Nope, we won’t be watching the Superbowl today. One of Kyra’s friends is having a Superbowl party at her house, and we said Kyra could go. Then we found out that the game wouldn’t even start until after 4:00. We were tempted to change our minds and say no, since tomorrow is a school day and we want her home earlier than 9:00, but instead we just said she could go from noon-4. She’s not happy about missing the game festivities, but at least she’ll get to play with her friend. The rest of us are just having a regular Sunday, since we couldn’t care less about football. So I got some scrapping done! As usual, all of my digital scrapbooking supplies came from Scrap Orchard, so if you see something you like that’s where to find it!

Using Dream With Me kit and Land Of Nod Word Art by Irene Alexeeva.

Yet again I haven’t posted in a while, but this time it’s not because I’ve been too busy! In fact, after the holidays, birthdays, and being sick, I’ve just been enjoying the boredom for the past couple of weeks. I’ve been dieting and working out to try and get back into my skinny clothes before we go to Disneyland next month. We also bought some new (to us) dining room furniture that was just delivered yesterday. Wanna see?

I also have a bunch of new layouts. All of my digital scrapbooking stuff lately comes from Scrap Orchard, so if you see something you like, that’s where to go!

Using Birthday Girl by Julie Bullock and Let’s Have a Talk template by Fizzy Pop Designs.

 

Using Photog Pretties Pack No. 1 by Fizzy Pop Designs and Burst Into Spring by Julie Bullock.

 

Using Heart Templates IV by Scrapping With Liz and Sweet Love o’ Mine by Jady Day Studio.

 

 Using Heart Templates IV by Scrapping With Liz and My Punny Valentine by Wild Dandelion and Sir Scrapalot.

 

Using Winter’s Kiss by Amy Stoffel and a challenge template freebie (check out the Scrap Orchard challenges for lots of freebie templates!).

 

 

 Using Everyday You by DeCrow Designs and another challenge freebie template.

 

Using Winter In Hooville by Jady Day Studio and Scatterguides template by Fizzy Pop Designs.

I actually didn’t forget about my blog this time, I was just too sick to update it. I have a condition called erythema multiforme, and it’s extremely unpleasant.

I’m feeling much better now though, and even got some scrapping done today. I used a kit called Snow Day by Amy Stoffel at Scrap Orchard, plus the little squares are templates by Tracie Stroud called Back to Basics Squares.

So I guess I’m down to updating my blog every other month. I really will try to do better, but I have to admit that I’m only updating now because I got a friendly reminder from Erin, lol!

 

Let’s see, what’s been going on? Since the last time I blogged, Andy and I took a trip to Prescott for a couple of days while my mom watched the kids. It was great! I stayed in the room at the Bed & Breakfast and read for three days straight. Andy went hiking without me. It was so relaxing and just what I needed. My right eye had been twitching for a few months and I assumed it was because of stress. Well, it hasn’t twitched since our trip, so I guess I just needed some kid-free relaxation!

 

We had a really nice Thanksgiving at our house with both sides of the family. It was great to see my sister Nicole, who just moved back from Texas!

 

Sophie got to be in her first school play just before Thanksgiving. She told us that her teacher told the kids they had to wear pineapple dresses and rock star t-shirts. Since I wasn’t in the mood to choose that battle, we let her wear the outfit. Well, needless to say, she was the only kid there in a pineapple dress and rock star t-shirt! Little stinker. Here’s a picture of her and her cousin during the show.

 

 

Then in December we took a trip to Flagstaff with the kids so we could play in the snow. We rented a house outside of the city and had a great time getting really wet and cold. The only downside was that when we got there, the driveway had a huge snowdrift at the bottom of it! It took Andy about an hour to dig through it and wrestle the minivan up the driveway, and we have a dent on the passenger side to show for it. Here’s a picture of one of his unsuccessful attempts to get the van through the space he dug out. You can’t tell in the pic, but that was a really steep driveway!

 

 

The kids had a great time sledding and playing in the snow. The rest of us got a great workout trudging our way through the deep snow, but Sophie is so little that she just walked along on the thin frozen layer on top of the snow. She reminded me of a bird, it was really funny.

 

Both kids were in Christmas plays at school. Kyra had a part singing in a trio. Sophie got to play a reindeer and an angel. They were both adorable, of course!

 

Then we had Christmas. It was a lot of fun. Kyra got a desk that she had been asking for and Sophie got a huge doll house. Plus they both got a bunch of Wii games, DS games, and Sophie got some toys. We went over to Andy’s parents’ house for Christmas dinner and more gifts. All 4 cousins got a load of zhu zhu pets and accessories from Gramee! They had an awesome time playing together with their zhu zhus.

 

Kyra’s birthday is just a few days after Christmas, of course. She wanted a sleepover party, so that’s what we did. 7 girls altogether, counting our two, spent the night and nobody got hurt. Well, maybe some feelings got hurt, but that didn’t require a trip to the ER. It was fun for the kids, but we’re not planning on doing another one any time soon.

 

Then on to New Year’s Eve! Wanna see what my kids were doing at midnight?

 

(That’s Sophie’s list of rules taped to her wall, lol!)

 

 

(And Kyra’s head barely poking out of her comforter. Not sure why the blue top bunk sheet is hanging down.)

