Disney's Pixar Play Parade

This is my layout for 52sketches52weeks sketch #24. My sister, Kim, flew Garrett and I out to California to go to Disneyland for his eleventh birthday. Is that not the best present ever?! We had tons of fun. I took about 300 pictures a day lol. Thank goodness for digital! I remember when you had to print all of your pictures. What a waste of money and paper.
Anyway, I think this parade was the first day we were there. They had every Pixar movie character you could think of in it. I'm really bummed because I didn't get a good picture of Mike from Monsters Inc. He's my favorite Pixar movie character. But, it was a really fun parade, especially for really little kids.

Happy Birthday

This is a card I made for a friend of mine at work. I cased this card from a talented designer at Splitcoaststampers here. I hope she likes it!
Just so everyone knows, I don't make cards everytime there is a birthday. This is the first time I've made one in a while as a matter of fact. I used to try to, but I got burned out on it after a while.
I don't want anyone to feel bad if they don't get a handmade card from me. It's not you, it's me. I swear it. I just make them if the mood strikes me. Or, in this case, if it is my contribution to a work celebration lol. Even some of my dearest and closest family members haven't gotten one in a while.

Cousins

This is a page I did to celebrate how close Garrett is with his only two cousins on my side of the family. They act more like siblings than cousins. They miss each other when they spend any length of time apart, and they fight when they are together. But you better not catch anyone saying anything bad about any of them, or the other two will put you right back in your place. I hope they always stay this close. I had cousins on my mom's side of the family that we were pretty close to, but we've grown apart over the years. It would break my heart for that to happen to these three. They truly love each other as siblings would.
This is a bad picture, but I wanted to share now and not wait for the sunlight to come. Because, who knows when that will happen. It's been raining for almost two weeks already. I used a red-eye pen on the picture, but it didn't work very well. I can't afford to pay for a good photo editing software right now, and wouldn't know how to use it if I could lol.























This is the sketch from 52sketches52weeks.

Graduation--Again

I know, I know. I just posted these pics last week. But, I thought they were perfect for this weeks challenge at 52sketches52weeks. That's all I really have to say that is new about this one. You've already read (or can scroll down and read) my ramblings on about how big he is and not my baby anymore, blah blah blah.
Other thoughts:
The lighting really sucks on this pic--I promise it's prettier in real life.
The stars are not part of the layout. They are part of the picture holder holding my layout up so I can take a picture.

Our Girl

This is a page about our dog, Angel. She has really become part of the family. Shane and Garrett have always loved her like that, but for me it was a little harder. I mean, who was cleaning up all the mess when she was potty training? And who has to deal with all of the stupid white dog hair all over the dark furniture and carpet all the time? Plus, she hogs the bed--yes, she does sleep in our bed. But, then she got hit by a car a couple of years ago. Man, you should have seen the desperation and hurt in Garrett's eyes. It really touched me, and after that it was all over. Stupid bitch.

Ha ha, just kidding. For those of you who don't like that word, it just means female dog lol.

I did this for the week #21 sketch on the 52sketches52weeks challenge site. Here is the sketch.

The Graduate

My baby, The Graduate

Well, today was Garrett's 6th grade graduation program. I didn't know until last night, so it's a good thing I could leave work. I wasn't going to cry, but then his teacher was speaking about how proud he was of this year's class and how they were really a special group. And, I just couldn't help it.......I sniffled a little. Then all of the parents were asking to get pictures with him and their sons/daughters, and he wiped a tear or two. He really is a great teacher. Garrett has never done as well or liked school near as much as this year.

My baby is growing up. I've wined a lot about that on this blog as of late, but I just can't help it. I only get one!

Singing "For Good" Principal Larsen presenting Garrett with his Promotion Certificate Garrett with his teacher, Mr. Loreen

Week 20 Sketch

This is my entry for the week #20 sketch over at the 52sketches52weeks challenge site. I was in the mood to scrap birthdays since yesterday we had a birthday bbq for my son, sister, and dad. I didn't get any good ones from that party though, so I scrapped some from 2006.

Birthdays!

Today is my son, Garrett's, birthday. I can't believe it has been 12 whole years since he was born. He is the light of my life. I can't imagine it without him. Thanks for being such a great kid babe!

Today is my sister Lacy's birthday too. She is one of my best friends and I love her face. I can tell her anything and she's always there for me. Happy Birthday Sis!

Cowboy Baby

This was my entry last week for the 52sketches52weeks challenge blog. Garrett's favorite song is "Cowboy" by Kid Rock. Everytime I look at this picture I remember that. I can't ever get him to dress country or cowboy in any way, so I'm glad I got this picture. I always wanted a little cowboy baby. Guess it wasn't meant to be lol.

Yard Sale Season!

I'm a girl that loves a bargain, so naturally I love a great yard/garage sale. Last weekend we went yard selling, and came back $32.75 lighter. We got some great stuff for that much money though. We got 11 Xbox games for $15, a pair of gloves for $.75, a pair of nearly new shoes for the ever growing boy for $3, A leather office chair for $5, a shop light (or spot light, not sure) for $4, and the piece that tops the cake.................................




Hello--that desk was only $5!! Seriously. It created some much needed space in our office. Plus, Garrett got our old computer desk and chair, which makes his room look tons better. And, the weekend before last, we got him a fairly nice dresser for only $5. So now his room look pretty decent.

All of this "new to us" furniture got me in the mood to organize, so now I have a pile of stuff to sell in my own yard sale. And, I got all of the boy stuff out of our office closet so I could get my scrap stuff on the shelves. I'm lovin it.

NYC

Here is my layout for the week #18 challenge at www.52sketches52weeks.com. The color of this page is a little bit brighter in the picture than in real life. That happens when you take pictures indoors with a flash, but oh well.
I'm having too much fun doing these challenges (in case you haven't noticed). This is going to be the cover page to a New York album I plan on doing. We packed a lot of stuff into a weekend trip. So much that I have enough pictures to make a respectable size album.

Hope you like it.

me at 33

This is my layout for the week #17 challenge over at 52sketches52weeks. This one is way out of my comfort zone, but I'm pretty happy with it. I don't usually use patterned paper for a background. I think it is distracting, but it turned out good here. I also never scrap myself. I haven't ever liked having my picture taken, but I'm getting better at it. I have lots of pictures of my mom, and I want the same for my son if anything ever happens to me. Anyway, here it is.