My Baby Turns 3

This tiny precious girl will be a big 3 tomorrow! I know we always say this, but time really does fly. I try to hang onto every moment I have with my girls. Happy birthday Chloe!

It is official, Chad returned to work on Friday. They are really behind at the tracks so this should be a good thing for our family! We feel so blessed to be getting a paycheck and insurance again. God has provided indeed!


So I found this REALLY CUTE scrap supply on a blog one night and of course, I cannot find it at our local Michaels. This is when the OCD in me comes out and I search relentlessly until I find what I *think* I JUST HAVE TO HAVE. I would be so happy with even just the papers and journaling tags. I have some wonderful girls over at Create My Keepsake who are looking for these goodies at their local M's. Thanks girls!

I also came across this blog a while ago. Suzanne makes the MOST delicious looking meals. Ever. Check it out: Suzanne's Blog.


Isn't this kit adorable?? Kristen at Mosh-Posh did an awesome job mixing manuf. in this kit. And the colors are so warm. If you have never joined a kit club now just may be the time to do so!!!!

Have a great week!!!

Some Random & Weird Facts About Your's Truly!

So my good friend, Nicole Samuels tagged me a couple of days ago and I am JUST getting around to posting some random facts about ME on my little ol' blog.

It's been super busy around the Albertson household!

The idea is to post "7 random facts" about yourself. Hopefully I can come up with that many, haha!

So if you don't know, know ya know ;)

1. I make "popcorn balls" with my popcorn. Yes folks, that's right, popcorn balls. What ARE those you ask?? Well....you take a piece of popcorn, bite off all the ends, until all you are left is a "ball" of popcorn. People often wonder WHY I would do this and what I do with the "balls" once the ends are removed. One by one they are placed in a bowl until it is full then I eat them. I eat them! Do they taste any different? No, not really. All I can say is that my Dad did this with his popcorn when I was little so it kinda stuck. Imagine the look on people's faces when I say the extra bowl is for popcorn balls, hehe.

2. Number two is also food related. When eating a snickers or milkyway, I bite around the candy bar until all the chocolate is gone. Then I eat the rest. I also do this Reese Peanut Butter cups and up until recently with peanut M & M's as well. Quite weird.

3. I smell my laundry when I take it out of the dryer, I smell my laundry as I'm putting it away, AND I smell my laundry while I'm wearing my clothes. Ever seen those commercials for Febreeze when the people are looking all crazy smelling themselves, the floor, their cars....that's me.

4. I play softball for a church I used to attend. I never considered myself a fast runner but apparently I am (according to those watching me). I got the nickname "wheels" by my team mates and the refs. And I kind of like it ;)

5. I know just about EVERY Veggie Tale song there is to know. Is that weird or just scary?

6. I love to play cards and drink beer. Classy lady huh?! When I was in high school I belonged to the "euchre club" and yes COOL kids were in euchre club. In fact, at parties I would play BETTER with each beer, lol. Men feared me and women wanted to be me. (Not really but I thought it sounded good!) I was also in Honors English, Honors Math, and Advanced Social Studies. Funny thing is I SUCK at math. Though I hardly ever drink beer anymore OR play cards, sometimes I wish I had a cold one and a good game to partake in!

7. I am an english fanatic. I have a hard time containing myself from correcting people when they talk, pointing out grammatical errors in letters, etc. etc. etc...but I will correct my husband everytime and he hates it.

Now I'm going to tag Susan Opel, Beth Opel, Rebecca Cross, Carolyn McAfee, Kate Obrien, Amy Wagler, Danielle Flanders

Happy Easter everyone!!! I'll share some Easter pics tomorrow...

A Light At the End of the Tunnel, Perhaps....

As some of you know, Chad has been laid off from the railroad since October. We never imagined how tough the job market would be...I have a new appreciation for those out of work and their families.

