Bought

Ok… just thought I would let ya all know that we have finally bought a house… but we won’t be moving in till the last week of June (or maybe the first week or two into July).  We are in limbo at the moment… living in a temporary spot.  But our situation is great… and I am so grateful for an actual date and place to look forward to in the future.  (Let the countdown begin! Yay!)

The place we picked needs a LOT of updating and TLC… but it’s a great house… and I’m having fun picking out new everything!  (new paint, carpet, trim, doors, hardware, fixtures etc etc etc…)  It’s a big project though!!!

Wish us luck (again!)

Sold

Hi there!  Just a quickie update… we actually sold our house!  It took all of three days sitting on the market… and a nice family showed up and gave us a full price offer and we accepted!  (Must have been meant to be right?)

Sooo…

Now we’re in major house hunt mode.  I feel like we’re in limbo… and can’t wait to settle back down again.  It’s spring break though this week… so we’ll be off to the beach soon and spend some time with my parents.

Here’s a random pic to make ya smile :

My girls on crazy hair day (for school)… they insisted on having braids that stuck out from their heads.  Silly girls had wire woven through their hair ALL DAY!  (I would think that would get annoying… but I guess we all suffer for beauty right? LOL!)

And here’s a pic of Ty doing one of his FAVORITE things ever… feeding the ducks!  (This kid just can’t get enough of it!)

And just to give equal ‘pic’ time to all my kiddos… here is Ryan on one of his recent preschool field trips :

Ok… well the back of his head at least!  Ha ha!  He’s wearing the brown hoodie in the front of this pic.  We took our preschoolers to the grocery store for their latest field trip… and it was so fun!  The store had employees that took the kids from department to department (dairy section, cereal aisle, produce, bakery etc) and gave the kids food samples all along the way.  This picture is from the seafood/butcher section of the store where the kids were getting up close and personal with a crab!  So fun!

Ok… well I’m off.  Gotta find us a house right??? Hee hee hee…

Hope you all have a fun spring break!

I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

Wowzas!  Where in the world would I be without my patient, hard-working, generous, and fun friends!!!??? (Smack, dab in the middle of nowheresville… that’s where!  AND probably bald from pulling out my hair… heh heh heh)  I have had an insanely crazy couple of weeks… and I think just now I might see a glimmer of light trying to peek it’s way out at the end of this LOOOOOOOOONG tunnel I’m chuggin’ on through.  Choo choo!  (I’m just going to pretend that I’m the little engine that could… and keep saying, “I think I can, I think I can… hee hee hee…)  My friends have helped me so much, kept me sane, and given me confidence.  I am so grateful.  (Awww… warm fuzzies right?)

We actually have a SIGN out in front of our house now… guess there isn’t any backing out of selling now eh?  LOL!  I’ve just been finishing up with a little bit of cleaning and our house will be ‘officially listed’ as of Tuesday.  Woohoo!  Let’s get that ball rolling eh?

Anyway… cross those fingers for us please!!!???

Moving

Breathe.  Don’t panic.  Don’t think.  Keep going.

These are the things I’m telling myself right now.  I think I’m presently holding off a minor heart attack – the only way to stop it is by keeping my body busy enough that my brain doesn’t have time to catch up.  I’m taking a break from my craziness for a few seconds to blog just so that my head might clear a tiny bit.

Yes… we are moving.  Nope… don’t know where.  Yes… we are moving out of our house while we sell it.  Nope… we aren’t officially insane, we’re just acting like it. 

Well, we’re not crazy (maybe)… but there is a bunch of craziness going on right now.  We’re painting, packing, and planning… three P’s.  We’ve been replacing light fixtures (cause ours were ‘so not cool’ according to the staging lady that came through our house) and making other minor cosmetic adjustments. 

Wish us luck?  I don’t even want to blog more about it right now… just ‘keep going’ as I said above!  I can’t decide quite how I feel right now… excited? Nervous? Hopeful?  Happy?  I’ll let you know if I make up my mind!  Wahahaha!

Ok… on to some random babbling… that is sure to make little to NO sense whatsoever…

Here is a picture for my friend, Lori… I didn’t get too many pictures from the Valentine’s party of the whole crew… but I did get this cute shot that I like to call : “Tyler loves Kylie!”  Hee hee hee…  (thanks for hosting the kids’ Valentine’s party Lori!  Ty had a blast!)

Tyler adores Kylie… and here is the picture to prove it right??? Ah… young love.  And here is Ty (Mr. Dimples) holding his fancy Valentine’s Day treat bag :

We had a birthday party for my Dad recently… here is my handsome father about to blow out the candles on the cake I made him:

I love my Dad!

Oh… my grandpa turned 90… and we had a party for him.  Here he is posing with some of his great grandchildren (most of them mine obviously.)  My grandpa is the sweetest, best gpa ever. 

