It's April

And we had to turn our air on yesterday. We were really trying hard to wait until May, but it was just too hot yesterday. At least it's cooling off at night and we're able to open the windows, I can't believe how warm it's getting already!

I'm going to try to get some scraping done before we leave tomorrow, I'm so close to being done with 2007!
Here's a 2-pager I did yesterday. I wasn't going to put these pictures in our book because I really don't want a book full of "photoshoots", I want it to me more memories and everyday moments, but I decided they'd be fun to scrap, so I'm going to put them in.

It's so pretty here

I took this the other day from the trail I like to go walking on. Isn't it beautiful? There are ducks and geese and squires all around the trails, the kids love it!

Random Thoughts

So... R and I were having a nice calm morning at home after our walk this morning when I happened to look out the window and see this:


Apparently the city is having some sort of problem with all the fire hydrants. I picked my niece up from school today and she said she saw a whole bunch of them like that yesterday. Matthew said he drove down a street with a whole bunch of water all over it today too. I should watch the news and see if they say what's going on.
A few minutes after I took that some city worker drove up and turned it off. Seems like a big waist of water to me, but who knows.


We shouldn't have to worry about M having self esteem issues. Before she started baseball she kept saying she was going to be the best one on her team. Then the other night her aunt told her she was good, to which M replied. "I know." Oy... lol


Here's a two page layout I just scrapped of our Christmas pictures. I'm really happy with the way they came out!



We're still waiting to hear if the people who had the second showing last night are going to make an offer. It would seem to me like no news is not good news at this point, but I think with the way the market is that things may go a little slower than we're use to. Hopefully we'll have some news either way by tomorrow, I'm still waiting to see how it goes before I sign the kids up for swim lessons.

Birthday Pictures

First off, here is the cake, it turned out really well!!

My little goober, he turns 3 and he can't make a cute face for the camera anymore, this is what I get. lol

After getting his hat... isn't he cute?

Outside Chevy's... It was a little windy!


Blowing out his cannons (er... candles...)




And a little house update:
We just talked to the relater tonight and the people from yesterday who were asking questions want to come see it at 6 tomorrow. That's after another showing we have booked for 3:30-3:45. Looks like we may be having chef Kirkland tomorrow night. lol

No offer yet...

But the people who saw the house yesterday were "very interested" and asked a lot of questions. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, party because as soon as we get an offer we have a whole new problem of trying to figure out where were going to live and such. lol I'm going to give it until tomorrow, and then I'm signing the kids up for spring swim lessons like I'd planned on doing today.

While we're on the subject of the house, I have a cute R story...
We were getting ready for the open house Saturday cleaning and such and I heard R talking to Matthew. He was asking about why we had to sell this house before we could buy a new one, and Matthew was telling him how we didn't have enough money to buy a new house until we sold this. R offered up his and sissy's money, and when Matthew told him that we needed lots of money he said "I have a lot of money in my piggy bank." How cute is that? Such a sweet little guy.

I'm going to try to get birthday pictures up later today. The cake turned out great and R had a nice time.

Until then, here's a layout I did last week. I had so much fun adding all the elements to this page.

Happy Birthday To My Little Man!

My baby is 3 today! It goes by way too fast!

I have his cake "glued" together and in the freezer. We have to head out for a bit while they have the open house. I think we're going to Chevy's for lunch, he wants the big hat. lol

I'll post some pictures later.

Apparently I Do Cakes Now...

After making M the Cinderella cake for her birthday I must be feeling adventurous. I found this online and decided to try it for R's birthday tomorrow. We'll see how it goes, the reviews I've read say it's hard to get it to stay together. I'm going to make it tonight and stick it together and then put it in the freezer overnight and decorate it tomorrow. Hopefully that will help. We got these cute pirates to put on top of it and all this fun candy for it, so I think it will be really cute!

Not much else going on with us. We had another showing yesterday after dropping the price, but I haven't heard back on what they thought of it. Another open house tomorrow and we just got a call for another showing Sunday, so that's good I guess.

I'll leave you with a page I did the other day. This got me all excited to do our Disney album next!

All the stuff is from my favorite designer Britt-ish Designs. I LOVE her stuff!!

OMG, I Won!!

I entered a challenge last week at scrapmatters and I won!! Check it out on their blog. :)

House Update

We talked to our relater last night and it looks like we'll be dropping the price on the house. If we could have gotten exactly what we were asking we would have maybe just barely broke even. Now we'll be loosing money not even counting relater fees and all the money we put into it to make it nicer than it was when we bought it. *sigh*
The worst part is that the market here is worse than the market on the coast, so I'm not sure we're going to be able to buy anything with whatever money we do get back.
It just feels like we're taking a giant step backwards from where we were just over a year ago. It's going to take years for us to get back there now.

Anyway... we're dropping the price today and we'll have another open house on Saturday. We haven't had any showings in over 2 weeks, so I'm not really sure what to expect.

More Pages

I've been going to town trying to get the rest of 2007 done. I have less than 3 months left now. I think after this I'm going to do our Disneyland album. I had started scrapping it with actual scrapping stuff (you know, REAL scrapping stuff), but Britt (Britt-ish Designs) has such cute Disney stuff that I think I may have to do it digitally. I'm so excited to get to those pages now!
Anyway, here are a few from 2007 that I've done in the last week. It's all stuff from Britt's kits except for the last page (and that even has one thing from her kits).

