WM Squared's Sneak Peak

Wait till you see Wendy's new digi kit guys!!!! Hasta Manana!!!


Kiahna, you are gonna love this one!!

Blog Train Stop #2

Happy National Scrapbook Day!!!!!! Well, for most of us it's more like NSD weekend. NSD is kind of like my birthday. I stretch it out for as long as I can and milk it for what it's worth.

Welcome to the not so sunny Central California. It's been raining which seemed like a total surprise to many in this neck of the woods. I am secretly hoping my son's ball game gets rained out so I can head on over to our local scrapbook store earlier than I had hoped to and get scrappin' ;D.

You should have arrived from Wendy's blog and your next stop will be Kim's blog.

I ended up making two layouts from Wendy's Shabby Chic kit because her kit is so FANTABULOUS!!!!






















You can get the kit here.

Here are two layouts I created:

























and turned them into quick pages...






















for you!!!
Update:Wow!! I ran out of bandwith. Switched to 4shared so we should be good to go!
Get them here and here

WM Squared NSD Grab Bag

I died and went to heaven when I got my hands on Wendy's grab bag!!! Check this out:





















Here is what I made with it:





















Get Wendy's goody bag here.

Tomorrow Wendy and all of us CT girlies will have a blog train giving away some wonderful goodies. You really must come and get them!!! So now I'll be getting my paper supplies ready for a weekend of scrapbooking heaven with Becky at our local scrapbook store! Becky is the best!! She is letting me borrow her laptop so I could get my digi-fix as well! I think she feels bad for me because of the whole water heater fiasco at our house and my laptop fund having to pay for it. That's what friends are for!!!! Happy Scrapping Peeps!!!!!!!!

Haynay NSD kit and Grab Bag

So in love with Haynay's goodies for this weekend!!!!






















Here is what I made with it:





















There is also a grab bag chock full of digi goodies. What a steal! I can't believe what's in the bag for $4.00!!!!











Here is what I made with her goody bag:


Check out her store here . Don't forget to have you credit card handy ;D!!!!

I'm a Hunnie!!!!!!

I have joined the creative team of another fantastic designer!!!!! Check it out:






















I am a Haynay Hunnie!!! And so is Kiahna!! It'll be fun to do this w/ my BFF! This weekend is National Scrapbook Weekend!!!! YAY!! I'll be hanging out with my paper friends at the local scrapbook store, trying to squeeze in the digi fun, and shooting a few photography sessions! Stay tuned as I'll be posting some cool stuff this weekend! I'll even have freebies!!!!

Even Better News...

We have hot water!!!!!!! I took a HOT shower this morning and it was heavenly! No more boiling pots of water for baths. Two weeks and two shady plumbers later (third plumber was the charm)!!!!!! Don't ask me how much it cost. I'll cry. Let's just say the laptop I was soooo close to getting is a pipe dream.

Cool News!!

I made the cr8tive team for one of my fave digi designers and I am sooooo excited!!!


Here is WM2's(squared) official announcement:






















I am aka abcmomof4 on the internet
You can check her store out at Scrap Matters here.

Here is Wendy's new kit:

























and here is what I made so far with it:
























Did I mention that I was excited?

I made...

eight!!!!! I created eight layouts in less than a week. I actually have a few more. One I will post tomorrow with some really cool news. I feel so productive! Enjoy!





















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I think we are broken!

Why oh why must everything fall apart at once?!?

* The crap-moblie is now running, but had been down 3 times in the past year. It sat for a few months at one point. It recently went back into the shop two weeks ago and only cost us almost $500.00.

* The T.V. in my room died. Don't get me started on that one. Try telling Jack no Yo Gabba Gabba while trying to watch Chuck.

*Damian's left eye is bad and he has to go see a specialist in San Diego. I had to cringe upon hearing "experiemental treatment". It's hard for him to go to work right now.

* Outlets in master bath went wonky and short circuited 2 really nice hair dyers. Good news, traded out photos for electrical work.

* Water heater had a blow out. What the $%#@!! My house is only four years old!
Haven't had a shower in too embarassed to say. Part is ordered and prayerful it will be up and running before the weekend. FYI- I will suck it up and take a cold shower tonight. Don't worry, you won't have to smell me if you see me tomorrow. Dad said we could come over, but Olivia is throwing up. That would be mean to Dad and Barb to infect their household!

* Neighbor kids broke our window a while back. Fortunately, they paid for it.

* Summer computer/EHD crash. BAD Memories!!!!!! Like losing a loved one!

* Nick's glasses. May they rest in peace.

* Jared taking a car magnet to my sleek front black fridge. Sigh!

* Oh yeah, I think I have a hernia. Not surprised after four kiddos. In my not so spare time gotta make an appointment to the doc.

* The Tahoe needed new tires. Four of them!

All this in less than a year.
Bye-bye savings! Hello Summer School! Fortunatley, I scored a wedding this month (a pretty one I am so excited for).
I am not meaning this to be a pity party, but if Damian or I forget our own names or smell, you know why.

Vacation-Day 3

We headed to Downtown Disney for a little shopping and some breakfast. We always have a meal at the Rainforest Cafe and we learned they now serve breakfast. Perfect!
They even sat us next to the gorilla. We thought it was great until Jack was freaking out to the point we could hardly get him to eat.
















Next stop, the Lego Store!! Jared is fanatical about Lego's and I am convinced he dreams about them. He informed me that the best job to ever have would be working as a Lego designer. He'd be great at it! He had saved all his money to spend there and didn't once think about spending it anywhere else. Nick on the other hand had only $25.00 left by the time we got there. I am surprised he was able to get something at that price. Here are a few pics from their out of body experience:























After finishing with our shopping, we went to visit my Granny in Riverside. We planned a concert for her, but she wasn't up to leaving her room. I think they over did her medication, she could hardly stay awake. Olivia hid behind a door and Jack was upset we interrupted his nap. We kept our visit short but was able to squeeze in a mini concert from Jared and his saxophone. Nick shared his fishing pictures and most recent baseball trophy. Sorry no pictures. I was really focused on Granny time.

So, after wrapping up with Granny, we headed to the beach to spend the afternoon and play. But most importantly, I wanted to update photos of my little ones. So many faves to choose from! Here are a few that have been edited:


























I have a picture of all four of them , but I am saving it for my blog makeover so stay tuned!
I think Jack had the most fun at the beach. Who wouldn't love eating rocks/sand and getting wet and dirty? He was in constant motion which made it hard to get pics. The big boys would get upset when I would ask them to pose for me. That was not their bag this time. Now Olivia was more than willing to let me. Train'em young I tell ya! She was the perfect model!
The weather was just divine and I am so ready to return to this location!! If I win the lotto, purchasing some beach front property is first on my list!

So that was our jam packed, fun-filled, exhausting vacation. I wish we were able to do this more often!