I Need a Twelve Step Program

Hello faithful blog readers.  I'm here, just up to my ears enjoying my hubby home for the summer (the only time of 2013) AND entertaining the brood with Momma's Summer O Fun 2013.   It's been a fun summer with the exception of P.J. breaking his collarbone.  We are praying for a speedy recovery so he can get back to our last year of Mustang football which will hopefully culminate in a return trip to Florida for the National Championships!

Lots of scrappiness to share today.  More Studio Calico Neverland plus Dear Lizzy love...

*** how did this happen?!,

***waiting for Scotty McCreery to start

***lots of smiles at Busch Gardens

Alright, Just One More With Neverland

Still hanging in here.  Wondering how I keep at this craziness that I call our life.  The kids continue to amaze me with their goodness.  I thank God everyday that they are such good people.  They are my constant reminder that I must be doing something right.  Who in their right mind would choose to live apart from their husband just home from a deployment?!?  This crazy lady.  It's all about what's best for the minions.  I know that keeping them in one place for another year is best.  I know that this is most likely the last time we will have back to back orders in one duty station before Patrick retires.  And that, my friends, could be a dozen years away, gulp.  So, I just keep swimming.  And praying that it all works out.  Just keep swimming...

The One With a Little Neverland Love

 

 

I kinda like Studio Calico's kits.  Just kinda.  I have for ages.  I've been subbing since Whodunit (January 2010).  But, I was stalking them for about a year before I made the leap.  This past March's kits were my favorite ever.  And that's saying a lot because Bakers Dozen and Lawn Party held that title for quite awhile.  So, hope you like these kits, too.  There MAY be a dozen or more layouts headed this way...

The One With a Bit More Neverland

 

 

 

 

 

Daddy came home for a visit last month. One cool thing about him being in school is that he is on a school schedule. So, he spent his Spring Break at home with us. I told him, if I was him, I would have gotten away somewhere warm and much quieter, lol. We were able to get away, for the evening, at least. We took the brood to the circus. The babies had never been and it turned out to be just as magical as it was when we went when the Bigs were younger. Gotta love a place that ALL 7 of us could enjoy. That's getting harder and harder as the kids get older. So glad we took the time...

The One With the Braids & Geralyn's Cut File

I may be obsessed with Studio Calico's kits.  Just sayin.



 





 

  

Hello oh faithful blog readers.  Sorry I have been scarce.  We are wrapping up a super duper busy, jam-packed Spring Break week around here.  We have done. absolutely. NOTHING!!  It has been wonderful.  We stayed up late.  We got dressed around dinner time, if we got dressed at all.  We played board games and put together puzzles.  Basically, nada. I will admit I feel just a tiny bit bad that the kids don't have any big stories to tell when they return to school on Monday.  I REALLY hope there are no "What I Did Over Spring Break" writing assignments., lol.  But, all kidding aside.  I needed this.  We all did, really.  It was so refreshing to have nothing on the calendar.  We live so much of our life on the proverbial hamster wheel, sometimes it's nice to just get off.  If only for a week.  Because Lord knows it's right back on it we go first thing Monday morning, 0620.
Who are we kidding?!?  I gotta hit snooze, just once.  See you at 0629...  And not a minute earlier.

p.s.  That's my pretty girl on the right.  Performing in a little funny skit the girls prepared for Girl Scouts last week.  Wish I could always get her in a dress & braids.  Sigh.

The One Where She Multitasks

Sitting in scouts, drawing with Sassy, and helping to corral seven Wolves, and I realize I have a TON of pages to share. Life keeps on whizzing past my tired eyes. But, it's a beautiful, albeit blurry life. Some layouts using Studio Calico's amazing kits...

A peek at what my eyes have been seeing...

Bonus points if you made it this far AND if you can decipher Sullivan's writing...

Check back later this week for my design team projects for Birds of a Feather.