Everyday Stuff-January

Daddy and Bryan were playing Mario Party on the Wii when I got home from work super-late.

Saturday-Daddy is reading up on a problem that my car was exhibiting on the way home from Walmart. Seems it may have been induced by the way that he was driving ;)

Elizabeth is wearing purple to show her support for the Vikings on Sunday after the whooping that the Jets took. She took off her "Vilma" jersey because she didn't want the Saints to think that she was rooting for them (Vilma plays for the Saints now.)

William hanging out with Pudge on the couch.

Bryan IS the DREAM star! Have a great Tuesday! And may you ALL be the DREAM star!

Scrapbooking

I have been scrapbooking like crazy this week. Maybe because I have been working a lot so I have been a lot more focused on getting the things done that are important to me. I used stuff from the little fun packs that I got on Etsy from vintagescrapstuff.etsy.com -shown here to create this page. I love these letter squares. They were perfect for the page. The photo was taken at Christmas at Mom's.

I punched some hearts out, taped them to the page in the pattern that I wanted, then did some crazy stitching with my sewing machine {which still has red thread from Christmas}. I used the new punch that I bought with my Michael's gift card (Martha Stewart) to punch the heart border.

Here is a close-up on the photo. I am working on printing more of the bazillion photos that I take this year. "Living with my photos" (to quote Stacy Julian) is inspiring me like crazy.
The journaling says: I love your photos. that you do dishes for me. that you buy awesome gifts. That you are always happy and laid back. Love that you are mine {heart}. Love that you are a great dad. I love you! Thank you {heart} Mommy.

Here is a closeup of the stitching, buttons, hearts, and letters. I didn't realize how many heart-type punches I had until I started thinking about using the vintage pieces to create a Valentine's layout. I love how it turned out! More scrapbooking inspiration later this week. Happy Sunday! Go Jets!

Blast from the Past

I was looking for a specific photo of William and Elizabeth (I think I'm going to have to pull the actual photo-I didn't have it in my scans) and I ran across this one of my husband and my brother. Aren't they both cute?

And then I ran across this one. Circa~1988. Loved Guns N Roses! And check out that gorgeous Bergan uniform hanging on the wall in the upper right corner of the photo. Nice. Don't miss those uniforms AT ALL.

Have a great Tuesday!

Thankful-Nov 17

Thankful for: Mr. Rabbit-Brand new for Easter 1978

Thankful for Mister Rabbit: Found by my kids in my cedar chest~2009. He has been well loved over the years.

Thankful that Mr. Rabbit allowed me to get a candid shot of my husband where he isn't looking at the camera and has a real smile on his face.

Happy Wednesday!

Saturday-Celebrating 43 years

Happy Early Birthday, Daddy!

We celebrated Daddy's birthday on Saturday because his birthday is on Thursday. And he works all day Thursday...and we have a football scrimmage...and a meeting that we'll probably miss after that...but you get my point. We're really busy, so we celebrated early:)

"What is it?" you ask. An autographed Jim Kelly helmet. Sweet! I was so excited when I found it. And he was a bit surprised. It was awesome!

And an autographed Jim Kelly photo...

And I made him cook his own ribeye...

Here is a close-up of the helmet in better light.

And here it is in it's final resting place...right next to the autographed Devin Hester helmet. And Bryan's football photo.

Elizabeth didn't make the party, but she was here all day on Sunday. We shopped at Michael's and we hung out and watched "Better Off Dead" and "Say Anything" with John Cusack. It was good times....

Bryan had a good time hanging out at Treyton's Aunt's house on Sunday night.

And these are the sweet Mums that Paul and Deborah gave me for taking their photos on Saturday. I did move them to a "full sun" location on Monday. They are absolutely gorgeous! Thanks, guys! Have a great week-happy Wednesday!