I have thought about this non-stop and have come to the conclusion that God wanted me to learn a lesson in this, as he usually does when he puts us in difficult situations. I feel as though he bestowed upon me "contentment." To really appreciate what I have, that I've been blessed with wonderful family, friends, a caring and providing church, beautiful healthy children, a roof over my head, and food on the table.

You see, I'm quite impatient. Chad is the laid back, passive one so he has always said, "something will happen when it happens." Well not me! Everyday I prayed to the Lord, explaining to him that I know he has a plan, and will reveal it to us on "his time"....but how long would that be?!!

Well, the wait may be over. He may be going back to work within the next 2 weeks!!! God has provided once again, and I just wanted to shout a huge

THANK YOU

to everyone who has been praying for us, thinking of us, helping us, and mentoring us. Couldn't have made this through without you!!!!!

I want to share some layouts I did for the kit club Mosh Posh. I just love these Sassafras Lass papers!!!!




The weather today is going to be beautiful....55 degrees and sunny. It has been a long winter. I'm ready for spring!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!!!

How's It Going??

Wow, feels like soooooo long since I've updated this old thing.

I guess there has been nothing terribly exciting or worthy of blogging about happening in my life lately LOL! Let's see...

Last week I had the flu. It was horrible really. Body chills, headache, 104 temp, hacking cough, fever blisters under my nose and hives under my eyes, lol. I was looking pretty hot let me tell you!!

I went to a crop Friday night. I rarely scrapbook with other women. We had a great time....lots of food, talking, laughing, and oh yeah, a little scrapping :D I think I have gotten my good friend Colleen over to the dark side. She hadn't scrapped in YEARS. She just called me and asked if I would go with her to Archiver's tomorrow. She's addicted!

Speaking of scrapping, I was asked to join the design team for {Pink Paislee}.

I am beyond THRILLED to joing the other girls who were chosen to design for Pink Paislee. Here is a list of the offical design team:
Tammy Tutterow (DT Coordinator)
Linda Albrecht
Tina Albertson
Michelle Clement
Davinie Fiero
Danielle Flanders
Nicole Harper
Mara-May
Anabelle O’Malley
Nicole Samuels
Katie Watson
Lots of new faces here and lots of familiar friends as well!

I joined a flock at church, it is a small group that meets on Sundays. It is amazing sharing my faith and stories with fellow christians.

I have also been nominated as the new "secretary" for the Harlan Elementary PTA. I think they picked me because of my obsessive compulsive disorder, HA!

Here is a layout I did recently:

I CANNOT believe my baby will be 3 in 4 weeks!!!!

{Making Memories}

This company is fastly becoming a favorite of mine. They hooked me with the Funky Vintage release then reeled me in with Noteworthy. I am really looking forward to the supplement to Noteworthy (Noteworthy II). It is on my "must have" list. I have been in a bit of a slump lately but managed to whip this out in 20 minutes LOL! The fastest I've done a layout in a longggggg time.



I think I'm getting sick. Of course no time is a good time but I've got stuff to do, ya know what I'm talking about?

Tomorrow morning is Chloe's 3 year check up (which is good because I think she's sick too). So I'm missing my much coveted small group tomorrow. Chad was supposed to take her but he has an INTERVIEW {insert hallelujah music here} so I will take that trade!!!

Tomorrow evening we have the Learning Fair at Taylor's school. She made a firestation out of a shoebox...it looks too cool. The first hour I have to work the PTA table, then off to tour the "art hallway" and eat sloppy joes. Yum.

Wednesday is my surgeon's check-up appointment. I'm hoping to goodness gracious that he tells me I can finally pick up Chloe! I miss that! Then I have to stop at the grocery store. Ugh.

Wednesday evening is a BIG big PTA meeting which I should try to go to for sure.

Thursday Chad has another interview. We feel so blessed.

So let's hope this "airborn" or whatever it is called kicks in. Fast.

Live From CHA!

