Digi Scrappin'

Made a few more pages today. I have more to make, but ran out of time.

This was from October 2007.
This one was fun since it was of a girl!!! This is a sister of one of Camerons friends.

Dusk (Twilight Spoof)

Scrappin' again

I was playing around with digital scrapping again tonight. Here are my creations:Template: Pattilicious 2 by chrissyw @ Elemental Scraps

Paper kit:Hugs & Kisses Collab. @ Little Dreamer Designs

Samplepack3 template by ChrissyW @ Elemental Scraps
Grandmothers Grace kit by Megan Turnidge @ Elemental Scraps

Template: Jael'icious 4 by ChrissyW @ Elemental Scraps
Paper kit: Lucky Bum by ChrissyW
Font: Tommy's First Alphabet

More layouts

I've been having fun again....here are some layouts I did today.

Template: Challenge Freebie @ Elemental Scraps (Chrissy W)
Digi Kit: It's My Day @ Elemental Scraps (Chrissy W)
#9: Jolly Jingle kit @ Little Dreamer Designs (Lori Barnhurst)

Template: Jael'icious pack @ Elemental Scraps (Chrissy W)
Digi Kit: Lucky Bum @ Elemental Scraps (Chrissy W)

Template: Freebie #47 @ Moriginals
Digi Kit: Candy Cane @ Little Dreamer Designs (Heidi Larsen)

Digi Scrappin'

I spent some of my morning working on a few layouts. I used templates for these three pages and can I tell you it is SOOOO much faster to use a template. These templates are from No Reimer Reason and Moriginals. We went to see Pink Panther 2 this afternoon and went out to lunch at Red Robin. The movie was pretty funny. We wanted to see Coraline, but it was pretty much sold out for the time we wanted. Cameron and Michael took off this evening to go ice skating so I am doing more digi scrappin'.

Disregard the way this looks

I am trying to change the blog and I can't get the size of my image correct. Hang in there...I know I am.

What can I say...we've been busy

Ok, not too busy that I really have anything to write about.

I started a new semester of school on the 16th. I am just taking Communications and it is just on Fridays so it isn't too bad. I've had this entire week off and had all these plans on scrapbooking. Did I do it? Sadly, the answer is no. I got a Cricut Expression for Christmas and finally took it out of the box this past Saturday. I still haven't tried it out. In case some of you don't know what it is it is used for paper crafting and cuts out shapes and letters. It is really cool.Shannon and I went out to dinner and to see Bride Wars last weekend. It was a cute movie and it was great to spend some time with a great friend.

I started knitting again at Christmas time. I made some very cute wash cloths for a gift and kept making them. I have a drawer of them all to myself now. I love washing dishes with a fun new wash cloth each day. I was checking out Ravelry for new patterns the other day and came across this really cute baby hat. I decided I was going to try to make it. Well, I made it last night and it is super cute...here it is:Well, enough about me...here's what has been going on with the rest of the crew.

Cameron has been having fun in hockey and is improving each time he is out on the ice. Guitar lessons are going well for him, however, I have a hard time getting him to practice each day. He does it, but he complains each time. Cameron has been out of school since December 19th when we left to go to Seattle for Christmas. I can't wait for him to get back. I do like having him home, but I also like my days off to be just me at home alone...doing just what I want to do. He will go back on Wednesday. Hooray!

Michael is going to start the adult "Learn to Play" hockey in March. He took up ice skating when Cameron started hockey. He really enjoys it and has all the hockey gear already. He goes to a drop-in hockey on Saturday nights. The first night he came home from it he was sore and could barely walk up the stairs. He said he was the oldest person there...most of the people were 15-16 years old. He has made some good friends from going with Cameron to the hockey practices that are drop in too.

So, that has been us in a nutshell. Sorry it has taken me awhile to update the good ol' blog.

Goodbye my sweet friend

We just got back from Seattle and couldn't find my cat Patches. My sweet friend of 14 years has passed on. She will be missed very much. I hate that I wasn't here for her.

