Christmas Pics...

As promised, here are some pics from our Christmas morning/day/festivities...I still haven't figured out how to get the videos to upload, so these photos will have to suffice for now.

Roo

AK

AK

Roo

AK

Roo

Roo

AK - getting her zen on

The most handsome guy I know

AK

Roo

Scraps for the New Year...

It's been a while, well over a month, since I posted any scrap pages {gasp}...so bear with me as I share the latest of my scrapping habit (sorted from least to most recent). During December, FPD offered a free template every day....so most of the pages were created with those. While the free templates are no longer available, there are plenty of other freebies at the site you should check out if you have a free moment.

New Year, New Address...

It has been just over a week, and I am already so far behind I feel I will never catch up. Typical of me, I know...falling eternally behind. Doug and I are both back in school, the girls are as energetic as ever, and life just keeps on moving along - whether we're ready for it or not.

As an update, we found a rental home in East Costa Mesa; unfortunately, we can't move in until the 1st of February. The house is old but it's really cute and Doug and I think it will be perfect for our new life back in So Cal. It's a 2BD/1BA, plus dining room (which we plan to use as a play room), plus "alcove" (which was previously used as a bedroom, but we plan to use as a guest area). It's not the largest of homes, but it will fit our family's needs just fine.The best thing about the house is the location - it is just down the street from the elementary school, a huge park, only a couple of miles to the beach, and about 10-minute commute from Doug's work. Here's a pic (borrowed from the craigslist posting, I'll take some with my camera next time we go down there)...


Fortunately, my parents have been kind enough to let us stay with them until the house is available...I cannot say enough how grateful I am that my parents have opened up their home to us for this long. I'm afraid the girls and I have given mom and dad a run for their money, but seeing as how they survived raising 7 kids, I am sure they will survive our little family of four. I don't know if we'll ever be able to repay them for their kindness, but that doesn't mean I won't try!

Anyway, enough of sharing my thoughts...I'm sure you aren't here to read my ramblings. To let you see what we've been up to, I'll be posting some recent pics of the girls and some scrap pages - it's been a while since I've shared anything (sorry), but I hope you enjoy catching up with us!!

Christmas Wishes...

From our family to you and yours, we hope you had an absolutely wonderful Christmas!

I have some video clips I am trying to upload, but so far I haven't been able to get them to work out. As soon as I figure it out, I post them here so you can see clips from our Christmas morning...

Recent Scraps...

Although I haven't been able to scrap very much this past month, here are the pages I have managed to put together amid all the chaos...

Using Sister Sue by Sarah Bennett at FPD

Using Vintage Thankful by Leah Farquharson at FPD

Using the November Grab Bag from Creations by Rachael at Gotta Pixel

Thanks for looking! I really hope to get back into the swing of things soon...once I get our Disneyland and Turkey day pics uploaded, I should have some very fun photos to scrap.

Today We Give Thanks....

I just wanted to wish all of our family, friends, and loved ones a wonderful Thanksgiving. In spirit of today's holiday, I reflected earlier on the many wonderful blessings I am fortunate to have received. I can honestly say that my heart is full and I am so grateful for the amazing people, circumstances, and situations that have contributed to the person I am today and to the life that I know.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you....a hundred times over. I hope everyone had a fantastic Turkey day.

4 Years Old...

Four years and one day ago, these two little cuties were born. I cannot believe how quickly the time has gone by....and I cannot believe that I was blessed with such amazingly sweet, beautiful, smart, fun-loving, caring, daring, mischievous girls. Happy birthday Aiden and Reilly....your papa and I love you so very much!

Reilly and Aiden - 11.2005

Halloween Pics....

Yeah, yeah...I know I am pretty late in getting our Halloween photos posted. Things have been a little crazy lately, with all of us getting sick, the move from AZ to CA, being in limbo at my parents home until we find a place to rent, the twins' birthday, Disneyland, Thanksgiving, etc., etc. With things being so out-of-whack, I haven't had much computer time to blog...or scrap...or do the stuff I usually do on our little laptop. That being said, I will try to get caught up this weekend once all the festivities are over.

Anyway, here is a slideshow of our pics from Halloween. The girls decided to be Musketeers, after one of their favorite movies Mickey and the Musketeers....but since I decided to make the costumes this year, I took the liberty of adding frills and sparkles to make them more girly. Aiden picked out purple fabric and Reilly picked out dark pink...I also made musketeer costumes for me and Doug, but later realized it was a waste of time because neither of us wore them for more than 5 minutes; I guess dressing up just isn't as fun as an adult.

We went to a trunk-or-treat in the church parking lot on Friday the 30th, then went trick-or-treating on the 31st with some of the AZ cousins. We had quite a group that night, including a pirate, a ladybug, Fancy Nancy, a soccer player, and a combat soldier. The girls had a blast...they loved their "mousketeer" capes and swords, but Reilly didn't care for her hat too much because it kept falling off her head. Oh well...you can't win them all.

The best part of Halloween was having Doug join us after being in Cali for three weeks with his new position. I admit, we weren't very "halloween-ish" (i.e. we didn't carve pumpkins and decorations were pretty minimal with the upcoming move and all), but we enjoyed spending time together and tried to have as much fun as possible.

Anyway, enough of my rambling...here are our very belated Halloween pics:

New Look...

Okay, so even though I don't have time for a full post right now to catch up on everything I need to catch up on (sorry...Halloween pics will have to wait a little longer), I did just want to provide the links for the FANTASTIC kits I used to create our new blog look...

Sister Sue by Sarah Bennett - available at Funky Playground Designs
Mingle by Corina Nielsen - available at Funky Playground Designs
Ransom Alpha by Bren Boone Designs - FREEBIE available at DigiScrapAddicts
Fonts: Impact Label and 1942 Report

Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you enjoy the new look...