How cool is it that we can see some live feed from CHA? I snagged this clip from the {Pink Paislee} blog. I would rather be THERE than HERE but I guess this is the next best thing LOL! And how cute is Tammy Tutterow at the beginning of this??!

Like I said, I would love to be in the booth with Rebecca and Holly just to see the excitement for their new lines....

Nothing much is new here.

Chloe is almost potty trained. Seems like it has gotten harder with each one.

Still no job.

Had "Mom's Night Out" on Saturday. Watched "Fools Gold", Matthew M. is HOT HOT HOT.

Chad's birthday was yesterday.

Incision is healing well.

Still scrapping.

Just a Quick Post!

I've been happily churning out projects for the {Pink Paislee} booth (http://pinkpaislee.com/blog/. Sorry, my link button isn't working, grrrrr.....Anyway, I wanted to share my projects! I will be back later to make a "real" post!

Knee Deep In Projects...

I won't be posting any Friday challenges for the next 2 weeks. Deadlines have creeped up on me and I'm frantically working on DT projects and CHA projects. Don't get me wrong, I am thoroughly enjoying myself LOL!

Wanna couple of new sneaks from {Pink Paislee}???


Yummy isn't it??! Rebecca and Holly will be in booth 424! They are downstairs in the new exhibitor section so be sure to check out the full release.

I had a dr. appt. the other day and I now have to wear a brace for the next 4 weeks to smooth out my incision. Still getting better each day though...

The girls are doing great in school, Hanna loves kindergarten SO much. We are really lucky, both the girls have wonderful teachers this year. Softball tryouts start for Taylor in March. I was hoping to get out and practice with her but there is a nice blanket of snow on the ground AND I have another 4 weeks of healing. That should give us about a month to warm up.

I REALLY hope Chad finds a job soon. I knew it would be hard when he got laid off, but I never thought it would be THIS hard. But it is. Not only on Chad and I, but on the kids too. They are so young to understand the situation so I only pray that our luck changes soon.

And I recently discovered that K & Co. has come out with a CUTE CUTE line called "Wild Saffron." I haven't bought K & Co. in YEARS but have plans on adding these to my collection:




Well, hope everyone has a great weekend. I'm getting together with my good friend Krista to do some much needed scrapping. Anyone want to come clean my room now LOL?!

Friday Challenge #1

I've decided that I need to be challenged more in my scrapbooking. So on Fridays I will be posting a challenge, specific challenges, and I would love for you to play! The first challenge is:

Write a Letter To Someone You Love




This can be to a child, to your husband, to a relative that has passed, a friend that has hurt you...the intent is not to give the person the letter, but more for it to be thereaputic to you, and getting down the story. This was an emotional challenge for me as I tend to scrap "rainbows & sunshine" so to speak LOL! And though my love for my father is unconditional, I felt compelled to write a letter to him as I stared at this picture. Most my questions will never be answered but it was still something I HAD to scrap about. Sometimes I forget that scrapping has to do with telling a story, whether good or bad, and it felt SO GOOD to do this. So I encourage you to give it a try....stretch yourself! And who doesn't need a challenge??!

If you participate I would LOVE to see your work. Please post a link to your layout here on my blog (if you wish to share) I know some of you will want to keep the journaling private which is totally fine! You could even use an envelope somewhere on your page and tuck the letter away.

On a different note, I wanted to share a "sneak peek" of the new line "Office Lingo" from{Pink Paislee} slated to be released at CHA winter 2008!!! Rebecca and Holly have been working so hard and I am anxious to see the full reveal. I know they will be a HUGE success!!!


I am recovering quite well from my surgery. It was a bumpy first couple of days but things are starting to return to normal {except for the lifting bit}. Thanks to all you prayed and sent me well wishings.