I'm still here

Here is our new Christmas tree that we bought at Modern Display after Christmas last year. In the years past we have had a very skinny tree and this one is quite a bit bigger. I was afraid I wouldn't have enough ornaments for it, but it worked out just fine. Cameron did most all of the ornament hanging. I moved a few of them. We were unable to put our topper on the tree since I plugged the tree in incorrectly. It took too long to try to figure out the correct way to plug it in so there is no star on top this year. I also need to buy a new tree skirt as ours is way to small for under it now.Cameron is loving hockey. This is him right before our game last weekend. He had fun taking pictures in the locker room of the boys hanging out. I snapped this one of him before I put the camera away.Here he is trying to get the puck to go in the right direction. He hasn't made any goals yet, but he has come close.I have been busy getting ready for Christmas and trying to get some crafting done recently. After I returned from my scrapbook weekend in Seattle I haven't done any scrapbooking at home, but it sits on my table waiting for me. I had all these plans to work on and finish some of the pages I was doing and haven't had time. After I finish up some Christmas presents I might actually have time.

I will be starting school again in January. I will only be taking my last prerequisite for hygiene school which is communications. I will be done in May with that class and then I start the hygiene program in August. I wish I could start it quicker and be done, but such is life.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season if I don't update this again before the year is over.

What I've done

I stole this from a friend's blog. If you are reading this, consider yourself tagged! Everything I've done is in red.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person8
0. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own

BOO!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Proof that I don't always keep a clean house. This is just ONE room in my house that I am sharing with the world. This is as scary as I get on Halloween.

My baby is 9 today!

Cameron has brought us so much joy over the years. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. Cameron was due to arrive on the earth on November 12, 1999. He took us by surprise and came a bit early on October 24, 1999. I was supposed to have a baby shower that day and instead I got a baby!

The day he was born. Don't look at me...look at the cute baby!

1st birthday! What a mess that chocolate cake made!
2nd birthday! He was really into Toy Story so we had a Buzz Lightyear cake. We still have the Buzz toy that was on it too.
3rd birthday! Thomas the Train was the theme this year. He had fun with his Brio Thomas too.
4th birthday! This was his first birthday in Utah. We didn't really know anyone so we had one neighbor boy over to celebrate. We did have a party in Seattle before we left.
5th birthday! Power Rangers were the toy of choice this year. He had more friends this year from daycare and people we had met.
6th birthday! Cameron wanted a Star Wars cake this year and none of the stores had anything Star Wars so Cameron had the idea that I could make a cake and he would stick some Star Wars action figures on the cake. He had his Star Wars birthday after all. He also helped to decorate the cake.
7th birthday! Superman was the super hero of choice this year. Coincidentally, Cameron also chose to be Superman for Halloween this particular year.
8th birthday! This day was celebrated at the Classic Skate Fun Center. It was a lot of fun having the party somewhere other than the house too. Cameron had a Transformer birthday cake this year.
9th birthday! The party is tomorrow. The cake is hockey related. He was excited about this guitar. He had never asked for one. Michael thought it would be a great thing for him to start up. We are going to get him some private lessons and who knows, pretty soon I might have real rock star in my home!

We are taking him out to dinner at Red Robin, our favorite birthday place for some mudpie and then to the opening game for the Grizzly Hockey team.

Today also marks the day that Michael and I have been together for 21 years! We started dating on October 24, 1987. Twelve years later we had this precious bundle of hyper joy named Cameron. I have always thought it was neat that Cameron was born on the day we had our very first date.

What breed of dog are you?

You Are a Boxer

You are playful and energetic. You bring joy to everyone who crosses your path. You are hyper to the point of being a comedian. Everyone is wondering what you will do next. You energy can get the better of you if you're not careful. You can have a destructive streak when you're bored. You're very strong willed and powerful. You get you way without even trying to.

What Breed of Dog Are You?

Freedom

1. Put Your iTunes, Windows Media Player, MP3 Player, or whatever on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write down the name of the song no matter how silly it sounds!
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
__________________________________________________________

If someone says, "Is this okay?" You say?
Rockstar - Nickleback

How would you describe yourself?
Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar

What do you like in a guy/girl?
Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels

How do you feel today?
Let's Take Our Time - Ryan Cabrera

What is your life's purpose?
I Keep Looking - Sara Evans

What is your motto?
True - Ryan Cabrera

What do your friends think of you?
Homicide - 999

Tell me about your first date...
Waiting for the Bus - Violent Femmes

What would you write your own tombstone?
Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne

What do you think of your parents?
Rock your Body - Justin Timberlake

What do you think about very often?
Listen Like Thieves - INXS

What is 2 + 2?
Stop This Train - Josh Gracin

What do you think of your best friend?
Straight On - Heart

What advice would you give to someone getting married?
Through Glass - Stone Sour

