Personal challenge- Project #3...

This is a card that I made using the products from my personal challenge for this week (Purple Onion Ornamentals stamp set and MM Fresh Anthology papers). The design of the card was inspired by an ad posted for the ad challenge over on the veggie site- pub area. I love using ads for inspiration and this is a great one...I may have to use it again for a layout!

The sentiment stamp is from Cats Life Press.

I am thinking that I will do one or two more projects using these products and then I already have my next set of products picked out and can't wait to get started on those projects. I am really enjoying this extra little challenge!

I hope that you have fun, creative plans for today!
smiles,
Christi

Personal challenge- Project #2...

This is my second layout using the Purple Onion stamp set, Ornamentals, and the Making Memories Fresh Anthology papers (available from the Cropper's Cottage!) The photo is simply me enjoying an after bath snuggle with Kat. The idea for cutting the tips of the petals off the Heidi Swapp florals came from Annie. She posted a gorgeous layout using this technique last week and I simply had to try it. Thanks, Annie, for the inspiration!!!

Now I am off to start my next project!
smiles,
Christi

A Personal Challenge...

I spent 5 years as a Close To My Heart consultant and one of my favorite things about doing that was creating demo boards. To create a demo board, I would take one stamp set and one color scheme and create several different projects using those products. This week, I am challenging myself to get back to those creative roots.

For this week, I am focusing on one stamp set, Ornamentals from Purple Onion Designs:

And one paper set, Fresh Anthology from Making Memories (you can get this from The Cropper's Cottage.) I hope to do 3-4 projects using these within this week.

This is my first project. It's a layout showing the large contrast between Jacob and Kat's hands and feet.

Altered Trading Card...

Over at the Cropper's Cottage, we decided that we wanted to do some sort of little artistic exchange so that we would have a momento from everyone associated with the design team. We decided to do this in the form of ATC's. This is my design. This stamp is one of the new collage stamps from Hero Arts. It was a personal little splurge that I bought right before Kat was born and this is the first time that I have gotten to use it. I think it is going to be one of my favorites!

I am overwhelmed with the artistry of what I have received in this exchange. It is amazing with what you can create in a 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" space and the talent of this team is just phenomenal. I am soooooo lucky to get to be a part of them...

smiles,
Christi

Kat's results...

We went back today to have Kat's thyroid retested and unfortunately her numbers are still off so she is officially hypothyroid. That means she will be on medication to keep her hormone levels correct AT LEAST until the age of 2 and probably for the rest of her life. Not the outcome we were hoping for, but luckily we have medications in our modern society so it is something that can be controlled. The good news is that the doctor didn't hear her heart murmur today so hopefully that is gone...
smiles,
christi

Everybody loves a good sale...

Everybody LOVES a good sale, right??? So I thought I would share...Shannon over at the Cropper's Cottage has the ENTIRE store on sale for 40% OFF!!! Whoohoooo!! Just enter summer40 as the discount code and have fun!!!
smiles,
christi

Latest projects...

Good Monday Morning!

I actually found a bit of time to craft over the weekend!! Yay!! Here are my two latest layouts. As always, they are very simple...

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This second layout is done from a sketch that Linda posted over on the Cottage...


Jacob is away at Scout camp this week and it is sooooo quiet around here without him. He has never been away from us for this long so I am a bit worried. I REALLY hope that he is having a fantastic time!!! Family night is Wednesday night so we will get to go check up on him then...

I hope that everyone has a fun week planned. I hope to be checking in often, but there seems to be a lot going on this week...Jacob at camp, medical tests for Kat, Ben's change of command, friends coming into town (at least, I hope they still are...I haven't talked to them lately...), and lots of creative deadlines so if you don't hear from me, you know why.

smiles,
Christi

An update from the Snow household...

Summer is in full-swing around here...

