Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Caught up in Life

I have been slacking on the blog front! With all of the kids activites and work, I am just wiped by the end of the day.

Quick overview of life --- my son started roller hockey last night and LOVED it! There about 16 or so kids and it turns out some camp friends were also in the class. His ice hockey skills certainly helped him out on the rink. I will tell you though, they certainly got a good workout! He was literally DRIPPING with sweat when he came off for water breaks. It's nice to see him really working!

The girls are loving gymnastics. This is my youngest first year in a child only class (no parents allowed). She has been fabulous. Not a single tear has been shed. She loves getting to do all of the flips like her big sister.

Han has yet to decide if she really likes soccer or not. She gave up about 1/2 way through the first week. The second week she went but told us we weren't allowed to cheer. I told her that was fine but then I was going to boo instead....so, I did. It was very funny and put a smile on her face every time she heard it! The other parents probably thought I was a little nutty but oh well.

Work is well, work. Managing a long strategy hedge fun is no easy task in today's volatile (and negative) markets but I'm hanging in there.

I have still managed to do a little scrapping. I am certainly not on pace with last month's production but I have finished 17 pages so far with a few more just waiting for finishing touches. Oh....and now my sister is back in the scrapbooking state of mind. She came in for a visit this weekend and did some pages with me. It was fun!! I'm sure we will make it more of a regular thing. Besides, it was wonderful to get to see my neice and nephew (maybe next time my nephew will sleep though! - lol).

Anyway, enough boring you with my chaos. Here are a couple of my latest layouts...


Welcome Baby Bailey



My best friend from college welcomed a little baby girl on September 17. She weighed in at 6 lbs 3 oz. While I was kind of hoping she would wait until September 22 as was scheduled (the 22nd is a common b-day in my family), I think her mom Cheryl was quite happy to have her a little early! Congrats Cheryl!!

Now, when am I going to get out to Minneapolis to meet this new addition??? Doesn't it start snowing there like next week?

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

My Princess

Here's what I did with S's b-day princess pixs....used some of my new Close to My Heart papers and a design I saw in the latest issue of Scarbooks, Etc.

A new Favorite

The other night after work, I decided to take the kids out back for a photo shoot....it was a good idea but only Sarah wanted to dress up and go out. It wasn't the group shot I was hoping for but I was able to get a really great shot of Sarah!