Happy Mother's day

Photos of me and my boys throughout the years.

They have brought me joy and tears.

Each are so special and unique.

Loving and caring.

Very special gifts.

 3 of us as always.

 Nick and I (taken by my friend Emily who

rocked the cam)

 Nick home on leave.

 A couple of photos with 4 generations.

This was a film photo and I have no idea how Gram

got ghosted in when she was there live and in person.

Jump

I woke up early this morning and then laid back down.

I should've stayed up.

Because now I'm groggier than had I just arisen

at 0'dark thirty.

And had coffee.

Busy day- Dr. and PT. 

Oh boy.

Below is a page of my boy who is rocking

the Mother's day prizes.

Here is my favorite eldest son practicing his adreneline junkie ways

at a young age (4 & 6). Actually these photos are 2 years apart.

Thanks to Memaw, who took them and noted 

the years on the back in ink.

And I'm not even going to raise an eyebrow.

After I laid down Jump a subtitle

jumped into my head.

(could not be helped-LOL).

Shirt and shorts optional.

Most of the time that's howNick rolled.

Shoes are also optional because he had socks and no

sense in wearing the shoes out.

We had a great tree in the back that attracted kids from all over the hood.

Climbing, swinging. Somewhere along the line a picnic

table was also involved in helping them 

roll out whatever scenario they had in mind whilst flinging their bodies about.

In all the adventures  - everyone made it out unscathed.

Gotta love that.

Where is Annie & Team Angry Birds..

Well I was going to go with Where's Waldo but I didn't think anyone would get it.

It sort of dates me. Or is Waldo still around???

Look closely! It took me a minute or three to find her brunette little moptop.

And there she is right in with the toys. Isn't Lucy a love. She's a great dog and she loves me too. :)

Team Angry Birds. Well Owen is in Angry Bird pajamas and he does have a baseball mitt. It was all I could think of at the time. I'm sure there will be more baseball photos I can practice my titles on.

O has started playing T-ball. And loves to play angry birds. (Hence the title)...I'm working on clever....

His dad is a major baseball fan. I think O will be following in his footsteps.

He already has his mitt. A very good start.

Some of the papers Studio Calico kit and Authentique (its baaacckk). LOL!! I'm practicing my layering and paper combos. I also have a new tab punch. Nothing real clever going on but getting pages done.

Giggle - Awake and smell the roses

Love this photo. Love instagrams. Love the interaction between mother and son. The intimacy, the fun, the sweetness. Q is such a sweetie and Jill gets the best shots.

I got to use my leftover houses from the cards and an assortment of papers and a flower. I haven't used a flower in a long time.

No really. 

It used to be the anomoly not to have a flower on a page. Love the change.

Now this one is hilarious.

My boy, the military man, alert at all times, can not only sleep through a freight train but a diaper in his nose and/or face.

I wondered if it was loaded.

LOL!

It's just too precious. But more funny. Old papers and new mixed together. I need to pay more attention to the mfg's. But I find it freeing that I don't.

There was a time when I knew them right off the top of my head.  Without looking. And then I didn't need to know. I like the fact that I'm learning to toss them altogether willy nilly and make it work. It is a great adventure.

We've moved.........

Entire card. Below is the "inside".

Well not US personally, but a friend moved from the state of NJ to paradise. She's already in love the weather, beaches and casualness. She also loves her new house and wanted a card to let everyone know she moved.

She asked me put 50 cards together and she wanted them to be unique.

I don't do many cards.
I hardly do cards.
I had know idea about unique.

So I blasted to Treasured Memories - my LSS with my friend Holli after we fortified ourselves with a delicious lunch. All Great ideas. We walked through the door of the LSS and lo and behold one of the lovely ladies Pat was working on an acrylic card/album and the light bulb went off more or less....

Of course they didn't have that exact die and it was back ordered into the last century of course, so with Pat's help I found an alternative die after looking at all their card samples - because they are the card Queens. I went home and began to design the prototype.
She said she ok with them not being matchy matchy.

After making the first one, and even though I was thrilled that matchy matchy wasn't required, I decided that some sort of semblemce was required or it would take me forever to get them together especially with all the parts.

50 circles - 2 different sizes.

I feel in love with the TH cityscape die - so 50 of them and the paper had to be cut down first because the die is a pop up.

50 mats and 50 pictures. Of course since it was acrylic - the papers needed to be double-sided. Enter a TH paper pad. And I had just enough papers for all the pieces and one 12x12 and some scraps for a fudge factor. I at first thought I'd have to print the photos at a custom size - what a pain BUT wallet size on my HP turned out to be perfect.

Then I had to find the acrylic because the LSS that had the acryllic used up 2 sheets and I bought one. Found some on Amazon.com - woo hoo and of course had to wait for it to be shipped. The acrylic is called craft plastic - made by Bazzill and of course 25 come in the pack - 2 to a page which had to be whacked down - so I purchased 2 more from the LSS for a fudge factor.

Good thing I prepared for fudge factor. Right out of the gate in cutting down the acrylic to 4.5 x 12 (just fit in the die) I cut one 4x12 :| oh yes I did.

Anyway, I when the acrylic finally arrived - I had all the other pieces cut, inked and glued - added flowers and bling. I want you to know that in using 50 flowers and bling from the ole stash  it didn't make a dent in my supplies AT ALL.

I know right.

Yesterday, I cut down the acrylic - ran it through the Sissix 50 times. And assembled them. Last thing on my list is to find some really cool envelopes they'll fit in and hand them over to my pal for mailing. She is totally thrilled with the card. Whew :)

Warrior Princess and Road Trip Boys....

 You may wonder what those titles have in common.

Well they have an adorable blonde babygirl that rules her equally funny and adorable brothers.

Oh the fun.

So in Warrior Princess there is a little pippystockinged girl in a ruffled dress and pigtails gearing up with nerf weaponry that puts Zena-the other warrior princess to shame and takin' it to 'em.

It's great to have older brothers that have your back.

They are also great for grunt power when the princess legs are don't quite reach the pedals and she has places to go and things to do.

Waving her tiny little sunglasses holding mitt in encouragement, and said older brothers working in tandem, I have no doubt she made it to whatever destination she had in mind.

Their mom told me that they made her laugh and grind her teeth - probably simultaneously.

I can only imagine. LOL!!! Glad I'm the gram.
Most product is from the Studio Calico kits, except for the stamp, round journaling csard and stamp. Oh and maybe the thickers on the second one. Love the cork camera....

I'm down here - Hey!

I looked at this photo many times - picking out

papers, finding a theme, the story.

(The majority of the photos of the grands I did not take)

Therefore, there is some guessing going on.

Okay alot of guessing.

As I was putting this page together and in 

seeking a clever title,

there in the mid-page, right next to Owen's left hand.

(His other left).

There is Annie on the floor.

And it made me laugh

and then second guess my powers of observation...

because apparently they are lacking.

Ergo with conversation bubbles - "cartoony" 

just couldn't be helped.

Rocking some old Sassafrass Lass.