Jacob finished up the school year by making the A-B Honor roll for the second time and getting some huge end-of-the-year (make mom proud) awards. I am soooooo proud of him this year!!!! School does NOT come easy for him, but he has worked so had at it this year and it has really shown!!! He has even been accepted into a program for next year that he knows is really going to challenge him, but he is so excited.

Since the last time I blogged, we have hit a couple of milestones around here.

Kat has passed her 1 month old mark and is already getting so big! Last week, she was weghing 9 1/2 lbs.

The hospital lost her newborn blood tests so we had to go re-do those and when we did, they showed some elevated thyroid levels. We go back again this week to see if this still holds true. The Dr. also heard a slight heart murmur. Neither of these are things that a parent wants to hear, but she is continuing to grow and develop everyday so I take that as a huge, positive sign.

She has taken to catnapping during the day which means that I don't have any free time to craft or clean. As a result, I have missed a couple of DT calls that I'd hoped to try out for. While I am sad about that, I can't stay too disappointed because I never thought at this point in my life that I would get to spend my days cuddling with a baby and there is simply nothing more rewarding than that. And while she isn't too settled during the day, the nights are fantastic! She is only getting up once or twice a night and then she eats and goes right back to sleep.

Ben and I also had our 15 year anniversary this week. I can honestly say that our relationship has become better and better and more romantic with each passing year. He is such a great guy. You know, he never goes to WalMart without buying me a bouquet of fresh flowers.

He recently had to say farewell to a wonderful secretary and had gone up to Raleigh to buy her a nice bracelet as a farewell gift. He came home with a beautiful necklace for me too saying that he couldn't buy jewelry for another woman without getting me some too. What I didn't know is that he also bought a second piece that he gave to me for our anniversary. They are both gorgeous pieces!! I am definitely spoiled, but it is not just the things...

He left town yesterday on his motorcycle and to get the bike out, my car had to be moved over where it makes it a bit more difficult to get in the driver's side. So when he moved my car, he backed it out and turned it around so the driver's side would be the accessible one. You know, it is just those little personal things that build up the romance in a relationship... I am very lucky!!!

And just because I haven't shared in a while, here are some recent photos of Little Bit for the family. After yesterday's photo session, I am thinking that she may be headed towards the redhead that the rest of the grandkids have....

Playing with Cosmo Cricket...

Good Wednesday Morning!!! Today is DT upload day over at Cropper's Cottage and this month with got to play with the ultra-gorgeous Cosmo Cricket lines. I love these lines and had plans to get so much more done with them, but Kat has had other plans for me recently so I only got my 2 DT lo's done. So be on the lookout as I hope to play more in the future with these papers!

This first layout features the photo of Jacob the first time he got to hold Kat. I love this photo. He is turning out to be such a great older brother. The line used here is the Dutch Girl line. I simply punched a bunch of the scalloped ovals to create the border along one side of the photo. Everything else on the page is either a diecut (the swirl at the bottom) or part of the chipboard that you can buy to coordinate with the line.


My second layout is finishing up scrapbooking some of the photos from our Mt. Vernon trip last year. This line is Halfway Cafe and the distressed look and colors just worked perfectly with the historic look that I wanted for the layout.


I hope that everyone has fun plans for the day! And go over and check out what else the rest of the DT has done with these fun lines in the Gallery at the Cottage. They are such a talented group. I am constantly inspired by them!
smiles,
christi

A Change...

Good Friday Morning!!! Life is going along pretty well here with baby Kat. Last night she finally slept soundly for the first time in a few nights so we are both feeling a bit better and happier today. In fact, she is asleep again right now so I better get this blog entry done quick so I can get a shower in this morning too. :)

A lot of you know about my aversion to finding hairdressers...I don't do it. Since we moved to North Carolina two years ago my hair has not been professionally cut the entire time. I have simply trimmed it myself. But after 9 months on pre-natal vitamins, my hair had gotten entirely too long and Kat had taken to swinging on it every time she threw a tantrum so a cut was in order.

