daydream Believer

It's that time of the week when I post my CT Layout. I only have one for you right now. I am just going to enjoy my 3 day holiday with doing NOTHING. Oh, and get caught up on stuff I didn't get to last week. I guess that is something. Anywho!

GG Digital Designs has a new kit this week called Daydream Believer. Hop on over to Scrap Matters and Check it out.





















Here is what I created:

Happy Birthday Jack!!!!

My baby turned two yesterday!! It is so hard for me to watch him become a little boy. It feels as though we just brought him home. He has definitely made life better for us all and provides us with endless hours of entertainment. Jack's life in pictures (just a few don't worry):

































OK, I lied. Here are a lot. I couldn't choose which pics of my sweet baby to share.

We kept his bday mellow because of the craziness of our first week of school. We had family and a few friends over for pizza, cake, and presents. Jack loved all his toys and is right now, fighting with his sister over them. Happy Bday baby boy!!!

The First Day of School

The first day of school this year was probably the most crazy ever!!!! Each kid had their own place to go. Jack needed to be at daycare, Olivia to preschool, Nick to my school, and Jared to middle school. I needed to go in early to school, of course, so Daddy was on his own. Surprisingly, everything went off without a problem.

I got a few pics of the kiddos before running off to work.























Olivia loves preschool!!! Can't stop talking about it and is eager to have homework.

Nick Loves his new teacher and being a big fourth grader! He is eager to not have homework.

Jared thinks it is so cool to be in middle school. He is still in band playing sax, but will be attending zero period to be a part of drum line. The bad news is we have to get him up at the butt crack of dawn to catch the early bus by my school. He gets out later, so I have to hang around school well after my dismissal to pick him up from the bus stop. Bright side-going in early and leaving later means I'll be better prepared. Well, hopefully.

Well as for my class. It's still too early to tell based on past experiences. However, the kinder babies are off to a great start. Not one four/five year old called me a b***h or attempted to cause myself or an aide bodily harm. For me this is a good sign. Crossing my fingers and toes this decent behavior streak continues.

Well off to prepare for the second week of school.

Creative Team Stuff

First off, gotta share some cool news. I made the creative team over at Scrap Matters!! Woohoo!! A total dream gig. Still in shock but very excited. I have got to get used to balancing my time a bit differently now.

Wendy (WM [Squared]) designed a fabulous back to school kit






















I made a gift basket for Nick's and Olivia's teacher. Jared being in middle school, has way too many teachers for me to make a basket for them all.






















And of course I scrapped a page of Olivia's first day of Preschool























So for the Scrap Matters CT, I couldn't resist this Back to School Kit By Sahlin Studio "Explore. Learn. Grow".






















Here is Jared on his big day:






















So how do I do all this?? I don't sleep.