More Photos...

Let's see how many blog posts I can get from my LO's this weekend & Nellie's birthday... :)

I did a 'confessions' page on Saturday at Nicole's. I took 2 photos (one close-up) so you can read the confessions if you feel compelled. Once again, the page was inspired by My Erin (shocking - I know).

Here are Kaden, Nellie, & Payton with their animals. There were 3 other kiddos at the party including my other niece...not sure where they were for this photo.

Nellie wearing her new 'Chloe apron' from My Andrea. She *loves* it - & it's SOOO adorable. Thank you Andrea for making this for her - she will enjoy it for a very long time.

Come back later for more photos...

My Weekend...

This weekend was spent with lots of friends & family. Friday night we joined two other couples for dinner & some fun girls shopping.

Saturday morning I went to visit a good friend of mine that had a baby a few weeks ago. I got to hold the baby, play with two of my fabulous friends, & watch snow fall! What a great deal. :) After lunch with the girls, I packed up my scrapbook supplies & headed to Corvallis to play with my BBS (biggest blog stalker). We managed to scrap A LOT, do a fun canvas project, eat great food, have wonderful conversations, & paint nails. Seriously, what more could a girl ask for?

Sunday was spent at church - then home for a delish omelette & quick nap - then up to Vancouver for Nellie's 5th birthday party. We had a wonderful time celebrating our niece & I think Nellie had a ball. The party was at Build A Bear with her friends. Then we went back to my sisters house where she had made a dragon cake. It was SOOO cute (see pic below) & also very delish.

The grown-ups hung out in the living room & chatted while the kids played happily in the girls' room. It was a perfect evening. A wonderful weekend - just a little too short...

Here are some of my LO's from Nicole's house:

Princess Nellie at her birthday party with her animal she created:

Laura's dragon cake - so cute!!

And The Winner Is...

(insert drum-roll....)


BeTHanY!!!

Congratulations Bethany on winning the rad contest. I will send you your rad prize soon!! (You should probably go wait by the mail box, it's going to be so exciting)! - errr...I mean rad!

Have a rad week everyone. Thanks for playing along!

Snow & Hopes For Last Week...

On April 20th, 2008 - we awoke to this...

You can't tell in this photo, but it was still snowing - it continued to snow until after 10 am. Yesterday it hailed at least 7 times throughout the day, after snow fell in the morning. It also rained yesterday (& today) & was sunny. Crazy...

Moving on - I forgot to post my card from last week. The prompt was: This week I hope to...
Here's what I came up with.

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Silas Tilson

He's here!! (And 2 1/2 weeks early).

This morning we got a call from Tim's brother Jeff saying they had their baby!! His name is Silas Tilson & he was born last night at 10:45 pm. 7 pounds, 11 ounces, 19 inches long. Mom & baby are doing well.

We are SOO excited to welcome this little one into our family!! Congratulations Jeff, Kim, & Eli.

My Nieces...

Yesterday after school while I was teaching a piano lesson - Laura called to ask if they could come visit. I was instantly thrilled that they were coming - as I hadn't seen them since before spring break. :( They arrived a short while later & the girls played in the backyard before we headed off to Red Robin for dinner - yummm! While there, they sang happy birthday to Nellie - who will be turning 5 on Friday. 5! I can't hardly believe it.

We returned home to have a tea party with Polly Pocket, play with the new train set, & help Uncle Tim conquer the Wii. Laura also straightened my hair (yay!!!) & we painted our nails (again - yay!!).

Thank you girls for coming down - it was a perfect evening!!

Here is Mia with a surprise in her jacket...

Surprise!! It's animals everywhere!!!

Nellie & Mia 'helping' Uncle Tim play the Wii.

52 Card 'Catch-up'

That's right - this week it's 52 card catch-up, not scrap-up. :) I'm happy to say that I'm once again caught up. I seem to save them up for 2-3 weeks, then do them all at once. We are 6 months into it - only 6 months left. This has been one of the most creative & enjoyable projects that I've been involved with - I love it. Here are my latest creations (disclaimer: I got a new butterfly punch & I'm infatuated with it right now...you may notice it's use as a common thread between all scrapbooking projects in the next few days/weeks/months/years/decades/etc):

2 weeks ago it was a "free" card. Here's what I came up with:

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Last week the prompt from Erin-o was 'right here, right now'.