Before:


I had no idea what I wanted to do with my new cut so I simply went in and gave the hairdresser carte blanche to do what she wanted (for all of my aversion to getting my hair cut...I really have pretty easy hair to manage...it works with pretty much any cut.) This is the result:


I also re-joined Weight Watchers yesterday. My weight was a big part of why my pregnancy was so distressing. I lost my extra weight (that I have had my entire life) 5 1/2 years ago and have pretty much kept it off...until I got pregnant. I am a lifetime member of WW, but really haven't been to a meeting since we moved to England 4 years ago. So I am starting anew on the weight loss boat, although I am happy to say that I have already lost 30 lbs since Kat was born 3 weeks ago...only 25 more to go (yes, I do actually gain that much when I get pregnant!) UGH!

And just because we can't have a blog post without a photo of little bit...here she is snuggling with her daddy yesterday afternoon...


I hope that you have a fun weekend planned! I am *hoping* to find some time without a baby in my arms so I can get some serious crafting done. I am quickly falling behind and there are a couple of DT's that I want to do submissions for that need to be done in the next week.
smiles,
christi

Katherine Layouts...

Hello, again! Kat checked out wonderfully at the Dr's office. She now weighs 7 lbs. 12.8 oz...Wow! She has already gained over a pound. I can already tell that she is going to grow too fast for my liking...I just love them when they are at this little bitty baby stage!!!

I have done a couple of layouts so far. They are super-simple!!!

This first one is simply one of the photos from her first week of life...I am thinking about 5 days old, but I already don't remember...BAD MOM!!!


Then here is the journaling for this second layout: "When I found out that we were expecting a girl, I was most excited about all the fun, girly hats that were available. I vowed that Kat would wear hats from day 1 so that she would be used to them. I didn't count on her precious, petite little head that even the smallest of her newborn hats completely overwhelmed. Oh Well! Katherine at 2 1/2 weeks old and her head is still way too small for her hats."

Finding my rhythm...

Good morning! I bet you thought that I was never going to reappear again, didn't you??? Sorry about that! My mom left on Saturday and I decided to completely enjoy my time with her here and put the blog on hold temporarily. I miss her dreadfully, but am enjoying trying to find my rhythm with Miss Kat.

So where were we? Aw, yes, mommydom...

Things are going well here. I fall more in love with little miss Kat everyday. She is simply the sweetest thing and still, at 3 weeks old, seems so tiny. We have a doctor's appt. this morning, so I am anxious to see how much she weighs. She is starting to become more aware of her surroundings. She watches things and is starting to show reactions when you talk to her.

She still has a fine temper on her, but it is much better than that first week. It was actually funny when she was first born, she would wake up throwing a bloody tantrum, but she wasn't even awake. As soon as you could get her to open her eyes, it would stop. She still slides back into that every once in a while (like yesterday, everytime I put her in her carseat. Yikes!), but overall she is a really good baby.

I left Jacob with her for about 15 minutes yesterday so I could run to the convenience store that is right around the corner. When I left, she was asleep, but she woke up and Jacob managed to pick her up and put her in her boppy before I got home. This is quite an accomplishment for him since he is really not comfortable with handling her yet.

I have managed to find a bit of time to craft...here are her birth announcements...




I have also done a couple of layouts, but they will have to wait until this afternoon. I need to go get in the shower before the little one awakens or we are going to miss her Drs. appt. this morning. Be back later!
smiles,
Christi

Proud Mommy photo alert!!!

Hi, everyone! Thank you so much for all your well wishes. I just sent out some photos to family so I thought that I would post them here also.



This photo is for all those doubters that don't believe that she is truly a brunette and not a redhead like the rest of the grandkids,but don't worry...she has the temper of a redhead. :)


time with big brother...



Nana time...





BTW, Happy Birthday to Dan, Dave, & Alison!!!!

Introducing Katherine Skyler...

