School's Out for Summer Crop

Treasured Scrapbooking is having a School's Out for Summer Crop this weekend! Come play with us. I issued a scraplift challenge and just love how my page turned out. I lifted Reelgirl's (Shelly) Dog Days of Summer. It's such a fun, bright layout -- and of course, you know I'm all about pup pages. Here's my version:
Cocoa is such a funny dog!

Anyway -- come join us for the crop! There's tons of fun challenges and games going on. It goes through Sunday. Hope to see you there!

Let's Go Blog Hopping

I have never participated in a blog hop, but I'm hoping to on June 18th if I'm not on a ballfield! Scrapattack Scrapbooking is hosting one and it sounds like tons of fun. All you have to do is visit the participating blogs, leave a comment & your name will be put in some drawings for some great prizes. Come play along!

And while you're at it -- my dear friend Kelzpop has been hosting SSU classes over at Scrapattackscrapbooking. I didn't get to participate in the first round but I'm sure hoping to dive right in on the 2nd round that's getting cranked up. I'm having trouble getting the link inserted -- but if you look over to the right and click on Scrapattack Scrapbooking, that will lead you right to it.

Hope to see you there!

Yippppppeeeeeeeeeee!

I am so excited to share some news with you! On a last minute whim, I decided to submit some layouts for the Treasured Scrapbooking design team call. I am lucky enough to have been chosen for the team!!! TS was my very first scrapping message board home, so that just makes it even more special to have been chosen there. I have been an active member for a few years now and just can't begin to tell you how excited I am. I can hardly wait to get started!

And Now It's May

Dang, where did April go? I was swamped with birthdays and ballgames, the month just passed me right by! I managed to reach my scrappy goal for the month (10 layouts), but it wasn't pretty. lol. Meaning -- I was a scrapping fool last night trying to bust out 6 pages before May Day. I did it though! Hoping to bust out even more this weekend. Over at Scrapattack Scrapbooking, they've got NSD crop going on this weekend. I'm hoping to participate and really crank out some more pages. Come join us for the crop!

And here's a few of my faves that I did this month:




I can't get away from pink for some reason. Such a fun, happy color. Gotta love it -- all springy! Happy May Day, everybody!

Bye Bye Megan

This photo shows my favorite part of American Idol last night! Need I say more? Not really - but I will anyway. lol. Thank goodness Megan was finally voted off! I'm sure next year this time I won't even remember who she was, but I sure am glad she's gone! I have just never liked her, and it was downright painful to watch her sing and -- twist? dance? -- whatever it was she would do when she sang. I'm glad Anoop is hanging on for at least another week. I like him, I really do, but I was skered for him last night. I was afraid he was gonna be packing his bags and heading back to the Ole North State! I'm pulling for him though - he's not my most favorite - but I'm pulling for him. I'd like to see him in the top 5 -- with Adam, Danny, Matt, and Kris too. I actually think he's done very well. But David Cook was what really held my interest last night. He is just DA BOMB!

Sweet Memories

So with April just a few days away, I tend to get all sad and reminise about my kids being babies. Both of them have April birthdays, and I can' believe that Amber is going to be 12 next week, and Adam 16 the end of the month. Honestly, it doesn't seem possible. I know I'm not the only mother in the world who is watching her kids grow up before her eyes, but dang, it's happening fast. It doesn't seem that long ago they were snuggling with stuffed animals and taking mid-day naps. I guess that's what has sparked this sudden run of "baby" layouts I've done. I really haven't purposely picked out baby pictures to scrap, but looking at the last 4 layouts I have done, you would think I'm on a mission to recreate the past. I have thousands (really, THOUSANDS!) of pictures of my kids as babies -- I'm actually glad that subconsciously I've been reaching for some of those baby pictures to scrap. They make me smile. Here they are:
"Beach Bums" - gosh, they were so cute! Adam was (and wouldn't admit it now, but still is!) very protective of his baby sister.

"My Little Buddy" -- here's Adam waking up from a nap when he was about 1 1/2 years old. He was so sweet when he would wake up - not anymore! lol. Well, in his defense, life isn't as easy now as it was then. The only thing he had to worry about then was what would his afternoon snack be when he woke up. Now it's honors classes and homework and deciding what college he's interested in going to.

"It's Barney Time" -- ohhh my sweet baby girl! She LOVED watching Barney. Well, Adam did too, actually, but Amber could watch Barney all day long if I would let her. I just love this picture - especially with Barney hap-hazardly stuck underneath her. Too sweet!

"Napping with Simba" -- And last but certainly not least, my little buddy with his Simba. Simba was ALWAYS by Adam's side. Always. Simba went to the beach, to Mammaw's, to family reunions, out to eat, EVERYWHERE with Adam. I bet he watched The Lion King 50 times in one year. He loved that movie. And this is one of my favorite pictures. So sweet!

Such good memories here! I treasure these pages! I really do! And as proud as I am to see them growing into adulthood, I do miss these special moments.

Back Home

Amber and I are back home from the cheer competition. Well actually - a week has almost passed by. We had a really good time. It was a 2-day competition and the first day was a little rough for the team. We were dropping stunts and just seemed nervous and out of sync. But Sunday, they came back and nailed it! We parents were so proud! They performed like the team we knew they could be! So when it was all said and done, they came in 8th out of 9 teams. Actually I'm very pleased with that showing. With this being the first year this group of girls have cheered together -- we were up against teams that have been together for years. I think they did very well. Here's a few pictures:


And this one I just love her hair:
We had a good time, but I'm kinda glad we're getting a little bit of a break. Just in time for softball to take it's place! lol! No rest for the weary!