The 6th Picture Tag

I was tagged by my friend Darby...

The Rules:
Go to the pictures folder on your computer
Choose your 6th file
Choose your 6th picture
Tell us about it
Tag 6 more people

I had a hard time finding the 6th picture. lol The way I have my photo folder set up made it not work exactly right, but here's the 6th picture from the 6th folder for 2008. It's an outtake from a little mini shoot I did with the kids. I loved taking them to this park for photos, it was a great spot!

I tag:
Cassie
Tiana
Misty
Whitney
Dani
Christie

Scrapbook Friday

Quick post tonight, FNLs will be on in a few and I can't miss it! I've been busy nesting all day (at least that's what I'm calling it, I've been cleaning and organizing like crazy these last two days, it's weird), and I'm just now getting a chance to post in peace and quiet. :)
Anyway... Britt has a fun new template pack out today, Creative Bock set 3, which is so great! I love all of her block templates, but these are totally fun!
She's also having a "Don't forget me" sale while she's at Disneyland this week (I'm jealous!), Lil' Brudder and Brown Eyed Girl are both 20% off through Thursday!

Here's what I scrapped using a new template and Lil' Brudder... I really like how it turned out!

Don't call CPS on me, he does have a helmet, and he does wear it

Okay, I'm off to watch my favorite show!

Tagged

What is his name? Matthew

How long have you been together? 9 years

How long did you date? 10 months

How old is he? 27

Who eats more? Him

Who said I love you first? Him

Who is taller? Him

Who sings better? Neither of us! lol I get the words right more often if that counts for anything though :)

Who is smarter? It depends...

Whose temper is worse? mine

Who doess the laundry? Me, but I don't do his work stuff

Who does the dishes? Both of us

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? me (if you're looking at the bed, him if you're in the bed) That question always confuses me. lol

Who pays the bills? I use to, but he took over because it was stressing me out too much

Who mows the lawn? him

Who cooks dinner? me

Who drives when you are together? him

Who is more stubborn? me, although he can be too!

Who is the first to admit when they're wrong? him

Whose parents do you see the most? mine

Who kissed who first? him

Who asked who out? he did

Who proposed? him

Who is more sensitive? me

Who has more friends? me

Who has more siblings? him

Who wears the pants in the family? I don't know... both??

Places I've worked
1. Co-op
2. Samuels (jewelry place)
3. Back Yard Preschool

Movies I can watch over and over:
1. Greece
2. Armageddon
3. Miss Congeniality
4. Return to Neverland (well, that's R, he makes me watch it all the time)
(I really don't like watching movies over and over though)

Places I've lived:
1. Arcata
2.McKinleyville
3.Eureka
4.Redding

Favorite t.v. shows:
1- Friday Night Lights
2. Biggest Looser
3. Big Bang Theory/How I Met Your Mother (they go together you know)
4. Amazing Race

Places I've been:
1. Italy
2. Orlando
3. Vegas
4. Nashville

Favorite foods:
1. Chocolate (cookies, cake, candy... it depends on my mood)
2. French bread
3. Pizza!!
4. Waffles
(carbs and sweets! lol)

Places I'd rather be:
1. Disney
2. Hawaii
3. Some magical land where my 3 year old would obey me. lol

Weird things about me
1. I will often look though magazines that I know I'm going to toss when I'm done, but I still fold down the pages of things I like.
2. I don't always measure ingredients when I'm baking.
3. Umm...

Valentines, Arts & Crafts, and Scrapbook Friday

Yeah... I forgot to post on Friday, and then we went out of town over the weekend and I'm just now getting enough energy back to blog.
We went to Redding on Saturday morning for a wedding of someone who use to work with Matthew. It was snowing when we went over on all of the mountains, but we didn't have to chain up. On the way back they made us chain up IN THE RAIN before we went over Buckhorn and it was less snowy at the top than it had been the day before. *sigh* Matthew's getting really quick with the chains though! He said he was going to ask me to time him, but he forgot. lol
Anyway, it was a quick trip, but we had fun seeing his family and going out on Valentine's day. We'll be heading back over in a couple weeks for the ski trip, so that made the fast trip easier.

So let's see... Friday both kids had Valentine's parties at school, and I went to both. It was fun, but exhausting! After school they decorated these cookies that Nana had sent for R (he was nice enough to share with M). Buzz (with a Peter Pan dagger??) and Cinderella...

Here they are up close...

Both kids LOVE arts & crafts. M would do them all day long if I let her, and R enjoys them too (although he often gets in trouble for something like coloring on the floor and doesn't get to do them). I've been having major issues with the set up though. First of all, the storage doesn't work very well and it get's SO MESSY that they can't even see what they have, and second, my dinning room table has pen all over it that I can't get off.
What I really want is for Matthew and FIL to build this (very quick PS sketch, Matthew actually has it drawn out in 3D with measurements and such)...

Two 8' (I think) bookshelves, with a long desk between them. I want to fill the shelves with these buckets and baskets from Land Of Nod for the kids stuff, and I figure I can keep my cookbooks, some picture frames, and other stuff on there too.

