"Playing in the River"

On Sunday, it was 81 degrees here at our house and the boys were just itching to get out and do something. So we went out to play in the Wilson River. It's only about a 25-30 minute drive from here, but the difference in temperature was amazing! On the way out there I kept watching it go down and down. By the time we arrived at the spot we were looking for it had dropped down to 62 degrees! I immediately put my jacket on and grabbed the blanket out of the back of the vehicle. But there was no stopping the boys at this point. They were determined to get into that water! Tyler had been to this spot before and knew the perfect spot for jumping in from the rocks. Of course, it nearly gave me a heart attack, but I think that's half the fun for him. Fortunately after jumping a couple times each they were done and happy just sitting in the water or skipping stones across the river. We were all amazed at Charles. Here we would all be searching for the perfect smooth, flat stone, and he would just pick up whatever was there and chuck it out there, no matter the shape or the size, and everyone of them would skip! It was nuts. Here's a layout I did with some of the pictures:

The kit I used is called "Perfect Harmony" by Mary's Scrapdesign's found here at SUN. I also used a template from the July Template Challenge, also at SUN.

I completed my Desktop Calendar today. I got my template from GoDigitalScrapbooking.com from their Decorate Your Desktop Challenge. The kit I used was a 4th of July freebie over at GirslGoneScrappy.com. It's called "Firecracker Collab." Here's my Desktop:

I took all the pictures at the CAT Walk on the 4th. We had fun this year dressing up a little with our lei's and getting our faces painted by the clown that's there every year. She's a real sweet heart and she does a great job.

This weekend is my nephew Noah's birthday party. His birthday is actually on the 5th, but we try to keep it seperate from the 4th of July celebrations. He is now 11 years old! I know, I say it everytime, but I can't believe how fast they grow up. Seriously! My sister and her family stayed here again this last weekend and I was SO impressed by how grown up Noah was behaving. He sat for an hour or more playing a puzzle game on my iPod, one that can get very frustrating, but he sat there so quietly, calmly, completeing level after level. I'm so proud of him. Hold up a minute, I gotta give him a little shout-out. Hey, Noah! I Love you, Buddy! Happy Birthday! :)Speaking of... I need to go get his birthday card made! I'll be back when I have some more show 'n tell. Until then... c'ya!

Finally!

Just a short little post tonight. I just wanted to share my latest...
I know June is almost over already, but I did get my desktop calendar done and I thought it turned out so cute I wanted to share it with you! To get the full effect I hide all my desktop icons. lol. My boys even said that this was their favorite one so far! I'm thinking I might just keep the corkboard idea and just swap out the kit each month...change the layout a little... We'll see.
Don't forget, all my images here are linked. So if you click on them it will show you a larger version of the image. So feel free to look around and click away. Also, the blinkies down the right hand side will take you to some of my favorite digital scrapbooking sites. Just click on those as well. :)
I'm in the process of working on another layout for Sunshinestudioscraps.com and when I get it finished, I will be back to share! Until then...c'ya!

Life has got me going crazy...

I have been so busy... Busy with life, Busy scrappin', Busy being sick! Ach! We all have this horrible virus that's making it's rounds through our house. Just when you think it;s gone, WHAM! It's back again. Poor Little ones have got it pretty bad. But I want you to know I am still alive and scrappin'! Hehe.

Oooh! I got a new toy last Friday! I LOVE tax season. We always come out ahead in the end, so I got to get myself a little goodie! I got me an iPod Touch and I am LOVING it! It is so much fun! Hubby thought I'd never relay use it, thinking it's really just a glorified MP3 player, but HA! It's so much more! I am finally keeping up on my emails SO much better. I don't have to sit up in my room in front of the computer anymore. I can check it in the car (well, as a passing, hehe), in the living room, even in the bathroom! LOL I am hooked on Solitaire, too. I'm just having a little fun. Tell me what else I can do with it... I'd love to hear from you!

As I said, I have been scrappin' as well. I finished another LO as a SunshineStudioScraps (SSS) CT Member. It's called "For the love of Nature". I used Juno Designs' kit called "Another Sunny Day". It's a beautiful kit, especially the big sunflower. You can find it in their store here. And here's my LO:


I took the photos last summer out on Gales Creek. It was a beautiful day and we all really enjoyed ourselves. I'm glad I got to scrap it.

I also completed my February Desktop Calendar. I used a kit called "No. 9" also from SSS. I didn't have any good photos of DH and I so I left it blank hoping to get some on Valentine's Day, but we ended up being sick and watching everyone else's kids, so we didn't get to do anything after all. But the LO turned out cute.

I also finished a brag book page for a challenge over on GottaPixel
It's the first Brag Book Page I've ever done, but I think it turned out pretty cute.

We were suppose to leave the frames empty because when you turn them in then you get everyone elses page too. The theory is that then you'll have a whole album of coordinating pages. Cute, huh?

Oh! And one more thing. I almost forgot to share! When you go check out SunshineStudioScraps look for this cool, new kit.
It's by Moon Scraps and it's called "Born to be Wild". Go check it out, it may be just the kit you've been looking for.

Well, that's about it for tonight. I better go take my nyquil and get to bed. But I'll be back. Till then...c'ya!

Here it is...

Well, I finished my January Desktop Calendar, so I thought I'd come back and share it with you! I hope you like it. I actually finished 2 challenges at the same time with this LO. I got the mini kit from Digitals for their Calendar Challenge and then I got the template from GoDigitalScrapbooking for their Calendar Challenge. Pretty cool, huh?
This is the first Desktop calendar I have ever done and I think it turned out pretty good! Bring on February! LOL