Meet Miss Katherine (Kat) Skyler Snow.
Born May 15, 2007 @ 3:50 pm.
6 lbs. 11 oz.
19 1/2" long.
We are both doing really well and I am just thrilled to have this little beauty in my life. I will definitely be sharing more soon!
smiles,
Christi

Today's the DAY!!!!

Hi, everyone!!! My water just broke (1:35 am Tuesday, May 15th) so Katherine Skyler should be arriving today!!!
smiles,
christi

I'm still here...

...no baby yet, but there have definitely been a couple of times where I didn't think that I was going to be able to say that much longer. We had our weekly non-stress test yesterday and I was having mild contractions all the way through it. Unfortunately, Kat's fluids were considerably lower than last week, but still in the safe range. But because they had fallen so much, we get to go back and do it again today after lots of re-hydrating overnight.

Despite the fantastic cybercrop going on over at the Cropper's Cottage, I haven't gotten much creating done this week. I have been obsessed with trying to get things done around here, but not much energy to do them. But I do have one layout to share. This was one of Angie's challenges (to do a layout with 7 pieces of chipboard about a vacation.) It's a very simple layout with lots of gorgeous Daisy D's product.


I hope that everyone has a fun weekend planned. My mom gets here on Sunday!!! YAY!!!
smiles,
christi

National Scrapbook Day results...

I was so busy sharing my challenges from the cybercrop yesterday that I didn't get to share with you all that I did on Saturday. I actually completed 6 layouts on Saturday. 3 of those I shared with you yesterday, but here are the other 3. Linda Peterson hosted the cybercrop on Saturday so these are all in response to the challenges that she issued.

This first layout is from a sketch that she posted...

I turned Linda's wonderful sketch to accomodate my horizontal photos. The flower pics are from Colonial Williamsburg. The papers are all MME--Tres Jolie (dotted) and Front Porch (other 2). The stamps are from the Ali kit.

This layout is actually a combination of a couple of challenges. Linda issued a challenge based on the phrase, "When I grow up..." I combined this thought with the scrapjack for this week which is a wonderful layout by Stephanie Howell.

This is my "Why I Scrapbook..." layout and the first time that I have scrapped using the 6x12 size.

My journaling says:
Why I Scrapbook...
*creative outlet
*for Jacob, Katherine, & Ben
*so that future generations will know me better than just a photo in a box
*avenue to share my feelings with family & friends
*because I love to take photos
...FOR ME!
Supplies used:
*Fancy Pants paper
*Tres Jolie paper (strip under photo)
*Jenni Bowlin journaling block
*Heidi Swapp chipboard letters
*Heidi Swapp deco tape
*MM deco brad
*ribbon
*paper napkin (red/blue damask)

Remember the cybercrop continues at the Croppers Cottage through this Friday so come join us in the fun. Seven fun, new challenges everyday and you have until late Saturday to get them done. An added bonus is that today is Shannon's (the owner) birthday and she has put the entire store on sale at 40% off!!! Just put birthday40 in the discount code area of the checkout!! How cool is that?!?!

smiles,
Christi

Final Challenge...

Challenge # 7:
For this challenge you are going to design your own patterned paper. There are several ways that you can do this. The first and probably easiest of the methods is to scan something in your house that you like the pattern of it. For the example for this class, I scanned the hem of one of Kat’s sweet little dresses. This is great if you have some fabric that you love. Another fun place to look for great patterns is in your paper napkins. Look around you, and you may be surprised where a new patterned paper option comes from. Other ways that you can create your own patterned papers is through stamping or doodling. There are no limits to what you can do here and this is a great opportunity to show your artistic talents.

Have fun with this and try to get really creative…and don’t forget to share a link with us!

Challenge #6...

Challenge #6:
As I get closer and closer to the birth of this baby, I get more and more obsessed with organizing my life. This challenge ties right into that. This challenge has to do with organizing your life and your time with a calendar. There are two ways that you can do this challenge. You can create a real calendar along the lines of what I have done or you can create a layout page using a calendar as an embellishment.