 

 

Yep, the girls were asleep well before midnight, since they stayed up so late for Kyra’s party the night before. So Andy and I had a quiet NYE together. It was nice.

 

Since then it’s just been back-to-school craziness. The kids are both home today, though. Kyra has a fever and feels icky, but no other symptoms. I didn’t want to drag her outside to take Sophie to preschool (plus I was feeling lazy) so Sophie is home with us too.

 

And now for some layouts! I quit the creative team at Pickleberrypop in December. It was a hard decision, but I just didn’t have time to keep up with it like I needed to. Since Sine is retiring this month (check Scrap Orchard starting on the 15th for a great sale on her stuff!), I’m down to just one creative team, Scrap Orchard. I’m their head CT member, so I do organizational stuff, which is just fine for me since my scrapping mojo is hit or miss lately. Anyway, if you see something you like, it’s probably at Scrap Orchard. If you really like something and I didn’t give enough info to find it, just ask me and I’ll send you a link to it.

 

 Here’s our family picture from Christmas 2008. I used a Pickleberrypop site collab for this one.

 

 

 And the 2009 family Christmas picture. I used the kit Comfort and Joy by Miss Tiina, she’s a guest a Scrap Orchard this month!

 

 

 And old pic of Kyra from Halloween 2008. The kit is a Scrap Orchard collab.

 

 

 This kit is Indigo Sky by Joyce Paul and Vera Lim.

 

 

 Sundays by Amy Stoffel.

 

 

 Jailbird by Kristin Aagard.

 

 

 Found Treasures by Tracie Stroud and Flergs. Template freebie by Sine.

 

 

 Merry Merry by Irene Alexeeva.

 

 

 Merry and Bright by Kristin Aagard.

 

 

 Angel Song by Amy Stoffel.

 

 

 Mama’s Kitchen by Designs by Julie Bullock at Scrap Orchard, template by Dani Alencar.

 

 

 Chill Out by Ziggle Designs at Scrap Orchard.

 

 

 Love Notes by Megan Turnidge and Multi Photo Template by Scrapping With Liz, both at Scrap Orchard.

 

 

 This is a new kit by Julie Bullock coming to Scrap Orchard this Friday. Shhhhh, don’t tell anyone that I showed it to you! Also using Back to Basics: Squares by Tracie Stroud.

 

 

 This is Autumn Thoughts by Megan Turnidge, although I’m not sure where that little owl and the journaling mat came from. If you like it, let me know and I’ll find it

 

 

 Americana by Ziggle Designs and Tracie Stroud.

 

 

 Pic Attack Templates #1 by SuzieQ Designs and Jingle Baby by Wild Dandelion Designs.

 

 

 Wonderland Kit and Add On by FruitLoOp Sally at Pickleberrypop

 Template Pack No 27 by Kristin’s Scrap Design at Pickleberrypop

 

 

 Everything available at Scrap Orchard
SO Clustered template by Designs by Sine
Sugar Cookie Kit and Add-On by Megan Turnidge
Scalloped Mats Templates by Irene Alexeeva
Journaling note card from Mama’s Kitchen by Julie Bullock

 

 

 So…Pink Collection by Carolyn Rose Kite at Pickleberrypop

 

 

 Sweet Harvest by Tracie Stroud and Kristin Aagard.

 

 

Cozy Christmas by Megan Turnidge

circle paper from Rustic Christmas by Tracie Stroud

 

template freebie by J Jorgensen

 

 

Everything available at Scrap Orchard

SO Clustered templates and SO Useful Frame Clusters by Designs by Sine

 

Turning Leaves by Julie Bullock

 

 

Lolli by Julie Bullock at Scrap Orchard

template freebie from the Sweet Shoppe

 

 

Fresh Delice and Marshmallow Alpha by Irene Alexeeva and Blocking Templates Set 3 by Dani Alencar.

 

 

 Joyous Christmas by Lyndsay Riches at Scrap Orchard

 

 

Template freebie at Pickleberrypop, Santa and Friends by Amanda Heimann and Ziggle Designs.

 

 

I think I got this template freebie at Sweet Shoppe Designs. Kit is Sweet Sugar Holiday by Lyndsay Riches and Wild Dandelion Designs.

Yesterday was not so great. I made an appointment to see my doctor so I could get a few prescriptions renewed, not even realizing what a bad idea it is to have an appointment on a Saturday. When I made the appointment, I totally forgot that Andy was going camping for the weekend, so I had to take the girls with me. We got there at 10:05 for a 10:15 appt, but I didn’t even see the doctor until noon! The girls were soooo good in the waiting room, though, so they got Wendys for lunch. Anyway, I’ve never had a flu shot before, but I decided to get one yesterday. Big mistake! When we got home I felt horrible! All I could do was lie on the couch and wait for the kids’ bedtime. Luckily Gramee took the girls shopping for a couple of hours, because I was totally useless to them. I was way too wiped out to make dinner, so we ended up having pizza even though we had Wendy’s for lunch and donuts for breakfast. Yep, CPS can just come get my kids now, that diet is obviously too unhealthy for them.

I feel much better today, thank goodness! I even managed to scrap a page because the girls are playing so nicely together.

Aquamarine by Laitha at Pickleberrypop, Alpha Sketch by katef at Pickleberrypop, and  It’s A Date by Tracie Stroud at Scrap Orchard