Last week we headed downtown to the splash pad with some friends.
Tyler REALLY enjoyed himself!
Kalen on the other hand…
didn’t want to let go of her daddy. And he couldn’t get his arm wet.
We did manage to get her in once or twice. She ran right out!
And was NOT too happy with us!
Other than that, we all had a lot of fun and it was a good way to cool off on a hot summer afternoon!
Have you heard of this new kit club?
Sweet Peach Crop Shop is a super fun kit club that offers 2 kits each month. The Sweet Featured Kit and the Juicy Themed Kit! They are both filled with a bunch of coordinating papers and goodies!!
I have been asked to be the guest designer for their August kit (and beyond). I am SUPER excited! Go check out the design team page or blog to find my bio. I just got my August kit in the mail and it’s beautiful! I can’t wait to start scrapbooking!
Here is are a couple sneaks for the August kits.
The Featured kit:
And the Juicy kit:
Well, Scrapfriendy’s Summer Camp is still going on, and I’ve made it to week #6! Here are a few of my layouts.
Week #4 – H2O – The layout had to have some paint or mist splashed on to it, be about water, have paper cut into waves, and have a clear element.
Week #5 – Mess Hall Duty – The layout had to have 2 pieces of “trash” on it. Something that you normally would have thrown away.
I did a Bonus Challenge that was called Play. The layout had to be about someone playing outside and you had to add some chipboard.
I just love these pictures of Daddy and Tyler and knew they were perfect for this challenge! Tyler even helped me mist the colors onto the background paper!
I’m looking forward to getting week #6 done, and a few more bonus challenges!
We had a great family vacation up in Michigan over the 4th of July! We had a lot to do while we were up there and I didn’t take too many pictures. Surprise, I know! I was just enjoying spending time with the kids and family! Here are a few of the pictures I did take.
Some of the highlights: Fishing at the trout farm, beach volleyball, fireworks, feeding the ducks, cooking dinner on the campfire, the Hands On Museum, finding Petoskey rocks, boating, and Cedar Point!
I hope you all are enjoying your summer as much as we are!
Well I have made it to round 4 at Camp Friendzy! I wanted to share the last couple layouts I have done lately.
Week 2 was called SMORES. It was a color combo challenge and we had to make our layout the color of smores. Tan/Dark Brown/White with a little bit of Red, Orange, or Yellow mixed in to represent the fire.
Week 3 was called Nature. You had to use a shade of green, at least 2 different kids of flowers, and either butterflies or birds (or both). I was so excited because I had the perfect pictures, and the perfect kit for this!
I have also joined another contest going on at Memorable Seasons. It is called the Last Scrapper Standing. I have made it through the first round and just put up a layout for round 2. This is also an elimination contest with voting.
The first challenge was to use the subject “an American Child” and to use stars and stripes on your layout. I chose to do one about my All American Girl! :)
And the second challenge just ended and it was to use black cardstock as a base and have at least 2 handmade flowers! This one was fun, and believe it or not I whipped it up in 20 minutes! A record for me!! (I had to get it in before the deadline of 3pm today).
I am so excited that I have made it through the first couple rounds and am looking forward to the next ones! I’m still trying to figure out how I am going to make it work while we are on vacation next week! I may just have to pack a few supplies :)
We got some new furniture from my Great Grandmother (who passed away) and Great Aunt Diane yesterday! It is beautiful! I will have more pictures to show you very soon. While we were clearing out Kalen’s room, we decided to just take down the crib and let her sleep in the new “big girl” bed.
Here she is last night before I shut the door. (It was late and she was tired and cranky…hence the tears)
She did GREAT! She fell right to sleep and didn’t get out of the bed at all! This morning I heard her saying, “Mommy,” so I went in and she was sitting up on her bed waiting for me! At nap time today she just crawled right up in her bed, said “night night,” and I haven’t heard anything since!
I’m SO excited! Hopefully she will be easier than trying to keep Tyler in his bed ;) I need a break! The pacifier will be the next thing to go!
We are starting to see some fruit(and vegetables) from our labor!
We have peas, tomatoes, and cucumbers climbing the trellis.
The kids get very excited when we go out and check on the garden every day!
Today we pulled up the last couple radishes from the first planting. We planted seeds every time we pulled one out, so we should have more again soon!
We found a couple strawberries (we are going to wait another day to pick them),
and we picked some beans.
Our lettuce is growing nicely.
And we can see that the baby carrots are almost ready!
We are still waiting on the tomatoes to get bigger and turn red.
Tyler likes the cute little baby tomatoes!
Gardening has been really fun! The kids are enjoying it and I have enjoyed sharing with them the ways to take care of it and how God caused these fruits and vegetables to grow from little tiny seeds!
Gen 1:11-12 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
What a cute idea! Scrap Friendzy is having Camp Friendzy this summer. I decided to join in, this is my kind of camping! :) You should head over and check it out too. There is one main challenge each week and some bonus ones added in too. I have already done a couple of layouts.
This one is a Pre-Camp challenge called Meet at the Flagpole: you had to use some type of banners or flags on your page. I used pictures from Kalen’s first birthday.
Here is the layout I did for Week#1-Archery. You had to have 3 circle elements and an arrow on the page.
One neat thing about this challenge is that it is an elimination contest. So at the end of each week they are going to put all the layouts up on their blog and then have a vote to see which ones will make it to the next round. At the end whoever is left will be named Camper of the Year! Sound fun? There is still time to register for camp, so come on over!
I used the Paper Posies May kit to create these layouts and I also did a couple more! I just love all these Dear Lizzy products!!
On this next one I got the idea for using the tree branch and the dress from the May idea gallery. They really have some beautiful layouts and great ideas over there!
Last night a friend, Sara, and I had a sewing night at my house! It was so much fun and I learned a lot! Sara is an experienced seamstress and was very helpful! I wanted to make a pillowcase dress. I thought I could have done it on my own, but I just wanted her there for moral support (and someone to talk to). She showed me how to use a pattern and then we cut the fabric, pinned it together, and I sat down at my machine to start sewing. It didn’t take too long to realize that my sewing machine is old and doesn’t work very good!
No wonder I have been getting frustrated every time I used the thing. I mean I did find it at a thrift store so I can’t be too upset. Sara even had a hard time with it, the thread kept bunching up and jamming the machine. Changing the tension, thread, or bobbin didn’t help. So Sarah brought in her newer machine and I got the dress finished with no problems!
(Don’t worry grandparents, I will have a picture with it on my little model soon)
It was SO nice to not have to rip seams and start over!! I then said to myself, “So this is what sewing is supposed to be like?!?!”
So now that I realize that it is my machine and not me that is the problem, I’m looking at new sewing machines. I need your opinion though. I know a lot of you sew so please tell me what you think, or what you have! By looking online and at reviews I think I’ve narrowed it down to 2.
A Brother XL2600i which is a more basic machine.
Or a Brother CS6000i which is a little more advanced and computerized.
So what do you think? I may not be able to go and get it right away, but I will be getting opinions and putting it on the wish list. :)
Did you know that today is National Donut Day? We did!! We headed out to Krispy Kreme this morning to get our free donuts to celebrate! YUM! I forgot my camera, but managed to take a few pictures on my cell phone.
Tyler picked the strawberry filled one with sugar on top.
Kalen picked the chocolate one with sprinkles (no surprise there).
They really enjoyed their free donuts and first trip to Krispy Kreme!
It was so neat to see the donuts being made and glazed right there.
I think I’m going to have to take them more than once a year! They really liked it!
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