Lil' Kicker #8

Makayla's first year in soccer! She is having a blast!

Happy Easter!

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Wishing you all a Blessed Easter

Spring is for new beginnings as Easter is for renewal of ones' religous beliefs. May we all find peace with our neighbors, love in our hearts, and forgiveness of others for our souls. God Bless!

Where'd the week go?

This week seems to have flown right on past me! The weather has been gorgeous and I love being out in the sunshine and warmth. Just means spring will be here soon!

Makayla & I went on a little walk yesterday to see if the ducks were back nesting in the wetlands and sure enough we found two pair. I think they were looking for food, but we didn't have any on us. They were friendly little critters, though. We also spotted a squirrel bouncing from one tree branch to another. Of course Makayla just had to take her camera along (no film, just the camera!) and had to play little miss photographer!

Tomorrow the time changes for the spring/summer months. Losing an hour of sleep, but gaining an hour of daylight is a wonderful trade-off! Longer days mean more playtime outside, but less scrap time inside...... oops!

I'm DONE!

Been working on and off on my latest swap.... twelve, two page, 8x8 themed layouts, and my month was December. I didn't want to make them too specific, so I went with a Hoilday flair. They would have been done much sooner, but didn't feel the need to share my germs!

It was a lot of fun, but, WOW! it was also a lot of inking!! Now onto my next swap of two single page layouts for another 12 people. Here I go again...........TFL =)

Visitors!

Look at who wants to come out and play! Just a pleasant sight to see when we open our curtains in the mornings. The geese are heading back north, the frogs are croaking away all day and night, and the buds on the trees are just ready to burst. What a wonderful season Spring is. Everything is coming alive and warming up!

And for some other exciting news ..... Nicole has now moved down to the Portland area and is working at OHSU. I'll be joining her tomorrow for our first ever Mother-Daughter lunch! YEA!!!

Happy Monday!

Wow, this is gonna be a long day for me....been up since 3am and haven't been able to get back to sleep. Too much on my mind I guess, or it could be the constant trobbing in my darn leg, again. Whatever is the cause, it makes for a VERY LONG day =(

I think my allergies have finally gotten under control. Thank goodness! That was a very long two weeks and I don't want to endure that again, ever. It's nice to be able to breathe nornal again =)

The weather here has been gorgeous and "Spring Fever" has hit me big time. Raked and weeded my flowerbed on saturday and saw all sorts of surprises popping up! Looks like most everything made it thru the very soggy winter and now wants to "smile" for all to see. Thank goodness most stuff is perrenials and will come back. I'll just do a spot of color here and there in pots and call it good. I love having all the bright colors in the Spring and Summer months. Now if I can just talk Butch into a few potted trees placed here and there...............

In just over a month we'll be heading down to Arizona to visit Mom for her 76th Birthday. It'll be nice to visit with just us and not a whole army load of people like last year. It was fun, but it was also hectic and I didn't get to spend the time with her that I was hoping for. We'll also have a full week this time instead of a few days. Not quite sure what all we'll be doing, but Butch & I want to do a bit of siteseeing and hanging out at the pool for a couple of those days.

Well, another day is calling me to get myself moving. Have a good day all!

My turn at Got Sketches?

In my scrapbook club I belong to, we have bi-monthly turns at creating or finding sketches, doing our take on it, and posting it to the message board. This week was mine and here is what I created. Yes, these are pictures from last year, but I am catching up slowly!

As for the rest of our lives, my allergies are still a huge problem and now everything has headed sound into my chest. Sounds like a barking seal around here when I get going! On the upside, the sun is shining and its a gorgeous day here. My crocus have decided to make their debut and the daffodils won't be far behind. We're suppose to get a string of beautiful weather till middle of next week. Time to clean up the garden area after a messy and wet winter.

Love to all and have a pleasant weekend.......

the BIG 5*0

Celebrated Butch's 50th Birthday with family & friends on Feb. 2nd at our favorite Mexican restaurant, EL Rancho Viejo. The food is so delicious and the Sangria isn't back either!

allergies galore...

Why is it on my day off I have to plagued with allergies that won't quit? I take the drugs and feel so drowsy and just want to sleep, or I don't and feel like poo-poo. I just can't win! There's suppose to be all sorts of meds to combat these things, but since there's so many allergies, its just like throwing your money down the tubes. Unless, of course, I want to be stabbed with needle after needle for the actual testing to pinpoint the problem. Um, no thanks! Needles and me don't get along....

Off for another nap. Later..........

Layouts are here!

Ready, set, go!

Well, it appears that I've gotten things set up okay. This is going to be a learning process that is slow, but hopefully steady! With our families spread all across the United States, hopefully this is the place where they can all take time from their busy days to see what we've been up to, and possibly start a blog of their own!

For now, have a great evening and I'll be back real soon. Love to all!