I never really realized, or admitted, how much shopping for craft supplies makes me feel good. A week or so ago I promised my hubby that I would not spend one single dime on any scrapbooking item. Now, some of you might be thinking, "No big deal. What's your problem?" Well, my problem is I LOVE to buy scrapbook things. I want to have everything. Everything that I see that comes out I say, "Oh my gosh. I need that." It has been a constant struggle every day not to break my promise. I haven't, but I am struggling!!!

I just wanted to put this out there and be honest. Do any of you struggle with this addiction?

BOO

Here is the Boo I finally finished, tonight, on Halloween. I guess next year. I can use it as a decoration. I am very happy how it turned out. I used Happy Hauntings and Paper Doll Dress Up.

Birthday Cards

Here are the birthday cards we did last month


Dalila
Felicia

Nicole

Friends Cards

Here are pics of the friends cards




Nicole
CarolAutumn


Au

Scrapbook night!

Tonight is scrapbook night. I have 7 people coming including me. I hope we all fit in my room. I'll post pics later of our projects. There's going to be some creative juices flowing. I LOVE MY ROOM!!!!

Carol made these wall hangings. Aren't they cute? I'm still finishing mine up. I'll post pics later

Thank You Cards

I made these cards for my friend , Heidi's birthday. I used Create a Critter. I love this cartridge!!

Anniversary card

Here is an Anniversary card I made for my sis and her hubby. I love this stack, "LaCreme" from DCWV. It's so elegant!

Engagement Card

Here is an engagement card I made for my niece, Lauren. I scraplifted it from someone's blog. I am so sorry I cannot remember who.

Happy Birthday Kids

Here are our birthday kid cards

Felicia...
Carol...
Felicia....
Felicia...
Nicole...

Scrapping Fools

I spent last weekend at my sister, Heather's, house. We got lots and lots of scrappin' done. I got about 30 pages done I think. It was so nice to have someone to scrap with. It's always better with friends. We also made some little girly clips that were so fun. I'll post pics later. I bought the Tim Holtz ruler with my coupon at Michaels and I love it. I read somewhere that it works really great to get all the little boggers off my cricut mat and they were right!!! It worked great! Heather had to go out and buy one too....Craft night this Saturday if anyone would like to come. Talk to ya later!

Wedding cards

Here are the wedding cards


Carol

Nicole

Heather

Felicia

Au

Autumn

Where Have I been?

Oh my goodness. My aunt told me she was going to mention my blog in her blog. I came here and went, "What, I haven't blogged in almost a month?" Well, my friends, my camera is dead. For me, that is a major catastrophe. I did not realize how much I use my camera. You should hear everyone at the soccer games asking me where my third arm is. I have beautiful cards to post from my designers for our wedding theme. We are currently working on kid birthdays. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. I used the cartridges Robotz and Create a critter for mine. I was really happy how they turned out. Hopefully I can get my camera fixed and won't have to buy a new one. Although, I have been wanting a Nikon......we'll see. I hope everyone is having a fabulous summer and I look forward to seeing your creations. We meet the third Saturday night of every month if you'd like to join us at my house for "craft" night.

What have I been doing? Well, we went camping mid-July with my mom, dad, sisters, their kids and my kids. We went to a place called Coloma Resort, which is only 1 hour from my house. We bought 4 inner-tubes and floated down the river pretty much the whole 2 days we were there. It was really fun! Great place and great people. No issues, well except that my brakes almost went out....Got them fixed after camping. We went to a soccer tournament for Savannah in Reno. That was fun. Believe it or not, I've never been to Reno. Other than that, we've been watching lots of movies and working....

4th of July

We got all dressed up for the 4th. These were taken in the backyard.

We went on a bike ride around the airport to the lodge. I have never seen so many people on the bike paths. It was great. So many families enjoying the beautiful day!

We went to the lodge so the boys could make their tee time for tomorrow.....................................

I was taking a picture of the kids and a nice lady asked if we would like her to take a picture of all of us. I handed her my camera and she said she had one just like it. But then she couldn't figure out how to use it. It was pretty funny, but we did get this shot. I think this is the only one of all of us.

This is at the Fire Station on the way back to our house. I love it!

We got home from the bike ride and the boys went into town to hit baseballs and pick up the bat that Austin had left at the fieldhouse. Girls watched a movie...Boys got back and we packed up the car to head into Bend for the fireworks as fireworks aren't allowed in Sunriver because of all the trees.

We went to a high school that we always go to and played baseball and shot water balloons. We really missed our friends, the Winn's, who have been pretty much every year we have. It was different without them....Boohoo!!!

Olivia smashing a home run!!! J/K.

Everyone had hit but Austin when the sprinklers came on. We waited awhile, but they did not turn off. Poor Austin! Here is a pic of almost all the kids that were there..

The pyromaniacs!

The fireworks started at 10:00 and were done by 10:30. We
came home and I can't even remember. All I know right now is that we have been going to bed at about midnight every night and I am soooooo tired. I am too old for this.....

Pool Day....Addendum

Well, I have a little bit to add for last night. I forgot to mention that when the boys went to the mall last night they played mini golf and bought laser pointers. Curt and I did not realize that after dinner and spa they were in the girls bedroom pointing the laser outside aimed at cars driving by. This was about 9:30pm. 20 minutes later when we were trying to wind down and get ready for bed, we heard the doorbell ring. Noone ever rings the doorbell here, especially at 10pm, so it was pretty freaky. Curt was downstairs so we heard him answer the door. He talked a little bit then he called the boys down. It turns out they were shining their lasers in a cop car. The cop told them it was a crime and he could take them to Juvie. So we now have their lasers and hopefully they learned a valuable lesson.....

Pool Day

Today we went to Fort Rock Park. We played soccer, baseball and frisbee. We then came home for lunch and resting. Went to the pool next while Curt went to the driving range. When we got back to the house the boys took a bike ride to the mall, the girls went in the spa, Curt went to get his bike fixed and I went on a long walk to the river. Olivia and I played Scrabble. I won (heehee). Curt made dinner then we all sat in the spa (not Curt).