Family that sweats together stays together.

Daily Dose of Jillian gets your motor runnin'. I kept trying to post the video but it won't upload.

Sharing some more spookiness...grossness...

Thank you Wal-Mart cake decorating person for making my day a lively one. Shhhh, Frank. That lipstick is horrible. No, WAIT, it's Michael Jackson come back to haunt us in the form of a cake.

Poor Kitty got half run over.

What my eyes look like when Jonah stays up all night.

Ummmmm, Paris should sue her make up artist.

Do skeletons even HAVE brains? Come ON!

Have a great day.

Spooky Forest

I love to make Halloween cards but I don't think people send them very often. The tree image is by Magenta, the sentiment and the pumpkin are by studio g. I hope everyone is having a great Friday!

Ear, Ear!

Thanks to my dear friend Jenny I learned to make these lovelies today! Just experimenting, but this was really enjoyable and I hope to make more in the future.The tiny blue/green ones are for Tessa. I really think I'm going to switch up the turquoise coral ones. They're not sitting right with me (although Jenn likes them). Hope you're all having a great day!

Jakob's first day of 3rd grade

Jakob is enjoying third grade except for the increased work load! Holy schmoly with the spelling words. He needs to learn 30 a week being in the upper level reading so he's challenged! Well let me tell you, I'm the one who's being challenged trying to get him to study them all the time! Have a great day.

Tessa's first day of first grade!

Super Dudes Revised

After posting this lo the other day I just couldn't stop thinking that something was missing. I picked it back up, punched out a couple of kapows and then used my little star punch to give it a confetti look. It's better, but I think I'll add some words to the kapows...maybe! Have a gret day!

Super Dudes

Every time I see this layout I think of the part in Incredibles where Frozone says, "Honey, where's my super suit?" "I need my super suit!".
This is just a simple little layout about two boys who rule the world! Aaron and James are the best of friends and they have fun no matter what. Especially when one of them says the words "poop" or "fart. I hope y'all are having a great day. I had such a wonderful day at church, I feel so filled up with love.

I've got two teeth!

I adore this pic of Jonah, I've posted it before, but now I've scrapped it! He's had two teeth since the age of 8 months AND THAT'S IT! Just last week he started to get his fangs on the top...I think Aaron did that too. I'm so happy to have scrapped and that I got to do it among friends! Hope you're all having a great day!

Anywhooooo...

I love New Mexico Sunsets! When I see a thing of beauty like this I know that I am truly part of something bigger than myself.

Jakob is always snagging my camera and when I go to download pictures there are little jems like this on my drive. I just love everything about this picture because it's so true to life...with three boys that is.

My little j-man is learning how to feed himself. He's not perfect and he's super messy but he's growing up so fast. Travis thinks he'll be a lefty...we'll have to wait and see on that one.

We visited Tinker Town Museum in the Sandia Mountains. It's a really neat little place with quarter slots and little moving dioramas. The man who made the whole thing is so creative. Aaron loved the walls made out of mortar and glass bottles, I believe some six thousand of them.

Tessa is a woman after my own heart. Here she is organizing her desk drawer. So proud of herself. How many Hello Kitty watches does a girl need?

Well that's a little weekly update. Hope you all are well. Have a super Monday!

Sick AND Tired

All of my kids have had the stomach flu and I can't seem to get anything done. I will try to post pics of my most recent layouts and cards asap. No promises.
have a great day.

Bumper Crop

Look at this INSANE amount of carrots that we pulled out of our garden today. They're so good and spicy. Some of these carrots are so HUGE...like four inches across at the top.

Now what's even crazier is the SUPER, INSANE amount of turnips we pulled up. One of the turnips is, quite frankly, the size of my one year old's head!I loved the result of the spiced peach jam, and applesauce. Didn't enjoy the slaving over the stove.Can anyone say SALSA?!?!?!?

Bugs o plenty

You know this bloggin' thing is hard to do all the time. I had fun with this card. None of my cards won at the state fair which I knew would happen because I'm NOT at professional level. I don't spend five hours on one card. You should have seen some of them. INSANE. My page won a ribbon and I won a second place in scrapbooking on a double lo of my daughter and her cousin.
Have a great day.

This little booger...fills me with joy and consternation

Look at that sweet smile and those dreamy blue eyes...dont' let them fool you...he's a tornado all wrapped up in a toddler body!

What a serious mess. I love how he EATS the noodle that Aaron just picked off the back of his shirt!

State Fair Entry: Holiday

I made this card for the store...it didn't sell. Maybe people don't buy Easter cards anymore?!?! So I fancied it up a bit and made it my entry in the Holiday category. The egg stamp is from Impression Obsession. The flourishes are from Technique Tuesday. I just used ink and a water pen to fill in the egg. Hope you're all having a great day. Mines' been good.

State Fair Entry #2

This card was for the Non Occasion category. I wanted to make a circle card just to do something different. I used the Eastern Blooms set along with Delight in Life. The background patterned paper was made by inking up my white cardstock with various colors, stamping with versamark and then adding clear embossing powder. I heated the powder and once set went over the whole paper with Pacific Point ink. I call it my "clown collage". Definitely different from my usual style. Oh, the stems were embossed with Desert Rain embossing powder...really shimmery IRL.
Have a great day y'all.

State fair entry: Birthday

Here's the card I made for the birthday category at the NM state fair. (Thanks E for the image). Had fun layering it up. I added a couple of screw head brads to the ppr as the finishing touch. We'll see how I do as I got entered as a "Proffessional" just because I'd won a blue ribbon in the past. I'm not sure I'm near as good as a "Proffessional".

A little bit of life right now...

Working out. This is the floor of my car. I work out at a friends on Mondays and Fridays. I work out with Jenny on Tuesdays and Thursdays and sometimes I take Wednesday off but sometimes I go dig rocks!

Foggy mornings...it's beginning to look a lot like fall around here. The smell of green chile roasting...mmm. Speaking of green chile. Jenn and I split a 30lb box of mild and then I split a 30lb box of hot with Debbie. So, yup, I peeled, chopped and froze 3olbs of roasted green chile. I mixed the hot with the mild. You may ask, "was it worth it?". Well, I'll let you know next year.

The semi at the left of the pic was on fire when I was coming into town I drove right past it (no traffic jam then). When I was leaving town I snapped this picture. It brought me back to two years ago when my friends and I were involved in a car fire. There was never a traffic back up like this though. Thanks New Mexico for always going overboard and giving us yet another traffic jam!

Aaron started preschool. He goes for a couple of hours Monday through Thursday...just enough time for me to run to the grocery store and take the recycling in to town. Maybe go work out tou.

Hope you're having a great day.

It's a rainy, rainy day here. I LOVE it. My FIL is out back pouring concrete and I'm helping the kids with their homework. Life is good and busy. I didn't even get upset when I heard a crashing noise and found this in the kitchen. Notice the blur that is Jonah at the bottom of the pic. Accidents happen right? I'm tired and I wanna take a nap. Tortellini soup for dinner cuz it sounds amazing. Hope y'all have a great day.

Bug Birthday

"Sending you Worm Wishes on your Bug Day"
My kiddos had a birthday party to go to today and I wanted to make a fun card for the new eight year old. A little bug vignette if you will. I really like this set...I should use it more often. Hope you're all having a sweet day! My in-laws will be here shortly so I'd better go straighten up!