Can I just say WOW. I had gotten the first grab bag as well and it was jam packed too. This one is just as good! I am not even a designer and loved the items in this bag. I know I will get some good use out of most of them. I have to say the patterns for paper and textures in there are going to get worn out. :) You can still get the first Grab Bag too for a short time before they are revealed.

Packing day continued...

Okay, so I am leaving to go and get a few more boxes and such this afternoon and I go out to start the car and it is dead. I mean I can't even lock the doors dead. Of all days??!?!!!!???!?!?!?! But, the good side of it is a) it didn't strand me out in public...I was at home. And b) it didn't strand me while we were en route to our new place. So, I am actually thankful this happened today believe it or not.

Boxes, boxes everywhere! They are all over my house. We have a few more things outside to pack. It rained this evening so didn't get to get out and do that. Plus a few things that we will be taking with us and it's finished. The movers come first thing in the morning. Woo-hoo! And they want to move our close date up so hopefully that will happen as well. Just keeping the faith things will continue along this path. Not stressed strangely enough. I am stressed, but not freaking out. I would be odd if I wasn't stressed. But wait a minute...I am odd anyway! :)~

House hunting is in my future this weekend....

Packing day continued...

Okay, so I am leaving to go and get a few more boxes and such this afternoon and I go out to start the car and it is dead. I mean I can't even lock the doors dead. Of all days??!?!!!!???!?!?!?! But, the good side of it is a) it didn't strand me out in public...I was at home. And b) it didn't strand me while we were en route to our new place. So, I am actually thankful this happened today believe it or not.

Boxes, boxes everywhere! They are all over my house. We have a few more things outside to pack. It rained this evening so didn't get to get out and do that. Plus a few things that we will be taking with us and it's finished. The movers come first thing in the morning. Woo-hoo! And they want to move our close date up so hopefully that will happen as well. Just keeping the faith things will continue along this path. Not stressed strangely enough. I am stressed, but not freaking out. I would be odd if I wasn't stressed. But wait a minute...I am odd anyway! :)~

House hunting is in my future this weekend....

Packing day...

Wow, they are here packing the kitchen, breakfast room and breakables. I didn't realize I would get nervous. Man, my heart is racing. Mike has the boys and is running errands. They are sensing the craziness and are out of sorts, not sleeping well. The dog knows too. Man...I hope the rest of the move goes smoothly and they adjust well. I just keep taking deep breaths and know it will all work out. At least the packing people got here early today so I can finish up after they leave and we may be able to just enjoy some time together as a family tonight. Keeping my fingers crossed...

T minus 2 days and counting

Wow...only two more days and we are outta here! Packing is coming along. I am about out of boxes and the box store is closed today for the holiday. Oh shucks. But it will stress me out tomorrow when we are trying to finish up I am sure. :(

I actually scrapped a layout last night. Man, two in just a couple of days...what's up with that? I guess I need the stress relief or something. Noah had a meltdown just as I was finishing it up so didn't get to post last night. I used Colie's kit Sweet Cheeks and the fonts were Granouille and Gigi. I am always drawn to the colors of these kits. Love the spring feel on this one. But the other colors in the kit lend itself wonderfully to summer layouts too. Very versatile.

The photos were actually from a day we got kicked out of the house for them to show it. The weather was perfect so we all went to the park and just had a nice afternoon. The boys LOVE to just run around and I got some great shots so they begged to be scrapped. :)

Cameron and Noah continue to crack me up. A few weeks ago Cameron had tumbled over and I laughed. He thought it was funny he could get a laugh so started to intentionally fall over and look at me to make sure I was laughing. He did it again tonight. Do I have a class clown on my hands or what? And both of the them have discovered spinning in circles and making themselves dizzy. So funny to watch!

I got to scrap last night! Yippee!!!! We had bought these poppers last weekend and they LOVE these things! They have no batteries and just are old fashioned toys. They run all over the place with them throughout the day. The kit I used was Counting Flies by MCA Designs. Great kit! And the font was BoyzRGross.


Only five more days to go! The count down is officially started. So ready!!!!!! Packing is coming along but jeez, I will be so happy when I no longer have to say I am packing. And the unpacking won't come for several weeks so woo-hoo...I'll at least have a little break in there. :)

So go, enjoy your holiday weekend (if you are where you have one). I myself and going to enjoy family coming to visit tomorrow and then off to some friends for a BBQ. What better way to enjoy the day. :)

Another week closer...

This time next week we will be in an apartment in the new place. Wow...it is finally here and about to happen! So hard to believe. In so many ways it just drug on and on and in so many it flew by. Sad to be leaving. But won't be sad not to be packing anymore!

The boys are getting so very big. They continue to amaze me every day. Cameron has decided he likes to throw fits. And I mean fits. He balls his fists up and screams and turns all red. This is what happens when he doesn't get what he wants or has to do something he doesn't want to. Not sure how to break that habit but for now I just don't draw any attention to it and hopefully since he isn't getting any attention from it will stop. Fun, fun. Noah isn't as bad at it as he had been so hopefully the same thing worked on him.