What do you think of the person you like?
Thriller - Michael Jackson (didn't know I had this song)

What is your life story?
Superstar - Usher

What inspires you?
I Don't Need a Man - Pussycat Dolls

What's your greatest regret?
Dare You to Move - Switchfoot

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Johnny - Violent Femmes

What makes you cry?
Don't Bother - Shakira

What is your fondest memory of your grandmother?
Lay All Your Love on Me - Mamma Mia Soundtrack

What do you think of when you see the person you like?
8675309 - Tommy TuTone

What will you dance to at your wedding?
Play the Game Tonight - Kansas

What will they play at your funeral?
Kiss Kiss - Chris Brown

What is your hobby/interest?
Dreamboat Annie - Heart

What is your biggest fear?
Me & U - Cassie

What is your biggest secret?
Wrong Number - The Cure

What song reminds you of you HS English teacher?
The Real Thing - Gwen Stefani

What do you think of your friends?
Remember the Tinman - Tracy Chapman

What will you post this as?
Freedom - Blues Travelers

Back from vacation.

We went on a road trip last Sunday and got home Thursday night. We took a trip out to South Dakota. I had never been there and really wanted to see Mt. Rushmore and other sites. Cameron was off-track at school so it was the perfect time to go. The weather was nice the entire trip which was a blessing. I thought for sure it would have started to get cold since it was going to be the beginning of October.

Mt. Rushmore (Cameron took this photo for PTA Reflections) Crazy Horse Monument
Rushmore CaveThe cave was one of the coolest things I have done. We got to the cave at 3:05 and they had just started their last tour at 3:00. We were able to go into the cave and join them. I'm glad we didn't have to come back another day. It had stairs and lighting inside so it was pretty easy to navigate.

Devils Tower (Gillette, WY)
The tower was pretty impressive. We took the hike around the base of the tower so Cameron could do his scavenger hunt for the Jr. Ranger program. It was a nice, quiet, peaceful hike.

Ellsworth AFB
The AFB wasn't that impressive. Michael really wanted to go to the museum to check out the old planes and was a little let down. They had all their planes outside and the elements really had gotten to them. We think the Hill AFB here in UT is much better and cleaner. You should have seen all the wasps inside. Scary!

Wall Drug (riding a Jackalope)
Wall Drug was a fun, huge drug store full of lots of things to buy and eat. If we had known we could have eaten there we would not have stopped for breakfast in Rapid City. Cameron came away with a plastic hunting rifle as his souvenir.

Badlands National ParkThe Badlands were pretty impressive too. They had the best visitors center of all the places we visited. The only animals we saw while there were some Bighorn Sheep.

Cameron got his Jr. Ranger at Mt. Rushmore, Devils Tower and the Badlands. He got a Jr. Scout at Crazy Horse. If your children have never done Jr. Ranger activities they should. It is fun and Cameron can't wait to get more badges to add to his collection.

If you've never been to SD I would highly recommend this trip.

I WON!!!

I won a prize off of Lisa Bearnson's blog!! I won the TSV that she will have on QVC on Tuesday. I chose a different color than in the picture. I can't believe I won. I had to leave a comment on the blog on a dream that had come true.

Here is what I said, "My DS (8) has been playing hockey for awhile and always has a hard time when it comes to doing something that is difficult for him. He throws fits if he can't do it perfectly. On the way to hockey one night I told him it was okay that he couldn't do everything perfectly. He told me that he knew that because he had prayed and God told him that he was going to do well. That evening at hockey he did amazingly well and didn't have a fit once. I was so proud to see that he would pray on his own and that he wasn't embarrassed to tell me this."

Not too much has been happening since I blogged last, but I thought I would share my winnings with my readers so they can be excited for me too. I am happy because I am getting back into scrapbooking so this might come in handy!