Scrapping Therapy

The surgery went well, thank you to everyone who has thought of me and kept me in their prayers. I am now the proud owner to an 8" long incision going down my abdomen. The hernia had been repaired, my muscles have been pulled and sewn back together, and I'm trading off a rather large scar for having some of my excess skin removed (YAY!) I'm healing, slowly but surely and this has been a lot harder than what I imagined. The hardest part is not being able to hold and carry around Chloe, who does not understand AT ALL why her momma can't hold her. This has been the only thing that has actually brought me to tears regarding the surgery. The pain I can handle, this I cannot.

Today I decided to do some much needed scrapping. I could only stand for a while but it felt GOOD, really good, to get some creative juices flowing. And Chloe just loved that I did a layout about little ol' her, even if it does showcase her OH SO COOL comb over {insert hysterical laugh here}. Wanna see??

I know she'll kill me when she's older but I love this photo!!! And I desperately needed a smile today.

I'm also tossing around the idea of starting weekly challenges on my blog. I'm ready to be stretched creatively, and not only scrap the happy times but also the not-so-happy ones as well. Stay tuned for more information on this...

Surgery Tomorrow

I probably won't be able to post for a couple of days as I go in tomorrow morning for a hernia repair. This is my first surgery so I am quite nervous. I will update in a couple of days...hope everyone has a great week!

My {Sweet} Husband

Chad and I have been married 9 years now and we have definitely had our differences. I'm the clean, organized, tidy, and uptight one and he is, well, not! I have been stressing to him these past couple of days of his need to step up around the house because of my upcoming surgery, and I will go crazy if I am laid up in a dirty house. I figured he was "half" listening to me while he watched t.v. and relaxed on the recliner.

Well today I got home from church and the dishwasher was running. Strange, I hadn't turned it on before I left that morning. I did a double take and the kitchen table was immaculate, the counters were cleaned, and all the pots and pans were washed! I also heard the faint sound of the washer and dryer going. What??! I couldn't thank him enough as this now gave me time to play a board game with the girls. He continued to do 4 more loads of laundry, vacuum, and sweep the floor. I am now stunned at this point because he has gone above and beyond his call of duty! A girl could get used to this!

About 2 hours later (after I got done playing a painfully long game of LIFE with the girls) he calls me into our bedroom. It took a minute for my eyes to adjust to the CLEANNESS of it all but there it was, spotless! You see, I have a spot in our bedroom, on my jewelry chest where I harbor all kinds of junk. Receipts, pictures, loose buttons, change, barrettes, ticket stubs, chap stick, pens, basically whatever comes from my pockets or purse that I don't know what to do with. (I know you have one of those spots too!) He had cleaned this off. Everything was gone. He asked me if I wanted to know where he put everything (or thrown it away) and I said DON'T TELL ME. If I don't know, I won't miss it, and I don't want to know what you threw away. He did tell me that I had receipts dating back to 2005 on there LOL! That is terrible!

Chad really left my jaw dropping when he cooked supper AND did the dishes afterwards. I love it! I just hope it continues!!! See, I guess I can be surprised after 13 years together after all!


I also wanted to give a shout out (and a little sneakie) to Rebecca and Holly who are the geniuses behind {Pink Paislee}. I stole this image from Rebecca's blog because I want all my scrappy friends to admire the total CUTENESS of these stamps!!! They will be releasing a big line of scrapping goodness at CHA Winter in February so be on the look out!

PS, the above layout is based on a sketch by Valerie Salmon, and was taken from her sketch blog, Got Sketch? Her website is FULL of amazing inspiration!!!

Happy New Years Eve!

Hope everyone is rested from the holidays and enjoying their time with family and friends. I know I am! But I am quite exhausted to be honest and am looking forward to some down time. We are having friends over tonight for supper, cards, and perhaps some beer drinking LOL! I'm not much of a drinker but a Miller Lite (cause I'm a classy girl) sounds good for tonight. PLUS I love playing cards after a couple of drinks....always makes it more interesting!

I haven't scrapped in I don't know how long and I really miss it! Plus, if I want to make room for more scrap goodies I should really get on the ball, huh?! I work much better when given an assignment or a package of specific product to use. Otherwise, it seems too overwhelming....anyone want to give me a challenge and/or assignment?! Please!!!

