nano ella

I sure love my green ipod nano :) What better way than to combine her with my other favourite girl!

Lots of intricate cutting, painting over masks, embossing, doodling, etc!

permission pending....

Hey Tanya! Surprise! Hope you don't mind me sharing these photos of you :) Love you!

TRUE!!!

I love this recording of something Nash used to say all the time, but doesn't anymore. Whenever he used to use the word "True", he always said it with wide eyes, sincerity, and definite emphasis to make sure you believed him :)

Some Much Needed Colour...

...on a very dreary, wet day! Great day for staying inside and scrapbooking, not so great for taking pictures of them :)

I FINALLY finished my week 3 assignment for interactive sewing on a layout. The flaps are so easy to do, I'd love to try some bigger ones sometime!

Racing Champions!

Our town cleaned up again at the regional Kub Kar, Beaver Buggy, and Scout Semi Races! We were winners in all 3 events and also had several other kids place in the top 3 of their events!

Daddy was very proud of his boys Mason and Nash who were declared 2009 Champions of the Kub Kar and the Beaver Buggy :)

She is a Dancing Queen :)

Ella performed at the festival this week with her dance class led by "Miss Kelsey". They, of course, were ADORABLE!!!!! They danced to a marching band song. They did great and I can't wait to see them at their recital after they've had another month of practice :)

School Layout

This was fun! I was in the mood for red cardstock :)
So happy to have a chance to use those shiny red letter stickers and the owl!
It was also fun making the cloud that the title is on. Just some glossy packaging material from something else I bought, cut freehand, and then I punched a bunch of holes around the edge (the "funnest" part!) Fun using a quote from a favourite movie for the title, too!

My Princess

Snapped some photos the other day of Ella for an upcoming scrapbook page, but they are so adorable, I just had to share! :)

Sheldon was pretty witty today, he came up with a name for Ella when she is in a bad mood. "CruElla" (from 101 dalmations). Nasty.

My Big Boy

It was a growing up day for Nash today, he lost his first tooth! How exciting! He was just watching tv and pushed it with his tongue and it popped right out!

Another sign he is growing up: his spring jacket that was just above his knees last year is now at the top of his thighs. He looks so much bigger!

You make me laugh!

The things Mason comes up with always keeps me entertained!

Ella's friend party

Ella had her best friends over for a Puppy Party today. They are a sweet group of kids :)

Thanks Timmies!

This is my favourite sewing project yet! I sewed along the swirls on the side, in the corners, around the picture, along the word strips, and under the journalling. Even threw in some painting, chipboard, and bling!

The title is the kicker. You'll never guess where I got it from! Well, if you live in Canada and watch curling, you might figure it out...."Not as much held as embraced" is on the Tim Horton's coffee advertisement by the scoreboards of the Tim Horton's Brier going on right now! When I saw that, I thought it was perfect for a scrapbook layout!

Road Trip 2006

I don't usually do 2 page layouts anymore, but I really wanted to record this special day and didn't feel I could leave out any of these pictures, leading also to reverting back to cutting around pictures, also something I don't do very often. This was one of our last visits with my Afi in his home. He passed away in February 2007. I tried to get as much sewing on there as i could too, practicing for my online scrapbook sewing class.