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changing things up

Ok, it's become obvious that I cannot keep up two blogs. =)

I'm going to try posting my scrappy/personal stuff on my photography blog. We'll see how this goes...

Thanks for still being here {if anyone still is.}

looking for my mojo

I'll be honest, my scrapbooking mojo has been lost lately. Between shuffling kids around everywhere, photoshoots and attempting to keep my house in somewhat decent order {ha!} I just haven't had the energy to scrap. Well, that's gonna change tomorrow. I'm spending the afternoon/evening at The Scrapbook Princess. I'm gonna scrap, eat and chat. Sounds like heaven! Hopefully I'll have some new layouts to post early next week. ;-)

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

still here

I'm still here. Just busy doing this. =)

may challenges

My sweet friend Paulette at The Scrapbook Princess posts a challenge each month. I love a good challenge! =) This month we created a layout about motherhood and what it means to be a mother. I knew this pic of the boys was the perfect starting point. I love journaling random thoughts like this because I hope that one day the boys will look back and see my side of things. Maybe then they'll forgive me for screwing them up so bad. ;-)

Citrus Tree Studios also has some great challenges up this month. This page was fun!! Misting, scallop punches, and buttons - what more could a girl want. =)
If you're local go on over to Paulette's blog and take part in the challenge. She'll pick a random winner who gets a free $25 gift card to the store - yay!!! And you have until June 5th to complete the challenge at Citrus Tree Studio!

giving it a shot

Ok, time for a confession - I really miss being on a design team. For anyone reading this who has no idea what a design team is, it's a group of people who design projects for a company/website in order to promote said company's products and sales. That's the business side of it. The fun side of it is that you get products sent to you and you get to play with fun goodies and you get to meet very sweet ladies who love scrapbooking as much as you do. Ever since Scrap4Life went under I've missed being part of a team. Now that Jackson's a little older and I can focus more on myself, I've decided to try out for more teams. So far, I haven't been too successful but that's ok - the fun's in the trying, right? Well My Little Shoebox is adding new team members and I decided to give it a shot. I had so much fun creating these projects!!!Thanks for stopping by!

lots of fun ahead

{And lots of pictures but you already knew that, right?} Dylan turned 6 a couple weeks ago and while his party was VERY stressful for us, he had a great time. And that's all that matters, right? On his actual birth day, we let him choose where we went for dinner. In his grand 6 year old wisdom he picked....Burger King. It's cheap, not too low on the health dept. score so we agreed. On his 6th birthday, he also lost his first tooth!!! He was soooo excited!! We're not exactly sure where he was when he lost his tooth so we didn't have it to leave for the Tooth Fairy so he had to leave a note. Miss Fairy came while we were out for dinner {she's too tired at night!} and Dylan was shocked that he got money in return for a note. His exact words were "Wow! It worked!" It was pretty cute.

The one present he wanted was Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for the Wii. I have no idea why because none of these are sports he'll probably ever do in real life {except for possibly ice skating} but he loves it. And he was soooo excited when he opened it. He walked right over and gave me the biggest hug. =)

Since I had sooo many pictures to share, I put them all together in storyboards. I couldn't pick just a few. ;-) If you want to see more they're all up on my professional gallery page here.

Instead of doing one big cake, we did little cupcakes. We had red mushrooms, blue mini mushrooms and star men. Our Super Mario Brothers obsessed little man loved them. =)
And before anyone asks, no I did not take all these pictures. My best friend Lelia and I have a deal that we take pictures at each other's kids parties. She took all the party pics and did an awesome job! Thank you!!! I highly suggest trading with a friend and doing pictures for each other - you get stress-free pictures of the big day and you're actually in some of the pictures. If you don't have a friend close by, you can always give me a call and I can come out and take pictures for you. =)

{And that final picture - on the bottom - that made all the hard work totally worth it.} ;-)

so proud

On Monday evening our baby had his Kindergarten Graduation program. We are so proud of him and how well he's done this year. He started in the "big" school and went all day this year as opposed to half days in preschool. He handled it all beautifully though. He loves school {most days} and thinks his teacher is the coolest ever. ;-) He does great in math and loves to read everything these days. He's also started writing and I just love to read his stories and work from school. Way to go, big guy!!!

For the first part of the program they sang some Sesame Street songs. Dylan's favorite was "Rubber Duckie."
I love how his sweet dimple is peeking out from under the duck. =)
Getting his certificate from his very cool teacher. =)
Shaking hands with the principal.
Tomorrow - he turns 6!!

our life these days {in photos}

It seems like we've been going non stop lately. We've been busy with birthdays, therapy sessions, school events, etc. I love it though! For some reason, I enjoy the go-go-go much more than the "I'm bored" days.

The only problem with go-go-going is that my list of things to do gets progressively longer. It's all good though. =) I'm pretty behind in editing my personal photos {um, Easter pics would be nice to see} but I did want to share a few snapshots from life that I've gotten lately.

