Hard workers

January 2010

Grammy worked hard out in our yard this winter getting it cleaned up. She also had a helper, Michael. They worked well together and I enjoyed taking photos and being entertained by them! Thank you Grammy and Michael the yard looks fantastic!

Credits:
Template (My story) by Kristin @ www.kristinsscrapdesign.com
Organic Artistry Kit by Fruit Loop Sally @ catscrap.com or pickleberrypop.com

Uh Oh a re-do...

I didn't mean to do this...But I am in the mood to scrap tonight and I downloaded a kit the other day that I thought would go perfectly with this story...did the new layout and then realized (hmmm...) I think I've already done a layout of this photo...ekk...I like the new one better, lol.

The old layout...

The New layout:
Step by Step:
Michael checked out a book from the library called “Step by Step” by Christine Taylor-Butler. It was about changing the colors of flowers and had step by step directions on how to do it. So we found some white mums and experimented. The first flowers I bought didn’t work or perhaps it was the colors we used, green and red. So we bought some different flowers and tried blue food coloring. We had a control group in which we added no colors too and then the experimental flowers which you can tell we used blue food coloring.

Credits:
9 to 5 kit designed by Dawn Inskip @ catscrap.com or pickleberry.com
Template (My story) by Kristin @ www.kristinsscrapdesign.com
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So which one do you like? The old or the new?

No Kisses!

I'm in the mood to scrap...

Grammy trying to give Michael a goodbye kiss.

Credits:

About a boy kit designed by Dawn Inskip @ catscrap.com or pickleberry.com

A New You challenge...

DigiChick had a challenge using a free template and I thought I'd give it a try....Below is what I came up with...

~ March 2010~
Love my life, my husband, my son, and Spring is my favorite time of year in Texas.

If you'd like to check out the DigiChicks challenge and blog click here.

Credits:
April Template designed by Olivia Ashcraft (LivyBug's Creations) @ www.thedigichick.com
Faded Beauty Kit (papers) @ Scrapgirls.com
Butterfly designed by misticadesigns @ digiscrapboutique.com
Postage stamp flowers by Katie Pertiet @ DesignerDigital.com

April Wildflowers...

I took these photos on a trip down the driveway with the Macro lens. It's been windy and really tough to get photos of the wildflowers...But I really wanted to show you some new blooms and some old blooms...

Prairie Nymph (common name is Propeller Plant) a member of the Iris family.

Evening Primrose (Buttercup), Winecups and Prairie Nymphs.

Roadside Blue Eyed Grass also a member of the Iris family.

Indian Blanket, also known as Firewheel.

You've seen them before, Phlox, and I can't help myself. They are just so vivid....

Arkansas Lazy Daisy or also known as Doze Daisy as it's bloom doesn't open until mid-day.

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I still haven't got to the photos from last weekend, hopefully soon. I'm off to Mom and Dad's ranch in the morning and will definitely be taking photos of the wildflowers over there...

Jen Maddocks and Little Dreamer Designs

I just wanted to share some really sweet news! My friend and digital designer Jen was chosen as First Round Apprentice at Little Dreamer Designs. I am so very PROUD of her.

You can go here to check out what she is involved in, click here!

Congratulations Jen!

If you want to check out Jens blog and her store/designs click on her banner in the left sidebar!

A few awesome things to share...

The Easter Bunny brought Michael this really fun game. It's called Creationary and is sold by Lego. If your child loves legos, they'll love this.

Michael built the boat above!

They have cards with pictures on it and different categories...You roll the dice to choose your category, draw a card and attempt to build what is pictured and the other people or person has to guess what it is...Val and I played it Easter Sunday and had a lot of fun with it...we were making Fred guess what we had built and we did pretty good as he figured out what everything was. It isn't easy but it makes you think. For ages 7 and up.

Michael playing with it Monday morning before school...He made the boat pictured above...

and was working on making a banana....what is hilarious is Val was going through the cards looking at the different items and there was a pile of poo...How do you build a pile of poo out of legos...we got a good chuckle out of it...on another note it is kind of disgusting too and I was actually shocked that the Lego company would put that on one of the cards to build...eekkk. But honestly it is a fun game and after watching Val and I play Michael is enjoying it...


On another note...Michael bought a plastic spider in San Antonio and it kind of looks real...Fred hates spiders!! So we started a family joke and you just never know where your going to find our family pet...Michael has put him under Daddy's sheets at night before Daddy goes to bed...Nothing like getting ready to hop into bed and throw the covers back and find a spider, ekk...Fred has put it on Michael's alarm clock so when Michael wakes up in the morning to shut off his alarm, surprise, surprise!!

And this morning when I went to get Michael up I found it on the toilet, ekkk...Michael laughed when he saw it! I wonder what the boys will do when they actually find a real one :o) It's in the bathroom sink at the moment waiting for Daddy to find it in the morning....

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And guess what I received in the mail today....The blog book I ordered!

Wow it is awesome! I had my blog from 2007 printed out into a book. I was worried about the photos being pixelated as these were small photos taken with my powershot but the only one bad one was the cover photo. It is so cool and I couldn't wait to show Fred.

Fred really liked it!

He wasn't too happy with the price, ekk. It was a wee bit expensive but I think it was well worth it. My Mother in law who does not do computers at all looked through it tonight and was laughing. She loved it! I plan on doing the rest of the blog but because I have so many photos for 2008 and 2009 I will have to split the books into 6 months at a time...and of course I have to wait until the funds become available too :o)

Michael held the book for me while I took photos...There is an index with the blog post titles and page numbers, it's just too cool. And before you have it printed you can view the whole book!

The name of the company is http://www.sharedbook.com/ and I used Blog to Print...it's expensive but well worth it!

April 5 2010 Kayaking the Creek with John and Val

Today our Nephew, John, and his wife Val came over to Kayak the creek with me...The wind was a bit rough when we got to the wider areas of the creek but we had fun...It was beautiful out! John and Val are both in the Marines and were here on vacation! Wish they'd move over this way so we could go Kayaking together more often.

Val....

Her and John are expecting their first child in July :o)

Val with John behind her...

John posing for a photo...

John fighting the wind...

Val moving along...Michael's Kayak fit her perfectly!

We made it to the bridge, YEA!!

This is the bridge I've been trying to get to with Michael but it's just too far for Michael...I was tickled when we made it today...From our property it took us 1 hr 45 minutes to get there...It didn't help fighting the wind on the way...On the way back we had our backs to the wind but were paddling into the current...I took the powershot and the photos are SOOC (Straight out of the camera)...I have a dry box for the camera but came close to dumping it in the water, ekk...The above photo was two photos I combined to make one...I really enjoyed today, Thanks John and Val!

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Stay tuned as I have photos from Val's baby shower and from Easter with the family...