Tons of Pics!

It has been HOT here! Right now I think it's 94 our on our patio. We have the blinds closed and all the fans on, I'm really trying to avoid turning the air on in April, but we may have to give in soon. The kids played in the pool yesterday, here are a few pics of R...
Baseball was so much fun last night! The kids loved it and they were so cute to watch! It's pretty much just a practice and learn the game type thing, but it's perfect for that age. They start with fun stretches, Then they practice catching and throwing, and then they get to play a "game". They all take turns hitting, running the bases, and playing in the outfield.

Then they all get to run the bases one more time and they do the Hokey Pokey at the end. lol

Some 5 Year Pics

Whew... There's this really pretty little lake along a trail I like to walk on, so I thought it would be a great idea to take M down there to get some 5 year pictures of her. It was nice, but two kids and only one stroller on a long walk is not a good idea! They were both whining and crying by the time we made it back to the car.
I'm having issues with the color on these pictures for some reason too. Blah. And her glasses... double blah. She's had glasses for over a year and I think I've gotten one good picture of her with them on. I hate always having her take her glasses off when I want to take pictures of her because they're a part of who she is and how she looks, but those darn things do not photograph well. It was actually a little better this time as far as glare goes, but they're falling down so the frames cut right in front of her eyes in a bunch of the pictures. *sigh*
I did get to use one of my new pettis though. I love it and think it photographs great!! I also got a turquoise poke-a-dot one. I just love the dots, so fun!






The kidlets start t-ball tonight. I'm so excited! lol I'm going to try to take some pictures, but we'll see how it goes.
Off to enjoy this awesome weather we're having!

Honky Tonk Badonkadonk

I just bought tickets to see Trace Adkins when he comes here next month. I'm so excited! We also have Alan Jackson tickets at Konocti in July. We went to see Kenny Chesney last summer and it was so much fun, I'm glad we're going to make it to a few concerts this summer!

M has been climbing the tree in the back yard a lot lately. She's getting pretty good at it, it scares me to see how high she can get. Here are a few pictures I took of her the other day.


Potty training is going well for R. He's been staying dry while he sleeps which is awesome! Looks like I may have some extra diapers on my hands. I can't believe how big he's getting.

Motion Sick and a Bad Man Party

We went to the park today and M went on the tire swing for a good 20 minutes while we were playing tennis. She said she didn't feel good as we were leaving, and when we got home she got sick. :( Poor thing gets so motion sick! I have to give her "yucky medicine" (Dramamine) every time we drive anywhere out of town.
She's feeling better now, she had some crackers and she's watching High School Musical with Daddy.

R's birthday is coming up, so we've been talking about what kind of party he wants. He kept telling me he wanted a "bad man" birthday party. I finally realized that that's what he calls pirates, so we picked up some pirate plates and napkins and now he thinks he's going to have a Captain Hook party.
That kid loves Peter Pan. If you ask him what a crocodile says he will say "tick-tock, tick-tock, and then it stops to eat you!" Silly kid.

Scrapbook Pages

I've discovered digital scrapbooking and I'm totally hooked! It's so much easier for me to "think" on the computer. I've been working on 2007, I'm doing one book for our family. My goal is to get that done and a book for 2006 before this year is over. I think I should be able to do it if I keep going like I am. I have about 3 months of '07 left now.
Here are a few of my favorites from lately...

Goodbye Diapers! ...And Other Stuff...

We started potty training R this weekend. It's actually going a little better than I expected. He's just so silly, he doesn't take it seriously at all. It will be so nice once he's trained though, It's been over 5 years without a break from diapers.

M went to her first drop off birthday party this weekend. It was a Hannah Montana All Fired Up party. She was SO excited! I'm still wondering where time went, she's into Hannah Montana and "Highsical Musical" now, it seems like just yesterday it was Elmo and Dora.

It was a little cold over the weekend, at least for here, but we still got out and played some tennis and went for a walk. We've really been having fun doing things like that as a family. The kids rode their bikes while we walked today and they're both getting really good at it. R has this little trike that doesn't have petals, and he's so funny to watch on it, his little feet have to move so fast just to keep up.

Nothing exciting to report on the house. We didn't even have a showing this weekend. I'm prepared to have it take a few months, but I really hope we get an offer by July. We need to be moved back before M starts school in August.

Some Pictures

We finally got the swing set put up for the kids, luckily it shouldn't be too much of a pain to take back down when we move. They're loving it though, so it was worth it! The weather's been great and they've been out there every day. Here are a few pictures I took of them swinging. Enjoy!

Great Day Yesterday

What a nice day we had yesterday!
It started with MOPs in the morning (which is always a nice treat for me!). Then Matthew came home early and we hung out while the kids napped and rested and then went to play tennis. It was great. I haven't played in over a year I'm sure, but it was still fun. We got M a racket for her birthday, so we had been wanting to find a place to take her. She picked it up pretty well, it was fun to watch her. R was a great little ball boy too, he ran all over the place.
After dinner we dropped the kids off and went to M's parent teacher conference. she's doing great, her teacher had nothing but nice things to say about her. I'm so proud of her.