This little dude turned ONE last week. No, he isn't mine but I can {sort of} claim him. ;-) BTW, you can see more photos of Little Man here.
To celebrate the little guy's birthday we took our two cohorts in crime to IJump in Hoover. My little daredevil had the time of his life! He laughed nonstop for two hours. It was great! They have a toddler area that had a distorted mirror. Jackson thinks seeing himself in a mirror these days is just hilarious. He looks at himself and then does different faces and folds his arms together. It's just so funny to watch. I actually got a video of it with my fancy schmancy camera but I have no clue what do with it once it's on my computer. Any tips?Dylan turns 6 in just a few days. How did that happen??? I LOVE that he's all about reading these days. He also loves to write and I love to see how he spells different words. It just completely melts my heart. On this particular morning, I had a grocery list going and he thought he should add to it. =) {In case you aren't familiar with the 5 year old world he requested a Webkinz, those stuffed animals that you can play games with online. He's a bit obsessed. Ask his teacher. ;) }
I've been trying to plan lots of playdates for the little guy. It's really important that he be around other kids so these pics were taken at a playdate at the park. I have no clue what he was doing here but it just makes me laugh. Crazy boy!And because there needs to be some proof that I exist:I hope all the Moms out there have a wonderful Mother's Day! I've already been gifted with a dozen beautiful yellow roses, a precious book created by my baby and a sweet bookmark that I will treasure forever. Happy Mother's Day everyone!

yes, i'm still here

I really don't know what to blog about anymore. It seems like I post all my "everyday" stuff on Facebook so there just isn't much to say here. Any suggestions? Any questions anyone might want to ask? I'm desperate for blogging ideas. LOL

I have been scrapping some lately. Paulette held another awesome crop at The Scrapbook Princess a few weeks ago and I got several pages done there. Citrus Tree Studios had a fun crop this past weekend for National Scrapbook Day - yes we have our own Day. =) Here are my latest pages:

Happy Monday!

he's growing up

Sigh...why do they have to grow up so darn fast?! If you read the previous two posts, my baby Jackson turned two last week. Normally, I just do my kids' pictures somewhere near my house {probably because I'm too lazy to take them anywhere.} Well, this year I've decided my kids are getting "real" photoshoots for their birthdays. Jackson and I packed up and headed over to the Botanical Gardens. Lelia tagged along to make sure my little adventurer didn't jump off a bridge or dive headfirst into the water {Fearless really should've been his middle name.} I'm soooo glad I ventured out for his pictures and so glad that Lelia agreed to come along. Not only did my baby stay safe and had a distraction from me {the Momarazzi} she got some awesome shots of me and my little man together. Honestly, the pics of me and Jackson together are my favorite. It's so rare that I'm actually in a photograph so I will treasure these forever {and ignore the crows feet, skin blemishes and awful hair!}
If you're not sick of my pictures yet, I've posted more {yes there are more!} on my photography website. Feel free to leave any advice as to which proofs to print. I can never make that decision!!

celebrating jackson

This past weekend was Jackson's two year birthday party. I still can't believe my baby is 2?! Crazy!!! Since he isn't into any tv shows or characters, we went with a generic "jungle animal" theme. The monkey sound was one of the first animal sounds he learned so I thought that was appropriate. =) Here are a just a "few" of the pictures we got. I'm blessed with a great best friend who doesn't mind being my photographer for my kid's birthdays so I get to actually be involved in the party instead of being behind a camera. Thank you, Lelia!!!

Yours truly made the banner. I was pretty proud - just don't look too closely at it. =)

Birthday Boy was FAR more interested in the balloons than the people, presents or cake at his party. He just kept saying "Ball!" over and over. It was pretty cute. =)
He didn't care anything about the presents. Big Brother had to help him out.
Birthday Boy loves bubbles!!
Ah, the cake. There wasn't a cake at Wal Mart or Publix that would work with his theme so we made our own. This was my first time to ever make a birthday cake and I must say I was pretty proud. The instructions for it came from Parenting.com. {Disclaimer: Several days before the party, I made a fake cake - as Dylan called it - to make sure I could do it right. That cake turned out great and was immediately recognizable as a monkey. Come party day, I was too anxious and couldn't get my hands steady enough so my husband actually decorated this cake. Comes in handy having a painter for a husband. =)}
The "cohorts in crime" checking out the goods. These two are going to give us a run for our money this summer!
If you're still reading this and you're a scrapbooker in the B'ham area, I'm teaching a class this Saturday at The Scrapbook Princess. We're going to make a layout about our faith and work on journaling from the heart. I know a lot of scrappers struggle with heartfelt journaling so come to the class and I'll help you out. =) Paulette has posted a great challenge for April, too. Go check it out!!

challenge, a birthday, and a class

That title's better than "randomness," right? I think I've used "randomness" about 100 times. LOL

This month's challenge at The Scrapbook Princess was to scrap about a woman we admire (it's Women's History Month.) Well I decided to FINALLY do a page about me and my best friend. We've been through a lot together and I needed to document that. Plus it's a great excuse to use the fabulous Dear Lizzy line from American Crafts. I loved the line the first time I saw it online but it's not exactly boy-friendly. =) Also, I did misting for the first time on this page and I'm hooked! It's sooo much fun!
Today is a certain someone's birthday! Jackson turns 2 today!!! I'm sooo excited for him but he's my baby so it's kinda hard to watch him get older and become even more independent. You moms out there understand. =) I haven't done his "official" birthday pics yet {it's on my "to do" list very soon} but here are a couple snapshots I've gotten recently.He just learned last week how to eat with a spoon!! We've been working on this for months so we were so proud of him for finally getting it. He's so cute! Every time he takes a bite, he looks up at you and goes, "mmmm!" That boy and his food.... =)Oops, almost forgot about the class part. I've got another "Journaling with Jenney" class coming up soon. It's next Saturday, April 10 at The Scrapbook Princess. We're going to be journaling about our faith. Appropriate for Easter, no? =) Call Paulette and sign up! Better yet, go by the store and sign up. She has LOTS of new CHA goodies in so you can shop, too. Don't buy it all though - I haven't been shopping in a couple weeks and I've got my eye on some stuff. ;-)

Happy Tuesday everyone!! {Does anyone read this anymore?}