its finally here......

the summer is here and we can play!Finally - its been super nice out - not to hot and the kids LOVE it. I took the kids to Target yesterday and we bought a pool and a slip and slide. They had so much fun. Here are some pics of them relaxing after eating a popsicle!

Dean is at youth conference this weekend - so the kids and i played all day at a friends house. They played out side all morning - then we let the babies nap and then we bbq tonight I'm soooooooooo tired. I'm going to go watch Fools Gold - chick flick that i know dean will never watch. So I decided I'd be tough and up my weights at body pump on Wednsday and i seriously CANNOT move - never been so sore in my life. I think i'll take it back down a notch again - i'm just not tough! Trying to keep up with Bobbie and Steph just isn't going to happen. I am happy to report i've lost 27lbs to date. I still can't beleive it - not alot of excercise either - just body pump 2x a week. Just totally cutting portions and kinda following weight watchers point system. Its working for me.

Scrapped a little last night and made a huge mess on my desk - not sure that i will be able to find the bottom of this one - BIG MESS> But that layout turned out okay. That blue color again - seriously LOVE IT. Used a huge mixture of product on this one. Hambly, American Crafts, Heidi Swapp, Basic Grey, Making Memories and My Minds Eye. Did some hand stitching - lots of fun.

trying something different with picture placement so i'm not hogging so much room on one post - but as you can tell I can't figure it out!! So back to the old way next time.

Happy Fathers Day

Just wanted to pop in and give a tribute to my dad! He's such a great guy and would drop anything for me or my sister. Love him so much. I did this layout for the Sisaversary online crop over at SIStv . challenge was to do a layout about an important man in our lives. I really suck at online crops - i seriously only got 2 layouts done the entire weekend and really was only happy with this one. I am just not a fast scrapper. But i have a list of challenges now that i will still use and get some great layouts done!
I white wased the cardstock with 2 different colored paints - then placed the patterned paper on top and traced where the circles would be if was the entire sheet of PP - then i stitched the circles with the sewing machine and glued the PP over top where it connects with the other circles - okay that didn't make alot of sense - but you get the idea!

And i totally forgot to share this to die for Apron that Dean got me for mothers day - he got 2 different ones for my mom and his - but i LOVE it! He got them from a lady that lives by us but she orders them for Jessie Steele - you have to check out this website.

We aren't going to church today because the kiddos are sick - but are going to dinner at my parents and hoping to take some great pictures - i love my parents backyard and its finally going to be nice today - so i will post pictures of Dean with the kids later. BYE!

where is the summer??

It is still so cold here - seems like the last week there has been one storm after another. Hoping today was the last of them. Had a pretty good week - went to park city Fathers Day shopping - my sister in law steph and bobbie - we had 8 kids under the age of 7 - needless to say we didn't get to much accomplished - but we did get what we went for. These in-ear headphones from BOSE - supposed to be amazing sound and blocks out other noise while riding and running (which i'm not sure is such a great idea) - but he really wanted them - so thats what he got.

Then today took Ethan to the dr. because his voice sounded funny again - and i just knew it was strep - so this is the 5th time since January - so we are going to get his tonsils out. Poor little dude - i think it will benefit him though. Mason had his out when he was 3 and it made a big difference. I'm going to try and hold out till after our camping trip over the 4th - we'll see.

On a scrappy note - hit the Warehouse sale for Fancy Pants Designs last weekend and it was pretty darn good. I won't even tell you how much i bought -but the prices were AMAZING!! And it was alot of the most recent lines too - and some older stuff that i didnt have and loved. sooooooo i stocked up!

Also - i was pretty excited to see my layout (You are my World) - in my last post as Page of the day over at the Creating Keepsakes Blog on 6/4 - you have to scroll down to see it - but it put a smile on my face! And this layout that was chosen as layout of the day over at SIStv on 6/2.

One last layout i did for the OLW challenge Blog - its their 1st birthday and they are having lots of prizes this time - 7 winners i think - you have till friday and the word is ONE!

Loved these hambly overlays - so cool!

OKay i swear this is the last exciting thing for me - i shouldn't go so long between posts and then they wouldn't be so dang long! Sorry - but check this out! I am a dang lucky guesser - Laura Vegas was having a contest on her blog to guess how many thingies of thread were in a jar - i was only 1 away! So that means she is doing a layout for me and I also won the new Passport Collection from Making Memories! Yay! So now i need to pick some great pictures and get them to her so she can get started! I had a lucky week! (other than Ethan getting sick)!

Happy June

you wouldn't know it was june - its been raining all day and its only 60 degrees. But i guess i will take that over 90 degree weather. I'm trying my hardest to have some structure to our summer so we don't all go crazy and drive eachother nuts! But rainy days = movies and video games - so thats what they did while baylee napped and i scrapped a little. When baylee is awake i can't even step foot in my office without her throwing a fit sooooooo nappy time is my only time till after bed. I did a few challenges in one layout today. I wanted to be able to get a layout done fast - and that means going to find inspiration. So i did the Method Playground challenge of creating your own background by stamping - and then used the most recent sketch from Pencil Lines. Here is what i came up with! I painted the background white - stamped it then added orange chalk in certain spots to add a little flair.