The template for the calendar that I used can be found at http://www.mayaroad.com/classes/ClassMaterials.htm . Just print these templates off onto cardstock and you have the beginnings of your own custom-made calendar.

The calendar that I made is meant to be stood up on your work-table. This is perfect to keep track of contest deadlines and challenges. It is simply made from 2 pieces of heavy-weight chipboard for the base which are both painted in a coordinating color and then the one side of the front piece is decorated with photos and patterned paper. Print off the 8 calendars left for this year (how big you print them will determine what size you want your chipboard base.) The calendars are attached at the top using book rings so that you can change them each month. The stand is simply made by punching holes in the side edges and attaching a bit of ribbon.


That’s all there is to it. It is a very simple project and would also make a great Baby’s first year baby gift. If you don’t have room for a standing calendar, you could very easily hang it on the wall by running a ribbon tied in a bow through the book rings at the top and just use one piece of chipboard rather than the two.

Challenge #5...

Challenge #5:
We are talking about Luck for this cybercrop and in no other game is the force of luck more present than in the game of cards. For this challenge, you need to use a playing card on your project. This can be a normal playing card like what I have used on my challenge or you can pull out those Heidi Swapp cards that you have been hoarding. Either way, have fun and be creative!

Challenge #4...

Challenge #4:
We have already talked about the fact that I love to go to magazines for inspiration. Did you know that every single page is laid out by a professional graphic designer? They have already done all the hard work for you by creating a pleasing layout. All you have to do is follow the lines on any given magazine page and chances are that you will end up with a really well-designed page. For this challenge, I have chosen a good page out of the May 2007 Romantic Homes magazine.

This page has great scrapbook-like qualities that really translate well onto a layout. And this is my interpretation of the page...

Almost everything on this layout is the new, gorgeous Daisy D's line available from the Cottage

The journaling says, "It became a joke when we lived in England that if we saw a fancy door, I would take a photo of it. So when we saw these cool doors at Busch Gardens-Europe- a photo was a given. We miss those European touches."

Have fun!

Challenge #3...

Challenge #3:
For our third challenge of the day, we are going to have a challenge in honor of our Lucky 7. For this challenge you simply need to use 7 different patterned papers on a layout. It’s easier than you think and a great use for all those little scraps. You can see an example where I used 8 patterned papers (and 16 photos!) in my Return to France layout which is posted on my May 2nd blog post.

Happy Creating and don’t forget to come back and give us a link!

Challenge #2...

Challenge #2:
Have you ever looked for just the perfect embellishment and have not been able to find the right theme or style for what you have in mind? Clip art may be a solution for you! There is a resource available for crafting that many people don’t think about and that is the Dover ClipArt books. These books are available in your local bookstore and each book has hundreds of copyright free images that you can use for an average price of $6.95 to $10.95 a book.

Your challenge today is to use one of these three images that I have uploaded on a project.



This project can be a layout, card, or altered item. Just right click on the image in the gallery and you can either print it directly or save it and load it into one of your photo programs for editing. These can be resized and printed onto plain cardstock, printed paper, or even a transparency for that fun Hambly look and because you are manipulating the image, it will be the perfect size for your project.

Have fun with this and come back and give us a link to your gorgeous new project!

My example layout using one of the clipart images:
I saved the clock image and moved it into my photo program to print it onto an 8 1/2x11 transparency.

The journaling says: "Emily- age 21 mos. I found this picture this week and as you are turning 8 years old this next weekend, it's so hard to believe how fast you have grown. Time flies!"
Other supplies used:
*fancy pants patterned paper and tag
*Heidi Swapp Chipboard
*Tres Jolie deco tape

Cybercrop....Christi Style!

This week is a week-long cybercrop over at the Cottage and today is my day to host. That means that I will be posting challenges every 2 hours for a total of 7 challenges. I hope that you will come join us in the fun! Here is the first...

