I'm Back....

My girlfriends and I spent the weekend away in the Poconos....scrapping. It may sound silly to those non-scrappers out there but it is so much fun!! It was nice to get away, laugh with friends, and just RELAX. I know it was nice for me to get away from the stress of working these days with the plunging stock market! We all had a great time and were unbelieveably productive. I made 35 pages--that is about what I do in 2 months! Here are a couple of the pages I completed:

True Love...

Hannah is OBSESSED with Tattoos! I have come home from work to find her covered from head to toe (face included) in tattoos. She loves them!!! So of course I had to do a scrap page....

Latest projects

This first layout is my latest entry to the Pen Pals Challenge (see my favorite blogs link). The challenge was to create a layout highlighting a conversation. The journaling reads:
N: Mommy, when I move into my own house, will you come over to babysit sometimes?
M: Sure honey to babysit your kids?
N: No mommy, to babysit me!!
M: (laugh) You do know when you have your own house, you won't need a babysitter anymore, right?
N: Oh...


Hannah and I were taking the dog for a walk a few weeks back and she keep running ahead, turning around, and growling at us. It was too funny. As soon as we got home, I made her do it one more time for records sake....


This last one is made using my latest SO kit -- which is just awesome!! Unfortunately, I just haven't had to time to really play with it. These pics are of my dd when she was only 19 months old. The pics speak for themselves.

October...

It is hard to believe it is October already!! I must say though, this is my FAVORITE time of year. I love the crisp air as I head out to work, I love the changing leaves and their crunching under my feet, I love the burnt colors of the season, the preparations of Halloween and Thanksgiving, the family gatherings, etc. Today the kids and I went to buy our mums and ended up with more than just that...check it out....




Of course, now I see that you can't even really see it all but we got 3 bales of hay, 4 mums, and our "warted" pumpkin....yes a WARTED pumpkin. I had never seen anything like it but apparantely is a type of pumpkin that grows little wart like bumps all of it. The kids thought it was so cool and just HAD to get one. They even had little green ones that looked like huge apples with green popcorn stuck all over it. They were certainly interesting! ... the only issue with this whole thing is now my van smells like a farm from all of the hay!