Hey there! I just wanted to let you know that I'm still out there, and I'm still designing (in my head). We are in the middle of semester exams here, and it's been cRaZy...

So, nothing to share right now. Unless you want to see this cool video my son made of one of his science labs. Sure you do. ;)

Anyway, hopefully next week won't be quite as crazy and I can get these designs out of my head and onto the computer. Wish me luck!

Tonight was my son's band concert. The picture on this video isn't very clear, because they didn't have all the lights on in the gym, but the sound isn't too bad.



Charlie Brown (and Vince Guaraldi) is the bomb!

Here's a picture of my boy before hand. I think he's quite handsome. Goofy grin and all. :D

Whew, what a crazy weekend! On the same day as Kaylee's party, we also had football to cover for the paper. Which isn't a chore, by the way, because, hello--Micah is OUR star football player.

But crazy...during the first minutes of the game, Micah caught a punt and was helmet-tackled by THREE players from the opposing team. And he didn't get up off the field. OMG! It was so scary. His mom went running out there after a couple of minutes (while the coaches were calling the paramedics). I went down there too. He was laying on the ground and his elbow was DISLOCATED...OUCH! He told me I could take pictures for his scrapbook, so of course I did. This is the outcome of that.



This is done with Penny Springmann's Game On kit (as are all of my football layouts--I just love it that much), and a template for whom I can't find the author. I have it somewhere, but I am drawing a blank at the moment.

Anyway, he is fine. They took him to the hospital and relocated the arm. He has a fracture and may have to have a pin put in, but we don't know yet. He NEVER cried--because he is awesome like that. Unlike me. Who cried like a baby in the stands after they wheeled him out to the ambulance. Because I'm like that. :)

And he came to scouts last night (since his football season is over--which is ok, because there is only 1 game left in the regular season, and 2 after that if they make it all the way through playoffs). And he and Steven are still hosting their joint birthday party on Saturday. It's all good.

Well, today my daughter turns 20. And I'm trying to get some scrapping done, but my computer is running really slow. I did get this one done (yep, it's football time again!). This year Micah is playing football, so he is actually in the uniform.  :)



I used the Game On! kit by Penny Springmann over at Sweet Shoppe Designs. I use this kit all the time--it is one of my favorites. I also used a Cyndi Price template called "The Rookie." I don't remember where I picked this up, by Cyndi designs for Scrap Matters, so that may be where I got it.

As you can see, I love templates. I love the versatility of them, and the fact that I can make them look however I want. They are a starting point for me, and since my time is so limited, I need all the extra help I can get. :)

Whew...I'm having fun with the recipe cards--although I am not too sure about the color scheme of this one. But I like the blue and green--kinda goes with the Fish Tacos.

The Card:

Papers are from Anna Aspnes--Something Springy (from here). Template is a recipe template from Digitreats, as is the metal tag. Thanks!

Yep--I am still working on interesting people layouts. These are layouts for Micah and Steven's books--so it is only fitting that there is a layout of each of them for each of them. There will be more, as well. I am loving the quotes! Bethany is the best...I can always find what I am looking for there!



I was playing around with overlays--this one is from Gunhild Storheide. She has some awesome stuff over on her blog--check it out!  The papers are all from Carrie Stephens--part of her Spontaneous Delight collection. I don't know who made the bracket. :(

I love interesting people--don't you? I spent the afternoon with a bunch of people my husband works with and knows, and I had forgotten how interesting they are! We don't spend much time together (in our defense--we do live at least an hour away from most of them), and we have let time get away from us (as we all so often do). But there were definitely some great conversations going on today!

This morning I had a bit of time to start this page, and I was able to finish it up this evening after the party. I will try my best to give credit to all the product designers, but I use Ro's (from Scrap Girls) method of organizing my digi-stash, which makes it easy to find, but not always easy to identify designers...

The 'Interesting' WordArt is from Elegant WordArt by Bethany. The polka dot paper on the large bracket is by Zoe Pearn. The paper on the smaller bracket is by Julie Billingsley--part of the Old Beach House collection. The background paper is by K Lewis and is part of the Starburst collection. And the letters in 'Steven' are adapted from the font Malonia Voigo by Pizza Dude. I don't know who made the brackets...

Yep, so I got called for jury duty this week. Normally this is something that I am somewhat excited about, but this weekend I have just been tired. I once served on a Federal Grand Jury for two years (I made a rather good friend out of it); it was actually quite entertaining. However, this week I got the notice on Wednesday to report on Monday. I had to completely rearrange my schedule at work to make sure my shift was covered. Luckily I mentioned it to our finance/accounting guy and he told me that I get paid for it. Which is really good, because when I called after 6pm tonite to find out what time to report tomorrow, I discovered that I don't have to report after all. So, instead of being screwed because I could end up working (but I can't because I had to have my shift covered), I end up having a bit of a paid day off. Which is nice, because it was kind of a busy weekend!

My husband and I have this great group of friends who meet monthly for dinner, fondly called "Dinner Club." This month we met for brunch, though, because many of the sons are playing football. It actually kind of works out like this:

• out of nine couples, 4 couples have boys in the 11-12 year old range, and 2 couples have girls the same 11-12 year old range


• 4 couples have girls in the 9-10 year old range


• 7 couples have children in the 5-8 year old range


• 3 couples have children in the 18-21year old range and


• 1 couple has a child not yet in school

Actually, now that I am writing this, it seems like one of those mind bender word problems you have to solve in school.

So, to recap, Friday night we went to the movies (Journey to the Center of the Earth), brunch on Saturday, and dh took the boys shooting. Football in the afternoon. Today, dh took the boys shooting again, and we worked on the fence out in the front of our house--the one that has been waiting for us to finish for months (and is still not done), homework, and blogging. I am sleeping in tomorrow. ")

Ahhh... who knew it would be so tiring doing nothing! It seems like I am doing a lot of sleeping, which I suppose is part of the healing process. Anyway...

Dh was watching me scrapbook the first page of this layout the other night, making suggestions on which pictures to use, etc. Hopefully he loves it as much as I do!



I used ScrapKitchen Designs kit "Warm Embrace" by Susan Bartolini from Sweet Shoppe Designs, with a triptych template by Bree Clarkson.

I started scanning in my old pictures so that I could get them scrapbooked, and these layouts are the first fruits of my labor. Woohoo!