Smug Mugs.....

Took me awhile to come up w/a title. I love the photo. Me and my favorite youngest hanging at one of our favorite places after a bit of shopping. I love that he's a goof! And we can chat about any and all things. And my friend Barbara is quick with the camera!I love that he has fun whenever and wherever and his sense of humor just blows me away. I love that he doesn't care how much he shows he loves me. Out loud. In public.

Bo bunny mammarazzi, prima, qk spicy chicken.

She's the big sister.

and OMG! Camryn uses it to her advantage. Always. My neice and nephew are always fun and up for a laugh. And funny faces.

If you can't do it yourself.

Camryn will help.

cosmo cricket, sassafrass lass, ek success.

photo taken by my fav SIL kevinduffyphotography.

Fired UP!

Lil O turned two and we got to hang with him over Labor Day at Ocean Beach 2010. It's an annual pilgramage. Love it. Its the big family reunion and its cool that everyone shows up.

He loves Elmo.

He loves how Elmo put out fires.

What better present for grandparents to get is a working fire engine.

Which required assembly. Thank goodness dad was on it. Patience was totally required which meant distractions were happening. And then it was together.

And the fire chief was all about the working hose. And pushing the engine. Because it was sort of hot, and cooling off was needed.

LilyBee designs, Sassafrass lass, cosmo cricket, bazzill, qk blossom.

Baby book.......

I love doing mini albums. I do. They flow together so well with a minimum of fuss and muss. I find they go faster than a page. I do have a template now that I've made a bunch, but I still like to personalize. I usually don't put the baby's name on it because parents have been known to change their mind. Several times.

Which is why there is whiteout and/or paint. lol!

Needed a quick present and love to give something that hopefully won't overwhelm the new parents.

Remenisce is soooooo soft and muted. Love the colors. Whacked some chipboard to 6x6. Perfect size, and lifted a paper folding trick from a pal for the perfect pocket page.

I had a baby blanket all done. I KNOW. I'm just impressing myself all over the place. Get a little dress and/or diapers and good to go. Love it when a plan comes through and looks good doing it.

Need to work on some Valentine cards today. And a birthday card.

Found another lighthouse in my travels......and I'll be

darn if I can ID the thing. I know its on the California coast. I know its NOT Piedras Blancas light station. Its on Cabrello Highway.....and that's it. Which is totally frustrating, because its totally cool. I really need to learn to take better notes. Of course this was on the twisting, turning road with 3m feet drop offs so I was off my feed so to speak. lol!!!I cruised up and down google looking. How hard can it be to actually POST a picture of said lighthouse when bragging about it being a museum and national park. If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate it.

Continuing in Guest Designer mode because well

because no one said *I* couldn't *twirling mustache evilly*. bwahahahaha! In the same vein as use your own handwriting, this challenge is to use your relative's handwriting. I find the coolest thing and most precious thing, that when in the course of my detecting I come across handwriting of anyone such as greats to see their handwriting. Its soooo personal. Its soooooo telling. Its soooooooo wonderful..anyhoo I'm sorta digressing.

Also, added to use YOUR RELATIVE's HANDWRITING IS.....LAYERING. That is my great grandmother's writing at the top, and my Aunt Sue's underneath. Yeah baby!

I love layering. I adore it as much as oh say distressing.

My aunt gave this photo and at the time I wondered what I was gonna do with it. I'm so glad I kept it. In my meanderings around ancestry I found a census that connected to my great grandparents where they lived with "the Sidney's", their daugther's family.

The above photo is a picture of their granddaughter.

Which is, if you look at one of the pages from my awesome Roots Journal, there is a photo of Molly as a little girl. The cute one on the left. How cool is that. (My Roots Journal is a working journal all in my handwriting, diary style, flat because of size, but mostly to put as much info on as possibile).

Rusty Pickle, Lil davis file folders, k& company prima, bling.

I am proud to be the guest designer at

Scrapping the Moments. Hop on over and check out the site. Lots of lovely fun ladies. Anyway the challenge, because I get to do the challenges for the month of February, is journaling strips and using your own handwriting. Journaling strips are sometimes less intimidating with handwriting than trying to tackle a HUGE chunk of space. Now I just need to feel better to get more challenges DONE.

I'm feeling a bit better. This under the weather stuff just sucks. Just enough to be feeling awful, but not a full blown illness. Sigh.

So I've been getting my travel photos done. How cool is that. They've only been sitting around for months. My mind's eye, 7 gypsies,, cute michael's flowers, thickers, sbetc template 116