School Parties for my funny valentines

The kids had a great day at school today and came home pumped full of sugar and red food coloring, like all children should on Valentine's Day! It was also kindergarten open house at our school, so I slipped in with the other prospective students and parents to watch my baby strut her stuff. I …

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Early birthday present to me

All I wanted for my birthday this year was a day out with my family. My kids are growing up so fast, and during the school year sometimes it feels like I barely see my husband. I don't need more STUFF (except stampin' stuff, which I buy myself!) so I asked for a day instead. …

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Scrapbooking IN THE CAR on the way to Indiana!

Merry Christmas from chilly and wet Indiana, everyone! The weather outside was frightful, but I was smiling all the way through the ice storm and the Chicago traffic, because I was happily scrapbooking with My Digital Studio on our new laptop! Here's my favorite of the pages I got done, with a non-traditional Bermuda Bay …

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Happy Birthday to my honey

Happy Big 4-0, Michael! (and let me say right off the bat to all my readers that I am more than seven years younger than my husband!)   Here's a photo from the trip of a lifetime… our Stampin' Up trip to Hawaii. I'm working hard on earning us another one! I love traveling with …

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The Birthdays

Some photos of the birthdays. Most of these are from the joint family party when the kids' Uncle Mark came to visit, with some from the morning of their actual birthdays.  

Happy birthday, buddy!

Well, despite being about the pickiest eater on the planet, my man Dan has made it to year eight. He is so big and strong and I have no idea how that happened, since he apparently subsists on air. He can knock me over in a squeeze that's more a wrestling hold than a hug, …

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