For Christmas my mom got me these totally unique, unusual, works of art from Etsy. The artist's name is Pinkytoast, and I am in love with her prints. I picked out my 2 favorite, my mom ordered them, framed them, and gave them to me. I am hanging these in my scrapbook room:


I am trying to add different things for an "artsy" feel....I need all the inspiration I can get!!! Aren't these cool??! Here is a link to her site:
Pinky Toast
Taylor is begging me for one of the little mirrors!

How You Doin?

What a whirlwind it has been this Christmas season!!!! I've barely had a chance to catch my breath let alone blog! Anyway, did you all have a great Christmas??? I did! Lots of family get togethers, present opening, and I stuffed my face with cookies, ham, and casseroles LOL!! Don't ask how much weight I've gained ;)

I will be having surgery in about 2 weeks. I'm pretty nervous as I've never had any type of surgery before. I am having a hernia repaired that I got from my 3rd pregnancy (if you have ever seen the way I carried you would understand!) It has been 2 1/2 years since Chloe's been born so I am long overdue for this. I'm pretty sure it is an outpatient surgery, and I will find out next week at my appointment.

This month at CMK our design team sponsor is PRIMA and we received some gorgeous papers, journaling tags, tape, brads, and lots of yummy flowers!!! It is bittersweet as this is our last sponsor with the current design team, and with our awesome leader Rebecca!!! But I know 2008 will bring more amazing sponsors and the opportunity to work with Lisa (the new CMK store owner.) I have other opportunities that have presented themselves so I am quite excited! I wanted to share some work from our sponsor Prima...





I received an awesome stamp about a week ago from Stampin' Up, it punches the side of paper to look like notebook paper. Where have I been, under a rock?! This thing ROCKS!!!! I'd like to thank my friend Julie Kurtz (Stampin' Up rep) who was gracious enough to order this little beauty for me. Thanks Julie!!!!

Have a great week everyone!

Some Exciting Things Happening AT CMK!!!

Rebecca Cross (owner of Create My Keepsake)has decided to sell her store to launch her new manufacturing company Pink Paislee!!! I am so thrilled for her and know her designs and products will be fabulous. While I will miss her as the "boss" I know that she won't be far. She will still be a regular at CMK!

The new owner, Lisa Tilmon, has just posted details for their new DT search. I was fortunate to be asked by Lisa to stay on as the CMK DT Coordinator! It will be great to work with her. She is so on top of the game and will be awesome as the new store owner and kit designer.

DEADLINE
Sunday, January 6, 2008

REQUIREMENTS
CMK Design Team members will be asked to:
Commit to a 5-month term beginning February 1, 2008 with participation through June 30, 2008.
Design four (4) projects—2 layouts, 1 card, and 1 altered item. During three months of your term you will work with manufacturer product from our sponsors, and during the other two months you will work with our monthly CMK kit. The projects you create each month will be used to showcase manufacturer products or the monthly CMK kit in our galleries, in our monthly newsletter, and in other promotions as desired.
Develop one design inspiration every six (6) weeks that will be posted in our forum so everyone can learn new tips, techniques, and trends to try for themselves. You will be asked to provide a sample and quick tips so that everyone can learn how to create “the same look.”
Participate in 1-2 online CMK crops/events during the 5-month term.
Post question/poll threads in the daily forum and create a monthly contest challenge on a rotation with other design team members.
Post additional projects in their own personal design team gallery.
Participate in forum discussions on a daily basis to help facilitate the growth of our online community. The community involvement is very important to us here at CMK, so we ask that each member try their best to devote a few minutes to our forum and gallery every day.
Promote CMK to friends, family, and colleagues to help facilitate the growth of our online store, our newsletter registration, our gallery and our forum.

