My Latest Page

This is my latest page I've made. I feel like it needs something else. It's almost to much of one color. I wanted a different frame for the bigger picture, but when your cheap like me and using all the freebie stuff, your kinda limited. So for now it looks like so, and one day when I find the right frame it will be changed.( I would love to find a log frame, but have yet to find one.) Also for this page, I was really bummed that I didn't get a picture of Cole and his Auntie Maria who he adored!!

My next step is to start on Jocelyn's and Cole's baby pictures. I have yet to scrap any of them, I can't wait!!!

Tag and Another Page

Rules: list 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 current goals, 3 current obsessions, and 3 random facts about your self.

Then tag at least 5 people at the end.

3 Joys:

1) Family

2)Running

3)Seeing my kids smile

3 Fears:

1)One of my kids or my husband getting hurt

2)Not being able to walk

3)spiders and cockroaches

3 Current goals:

1)Learn how to use my new camera(I eventually want to take a photog class)

2)Keeping my house cleaner

3)Running another marathon

3current obsessions:

1)Digital scrapbooking(can ya tell. lol)

2)Reading(but like Kristie I need a new book)

3)Doing my girls hair(but don't look at it today)

3 random facts about myself:

1)I love ice cream(who doesn't)

2)I have had 3 c-sections

3)I love to bake(I got this from my mom)

I tag: Cris(lets see what my hubby has to say), Kim, Laura, Natalie, and Crystal

Kaden's fishing page I made today.

Dinner Rut

Anyone get in one of these? I'm in one now, I don't think I've cooked anything worth while in the past week. My poor family has suffered through hot dogs, spaghetti, mac and cheese, and many more unspeakable meals. Last night after asking the age old question to Cris, "What do you want for dinner?" and getting the age old answer back," I don't care." I was about ready to throw a temper tantrum that would out do any two year old. So, Cris was then put in charge of dinner. I was thinking great we will have pizza, waffles, pancakes or french toast (I'm not a fan of breakfast for dinner, yuck!!) But to my surprise this is what he proceeded to make.......

This was the best grilled chicken and potatoes I've ever had, plus it helps that I didn't have to cook it. :)

Cris' secret recipe consists of alittle oil, alittle vinegar, and Cesar Italian dressing.

Cut the chicken into strips, and soak in the concoction above then grill. It was delis!!! And it was the perfect meal to start a fast.

While Cris was busy grillin' away, I was off to play!!! I took this picture of the clouds. I love the monsoon season!! The cool air it brings, makes for a perfect Arizona night, and I love to watch the lightning dance across the sky.

Who could resist taking a picture of this cutie Swingin' away!!!

In other news, we've had another lost tooth from Kennedy last week, the older kids started soccer, Cole is talking up a storm, and Jocelyn is loving pre-school!! I've also added a slide show of scrapbook pages to the side of the blog, I hope to add more to it soon!!!

A Couple More

Here are a few more pages that I did in the past few days. It's gotten alot easier to do. I'm having lots of fun finding lots of free kits online. I added a link list to the side of my blog of all the sites I've found so far. Thanks for the Ikea Goddess site Rachel it's awesome!!!

Look What I Did

I figured out how to do a digital srapbook page. :) Thanks to the help of Two Peas in a Bucket online tutorials. I would say that it is really simple, but it took me all day to make this one page. I'm sure it gets earier as it goes. Evertime I tried to move something on the page, it would move something I didn't want moved. So, I'm sure in time it will be fast and easy. I loved the fact that if I didn't like something it was easy to get rid of and I loved using fonts instead of my own hand writing. I can't wait to buy some stuff and create more pages.

Here is my first page. Isn't Jocelyn so cute!!

I got this free kit from Shabby Princess. It's called Promise.

Digital Scrapbooking

So now that I have a nicer camera and photoshop to go with it, I want to try digital scrap booking. I know that some of you do it, or may have tried it. I have downloaded a few of the freebies I liked but just don't know how to add the photos to the paper. Or do I need to buy a special digital scrap booking kit? It's probably really simple I just am not that smart when it comes to the computer stuff. :) So alittle help would be nice. Please leave me a comment or email me. Thanks!!!

Love It!!!!

I love photoshop!!!! This picture was taken with my old camera, and the people who took it took it crooked. I was so bummed!!! But with photoshop I was able to fix it!!
Before photoshop

After photoshop

My next step it to take this picture and another one. Then take Cole's face off the one and put it on this one, so he is looking and not digging for gold. Lol.

Aunt Janet you need this!! It's so easy, granted I do have lots to learn with it but it tells you step by step directions, and will even enhance the color, and etc. by a push of a button. So even dumb people like me can figure it out!!!!!

Now I just need to play around with my new camera along with this software. My poor family is going to be neglected. :)