January 1st 2010 - Day 1

Today, I am posting a picture of my favorite subjects. It is 3PM on January 1st. This is what my children have been doing all day. I just asked them if they would like to take a break to eat. Sarah replied "Mom, we are on vacation. It is OK if we don't get dressed or do anything all day!". So there you have it....

Thankful for....

my little man. Here is a layout that I recently made of Matthew. It was recently chosen as the layout of the day here. I was so surprised. I used pictures from his first day of school 2009.

More scrapbook challenges...

Recently, I have participated in several scrapbook challenges. I am really enjoying digital scrapbooking. Here are a couple of pages that I recently made. The first is of John at age 3. He loved this truck.



The next one is of Sarah. We were given these digital papers and elements and challenged to created a page. Here is what I created. This is a picture of Sarah playing in the snow. It doesn't snow often here. It has only snowed 3 times in the last 10 years. Luckily, the last two times have been in the last two winters so the kids have played in snow. It is so exciting for them.



I hope you enjoy!!!

Pumpkin Carving!!

What fun we had carving our pumpkins this year. All of the kids (including Jim)participated. Matthew created a robot pumpkin. John created a scary pumpkin while Sarah created a smiley pumpkin. Look at us working hard.

Sarah's Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Sarah!!! I can't believe how much you are growing and changing.

We love you!!!!

Braves Game October 2009

Here is another picture from our recent trip to the braves game. I created this layout as another scrapbook challenge. The challenge was to create a layout that uses a photo that has been run through the colored pencil filter. Here is my layout. I really like how the photo was changed by using the filter.



This is the original picture.

John and Sarah

This is one of my favorite photos from Aunt Kim's wedding. It is so sweet!!! I can't believe that it has been almost a year since this photo was taken.

Gotta Pixel Challenge

I have been trying for some time now to learn how to digitally scrapbook. I have been reading tutorials and watching videos. Each day it seems that I learn something new. This week I participated in a challenge at Gotta Pixel. The challenge was to create a layout using wavy paper that I made via a tutorial. The tutorial can be found here:

Here are my layouts:

Braves Baseball!

We love going to Atlanta Braves baseball games!! It is such a fun family outing. Turner Field has lots of FUN activites for the kids. I personally go for the food. I love to eat at the ballpark. There is nothing better than hot dogs, peanuts and nachos. OK, maybe ice cold beer. This was the Braves last game of the season. They were playing the Washington Nationals. We left the game after the 12th inning. It was tied 1 - 1. The game finally ended after the 15th inning with the Braves losing to the Nationals 2 - 1. Oh well, there is always next year. John is already planning on spending his birthday at the park.

Team Gator!!!

Matthew is playing t-ball for the first time this fall.  He is so excited and loving every minute.  He plays 3rd base just like his big brother.  The kids are so FUNNY to watch.  Matthew received his uniform on a Friday.  He did NOT take it off (this includes sleeping in it) until Sunday afternoon when I explained to him that it must be washed for his game.  He wears his hat everywhere we go.  It has become a part of him.  I have people stop me all the time because we are gator fans!!! Chomp Chomp :)  Too funny!!!