The walk went great - we had alot of support - i will have to post pictures in the next few days. I'm thankful everyday for the people who support cystic fibrosis and for how far they have come with the research! My friend Carey from Vegas was down for the weekend for her little guys quarterly checkup at primary childrens hospital and i was able to sneek away and see her for a little while - miss her so much! Glad i was able to spend some time with her -i'm definatley going to have to go back to Vegas soon.

Off to the grocery store - thanks for stopping by!

Fancy Pants Warehouse Sale.......

hey - any of my Utah friends want to go shopping??? Fancy Pants is having a huge sale at thier Warehouse - here is the info:

June 6 & 7 Friday, June 6th: 9am-5pm

Saturday, June 7th: 10am-3pm

Location:2441 North Main Street

Sunset, UT 84015

TONS of Scrapbook Product discounted at 50%-90%!*patterned paper *ribbon *chipboard *acrylic stamps *crocheted flowers *buttons *pins *felt & morePlease visit our website at: http://www.fancypantsdesigns.com/ or email customerservice@fancypantsdesigns.com with questions.

Dean is out of town fishing that weekend - so I say we all go shopping! I've been doing that a little to much latley - but hey - whats another trip!

Life on home front is good - we are so busy with everything right now - i feel the scrapping time slipping away! I will always make time for it - but it seems in the summer - the time doesn't find me as much! My goal is at least 10 layouts a month! If i can do that - i will be happy! We have the walk for Cystic Fibrosis this weekend - should be fun - still worry a little about taking Ethan because there are so many kids with CF that go - but i guess if we are outside we should be fine. Deans brothers band is playing "Vintage Steel" - I will take lots of pictures to share. I was really bad at getting the information out there this year - I didn't advertise well - even to family and friends - feel bad - but it just seems to be soooooo busy around our house these days - just couldnt find the time. Here is another Fancy Pants layout i did last week - I'm just loving all of the new lines! I used alot of paint and rubons - had fun altering all of these stars. All of them are fancy pants but the blue one with the clock - that one is ...........can't remember!

I'm off to bed - feelling a sore throat coming on - i need to get some sleep!!

still can't spill

the news yet - you'll have to be patient! I'm just poppin in to share a few projects - Mother's Day Cards i did the day of.......... leave it to me to wait till the last minute. The You are Special one was chosen as Card of the Day over at SIStv. So exciting! Then the other is a layout i did for the OLW challenge - a Mothers day layout about how crappy of job i feel like i do sometimes - mostly with Ethan the one who has Cystic Fibrosis and needs the most love and attention - gives me the most grief and pushes me to my limits - i feel so bad! But at the end of the day he still says he loves me forever and we wipe the slate clean and start over again. Used lots and lots of Fancy Pants on these projects!

Had a wonderful anniversary weekend with my hubby this last weekend. He booked us a room at the Silver King in Park City - a resort - the rooms were amazing - hot tub and all. We ate at the Baja Cantina (thanks Dustin and Joni for the tips)! We shopped ALOT - my hubby got way more than i did - not right i know - but i guess he needed it. We got Baylee the cutest little pair of Vans - the are black slipons with skulls that have a pink bows on them! Will share a picture soon. Anyways - it was a much needed little vacation and since my Lake Powell trip was cancelled i'm glad i got to go somewhere! Now back to reality - t-ball - sick kids (Ethan has strep - i made him get the Penicilin shot though so he would be better (or not contagious anyways) in 24 hours. He hasn't had any true symptoms though other than his voice sounds funny from the swollen tonsils - no fever or anything! I'm off - thanks for visiting!

going to explode.......

with excitement - i have some awesome wonderful exciting news in the works that i can't wait to share with you - its scrappy related - but have to hold off a little while longer! In the meantime i will share another layout i did with (i can't remember which month) Studio Calico Kit - they are seriously amazing! Sewed the grass and then added flower rubons over top! I know i did the branch/leaf thing just a few layouts ago - but love the outdoorsy feel it gives to a boy layout. If you can't read the journaling - Mason caught this spider IN MY HOUSE - and wanted to build it a home outside - so he made a list on a sticky note (was going to use it on the layout - but couldn't make it work) - so supplies was all his idea.

Hope that everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day - mine was great - Dean let me sleep in and then made us all breakfast - but then of course he had to leave to take care of bishop duties - but it was a nice day - went to both parents house and ate too much food! On the food front - i have lost 20lbs so far - i still can't believe it - i'm hoping to lose 5 more before lake powell next week! Dean has planned a surprise getaway this weekend for our anniversary and i'm sooooooo looking forward to it - he won't tell me where we are going - but i really don't even care!

Here are some pictures me and the boys took over at the vacant school across the street - seriously - mason took most of them - but Ethan took the ones with me and Mason in them! And then of course one of baylee and then all of us - dean didn't really get a good one of the kids and I - but still a great memory of Mothers day!