The weekend will be full of finishing up things. I need to sit down and really organize myself tonight. I have to make the map of the trip, find a hotel, find some places to stop along the way for the boys to get out and run, etc, etc. I have just procrastinated I guess. Not a good thing but I so work better under pressure. :)

Dreaming of...

Wow...I just found out they now have this cool new tablet out. A gal can dream...

The days are zooming by right now. Not a whole lot of time to play anymore. Gotta be busy working on figuring out what is going with us and what is being packed. I may as well be packing the stuff that isn't while I am sorting through it, right? A week from tomorrow they will come and finish the packing and then the next day load it all into the PODS. Wow...I won't see my stuff for 2 months. Kind of a strange feeling.

We went and saw my family yesterday. Nice visit and of course the boys were in to everything at my sister's house. Kind of funny. They are good boys, just very curious. I'll have to post some pictures in the next day or so when I finally get them all off my camera. Been a while since I have done that.

Busy, busy bees

Wow, the last few days have just flown. I didn't even realize it had been since Monday since I posted. Been a busy week. Trying to get everything together for the mortgage company for the house sell. Trying to get movers lined up to come and load everything, arrange utility disconnects, pack, play with my kiddos, take care of all the stuff that has to be gotten rid of or returned to original oweners, etc, etc. Man, this move thing takes some time and energy!!!!! It had been a while since we moved and I forgot how much I had gotten sick of moving. :) But I will be happy to get to the new place and get our lives going again. Feels like it has been on hold way too long...

We found this really cool splash pad that they just put in here. I hate that we find it just as we are getting ready to leave. But it is pretty cool.

Wow...today went faster than it should have!

Today FLEW by. But hubby and FIL got an entire POD loaded with the stuff from the garage and building outside. Woo-hoo! One down and who knows how many more. And of course the kiddos got to play with their grandparents, don't they look miserable?

No scrapping for me yesterday or today. Hubby has one more day off so we are going to try and get as much done as we can. Then maybe I will take an evening and sit and scrap. Man I miss it and it has only been a few days! I will say I have been thinking a lot about scrapping and what my goals, etc are for it. I love the CTs I am on and really want to spend some time focusing on some layouts with their new kits. I also want to start from the beginning of my pregnancy and work my way through until the present with my boys books. I thought I would do that with paper since I already have the photos printed but I don't see it happening with my things going to be in storage for the next several months. And who knows when they will get unpacked once we get into a house. Sigh. I have all these ideas and just want to get them down. Need to get a sketch book!

Happy Mother's Day!

I hope everyone had a fantastic Mother's Day! It was beautiful here and a nice day. Got some packing up done but spent a good part of the day playing with my kiddos when they weren't napping. They are just too funny. I'm a lucky mommy to have such good kiddos!

Pillows

The boys have discovered they love to lay on pillows, especially Noah. I took some photos the other day of Noah laying on one and loved the look on his face. So very sweet!

Credits: Fried Pickles by Rachel's Designs, Brush by Obsidian DawnFont: Desyrel

I hope everyone has a fantastic Mother's Day!!!!!!

Some days...

Some days just throw you through a loop. I am trying very hard to wrap my head around this contingency thing. I am not thrilled about it. My realtor is suggesting we do it after she reviewed it. Half of me says no and the other half says it's better to have this on the table than just walk away. I am so torn at the moment. And upset. I am tired of the ups and downs right now. I am disappointed that we will have to continue to show the house for the next three weeks and go through all that crap. I just want to move. I want to be done with it all.

Family

Sitting here trying very hard not to stress about the house thing. The boys are waking from their nap and I am going to feed them and then get us and the dog out of the house so they hopefully come and do the inspection. They have thrown at us that they want a contingency. I have faith it will all work out but I am having a bad feeling this is going to fall through. I am hoping it is just me being paranoid. I guess the feeling started when I was told yes they were pre-approved and then later found out they are just "in the process" of being pre-approved. Sigh. I know it will work out...trying to just keep the faith and hang in there. Selling a house is stressful!

So I did this page because I loved the colors in this with this kit. I know, not traditional but I tend to be on the crazy side when putting colors together and they usually seem to work for some strange reason. I just think the green in the paper really brings out the colors and the little bit of green in the photo. Credits are Conrad by MSC Designs and Sir Scrapalot over at My Scrap Shop.

Now about the photo. I guess the journaling says it all. I was really surprised at how well this photo came out. I guess I need to broaden my thinking on what good photos are for me. I can look at other people's photography and think it is so beautiful but tend to be very critical when it comes to photos I take or photos with me in them. Ugh...have to get better at that!

I have the funniest kiddos

Tonight while giving the boys a bath, Cameron started his usual complaining loudly for whatever reason (who knows at times...when do they start talking?). Noah reached over, picked up one of the toy fish out of the water and put it in his mouth like "be quiet." I laughed so hard. They just crack me up at times.

I got Cameron on video shaking his head yes today. My child said yes and shook his head yes before he said no. I can't believe it. Don't all children learn no first? Noah did. He shakes his head no but doesn't say it yet. They both say yes though when you ask them to. I guess we don't say no very much around here.