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And I even did the card for this week - but I'll wait to post that later on in the week. It's pretty rad.

That's So...

That's right - we're bringing 'rad' back (and it's about time). You may remember my friend Victoria began this crusade a few months ago. My biggest blog stalker reminded me of it last week in a comment (gasp, I know - she commented!!) & so yesterday while we were hanging out - we made rad shirts. They are really rad.

What does this have to do with me you may be asking yourself? It's simple - I'm having a *surprise contest*. If you can give me 3 examples in a comment of how you used rad in a sentence in the 'real world' this week - you could win. I will draw names of qualified contestants on Friday. Don't worry - the prize will be rad.

Good luck!!

More Photos...

Here are just a few more photos from our weekend adventures. Isn't it amazing how many blog posts I can do when I'm not distracted with great house visitors? Glad you didn't give up on me...here are your photos...

Andrea with 'her' pillow at IKEA - see photo below - see, it is hers! :)

Maid Andrea & Sir Ethan at the tulip fields...so cute!

Precious...

Cupcake Goodness

Oh my!! Usually Andrea & I do a crafting project while we are together. She had this pattern & directions from a class she's taking (see more info on her blog tomorrow on this) so we decided to try it. We took Sunday evening & Monday evening to do it & it's just about the cutest thing ever. I may make more. Many more. And bless some of you with them. Delicious...

Hello cupcake...

*SURPRISE!!*

Thursday afternoon I was teaching away - when I got an e-mail from Andrea. She was announcing that I was going to have visitors...so with that - I finished up my teaching day & scrambled home for some serious house cleaning. As most of you know, our house is *usually* clean - but when I know people are coming...I must do more. So I did...& I was exhausted by the time I went to bed. Of course, I couldn't sleep because I was SOOO excited that My Andrea, My Ethan, & Matt :) were coming to visit me.

We played, played, played. I'm sad to say that they went home today - but we had a wonderful time. We are thinking about making this a bi-weekly weekend tradition. Want to play Andrea?! The only catch is, you come here. I think we should make Erin play too. Everyone come to me...that will work out best. :)

Yesterday afternoon we visited the tulip fields. In the rain. In the hail. In the drizzle. Did I mention the weather wasn't great!? After waiting in the car for a few minutes - we braved the elements in order to take a few pictures. Here are some of them...

Andrea playing in the tulips...

Andrea, we don't lick the tulips. Didn't your mom ever teach you that?!

Enjoying a yummy dessert & hot chocolate break from all of our shopping on Saturday... (Waitress took the picture a little bit fuzzy...) Ah well. :)

Andrea absolutely ecstatic that she got to go to THE fabric store. I was content to play along. Not nearly as excited as she apparently was from this picture!!

Thank you guys for coming to visit us - we had a blast (as always) with you. Come again anytime!!

My Friend...

Here he is - my friend the hummingbird (or as Nellie calls them, 'gumming birds'). I have their feeder hanging outside my back door & they come and go as they please, all winter long.

This past week, this feeder broke - so we replaced it with a fancy glass one. The 'gumming birds' now think they are eating dinner at The Plaza (it's true, I asked one earlier today & that's what he told me).

Tonight as we were making dinner I was checking on my birds - we had 3 coming and going - Tim saw a magenta colored one...I missed him but have already decided he will be my bird since pink is my favorite color. Isn't magenta a form of pink? If God did make a pink hummingbird, I'm sure it's for me.

Yep, that's right, this post is just about hummingbirds. That's what happens when I have a 'regular' week & time on my hands...

Tea For Six...

On Thursday afternoon we joined Faith (my mother-in-law) at her house for a tea. It was a very formal affair including a 3 course meal, lovely table setting, & delicious food!! What a treat. Thank you Faith for all of the work you put into this - it was truly wonderful! I think we should do it again this summer... :)

Table setting:

These were little pound cakes made to look like grilled cheese sandwiches - aren't they cute?!!? And they were very good too...

Dessert...

Here is the only pic of the three of us - unfortunately it's blurry & my mom's eyes are closed. :( But I still love it...

52 Card Scrap-Up

Look! I'm all caught up!! Here is my card from this week's 52 card scrap-up. The prompt was 'Fresh' & issued from My Andrea. I had the privilege of creating it at her house - with her scrappy things. Thank you Andrea for letting me use your supplies - it was fun to scrap with you while I was there! Miss you...

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