Challenge #1:
Welcome to Day 2 of the Lucky 7 cybercrop!!! Today I will be posting challenges every 2 hours starting at 8:00 am EST until 8:00 pm EST for a total of 7 challenges. If you get bored between my challenges and didn’t get to check out the board yesterday, Linda has some fantastic challenges that you can still create!!

Now on to our first challenge of the morning. Most of you know that I am all about finding inspiration wherever I can and many times that comes from home décor magazines. This first challenge is a color challenge brought to you from the Spring 2007 issue of 100 Decorating Ideas Under $100.

Your challenge is to use this color scheme in a layout. I have attached the coordinating Bazzill swatches at the top so that the colors are clear. The color of the bed is navy blue, but I love the dark chocolate brown of the dog with these colors too.

Be sure to come back here and give us a link when you have uploaded your creation.

BTW, another inspiration hint, whenever you go to magazines for color inspiration, look to the fonts and the mixes of colors that they will use on these throughout a page. You can find some wonderful new color schemes this way. I noticed that the latest Memory Makers magazine has a fun color scheme with the fonts on the cover.

Happy Creating!

Here is my interpretation of this first challenge:

Challenge 2 will be up in a couple of hours...
smiles,
christi

Happy National Scrapbook Day!!!

Good morning! Do you have creative plans for the day??? I hope so because it is National Scrapbook Day! Over at the Cropper's Cottage, we are celebrating the day by starting off a week-long cybercrop event to help inspire your creativity. The Lucky 7 Design Team was just announced over there (yay! I am one of the lucky 7!!!) and each DT member is hosting a day of the cybercrop and issuing 7 challenges on their day. Today Linda Peterson kicks it all off! I can't wait to see what kinds of challenges that she has in store for us.

Then tomorrow is my day! I will be issuing challenges every 2 hours starting at 8:00 am and finishing at 8:00 pm so I hope that you will come and join me. I will try to post the challenges on here at the same times!

I haven't had much time to create this week...been busy running errands and going to appts, but I did manage a quick stop at Barnes & Noble for some instant inspiration in the form of a couple of new magazines.

The first magazine is a yearly publication put out by Somerset Publishing called Somerset Life.
When they first started publicizing this book/magazine, they touted it as filling a void that was left behind when Victoria Magazine was closed 3 years ago and I was really worried that it wouldn't be able to deliver to such high standards. Well, I was not disappointed. The magazine is so worth the $14.95 price. The photography is gorgeous. The articles well-written and every page is a bit of inspiration to the creative soul. Now I want them to release it more often (yes, even at that price...it is totally worth it!) Now I am just trying to spread out my enjoyment of it by taking it bits at a time with some great classical music on my ipod. That is my definition of bliss!

The second magazine is more of a fun, inspirational read. 100 Ideas Flea Market Style is a conglomeration of 100 ideas taken from the BH&G publications.
Some of them I had seen before and loved and most I have never noticed before. Some fantastic ideas in here and I love that they are all compiled in one place. I will definitely be using this magazine in the near future as design inspiration.

And finally, one final little magazine tidbit. I have waxed poetic before about the sad loss of Victoria Magazine that was put out by Hearst Publications until mid-2003. Well, it was recently announced that Hoffman Publications (they produce Southern Lady) will restart production of Victoria in October. I am so excited about the prospect. I just hope that they can continue to live up to the high standard that Victoria was originally produced at.

I hope to see you all over at the Cottage this week and hope that you are taking the time to feed your creative soul this weekend.
smiles,
Christi

Good Wednesday Morning...

Just a few little tidbits to share this morning. I had another ultrasound this morning and Kat is doing really well. She has settled too far down into my pelvic floor so no more photos. They can't get to her face anymore. She is still measuring big. 6 lbs. 14 oz. by today's measurements which look to be pretty accurate. The doctor was measuring all the bones 3 times so that they would be good and correct. I still officially have 4 1/2 weeks til my due date, but I don't think that anyone thinks I am actually going to make it til then. Right now the goal is to get my mom here on the 13th before I go into labor. Starting tomorrow, I get to do weekly stress tests to make sure that she continues to stay healthy and happy.