Wanna see what I looked like as a baby???  Here is a shot of me with my grandpa when I was itty bitty…

Yup… I had curly hair back then too…

Ooops… my girls just walked in the door home from school… have to run now.  Back to my ‘go, go, go’ mode eh?  Bye for now.  :-)

What’s New…

Eeek… how is it two weeks into the New Year already???!!!  Our holiday season FLEW by… with several trips to the coast to stay with my parents over stretches of time, a HUGE trip out to Florida to play at Disney World, a strange New Year’s where I severely hurt my neck (couldn’t even move much out of bed for a few days), teaching preschool, dance events, birthday parties, and a new weight loss attack plan put into play.  Phew! 

First of all, my first baby turned a decade old!!! Wowzas!!! Here she is at 10 weeks old:

And here she is at 10 years old at her birthday party… her grandma (my mom) came over to teach a bunch of her friends how to make Ukrainian Decorated Eggs!  It was so much fun!

Over the holidays, my sweet friend Mary was nice enough to snap some new family pics for me in her backyard… so here we all are:

 

And then of course we went to Disney World… we had a blast (you can’t have a BAD time there really…) and loved the whole thing!  We even got picked while we were there to be part of a riverboat show… check us out with our silly costumes and tambourines:

We met tons of characters… here are a few:

And here are a couple of my favorite shots of the castle at night that I snapped… it’s so gorgeous with all of the lights!!!

We had Christmas since I blogged last too…

My kiddos love the Christmas ‘hat box’ over at my parents’ place!!!  And I guess now we have a sneak peek at what Tyler will look like as a very old man??? Hee hee hee…

Kaitlyn had the fun opportunity to dance at the halftime show at a Blazer game in Portland!!!  Here is her part of the dance team lined up along the logo on the court:

And here are the girls after the game (you can tell we had the nosebleed section seats) :

Well.. I’ll leave you with one more cute pic of my boys dressed up all ready for church… I can’t help but include it:

Ok… I promise to get back to my scrapping this week… Kim is probably getting ready to toss me out the window… argh!  And she has a great new grab bag up for sale right now too!!!

Grab it here at DSO or DSV

She even has a sampler over on her blog right now too – but if you know Kim, you know her work is ALWAYS AMAZING!!!  You’ll want to invest in her overlays… they are (in my humble opinion) wonderful.

Ok… signing off for now… will be back again soon!

Hugs!!!

It’s Black Friday!

Ok… just got back in to my place after spending a couple of nights at my parents’ house for Thanksgiving.  My poor mom – she broke her ankle a few days ago… and is having a tough time (to say the least) getting around now!  LOL!  She doesn’t even have her ‘real’ cast yet… just a temp one till all of the swelling goes down.

We had a lot of fun though… and it was kind of nice in some ways for my mom to be ‘immobile’ --- it gave all of the rest of us a chance to do all of the cooking, cleaning up, and serving for a change!  My mom deserves a LOT more of that!  (Just preferably without the broken leg part! LOL!)

The kids enjoyed putting together some cupcake turkeys:

Here’s Ty eyeing his… with a HUNGRY eye!  Hee hee hee…

I would love to say I came up with the turkey cupcake idea all on my own… but I didn’t!  If you would like to see how to make them (they are SOOOOOO easy) just click HERE to check it out!

Ryan had fun putting together the big ‘map of the United States’ puzzle (over and over again). 

Well… we’re home now… and Matt is going to be busy setting up our new GIGANTIC flat screen TV!  He took advantage of the Black Friday deals… and our TV was dying anyway… so… we HAD to right??? LOL!  I am NOT good at setting those things up… I am leaving that ALL to him!  Wahahaha!

Speaking of Black Friday deals…

Kim B. has some GREAT deals for you TODAY!!!!  Did you miss out on her 50% off birthday sale???? Well.. you are in luck!  She has her store on a 50% sale AGAIN today only!!!

AND she has another amazing CU grab bag too!

AND she has a FANTASTIC new Christmas themed kit!!! Woohoo!

 

This cute kit is ONLY $2.50 for the weekend!!!! Hurry!!!

You can find all kinds of fun freebies over on Kim’s blog today too… check it all out by clicking HERE!

Well.. that’s all I have time for today I’m afraid.  I’m off to watch my girls dance in their studio’s production of the Grinch!!! Woohoo!  I can’t wait to see them!

Hope you’re all enjoying the Thanksgiving break and holiday!

HUGS, Beth

I Used It Again!

Well… my little guy is now officially 3!  Not so little anymore I suppose… but he’ll always be the baby of the bunch as far as I’m concerned!  We had fun celebrating with him – eating cake and ice cream… and then setting up our Christmas tree.  (Yup… you read that right… and I KNOW it’s early… but we are antsy – and we just couldn’t help ourselves!  Wahahaha!) 