BENEFITS
Create My Keepsake will provide the following to you as a design team member:
FREE products either from our manufacturer sponsors or our monthly CMK kit so you can develop and design your required monthly projects.
An additional 10% savings on all personal purchases.
One free shipping opportunity each month.
Recognition on our Design Team page along with links to your work in the gallery.
Recognitions in our forum and gallery along with the freedom to use the CMK design team logo on message boards and resumes.
Access to the private Design Team forum so you can trade tips, techniques, and project ideas with each other.

GUIDELINES
Design Team Guidelines:
Applicants must be at least 18 years of age on February 1, 2008.
Applications are open to everyone. International applicants are welcome. This is not an exclusive assignment. We accept applicants from other design teams including local, online, and/or manufacturer.
Previous design team experience is not required.
Submissions will be judged by the owners of Create My Keepsake and two additional judges for a total of four judges.
We will be selecting four individuals for the 2008 Winter/Spring CMK Design Team. We will be looking for designers with all different levels of scrap booking, paper crafting, and photography skills.
Candidates must submit the application and 3 original project samples by January 6, 2008 at 12:00 pm CST.
We will make our selections no later than January 12, 2008. Selected team members will be notified via e-mail to confirm their acceptance.
The formal announcement will be made in our forum on January 14, 2008.

HOW TO APPLY
So does this sound absolutely fabulous? We think so!!
Here is how you can apply:
Upload an original layout into the {2008 Design Team Layout Gallery} that features at least four products from the same manufacturer. Upload an original card into the {2008 Design Team Card Gallery} that features common product used in a unique way. Be sure to upload an image of your card and a close-up image of the unique piece. Upload an original altered item into the {2008 Design Team Altered Item Gallery} that features a mix of product from your favorite manufacturers.
Copy the questions from below, answer them, and e-mail it to us at createmykeepsake2008@gmail.com
First & last name:
CMK username:
E-mail address:
Phone number:
When is the best time to reach you?
How did you hear about our design team search?
How long have you been scrap booking?
Do you have a preferred layout size?
Are you comfortable working with several different product lines?
Are you currently designing for any manufacturers? If so, which ones?
Are you currently designing for any other online teams or kit clubs? If so, which ones?
Are you currently teaching or designing for your local scrapbook store?
Do you have a personal blog? If so, please provide the link.
Do you have an online scrapbook resume? If so, please provide the link.
How do you stay current on the latest techniques and trends in scrap booking?
What subjects or individuals do you tend to scrapbook the most? Kids, pets, etc.
Tell us a little bit about your daily life and what a typical day is for you.
Is there anything else you would like us to know? List it here.

We just can’t wait to see your designs! We have great things in store for 2008, and we are looking forward to adding design team members who are passionate about scrap booking and paper crafting! Thanks so much for considering our offer!

To read more about the call, visit this link:

Create My Keepsake DT Call

On a personal note, we are currently bunkered down, waiting for 6 to 15" snowstorm! I can't wait for all the fluff. I hope it sticks around until Christmas!!!

Almost December 1st...

Where has the time gone?! It is unbelievable that in 4 weeks we will be celebrating Christmas! With school programs, church plays, Christmas parties, baking cookies...who has time for anything else, LOL?

I just got finished taping my first webisode for Mosh-Posh. I think it went pretty well! Be sure to check it out in a week or so ;) Here are some sneaks of some of the projects I completed for the December kit:



Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Happy 6th Birthday Hanna!!

Hanna turned 6 over the weekend!!! I cannot believe this little girl is already 6. We had a great time celebrating with friends and family. Happy Birthday Hanna!!!




We received some good news pertaining to Chad's job (or lack there of) and are very hopeful at this point. I always think I'm going to "jinx" a situation by talking about it or getting too excited about it. A lady in our bible study helped me to look at things like this in a new light though. She explained that good news is meant to be shared, something that should be shouted out, rejoiced. So I'm trying to get over my paranoia and just accept the good, ha ha. Anyway, I will hopefully be able to post more about this subject soon ;) Just wanted to shout out a huge THANK YOU to all of you who have been thinking about us, and praying for us while he has been laid off. It has meant so much to both of us.