I signed up for my first scrapping convention. It's a digital one at that! I am so excited I can't wait. It's in October in Utah. Never been to Utah and never been to a scrapping convention so it will be a trip of firsts. It will more than likely also be the first time I leave the boys for any amount of time. Wow...I wonder how many firsts I can break in that trip???? Hubby mentioned he may see if his parents want to come and visit for a few days to help him. I giggled. He can do it, he just needs to have faith in himself. He can be so great with the kiddos. He can also get very frustrated with them as well...can't we all though???? But I wouldn't mind the kiddos spending time with the grandparents either so whichever way ends up happening I think it will be great. If they come then the boys get to spend time with their grandparents. If they don't then it will be a great learning experience for Mike and he will get to spend some good time with his kiddos.

Okay, off to bed for me...I should have gone a few hours ago. We had storms all night last night and for the first time ever I think storms kept me awake in the middle of the night. Very strange for me.

I won't tell if you won't...

That I scrapped Noah in pink. :) I decided to join this contest at Digital Scrapbook Artisan Guild and the kit they sent me was mainly pink so figured with baby photos you just never know for sure if it is a boy or girl most of the time. Ha! I really LOVE this kit and wish they had something similar in blues/browns. Would be way cool to scrap with. Credits for this layout are Freestyle Frolic which was their April kit.

Well, it's official. We got an offer on the house on Friday and signed yesterday. Now we just have to wait the 10 day option period and pray the inspection goes well and they don't back out. What a relief!!!! I was really getting worried about carrying two mortgages...but kept the faith and tried to be patient. It paid off more than I can ever imagine.

TGIF

Oh my gosh I am so thankful it is finally Friday. This week has killed me. Even though I am not sure where all the time went. It's just been exhausting. I even fell asleep tonight while I should have been completing a layout for a contest I was doing. Yikes! I loaded that puppy about 2 minutes before the deadline. Talk about cutting it close! Not my best layout ever but I had to stop working on it to post it or miss out. So here is the one I am talking about. I'll post the other 2 another day. This was pretty much just PSE 6 items used with the exception of the brushes were by Obsidian Dawn. Font was Scriptina and Papyrus.

Well, we had our first major boo-boo yesterday. Noah went to give Cameron a hug and they fell over (as usual when this happens) right into our entertainment center. Right on the bottom edge. First thought when I saw this happening and where he hit was this was not going to be good. When I picked him up though he just looked like he was going to have a bump on his head. Oh no, after a few second I saw his eye was bleeding. I went into panic mode. I finally got him to where I could look at it and it was on the outside of his eye right in the corner, about an inch long. I still was worried that he may have hurt his eye so I called the pediatrician's office and talked with a nurse. I didn't want to go zooming to the emergency room if I didn't have to. Mommy instincts were right, no redness of the inner eye, etc. Nothing they could really do for him except clean it up and try to put cool washcloths on it...which he wouldn't really let me do of course when you are talking about a 16 month old toddler.

So, of course after all calmed down and he was back to playing I had to pull out the camera. Perfect scrapping material. So I am sure you will see the lovely photos after I get them scrapped soon. I felt horrible since I was sitting right next to them and when Noah went to hug him I was thinking how sweet. I know, I know...it happens and I have to get used to it. But nothing compares to your first time. I can say that first hand having had to take Noah to the emergency room when he was 10 days old...nothing prepares you for that first time.

A new day...

Wow, April has come and gone. I can't believe we will be moving in 4 weeks, possibly 3. I am so bummed right now and waiting for the office here in our subdivision to open. We have some people who want to make an offer on our house but they have 3 dogs and I think our community only allows 2. Sigh. They would be a perfect fit for the place (we got to meet them the first time they came because of a mix up). I know it is in God's hands but it is so hard not to be anxious.

So I was MIA for several days around here. We went on our first trip to Indiana to look for areas we would like to live in. There are some possibilities and I loved the area. It was beautiful and all the trees were blooming and just one of the most beautiful Springs I have ever seen. I am really looking forward to 4 seasons and letting the boys play in the leaves in fall and snow in the winter. I would move tomorrow if we could truth be known. Although I like where we live now and am going to miss so many people, this has been dragging out forever and I am just ready to get this chapter closed and a new one started.

So, I did a page last night but can't share it yet. :) I have 2 more to finish and then will show them all at once. I hope to get lots of scrapping in this weekend as Saturday is National Scrapbooking Day! Wish I could spend all day on the computer scrapping but know that isn't going to happen. They have showed our house every day since Saturday so am not thinking we will be here for most of the day. Sigh. But after the boys go to bed I will stay up til the wee hours I am sure working away as happy as a clam.

So you have to go and check out the fabulous contest over at Amy Sumrall's Creative Team blog (click on the photo). You can win a $50 gift certificate to Shutterfly while entering her Wildest Dream Challenge. How cool is that?!?!?!?!?! I am a very lucky gal to be among the very talented CT members for Amy and they have done such a fabulous job on the new site. You have to check back often for some cool new stuff and great little freebies. :)