Blessing #3

Wow. What a weekend. It was full of football, although, not all good.

So its time for my next blessing. I have problems with how to prioritize things. But, today the Krewe has been on my mind. Just because I am doing a blessing on them before my kids, does not mean that are more important, just that I have already thought this morning how special they are to me!

Blessing #3: The Krewe-This is a group of girls that I worked with in NYC. We are from all over the country, but instantly became very good friends. We have been with each other for births, deaths, getting new jobs, losing jobs, moving, buying houses, and so many other things. We even have our own message board that we go to every day to talk about the issues of the day-be it in our personal lives, in the US, or in the World. I have learned so much from the ladies! They have clued me in to cultures that are different than mine, views that are different than mine, families and religion that are different than mine. I am so blessed to have a group of friends like these!

Ummm, just realized, look at all the babies! This was the period of time that we had like 5 babies within a year or two. Grant it G did have twins but still! This picture is from June 2006. We had a mini reunion while we were in NYC for Heath's med school graduation. These ladies are seriously the bomb-digity! (Oh and M-I'm holding her-had JUST busted her head open at the hotel! That was quite a tragedy! Thank God my MIL, Molly, was there to help me! I would not have known what to do exactly! and So glad her bangs covered up the bandage!)

A Blessing A Day....Blessing 2

I don't have much to talk about today. I watched football most of the day yesterday lying on the couch, I'm sick, have had this mess for 2 weeks and don't know what to do to get rid of it. Even Heath has nothing for me! Its just a virus, but still. (Oh, what a game between Texas and Texas Tech! It was one for the ages! My Bears almost pulled off an upset of Missouri. We fell short, but we played great!)

Blessing 2: My husband
I was lucky enough to meet Heath pretty early in life. We started dating when I was 18. We've been through So much together. He's so great because in general, he just wants me to be happy! He has worked hard as he's gone through med school and now residency (even as an older student with a family). I love that he has shown our children to have a dream and/or goal and GO FOR IT! I LOVE YOU HEATH! And, I'm a better person for having you in my life!

A couple of things...

I'm sportin' a new blog! Do you like? I love! i stayed up until past 2 am doing it last night-oops! I still have a few things I want to add, but this is good for now! If you are looking for my freebie...its down the post, but PLEASE read on first!!!

I have a couple of things to share with you...
1. I want to challenge everyone to participate in something I'm doing for the month of November! I am getting ready for Thanksgiving and the holidays by doing "A Blessing A Day." I am personally going to make an album from each blessing, but if you want to participate, you can do it any way you want! I have friends who are just journaling, some blogging, etc. I'm not quite ready for the page yet (the kit I want to use is not ready), but I am still going to tell everyone! (I'll show you the page when its done!)

Blessing #1: My Faith: I have been blessed through my faith. I was raised by two wonderful Christian parents who taught me that God loves me unconditionally. They taught me to love God first, others second, and myself last. I thank God that he sent his Son to die for my sins. I have truly been blessed.

2. It is National Digital Scrapping Day and SM is celebrating with a sale!! Go grab everything you want for super low prices!!!

National Digital Scrapbooking Day!

Hey all! I've been AWOL! heath and I went to Chicago this week for an ACEP conference. We had an absolute blast! My favorite thing was hanging out with my DH-just the two of us!!! He also took me to see Wicked! OMG! What a SHOW! Awesome! Loved it! Anyway, I don't have much time; its time to get our costumes on and take pics for Halloween!
I wanted to do a customer appreciation for this weekend. I did this paper pack in honor of heath and my trip to Chicago. It was pretty chilly and I wore my scarf everywhere! Therefore, I did a paper pack the colors of my scarf! Enjoy! This will only be free for a week-sorry! I am going to add to it and make a larger paper pack later! Anyway, I hope you enjoy it! Here is the page I did with it...using all the papers SOMEWHERE on the page!

Have a great weekend! And, Happy November! Click on the preview to download!

Not-a-normal Thursday

Last night we had the best time! We went to supper at Pei-Wei. Oh man, i love that place, and we've finally found something that H will eat! Thank God for Chicken Fried Rice! Then, Heath headed to work; the kids and I headed to Kanakuk Live! We got to see Pete (the director at the camp Hunter went to this summer) and Kay (from when I was a counselor there, and heath has known her since he was a kamper!). H was PUMPED to see Pete! He is such a neat man. I love that the people from Kamp LOVE these kids. It is such a testimony and witness that they do!
So, the kids were both home today-parent teacher conferences. I thought I'd be able to sleep in, well it totally didn't happen. Why is it when I can sleep late, I can't! Makes me mad thinking about it! And now, I totally want a nap! (which I was going to take until I realized I could catch the Speed Scrap at ScrapMatters!)
So far today, I have worked, done a load of laundry, taken the kids to larry's for lunch-I LOVE pizza!, had a parent/teacher conference and gotten H's report card (very good), chatted with my krewe on the message board, and of course Speed Scrapped! So, here is the LO I did! So fun! I used stuff from Ellie Lash, Digi Keepsakes by Monica, Brittish Designs, and my stuff too! I took these pictures of Hunter just minutes before the SS started. They were fun, so I decided to play with them. H got the DS for his birthday. He plays it alot, but will put it down the minute one of his friends calls him to play! Okay, now to get the house clean! yuck.

Hybrids-the way to go!?!?

I've been a paper scrapper for years, and I have WAY too many supplies-don't believe me? Ask any member of my family! Anyway, so I get super excited when I get to combine digital and paper which equates to hybrid scrapping! As I said earlier this week-or this weekend, I was going to make a Sonic nameplate gift for M's teacher. Well I did, turned out super cute! I loaded it with some notecards, etc. Here it is! Thank you Kari for doing these name plates! I see SO many uses for them in the future...plus it totally gives me an excuse to drop by Sonic for happy hour! (If Sonic knew the free publicity we are giving them!)

LOs I've done today

I've finished my work and done a couple of LOs before picking up the kids. Thought I'd share...


Done with Fall Splendor

This one is all Brittish Designs (fairchild, used and abused, ribbon jar, date stamped, bead-aholic, paper shapers)