On another GREAT note, I found out last weekend that I am officially a MOSH POSH girl!!! It is a wonderful kit club (actually the first one I ever belonged to) and I cannot wait to get started.

I also received some other good news (no, I'm not pregnant LOL!) but I can't divulge any information now ;) It is TOP SECRET!!!

Toodles for now!!

What is up with these toy recalls???

I just heard of yet another toy recall! Now "aqua-dots" has been pulled from the market. What??? I was actually going to get this for my oldest daughter. Now I'm leary to buy any toys this season. I just recently mailed back $250 worth of Mattel toys because of the lead scare. SO, what are you buying little ones for Christmas this year? I think we will stick with board games, books, play-doh, and anything else that has proven to be safe for the last 10+ years. It seems like nothing is safe now. My little Hanna has a certain obsession with a little toy called "littlest pet shop."
I just love this toy and will probably be buying a bunch of them for her. I'm not sure who likes them more, her or me!!!

Anyway, I wanted to thank all of you who sent me well wishings from my trip to the ER. I haven't had to go back and have only had minor problems.

I wanted to share a recent layout I did of Taylor, as she is getting older I rarely get the chance to take really good pictures of her. Well I just love this shot.

She is so sweet and innocent in this picture and MAN does this girl ever love watermelon! Lots of color infused in this layout. I have been in a bit of a scrapping rut lately. I seem to be pushing a lot of product around the table but not able to finish anything really concrete. Maybe this weekend I can come up with something!

I'm feeling ispired again....just got an e-mail from Scrapbook Trends requesting 2 of my Dream Street layouts for their latest idea book, "Embellish It." Their idea books are always amazing and I am thrilled to be able to contribute to it! In fact, it seems as though lots of familiar faces will be in that book! Congrats to all my CMK girls!!!

Speaking of this weekend, we have a girls trip planned with some of my family members. We are spending the day Saturday at a new mall in Toledo. Afterwards we are going to have a nice meal together. With Chad being laid off and the everyday business of life I am so thankful to have a get-away. I really need it lol!!!

We spent 2 hours at the dentist this morning. I HATE GOING THERE. And it wasn't even for me but for Tay and Hanna. They are little troopers and always do a great job but entertaining little Chloe is a suicide mission, HAHA. She was a maniac in there! At one point, the theme song from Shrek came on at the office and Chloe pauses long enough to gasp, "MOM, that song from Shrek!" The dental assistants were amazed that a little 2 year old would know that, I just sighed because that means my "little 2 year old" watches WAY. TOO. MUCH. SHREK. It was embarassing.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

My mom and I took the girls and my sister to "Fashion Farm" last Friday for a day of pumpkin picking, hayriding, maze finding, art display! It was such a cool little place. The neatest thing about this farm is the tour they have where pumpkins and gourds of all shapes and sizes have been put together, painted, and formed to make fairy tale stories and other fun things. They even had a "Dolly Parton" pumpkin LOL! It was great! Here are some of my favorite shots from our trip:









I spent an interesting day in the ER today. I started with chest pains early this morning. Chad and I dropped the girls off at a friends house and went to the hospital. I have mitre valve prolapse so anytime I have a heart problem I need to go. Well, I was there for around 7 hours while they ran tests. When I first came in I had elevated levels of something (I forgot the term!) in my blood which meant the heart was in distress. They needed to wait 4 more hours to run the test again and the levels has fortunately went down. WHEW! Had I of known that they would be checking my pulse regularly ON MY ANKLES I would have shaved for crying out loud. I kept apologizing, hoping I wasn't cutting their hands with my prickly beasts. So it is good to be home now!

I also wanted to share some of my Papertrunk layouts. Carrie's product is just wonderful to work with and she is such a sweetheart :) :) :)