Update

Not really too much to update. Michael and I tackled a mini home makeover project last weekend. We painted our front door and put up a storm door. I really like the color that we chose. It is called Merlot and actually looks a bit darker in person than in my photos. We really needed to paint the trim around the door before winter so that is what we had set out to do. I figured we might as well paint the door while we were at it too. We went to Lowes and ended up buying a new lock and handle set for the door too. While we were there we stopped at the storm doors, we had no intention of getting one, and I saw a cranberry color and thought that is what I wanted the front door to look like. Later in the evening we went back to Lowes and bought the storm door. I am pleased with how everything turned out.Our poor poor peach tree! We didn't trim it back when winter was over this year and the poor tree is suffering from it. We had to cut off a few branches and the tree still has many limbs that are just bending. We really need to go out and get the peaches off of it. I don't feel like canning this year so we will be giving most of them away. We didn't do any fertilizing this year so my nectarine tree didn't do well. I also think the winter had a LOT to do with our tree issues. My apple trees are also suffering. We will treat them better this coming year!

I am so excited to be heading home in November for a scrappin' weekend with friends. I haven't done any scrapping in so long. I have been out buying new papers and albums lately to get me in the mood. I am thinking I need to do a little scrappin' before I go so I get the hang of it again. Who wants to come scrap at my house? I also need to get pictures developed so I have current stuff to work on. I have about 7.5 years of stuff to catch up on, but I want to start with newer stuff. I can't believe how fast time has gone by. YIKES!

Well, off to finish cleaning house and getting my scrapbook room in order. Have a wonderful weekend!

Well HELLO there

Where has the time gone. I have been living in the beautiful state of Utah for 5 years today. I can't believe it has been 5 years already. We were told it would be a minimum of 3 years here and look, we are still here. We're here for at least 3 more years so I can finish school here. In the 5 years we have been here there is still a lot of the state we have yet to see. I haven't been to the National Parks down South yet and I want to see them before we venture out of this state.

Cameron has lived over half of his life here now too. Look at how much he has changed...
Well, I need to go start dinner or we will never eat tonight. I'll try to update this more often.

Two weeks in review

Cameron and I went to Lagoon on that Friday. I'm sorry to report that Cameron did NOT go on the Wicked ride. I did and it was WAY fun. Cameron did hang out in line freaking out the entire time and then when we got to the front and ready to get on he didn't want to go. He ended up walking across the seats to get to the other side and get off. He was waiting for me and our friends when we got off. He was crying and told me that he let me down because he didn't go on it. Poor kid! I didn't feel let down, but I really did think he was going to go on.

The day after Lagoon we went up Millcreek Canyon to spend the day. It was a beautiful day and a fun time was spent by all. It was sort of a company picnic day. We got there around 1:00 and everyone else showed up around 5:30-6:00. We stayed until around 9:00 or so and were very tired when we got home. Cameron had a lot of fun playing in the creek getting all wet and dirty. I had never been up the canyon except to have dinner at some lodge so I didn't know there would be water to play in and did not dress Cameron appropriately. The shorts he is wearing in the following picture aren't so clean anymore despite washing them THREE times!On the 9th Cameron and I went to a birthday party for my co-workers daughter at a place called "Bouncin' Off the Walls." Michael was in Nephi for the demolition derby. He was an inspector of the cars and also part of the pit crew. His co-worker Gary had two nephews that had cars in the derby so they were there to help work on them when they broke down. This was his second year helping at the Nephi derby.

This past week I really wanted to do something different with Cameron's room so we did. I had wanted to paint his bed for a LONG time and we finally did it. I also wanted to get him a new dresser. He had been using mine that I used as a teenager and it really took up too much space in his room. I did some searching and finally found one that I liked at Wood Connection Furniture. It was unfinished so we were able to paint it the same black color that we painted his bed. Michael used his automotive paint sprayer to paint the bed and dresser and then I painted on the polyacrylic over the top to protect the pieces. I found a nightstand at Tai-Pan Trading too. If you live in Utah and have not been to Tai-Pan you need to take a trip to one because there are lots of fun things to find there. After the dresser and bed were finished and moved into his room we sort of decided that Cameron needed a new desk and bookshelf since his old ones were beech wood colored. We checked out the IKEA website and found what we wanted and then took a trip out there to pick stuff up. Here is what his new room looks like.I realize now that I never took down his Seattle Seahawks pennant and it looks quite out of place where it still sits. Cameron loves his new room. I asked him when he woke up yesterday if he liked it and he told me he was sad about his room. I asked him what he meant and he said, "You know when people like something so much they cry. That's how I feel." I told him that it doesn't mean he is sad, but rather super-duper happy and he could cry because he was so happy. I think he understood what I was saying.

Well, this has gotten quite long and I have to go meet Michael for lunch so I will try to update more later.