I put together a ‘sort of’ choo-choo-train looking birthday cake for Ty.  (He loved it – so that’s all that matters right??? LOL!)  And I am totally going to sound like an advertisement for Pampered Chef here, but I used my Classic Batter Bowl AGAIN for the little ‘hill/tunnel’ that the train is supposed to look like it’s going through.  I tend to use my batter bowl a lot for baking cakes… Here is what the bowl looks like:  (nothing very out of the ordinary or anything…)

All ya have to do is bake your cake inside the bowl and then flip the baked result upside down… Here is the cake I made for Ty’s birthday this year:

And here are couple of past cakes that I’ve used it for too:

I just keep using that thing over and over again… hee hee hee! 

Well – I just wanted to pop on today and say ‘hi’… nothing major.  I have some scrapping to do now for Miss Kim… she has a beautiful new Christmas kit out that I can’t wait to dive into.  Woohoo!

C ya later!

Last Day of Brag Book a Day!

Hi everyone!  Today is the last day in the ‘BBAD’ (brag book a day) series!  It’s the last day of Kim B’s birthday sale celebration… so this is it!  For our last page, I chose to modify a page I had originally given out as a 12x12… but thought it would be perfect as a brag book size too!  I used Kim’s FANTASTIC kit, ‘Camping Out.’

Here is my original layout:

This kit is AMAZING!!! You can click HERE to check it out at Kim’s store!  And here is the page I made for you:

Click here to download : http://www.4shared.com/file/152735708/7a0e8ff3/BL_KB_BdayWeek_BBpage12.html

Enjoy!  And don’t forget that today is the last day of Kim’s 50% off storewide sale!  (You can get this Camping Out FULL KIT for half off!!! Woohoo!)  Have a great day!

Day 11 of BBAD

Hi all!  I have about two seconds before I have to leave for the day… so here ya go… I used this fun, fresh, and fantastic Christmas kit by Kim called, ‘Candy Christmas’ for today’s brag book page.

I had originally made this layout with it: (my girls a couple of years ago putting together a gingerbread house at Christmas)

So i just modified it to create today’s download:

Click here to download : http://www.4shared.com/file/152080736/eb9000ac/BL_KB_BdayWeek_BBpage11.html

Hope you all have a great weekend!

***Drum Roll Please*** ::: FULL REVEAL!!! And Day 10 of BBAD!

Well… Kim has opened up her grab bags for everyone to see the awesome gear inside!  Woohoo!  Wanna see?  Here is a peek at the great stuff in her personal use grab bag:

Here is her first CU grab bag:

Wowzas that thing is packed!  LOL! And here is her second CU grab bag revealed:

I can’t even imagine the HOURS of painstaking extraction work here!  LOL!  Kim will probably go blind someday from all of her computer monitor work… hee hee hee…

And of course, you can buy her grab bags together in the CU grab bag bundle:

And… of course her entire inventory is on sale at 50% off!!!

So… looks like ya’ll have some shopping to do eh??? LOL!

I have another brag book download for you today as well.  I’ve been picking recently released kits from Kim to give you a tiny taste as to what they are like.  Today I chose her kit : ‘Soft Whisper.’

And yup… it’s 50% off right now too!  Woohoo!  You can check it out in more detail by clicking HERE. Here’s what I put together :

Your download link: http://www.4shared.com/file/151163090/aa628321/BL_KB_BdayWeek_BBpage10.html

Enjoy!  And I hope you all have a fun weekend planned!

***Almost Forgot***  Kim has NEW products too!  Wahahaha!  She’s insane… but I guess that’s what makes her Kim!

Cute gingerbread doodles and some fantastic topiary trees!  She’s the energizer bunny… keeps going, and going, and going… These are both commercial use ok… and both high quality.  Have fun!

Twang! Day 9 of BBAD

My son, Ty,  is sitting here next to me at my elbow – supervising this entry… hee hee hee… so I suppose I better add a picture of HIM to this blog entry --- here ya go:

Here’s Ty ‘eating’ (or spilling) ice cream last night!  We went out to celebrate after Kaitlyn’s dance team performance! (Much to the kiddo’s delight!)  Here are a couple of video screen shot captures of my daughter holding the ‘final poses’ of her dances:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I didn’t take any ‘real’ still shots during the performance – I was too busy recording the dances on my camera so that I could send it to my hubby via the internet – who is currently out of state on a business trip.  (He’s got to see her first official dance team performance SOMEHOW right??? LOL!)

Ready to see which kit I chose for your brag book a day download today?  Well… I chose ‘Shabby Twang!’  Woohoo!  Love the juicy, fresh color scheme in this one… I feel like having a big glass of orange juice after working with it!  Hee hee hee…

You can check out Shabby Twang by clicking HERE – and MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT KIM B’S WHOLE STORE BEFORE HER 50% OFF SALE ENDS SOON!!!! ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT!!!!  Click HERE to visit her store at DSO – or click HERE to visit her store at DSV.

And here is your download for today:

Click here to download: http://www.4shared.com/file/150886913/fdf57733/BL_KB_BdayWeek_BBpage9.html