Its Just a A Day In the Life.....

I am working on some pictures for a scrapbook page using Basic Grey Page of The Month Kit for March, so while we were in the line at the Starbucks drive-thru getting hot cocoa we had out own little mini photo session!

It was a lot of fun catching these real everday moments, afterall this is truly how "we roll". Cooper a huge mess finishing his lunch in the car because it was time to pick up Chase from school, Christopher just going with the flow, Jonas being silly with me in the front seat and Chase....well, he is a goof everywhere! Baby Ray is in there too but since he is in an rear facing carseat, you will just have to imagine his adorable baby boy grin!

Floppy Disk Album-Sneak Peek

Here is the sneak peek I promised of some of the pages from the floppy disk albums I am making for the lovely women in the Relief Society presidency at our church. I am having so much fun using all these wonderful Prima products!

Useless technology, I think not!

Thursday Thought To Ponder

"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning to sail my ship."

By: Louisa May Alcott

How Week 2 of Refusing To Take a Nap is Going.....

Need I say any more?

Little League Opening Day

This weekend was opening day for Poway Little League, which is a big deal around here! Since I am cooped up in a house full of sick people (myself included) it seemed like a good time to post these pictures and remember what it felt like for us all to be out in the sun and healthy just a few short days ago!

Of course, if I am honest with myself I will remember that this day was crazy and left me feeling whiped out. Since my husband is the coach and the older boys were playing it meant me being alone with a 19 month old, 18 month old and 5 month old to watch a long opening day ceremony followed by a T-ball game (during what should have been naptime) which did not leave me with feeling like a shiny, happy person!

little bits of inspiration

I came across these images on Better Homes & Gardens and they felt so fresh, clean and fun that I felt instantly inspired to redo some rooms in my house. Instead, I will pass them on!

I'm Lovin' It Monday

I had seen the Martha Stewart Circle Cutter in action on her show and it looked so simple, I had to get one. So why, do you ask, has it sat in my studio unopened for two months? Well, like most new crafting tools they can sometimes be intimidating. Will it really work well? Did I just spend money on one more tool that I won't like to use that much?

Well, I finally had to put my fears aside and crack it open. See, I am making an album out of floppy disks (yes, those ancient things) and I needed to make a certain size hole right in the middle of a square so, I couldn't lean on my trusty circle punch crutch.

So the verdict? Wow...e...wow....this thing is super awesome fantasticness! It is just as easy to use as it looked and I can not wait to cut more circles. You can make circles anywhere from 1" to 5-1/2" diameter, in 1/16" increments so it will cover almost all of your circle cutting needs. I picked mine up at Wal-Mart

What else am I loving? All the new CHA releases from Prima Marketing Inc. My local scrapbook store just got their new stuff in and I stocked up for these albums (the papers above are Prima as well)

The pictures don't do them justice, I'll get some sneak peeks up of how I am using them!