Currently

Currently . . .    My parents are still here !!! They decided to stay an extra day.

Currently . . .   There are cookies being made.

Currently . . .   Noah was trying to help do the dishes. He put some liquid dish soap in the bottom of the dishwasher and now we have had suds up the wazoo for two days now. Currently trying vinegar.

Currently . . .  The house is a disaster. But who cares, right ?!!!

Currently . . .   I am taking part in the March instagram photo a day challenge. Anyone else playing along ?

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Currently . . .  Maddie is reading to Grandpa. She is becoming a little reader.

Currently . . .  Enjoyed a well needed date night. Thanks mom !!

Currently . . .   Planning a 5 year old's birthday party this weekend.

Currently . . .  Wishing I had more time in the day. I want to get back to work on my PL. Soon, I say !!

Currently . . .  Loving the weather. It is just fantastic here. Forecast says 75 today and 80 by the weekend.

Currently . . .  Waiting for our tax return check to come

Currently . . .  Talking about Ford Mustangs and Minivans. Both are being planned for the near future !!

Just wanted to check in with you all. Thank you very much for being patient with me during this time off I have been experiencing. We are all enjoying some quality time with the grandparents. Hope to be back this week, or at the latest early next week.

Have a great week everyone.

Vacation Recap

I truly believe that travel, vacations, time off is good for the soul. It replenishes you, leaves you feeling great. I love to travel, take road trips, explore new surroundings, vacation, and most definitely love traveling to Disneyland. There is a special magic there that can't be duplicated, and it can be felt no matter what age you are.  I also love that my husband loves Disneyland almost as much as the kids do !!

This trip was by far the best we have had at Disneyland. The kids had a great time, we were able to meet so many different characters, and had some good weather (no rain). We were asked to join Patrick's brother and his family at Disneyland and of course we said YES. We met up with them on Tuesday and we stayed until Friday afternoon when we traveled to the Phoenix area to visit Patrick's sister and her family. We spent the weekend with them and then headed back home on Sunday.  It was really fun to spend some time with them and for the kids to share in the fun with their cousins.

It is back to real life now. I am just finishing up the laundry, reading the mail, meal planning, and cleaning the house. My parents are currently on the road right now coming down to see us !! We are so excited to have them visit and to celebrate my mom's birthday tomorrow.

I don't have much time today and I don't have anything scrappy to share just yet. But I did want to check in and share some of my favorite vacation shots. Not sure when I will be able to do some more scrapping with my parents being here, so please hold tight !!

Here we go :

Noah was so excited to see Mater and McQueen !!

Cousins

"IT TALK", Noah quote

Cute baby Charolette

We rode the tea cups the most on this trip. The kids just love them. And we always did Girls in one tea cup and boys in the other.

Tinkerbell was a HUGE hit  ! Thanks Tink !

Mickey Ears

Breakfast with the characters for Maddie's birthday. Maddie turned 5 on Thursday !!

Katelyn is still scared of Captain Hook. Patrick had to drag her out from underneath the table to get this picture.

The Disney Jr. Live show was one of Noah's favorite parts.

Pins of the day

Maddie looking at the map at the wilderness park in California Adventure

The girls could have done this all day ! The tire swing.

 We were lucky to catch the Phineas and Ferb show.

Uncle Danny trying to Hula Hoop during the show

Daddy trying to Hula Hoop

Maddie and her cousin Breanna dancing in the show

Katelyn got in on the action

Turkey legs !!

Priceless was this moment. To see Noah's face when he met BUZZ, and to get a high 5 from him was indescribable.

We have stayed at the same hotel the past few trips and we love it. It is the closest hotel from the Disneyland entrance. Always asking us if there is anything that we need. In the lobby they have juice, cookies, fruit, and croissants in the mornings.  They gave us water bottles every morning to take in to the park. Their free breakfast is amazing !! And they also provide you with dinner !! Which is wonderful. This time when I called they asked if I was celebrating anything and by chance we were. It took them it was Maddie's birthday. So the hotel left Maddie a wonderful gift that was a bag stuffed full of Disney stuff, coloring books, crayons, toys you get the idea. Along with the bag we also got a free small birthday cake !! It was delicious and I didn't have to make it, or go out and buy it either !! So if you are ever in need of a great hotel stay at the Park Vue Inn !!

