hurry up and finish up....

That's what I feel all of a sudden! Not sure if it's because it's the end of the year....or because Kevin & I are heading off to Mexico in 6 days! I'm a "everything in it's place" kinda girl....so that's probably it. Not sure if I will get the tree and decorations put away cause it's snowing AGAIN! Ok Ok enough snow already! The box's for everything are under the house....so I think everything can wait till we get back!

Some gift card holder tags I made before Christmas:

Santa brought Harley just what he asked for:The girls checking out Summer's new Dance Revolution....thanks soooo much Santa...I love hearing "tootsie roll" over and over and over and over and over again..... love yah big guy! Yes this is me Christmas morning....I'm posting a picture of me in my jammies with bad hair lol...I was very happy in this picture...Summer made me a beautiful beaded necklace :)This is Harley...up on his Grandma & Grandpa Beaudry's ROOF! The guys had to shovel some of the snow off the roof so they thought it would be fun to send the six year old up there to jump off....it was pretty fun to watch...my stomach flipped and flopped a bit but their was enough snow to jump into so it was ok!This is what I've been up to this morning...trying to finish up 2007 Christmas so I can close up the "Christmas" album that has been ongoing since 1993!

Kevin got me a bind-it-all for Christmas...I have a feeling I will be binding alot of mini album's this year....it sure is fun!
I've been wanting to find a "new" way to scrap for a long time now....and I think I found it. Becky Higgin's blog: http://www.beckyhiggins.com/blog/ showcases her great idea of scrapping by week. You take a picture & journal everyday so that every two page layout is a "week" in your life. So I've started it. Of course I won't get the kit with it being a U.S.A. purchase but I will improvise :)

Dec28th...first day of first week...dinner at mom's! Me & Mom! :)

Dec 29th...second day...I'm going to finish Christmas 2007 & 2008 Layout's today!

My scrapdesk!

December already??!!

Sorry I have been a bad blogger....not sure if anyone reads this to know that I'm a bad blogger...but I guess I know!

So what have I done since Zoe's birthday.

I have created alot of stuff...layouts, cards, Christmas gifts. Time just seems to fly by in this house!

I finally got around to painting our room....it was this teal blue color with a bad wallpaper boarder...I just couldn't stand it anymore.

Before:

After:

I've been trying to catch up on my scrapbooking. I am ALMOST at "before we moved to alberta" photo's...which means I am only 3.5 years behind :)

Here's a couple layout's that I did that I like. Some scraplifting from Canadian Scrapbooker was required for extra mojo :)



The kids have made their Christmas cookie tree's with Grandma already....a favourite tradition around here....they are just as yummy to eat as they are to look at :) They also put together a gingerbread house for Kevin & I :) It's missing a few parts already....

Then it was time for our tree to go up....Here's Kevin & Harley putting it up and putting the lights on! You know it's getting close to Christmas when our tree goes up! We are not the kind of people that have the tree up for two months...couple weeks is good for us!

Harley giving me some "Santa" lovin....it's good to have a little boy...especially a lovey little one like Harley! xo (don't mind how tired I look)

Zoe helping Harley put the Angel on the top....yes Kevin is behind helping too :)

AND last but not least...it has SNOWED!! Yes snow....and lots of it. I'm not a measuring kinda girl but holly cow there is alot! I was stranded at home for a few days being as the tires on my truck are bald...but that has been fixed...got new "all seasons" the other night!

Well not sure if I will post before our holiday...Kevin & I are headed to Mexico! Kids with be here with Grandma & Grandpa...the dogs...the hamsters.....I'll be on a VACATION!

Have a Merry Christmas everyone out there in blogland :)

Happy Birthday Zoe!

IT'S ZOE'S 10TH BIRTHDAY TODAY!! (I know I know...I'm far to young!) ;)

We had a great day....roast chicken, mashed potatoe's & garlic for dinner...with lemon meringue pie for desert (Zoe's not a cake kinda gal)...she opened & loved all her presents. Now to just get thru the swimming party on friday after school!

This is Zoe & I on friday night when Kevin was home. We took the kids out for dinner in Campbell River for a treat.

This is tonight on her actual birthday....she's smelling the lemon pie for the first time. She said it tasted better than she imagined it would :)

I've been creating a few cards lately for challenge's over at split coast stampers in the bella forum. Anyone who know's me know's I love bellas :)

Here's what I've made lately:

I also made a card with the theme being "polka dots"...I really wanted to ink up my Superbella so here she is:

This was for a challenge here: http://bellarifficfriday.blogspot.com/2008/11/welcome-to-first-bella-riffic-friday.html

Have a fabulous day all!!

Life continues

Life after a craft fair is great! I didn't realize how much of my life it overtook! I've been making cards, for me!, doing a couple scrapbook pages...I'll post some pictures tonight.

I feel like Santa...making a list, checking it twice! lol...organizing check, cleaning check, arranging check, PAC meeting check....see how easy it is ;)

Well I don't have much else to say at this momento....Kev is home this weekend so I'm sure we will have some crazy adventures then I can tell you all about it on monday :)

Life returns to normal??

Do I even remember what normal is. For the last few days since the fair has ended my head feels like it's spinnin'. Not in the drunken sense (I wish) but in the what now sense...like something's missing. When this happens to me I organize and tidy. Those who know me know this already. So I have been checking tasks off my list....sometimes checking it twice (yes Santa pun intended) I've built the wire rack cube thingy (very technical name there) for my paper's...just need to finish sorting them. I've almost caught up on the card challenge list I had started...only one more to go and I'm there.

The kids are still here ;) I thought maybe along the road they might have dropped off but no such luck! (I'm kiddin' Summer) Kevin's working like a maniac so we can go to Mexico in January....gosh I love that guy!

Here's a couple of the cards I've been working on lately:

Busy B!

Wow has my life been busy. I get so wrapped up in learning new stuff on the net that I forget to say hi over here!

The Charles Dickenson Craft Faire is this weekend at the filberg center beside the Sid for all you locals if you wanna check it out! I'll be there for the first time ever! Hopefully it goes well :)

So I'm just surfin' about and learning new things...

Check out some of this blog candy:

http://scrapbitz.blogspot.com/2008/11/biggest-blog-candy-evah.html

http://www.susanascustomartandcarddesign.com/

I'll be a better blogger after this weekend...I promise :)

more and more and MORE....

Cards that is! lol...creating everyday now....not much time for anything else. Well that's not all true. I have also been baking a bit, running a bit, biking a bit...I like to do things in little bit's as to not become addicted to any one thing ;o

So here is a bit ;) of what i've been up to:

off to do some more playin'...I mean workin' ;)