we love dad

So this week has been crazy. Like, I cannot believe it is Friday already. But one of the things on my to-do list was this Father's Day album from House of 3...and I love it! I totally sacrificed sleep to get this done before Sunday, but I am so glad I did. I think this is one of my fave albums ever...all of my favorite people in one place!



















As for supplies, I used the kit from House of 3 and then just totally random patterned papers...mostly Scenic Route, Basic Grey and Heidi Swapp. And I also used a couple of these papers, too. It was just fun to work on something where all the thinking was done for me and I just had to put it together. Yay!



Okay, time to take care of the screaming baby and get ready for my date tonight. Later!



T:)

be still my heart

On Monday night I decided to take the girls across the street to the ravine to take a few pictures and I've been glued to my computer playing with them ever since. AAaaahh! What day is it today?? I am going blind from staring at the computer screen for so long!














Anyways, excuse me for gushing, but I just love these two. Every night before we go to bed, Gray and I tell each other all the funny and cute things the girls did during the day and we just laugh and laugh. They are so much work and keep us so busy, but they are worth it...and it helps that they're so stinkin' cute, too! We always talk about how we can't imagine life without them...actually, we can't even REMEMBER what it was like to have no kids! (what did I DO with my time???)



As I speak, they're playing upstairs and not fighting...imagine that! Time to get some housework done!!



T:)



(p.s....I used these frames from House of 3. Love!)

just a couple...

Just a couple scrapbook pages I did this past week...Graham banished me to the basement one night to scrapbook and this is what I worked on. It was so much fun! Thanks, babe! It was funny though, these pages took me FOREVER to do...I am out of the groove, but it was so nice to play. So Kherington offically has a couple scrapbook pages...there are many more in my head, let's see if I'll ever be to actually do any of them!!



Today was a very busy day. I went downtown with the girls and my sister and my Grandma to get Kherington's passport photo and apply for her passport. So ridiculous that baby's need passports...don't even get me started. Sheesh. Anyways, if you're in the Edmonton area and need to get your baby's passport photo taken, just go to Canada Place and they'll take them right there and they're totally fast. It was great. Then we went for lunch at Red Robin's, came home and blew up the girls pool for the backyard and they played outside all afternoon while I cleaned my kitchen. It was fabulous! Summer is finally here...yay! Now it is almost 10pm and my list is still loooooong of all the things I want to get tonight, and here I am blogging. Ha!!



Have a happy weekend!!



T:)

she dressed herself yesterday...

...can you tell??



And don't worry, we totally went out in public with her dressed like this. (I should add that she had sparkly pink flip-flops on and a tan jacket to finish off the look.) She insisted that this was what she wanted to wear, and I wasn't gonna fight it! Haha. Oh, this girl makes me laugh. My sister totally busted up laughing when she walked into McDonald's and saw Gabby yesterday...gotta love her. I used to have my girls dressed up perfectly all the time, and now...not so much. I get to choose what they wear and make sure their hair is cute on Sunday's but during the week, anything goes lately! (it's an accomplishment if I even make it out of the house, so if my kids have clothes on, we're good...wink!)



And here are a few more randoms of our crazy-cute 2 year old:










Man, I could not live without this kid. She just makes us laugh and laugh and laugh. She's a little rascal and is always in trouble and torments her big sister and loves her baby sister and is just busy and cute and all-around fun.



Love you, love you Gabby-Gabbs!



xo

just a little somethin'...

Just wanted to share this little autograph book I made for Heidi when she came to teach...it was so simple and fast! I just made the little pages using cute brushes from House of 3, printed them off on regular computer paper and attached the whole book together with tulle. Easy! Even the butterfly on the front is a digital brush that I just printed and cut out. It turned out really cute...we passed the book around as Heidi was teaching and everyone wrote her a little message, then we gave it to her at the end of the day. A little souvenir of her trip to Edmonton! This could be cute for kids to take to school at the end of the year to have their classmates sign, or a fun little notebook to have on your desk or to give to a friend...lots of possibilities!



Wow, I just shared a scrapbook project! Yay!



Tal:)

it's that time of year again

It always amazes me how quickly the year goes by. It's almost time for Payton's dance recital again...how is it already June? This little girl just loves her dance class every Wednesday morning. Tap, especially. She was very excited to get her new beige tap shoes for recital (I had bought her black ones at the beginning of the year not realizing that they were supposed to have beige. Oops.), and she wears them constantly. It's cool to see how much she's learned since she started dancing last year. They just grow up too fast!



Looking at these pictures just gives me total deja-vu of when I was dancing. I can remember it like yesterday...my mom doing my hair and make-up, taking pictures and getting me all ready to go onstage...it is still sometimes hard for me to believe that I am the mama now! (and I'm sure that after over 30 years of this, my mom has a hard time believing that she's still sewing dance costumes! Thanks, mom!!) Anyways, this was Payton all dressed up for her dress-rehearsal. Recital is next weekend and then dancing is done till September...yay! I am just ready for summer and no schedules. Anyone else feelin' the same way?



Tal :)

baby faces

My cute little Kherington a couple weeks ago. Oh, the little faces she makes are so sweet. She's started to smile and coo and I just love it. She is such a little sweetheart. I could just eat her up, she's so adorable. (I always say this and everytime I do, Graham just laughs.)



She is such a good baby. Sleeping through the night for the most part, so that makes us happy! She stops people in her tracks wherever we go...I think I heard "Look at that hair!" about 100 times this weekend as we were out and about...so funny.



Okay, just had to share!



T:)

the weekend with Heidi...

Well, Heidi has come and gone and I have to say, this weekend was fabulous! It was jam-packed and busy, but oh, so fun. Heidi is awesome...so down to earth, yet so very inspiring...I know everyone who attended her event on Saturday would say the same thing!



Her classes were great on Saturday...everyone received these stinkin' cute House of 3 bags with their kits inside which were full of tons of stuff. And the classes rocked. I loved the vibe of the whole day...it was totally laid-back, yet everyone was working and got lots done on their projects. I can't wait to get going on mine! My favorite part of the day, though, was the very end when Heidi shared with us about House of 3 and just other fun stuff regarding blogs, scrapbooking, photoshop, photography and more...I wish everyone had stayed for that part 'cause we somehow all ended up in tears, and once again, just inspired and happy and full of positive energy. Crazy women we are!


One of my favorite things about scrapbooking events and workshops is just connecting with other women who love this hobby as much as I do. It was so fun to see old and new faces, to catch up with old friends and meet new ones. It was awesome, ladies! I definately needed this weekend...Graham and my mama and my sister all helped me with my kids so that I could be there on Saturday and hang out with Heidi, so thank you so much for that...as always, what would I do without you guys?



To sum it all up, I'm just feeling totally inspired and ready to go...I want to get scrapbooking again...it is time. This weekend was just great all-around. Church was so good on Sunday...my kids were actually quiet during sacrament meeting and I was able to listen to the talks and the spirit was so strong...it was a good day. Kim, Heidi and I also seemed to go from one deep conversation to the next. Left me with lots of things to ponder and think about. It was so great to hang with Heidi and get to know her better...it was just such a great weekend!



I just finished uploading a ton of pictures to my computer and I now I am so overwhelmed. So much has been happening over the past few weeks with my girls, and I'm sad that I haven't been blogging about it all. Hopefully I'll find the time to be a little more with it...so much to share.



But for now, I'm off to bed!



T:)