One of the ways Patrick survived

As mentioned before, on Friday we left Disneyland and headed to Phoeniz Arizona to visit Patrick's sister and her family. On Saturday I looked up things to do around that area and found a Train Park. Noah loves trains and Kami( Patrick's sister) has three boys. It was so fun. They had two trains that you could ride on, a carousel, two huge playgrounds and lots of space to run. We packed a lunch and ate on the grounds before exploring the train park. 

The little train

The kids were practicing their balancing

The main reason that we went to Phoenix was to bless their new baby August. Patrick was asked to come down and to give a blessing in church to their new baby. Isn't he sweet.

On the way into Phoenix we spotted some HUGE dinosaurs on the side of the road. On the way home we stopped to take a closer look. Apparently their is a dinosaur museum/park and they have the Worlds largest dinosaurs, and yes they were HUGE !!  Our resident dinosaur lover/expert was in heaven and didn't want to leave her pet dinosaurs !

On the T-rex's foot

Please don't eat me !

 The T-rex

 Whew !! I made it through that one. Lots of fun stuff this week.

Thanks for stopping by everyone. I have to run now, lots to do before grandma and grandpa get here.

This And That Monday

                                       I have been staying very busy around here lately.
                     You see we are leaving tomorrow morning to go to Disneyland for 4 days.
                                Patrick's brother and his family are coming down to go to Disneyland
                                      and they asked us to join them down there. Aren't they the best.                                      
                       And after that we are going to Arizona to stay with Patrick's sister for the weekend.
                   There is laundry being done, packing of the clothes, cleaning of the house,
                          and making lists of things that can't be forgotten.

                 I didn't want to leave you all before letting you know that I won't
                                                be around for a little while.

       I have put this post together for you in hopes that it will help tied you over until I
                  get back. I have a peek at Week 7, some Valentine's freebies for those of you
            who have not done Week 7 yet !! And a few other fun things.
   
                I have been stealing time here and there to try to catch up on Project Life.
                                I am done with week 7, except for the insert about
                                          Katelyn's 7th birthday.

                          Thought you might like a sneak peek, or perhaps a big peek !! I will be back to the
           regularly scheduled program of sharing closeups, links, and such when I get back from Vacation.

So the most exciting thing first. Here is a look at Week 7. It is all about Valentine's Day.

BOTH PAGES :

LEFT SIDE :

RIGHT SIDE :

PAPERCLIPPING ROUNDTABLE :

Paperclipping Roundtable is a scrapbooking podcast. I have been listening to it since they started and I love to put it on while I am scrapbooking.  They have a weekly podcast with great guests like Ali Edwards, Stacy Julian, Shimelle Laine, and a whole lot of other great people. All different types of topics and I thought that I would share this bit of information to all of you who might not have heard of it.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

VALENTINE'S DAY FREEBIES :

I thought that I would share some of the fun Valentin'es Day themed freebies that I used in my week 7. And for those of you who are done with your week 7, WAY TO GO !!

#1. Two great free journaling from Jessica Sprague. Click here to download.

#2.  Here is a whole sheet of great Valentine's Day journaling cards. They are also free. Click here to download. Scroll down on the page to find the freebie.

#3. Here is one last freebie for you. I used the grey me and you journaling card from this freebie in my week 7. Click here to download.

NOTES FROM THE PAST WEEK :

#1. Maddie had Pink Eye.
#2. Noah really loves Mickey Mouse. We have been telling the kids that we are going to Disneyland and that we are going to see Mickey again. Every time that Noah looks at last years Project Life he always loves the Disneyland pages and asks "GO THERE AGAIN?" or "MICKEY". So he has been asking to go see Mickey. He says "MICKEY AGAIN", "SEE MICKEY". It is so cute. And today he asked again and I told him that we are going tomorrow. He started jumping up and down and yelling "YEAH". I am so excited.
#3.Katelyn has figured out how to whistle and is driving everyone crazy. She whistles all day long.

INSPIRATIONAL BLOGS:

I have always loved to see what others are doing, creating, writing about. So here are a few new ones that I have found for PL inspiration.

FINDING NANA
CHERISH THE EVERY DAY
KELLY NOEL
SHANNA NOEL

Well that is I all I have time for today. Gotta go finish packing. Have a wonderful week everyone and I will try to check in sometime during our trip !!

