Halloween 2012

This little cutie was the "Joker" last night. 

After we got his makeup on, he went and looked at himself in the mirror and got scared! LOL

He is still my baby......

First Date

When I was pregnant with our 4th baby, Brendon and I decided not to find out the sex. Since we already had 3 girls at that point, we decided we could only make girls and accepted our fate. LOL

Well, imagine our surprise when sweet, little Justin arrived. It was the first time Brendon cried in the delivery room. (In his defense, I was screaming rather loudly during labor with our first, and he passed out cold, literally, when the twins were born! LOL)

When Justin was two years old, he told me I would always be his "girlfriend". Well, that sweet, baby boy turned 14 before we knew it, and this past weekend he went on his first date to the Homecoming dance. 

This was my favorite picture and it just tugs at my heart. His date is a sweet, beautiful girl, but I hope he remembers that I was his first love.

Wordless Wednesday

Remembering how amaze-balls San Diego was last week. Sigh........ 

Color Me Scrappy

Color Me Scrappy is up with a new challenge. This month's palette is a wonderful, neutral color combo. I found it so easy to work with. 

I chose my papers based on the colors, but as I design,  I end up adding, subtracting, shifting, moving etc....so it never ends up like I pictured originally! lol

I used some October Afternoon, Crate Paper, a bit of Lawn Fawn washi tape, Studio Calico wood veeners (obsessed with those!)some stitching and called it DONE! Pretty easy page, and only took about an hour start to finish.

The "Cherish" is a Cricut cut that I cut out a LONG time ago and never used. But it seemed to work here.

Now off to scrap the rest of the "First Day of School" pictures. 

Wordless Wednesday: Just because he is pretty.

Sigh.......

"Buh-Bye Summer!"

There are no tears today. They. Gotta. Get. Out.!!!! LOL

It has been a long, hot summer. I am ready for routine! And I am sure they are ready for me to quit yelling:

 "Get up, it is 1 o'clock in the afternoon!"

 "7 hours of playing Minecraft is ENOUGH!"

"No, (insert random neighborhood kid name here) _______,  can NOT spend the night again!"

"If you can't think of some way to not be bored, then you can go clean something!"

Yeah, summer......its been real...but I think fall is definately my favorite time of the year! LOL

Bye, guys.....mommy loves you. She really does! (now, where did I put that Margarita machine?)

Summer 2012, Almost a Wrap!

Around here, there has been a whole lotta, 

 A little bit of,

 Some neighboorhood parties,

Even happy, cooperative teenagers! (Ack!)

Now we get to have one last "Hoorah", before school starts in a couple weeks. Our family is off to a cruise! The kids are so excited. Is it sad that I am most looking forward to the photo ops and making a vacation mini-album?! LOL

I have been hoarding the Simple Stories 6x8 album for the perfect time, and this is it! I am going to use a bunch of papers from the Simple Stories "Awesome" line. 

I am off to Pinterest right now to gather some ideas and inspiration for our travel album. Guess I won't be getting much housework done today, huh? LOL