Then their stuff would be organized and they would have a place to do their projects. My table wouldn't get ruined, and they wouldn't have to clean up if they are in the middle of a project when it's time to eat.

But, I'm still waiting on that, and the art stuff was driving me nuts today, so I went to work on it... This is SOME of it, I really should have taken a before picture, it was nuts!

I tossed a garbage bag full of stuff. I pretty much only kept Crayola washable pens, and the nicer colored pencils and crayons.

Two hours later, here's what it looks like now...

I also made a list of things that should go in buckets and things that should go in baskets for when I do get my shelves built. :)

In cleaning it all out I discovered that there is no paper left. None. There's my good card stock, but no construction paper or white paper for the kids. And I only found 2 coloring books. They have tons of pens, crayons, colored and regular pencils, stickers, and tape (thanks Santa! ...M's a bit of a tape hound), but no paper. I told M she could ask for some for her birthday, but I think I might have to buy her some before then.

Hopefully it won't be too much longer before Matthew gets the shelves done. Then I plan on filling buckets with all sorts of fun things that won't fit in the drawers now. I can't wait, I know M will just love it!


I'll end my post with my LO from Friday's new releace: It's a re-do of a page I did a while ago that I just didn't love. I like it much better now. "5"

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This was done with a new colab that Britt has out with Fluffy Bunny Feet Designs and Jeni Hopewell called Tiny Dancer. SUPER cute kit!!!

I'm still here

Sorry, I know I've been a bad blogger! I've been so exhausted this time around, I can hardly think straight!

I did manage to get my kids' Valentines made though. Here they are:


I printed them as wallets, and put M's on card stock so she could draw a picture and write who they were to. I think they came out pretty cute!

My poor little Christmas trees that we're growing are not looking too good lately. They kind of stopped growing and the soil got all moldy on top. So, I called my mom, the gardener, and asked her what to do. She said to scrape the mold off (yuck!) and put them under a lamp because there's not enough direct sunlight around here. So today I have a bunch of boxes and books stacked on my desk with a little reading light shining on them. Hopefully it will work!

I'm thinking I had something else I was going to blog about, but like I said, I can't think at all right now. lol I'll be back Friday with a LO if not before then!

Scrapbook Friday

Sorry, I've been a quiet blogger lately! I've been so tired all I want to do is lay on the couch. I cannot wait until I get a little bit of energy back!

Anyway... Britt's new kit this week is called Love Bytes. It's a Valentines kit with a little bit of a digi twist. I didn't used any of the digi elements on my pages, but I think they will be perfect for those pictures I took of the kids tracking Santa (maybe I'll get around to actually scrapping those soon! lol). It's such a versatile kit though! I did two pages with it and I can't believe they're from the same kit.
Both of these are from 2006...

Mini Mommy :)

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And Be Mine Baby...

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Britt also has a new alpha out today called Wrecked Alpha (I used it for the word BABY on the above LO).

***************Switching Gears***************

That first LO reminds me of a story that I keep forgetting to post about. One day the kids set up a bunch of M's babies and stuffed animals on the couch. Then they started pretending to take pictures of them. After they took some pictures they'd tell each of the babies things like "that was a silly face" "you weren't looking at me" "you did good"... They did that for a few rounds and then loaded them back up in the stroller and as they were walking back down the hall I here M say to them "you get candy, but you don't because you didn't smile at me".

Yes, I have bribed them with candy to get a good shot more than once! They really are a reflection of their parents, aren't they? lol To be fair, mine usually cooperate pretty well when I bribe them, and I can't remember only letting one have candy after a photo shoot.

I just thought it was pretty funny to see them acting that all out.


Well, I hope everyone has a good weekend! We'll be celabrating Matthew's birthday tomorrow... he requested chili, cheese muffins, and candy apple pie cheesecake, so I'm going to be in the kitchen for at least part of the day, but it should be fun anyway.

Some random pictures

Just some random pictures from the last couple days...

Here's the thing I made for M up on her wall. I added the little bling stickers to the trees, I think it turned out really cute!

What R has been doing every day... Setting up his train track in the living room and then driving his CARS on it. Yes, he does have trains. lol

This is how I found him the other night. Looks really comfy, hu? lol

This morning the kids and I made blueberry muffins because I was craving them. Don't they look yummy? My house smells so good now!


It was supposed to be sunny and warm(ish) today, but so far it's pretty cloudy and cold. I think as long as it doesn't get worse I'm going to try to take the kids pictures for their valentines after lunch. We shall see...

Oh, I almost forgot to update on M's appointment yesterday. The doctor tested her and said her glasses are fine and were probably just dirty. I'm not sure how I feel about that. When we were in Redding we were going to Lens Crafters and although they were HORRIBLE with helping us find frames that would stay on her face, they did say that she wasn't up to her full prescription yet and they were slowing moving her up, but we moved back before we got there. So, we came back to the place we had gone here before we moved, and they are great at helping us pick the right frames for her, but they said that her prescription is fine. I think I may need to search out a 3rd opinion to see who's right, but I'm not sure where to go or if our insurance will cover it.