Blog Hop

Today is a blog hop over at The Story Matters. Go check it out and see where it leads you. Should be lots of fun and inspiration.

Lucy

So Friday was my birthday. All I wanted was a Chocolate lab. We lost our other dog about 3 months ago. And living in the country I just think we have to have a dog. Steve would be quite content without one. But I have always had one. So we looked in the paper & checked online for weeks. Found one only to have it just sold right before I called. So as I was sitting in the Drs.office Friday(nice way to spend my b-day huh) I was looking through the classifieds. Found a # that had chocolate labs. Little did I know that the very same morning Steve had checked online and seen the same #. By the time I got home he had called and gotten me my Chocolate lab. I was so excited. So yesterday we went and picked her up. She is adorable and just what I wanted. We had a chocolate lab years ago. I love them. So I would like to introduce you to Lucy.

Sweet Dreams

First of all I would like to say Thanks to my cousins for such a fun day and letting me hang out with them and get all these awesome pictures to scrap. There is a new challange over at TSM. Only use pattern paper. For a paper addict like me I was ready to jump up and down. I had used so much of my kit on other projects that I had to use something from My Mind's Eye for the background paper.

2 Cool

And now it is the boys turn. Didn't get as many of the boys. They were off and running around. But I did get them to look cool for me. Sketch challange over at TSM. If you haven't already you should go check it out. Made with stuff from their kit and a few things out of my stash.

Fifi and J

Here are two of my two cousins little cuties. What would I scrap if I couldn't take pics of other people's children. Someday I will have grandchildren to scrap. But until then. Again I am playing with some stuff from the TSM kit. I am loving this one. So much fun and color. Megan has been talking about inspiration so I included a pic of the magazine page I got my inspiration from.

Inspiration:

Don't Look J.....

This is a layout of my cousin's little girl. Jayden is a little stinker when it comes to taking pictures. Not cooperative at first. But when we said Don't look. Well then that's a different story. This layout is for the Inspiration Challange over at TSM. I might have gotten a little carried away with the Inspiration part. But I kept thinking oh another circle might look cute here and here. And well you know how it goes. I guess I am a more is better scrapper.

Moments

Today is Stephani's 20th birthday. It seems like only yesterday that they were this age. Jonathon was 6 and Stephani was 2. I know the title is probably overused but it is soooo true. Time goes by so fast and in reality we don't remember enough moments because we are to busy to take the time to appreciate it while it is happening. To be honest I don't remember taking this picture but if I could go back I would take the time to really take in the moment and hold onto it as long as I could. So for all of you who might read this who have small children and it seems like the days go on forever and you just want to run away sometimes. Just stop and take a moment and take it all in. It will be over before you know it.