I have done a bit of scrapping this week with quite a bit more that I seriously need to get done. I am starting to feel the panic of not getting everything done!! But here is what I have to share right now:

Linda had challenged us to use the phrase, "Someday I want to..." in a layout and this is what I came up with. Sorry for the dark photo...I could not get this layout to stitch after I scanned it. My layout is based on the idea that Someday I want to return to France. The journaling says: "We have been so lucky to get to visit some incredible places. But none have touched my soul like France. I absolutely love that country. From the countryside to the city, it just has its own amazingly beautiful ambience."

The photos are a mix of my favorite photos from our trips over there. They include pictures of Utah Beach- Normandy, Bayeaux, Mont St. Michel, Paris, and the Louvre.

I hope that you are all having a great and creative week!
smiles,
christi

Getting things done..

Hi, everyone!!
I am not posting much right now because, while I am getting lots done, most of it I can't show you because it is DT/contest work that I am trying to get done for the next 2 months just in case I go into labor.

I do have a couple of things to share though...

This first item is an altered folder that I made from the cover of a hardback sketchbook. A couple of years ago, I bought several really cheap sketchbooks. Well, they were cheap for a reason...the pages fell out of them, but they still had nice covers so I have been saving them, hoping that someday I would find a use for them. And over the weekend I had an idea and this is the result:

The book cover was originally the black that you can see showing around the edges so it was the perfect basis for decorating. I lined the inside and decorated the front cover. I then cut gussets for the sides. Punched holes in the top and strung my string and I now have a hanging file folder to keep track of all my print-outs about the current challenges that I am doing that tend to normally get lost in the shuffle of papers on my work area.

This second project is simply an altered spiral journal that I turned into an address book. As we get closer to Kat's birth, I realize that my address books are an absolute mess so this is my solution to that problem. I created alphabet tabs for the inside so everything is nice and orderly. Now to just get all my info transferred into there.


And speaking of Kat's birth, I had contractions again last night for a couple of hours. This is so different from when I was pregnant with Jacob. I never had false labor/braxton hicks with him except for the one day that DH and I went out 4 wheeling in his truck when I was 8 1/2 months pregnant and you know, I am quite honestly surprised that didn't put me into total labor! LOL! We have another ultrasound on Wednesday so maybe we will know more about when she might make her arrival although I do still have 4 1/2 weeks til my due date and my Mom will NOT be happy if I have her before she arrives on the 13th so hopefully, I still have a couple more weeks.
smiles,
Christi

Circle Journal Catch-Up

Over at the Cropper's Cottage, we have been doing a DT circle journal. Unfortunately some of the journals got caught up in the circle and I hadn't seen one in months. That changed this week! YAY!

Here are the 2 that I have done this week. This first one is Rita's and her theme was "I did that!" So I did my page about doing the high ropes course in England. I am not at all an adventurer, but we did this right before we moved and it was FANTASTIC!!! So much fun and NOT scary in the slightest. If I had the chance, I would definitely do it again (just maybe not in the next month)!!!


This second journal was Scott's. His theme was quotes so I have all my quotes in the pocket. I have them listed after the journal so you can see some of my favorite quotes.


We must teach our children
to dream with their eyes open.
-Harry Edwards

Birthdays are good for you-
the more you have,
the longer you live.

It’s the life in your years,
not the years in your life
that count.
-Abraham Lincoln

When life gives you rain,
it’s time to play in the mud.

There are many things in life
that will catch your eye,
but only a few will catch
your heart…Pursue Those!
-Michael Nolan

Take time everyday
to do something SILLY!

Remember that happiness
is a way of travel,
not a destination..
-Ray Goodman

Happy Wednesday!
smiles,
christi