I am doing the happy dance!

Oh happy day, I discovered that there was a LSS in Chico.  I am so thrilled!  Apparently it has been open since June but I have been so preoccupied with work, the house search and the move that I had no clue. I hadn't been to a LSS in what feels like years!  I stopped in on Thursday before work & picked up some Graphic 45 pp & stickers.  I love them! 

 I had never used Graphic 45 before (at least I don't think that I have) They worked beautifully with these pics that I took at the beg. of the month.  So fun!

 For my Disney LO I used white cb glitter letters in the title, they don't photograph well!  The Mickey pic is from a wall calendar that I had.  I added the frame because it had an art deco feel to it...which reminds me of the tower of terror.

 One more Disney Lo.  Despite the rain the kids insisted on playing with this large marble fountain ball in Tommorowland.  I don't recall the pp but the cb is BG.   The cardstock on all four LOs are Bazzil.

Just because

The kids and I had a fun little photo shoot on Monday.  Fia had a couple of girlfriends over and they got all gussied up & we went out into our property & took some fun shots.  I am still working on editing them but I posted a few to share! 

 She had to get a picture on the bike.  It was her "vision"  LOL.  I took several shots of the  girls in the creek & I love how they  turned out!

.Have a very happy Easter.  I am looking forward to hosting Easter dinner at my house this year.  I can't wait! We are going to have a huge Easter egg hunt!  With over 20 guests the house will be a little crowded but it should be fun!

We are moving along

I was able to scrap a little last night after I put the kiddos in bed.   I really need to start scrapping on a regular basis.  Now that I have my room a little more put together hopefully I will be able to scrap a little bit every day.  Gone are the long chunks of time that I could devote to scrapping.  I am going to focus on getting a little done here and there, when I can spare a bit of time. 

 I had fun with this LO.  I colored the cb frame with a white water color crayon & added the blue on top.  I used a scrap of mm star pp and the bugs are mm as well.  I chose the bugs because I really don't have to many boy embellishments & the bugs' color palette seemed to go well enough.    I do call both the kids my love bug so it wasn't to far of a reach! LOL

 I have added a few more things to my walls.  As I scrap and get more use of my new space I am sure that I will continue to move things around.  My mom is going to sew a skirt for my table & we are going do try to do something with the top.  I am looking forward to working on that project & will post after pics for sure!   Half the fun is the journey & I want to fill this space with stuff I love.  I love re purposing items & giving them new life.  As soon as I get my computer area cleaned up & the doors put back on my closets I will take pics from another angle of the room!

Have a great week! 

Some new critters

Here are three of the newest members of our little family.  We adopted Lola from the SPCA and she is the sweetest little girl ever!    Lola and Belle get along pretty well.  I will catch them sleeping together , so sweet!   We haven't had a cat in years and she is a wonderful addition to the family!

 The other two critters that we have added to our menagerie?  Goats.  Two Alpine males.  They are three weeks old and we are still feeding them by bottle.  Eventually we would like to get females  They are super sweet and the kids love playing with them!

 Jared is Sophia's:

 Brutus is Evan's:

Looking forward to scrapping these pics.....I wonder if I have any goat embellishments! :)

we are off to a good start!

I have started putting my scrapbook room together.  It is so nice to have a place to create again.  I still have a long way to go with the unpacking but I am thrilled to have a start!  I still have some stuff at the other place and there are still things that I need to find.  I love that I can now have a friend over to scrap.  There's plenty of room for two, maybe even three. 

 I will shoot more angles of the room once I start getting everything where I want it.  I still have more shelves to hang & I hope to make a skirt of some sort for the table so I can pretend that they match.  I would love to better camouflage them!

 I found this LO already mostly completed so I added some pics of the kids being sweet .  Evan is blowing a kiss in the bottom one.

 I am not even sure of any of the product...It has been so long.  I think that I made it before Evan was even born.  I do really like the feel of it though.

we are in the new place!

We have been working and trying to get the new place ready.  I have posted some before and afters. 

 Here is a before.  The family room was missing some trim work and I didn't like the chopped up feel with the different colors.  I knew right away that I wanted to paint the shelves white.  Eventually we will work on the fireplace mantle but for now it will do.

 Another before shot.  The windows were a door to the backyard several owners ago, but for some reason they closed them up and now they are an odd collection of windows, highlighted by the blue it made them stand out way to much!

 Here is an after.  We painted and added the missing trim. (that was a theme throughout the entire house)  We plan on doing away with  the entertainment unit & mounting a tv on the fireplace... but that's down the line.

 another view of the freshly painted window.  I like the white it brings a little more unity to the space and it's a perfect little place for reading.

 This is the entry way.  They had this nasty carpet in such a high traffic area.

 Here is the new space with new paint and tile.

Another view of the entryway into the kitchen.  I added the scripture.
The house is a work in progress.  We only took  one week off to get the house move it ready and we still have boxes everywhere! My scrapbook room is starting to take shape & I hope to post pics on Monday.
Have a great weekend all!

Merry Christmas!

Well, we surprised the kids with a dog for Christmas.  She is an absolute doll. She's an 8 month old German Wirehair Pointer.  Sophia was so happy to finally get a dog that she cried. 

 One of the best things about getting an older puppy is that she is already potty trained, excellent on a leash & knows several commands.  We are delighted to add her to our family. We are confident that she will love the new house.

 Sophia and Bella...so sweet!

Hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and I wish you a happy New Year!