Project Life Week 6

I have finally found some time to finish, and post about week 6. I was hoping to get this all done over the weekend but I wasn't feeling up to it. Did a whole lot of nothing over the weekend and it must have worked, because I am feeling much better now.

Week 6 | February 6-12

Didn't take a whole lot of pictures this week, other than on Wednesday when I did a day in the life. So it was kind of a stretch to get this week done. Thank goodness for my iphone. Also borrowed some from my day in the life pictures to cover the week. I think Patrick had my camera on Monday or Tuesday or both that is why I didn't take very many. Oh well.

HERE IS THE FIRST PAGE :

THE PICTURES :

The kids and I made this heart garland for Valentine's Day

Katelyn has been doing drawings of scenes from the Mario Brothers, that is their current obsession.

Used this free label.
Journaled on it, printed it out and then used Tim Holtz's Tiny Attacher. Love my new toy !!
 

Ali Edwards Embracing The Everday Brushes And Stamps

THE JOURNALING CARDS :

Banner stickers and Date sticker from My Minds Eye (the new follow your heart collection).

The Love My Chaos saying is from the Colbalt Digital Extra Elements. I changed the colors to match the Clementine colors. Love this saying because that is how I felt this particular week, it was all chaos. It usually is though.

Picture didn't turn out so well but I wanted to include it anyways. This is always the scene when daddy comes home !! Word home is from Little Bit Of Messy Home Brushes And Stamps .

This week I played along with Ali Edwards and did A Day In The Life on Wednesday. I used a Becky Higgins Page Protector Design B.

HERE IS WHAT THE FIRST PAGE LOOKS LIKE :

I used the Ali Edwards "A DAY IN THE LIFE" freebie. Click here to download from Ali Edwards site. Added the story tab from Teresa Collins new line.

This card is on the other side of the picture on the top of the page. Used I Heart Stories Brushes And Stamps . Washi tape on the bottom and a Wednesday stamp.

Also used You Are Awesome  on this photo of Noah

HERE IS THE OTHER SIDE :

This is the first top card :

Used brush from I Heart Stories Brushes And Stamps.

The second card on the top of the page.

This is a freebie from here. I resized to 4x6 and I changed the color of the background to the blue that is in the Clementine kit. Left the letters the yellow, it turned out great.
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This is the last card that is on the top row of the page.

Printed out a strip of the digital paper from the Clementine kit. Doilie from Martha Stewart. Heart from October Afternoon Farmhouse. Yellow numbers are thickers.

I also included another insert this week. Katelyn and Patrick attended a daddy daughter dance at her school. They were sent home this picture. It was 4x6 so that I used a 6x6 page protector and stiched the side up.

Here is the other side :

I wanted to have katelyn write some journaling about her night out with her daddy. So i added the title to 4x6 cardstock and helped her write what she did that night. So fun !!

HERE IS THE LAST PAGE :

THE PICTURES :

Tag from Maya Road. Brush from You Are Awesome. 

 

Used the top part of one of the journaling cards from the core kit. Stamped the date on the top of the card.

THE JOURNALING CARDS:

Stamped an arrow on to the circle. Used a thicker for the N in Noah's name. The bottom chipboard piece is from My Minds Eye Follow Your Heart line.

Took one of the filler cards from the core kit. Put the picture directly behind it and cut out the circle so that when I put the pictures onto another one of the same filler cards the circle would show. The yellow paper is from My Minds Eye Follow your heart.

We made cupcakes for some of our neighbors/friends. 

 Used the days of the week stickers that come in the core kit for a week in review card. Added the February rub on and some word stickers.

Bird Washi Tape. Treat sticker from Dear Lizzy's new Neapolitan line. The yellow banner is from My Minds Eye.

Took Maddie and Noah out for Ice Cream on Friday night while Katelyn and Patrick went to the dance.
 

Whew !!! That is all of Week 6. I feels good to have that done. Now I just need to start last weeks !! I also can't wait for my new page protectors to come in the mail. I was one of the Amazon stalkers on Friday that sat glued to my phone, hiting refresh every few minutes so that I could make sure that I got my order in !! Was anyone else doing the same thing. It was crazy !! But my journaling cards will fit a lot better in the new protectors. Well, good bye for now. We are heading on a bike ride to the park.