Holiday Lights

We took the kiddies tonight to an outdoor shopping center by our house that just opened last spring. They have a light show that coordinates to music from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. The lights flash with the music. The music is just beautiful...really gets your attention. The tree is about 3 stories tall...you can't miss it. It was so beautiful tonight because it was snowing some gigantic flakes and it really added to the beauty. You can see the snow in some of the tree pics. It was about 32 degrees out, so it wasn't too cold. I handed Ozan the camera and made him take pics of me and the kids. Aydan was a bit fussy so the pics of him didn't come out too well. He was in his stroller...he would rather run! I would rather not!

A lot of the pics came out blurry. I think I need an external flash. I had the camera set on the night time setting, but it didn't work too well.

I worked on this page last night. Once again, my scanner is acting goofy! I saw a layout in a magazine where the designer journaled over the painted masking and I loved it, so i lifted it. The page is called, "Tactile" ...there are some Heidi Swapp ghost letters over the pic, so its hard to see. Have a good week.

some sledding pages

Finally finished my sledding pages (sorry they scanned so crooked). There are so many pics and they have so many different colors in them that it sat on my desk for awhile. This isn't really how it pictured this to come out. I wanted a white snowflake ornament, but couldn't find any...so the silver had to do. I love putting so many embellishments on my pages and I have to learn to lighten things up. Oh well. I am really happy with the pics though.

And I worked on my valentine's day card...its coming soon. I even worked on this on the kitchen table, Ozan didn't even notice...LOL. I used Stampin Up cardstock. These colors are my favorite but they are only being released for a year, so I may have to stock up on more. The patterned paper is Basic Grey and the chipboard is Maya Road.

Have a great new years...I'll be at work, so I'll be in bed before midnight!

Sick Again

My kids literally take turns, one at a time, getting sick. My poor Kendall got a bug Monday night and got sick during the night. We were washing clothes, sheets, blankets, and carpeting at 1:00 in the morning. Repeat 1/2 hour later...then up 4 AM with diarrhea. Poor Girl. Daddy stayed home with her yesterday and I took today's shift. She woke up this morning, well rested and happy. So hopefully this is it.

Kendall is a little girl who is quite the tactile learner. Tactile learning children love to hold things in their hand, that's how they learn the best. She always (well almost always) has something in her hand. Ever since she was an infant, she had to have something in one of her little hands. Usually spoons, toothbrushes, etc. When she was one years old, she held hamburger sliced pickles in her hand from lunch until bedtime. That's my baby. Now she wears cute rings to fill that void of wanting to hold things all the time.

Because of this, I've been wanting to do a scrap page on this. I found her holding her Diego toys this morning and I snatched the camera. Of course, she's in her PJ's because this is a sick day. One day, I'll have time to scrap...Mr Aydan would not take a nap today and I didn't get the time!

You can see her ezcema on her face again. It pretty much went away but I really noticed it today...probably with the cold weather, it peaking out again. But she has a mild form of it and it doesn't itch her at all.

Quick card

Just wanted to post this card I made. I have not scrapped for so long that I'm having withdrawal symptoms. With the holidays, its hard to find the time. That's what I love about cards, its a quick fix!

sledding

We just got back from sledding. Got 9" of snow this weekend but it's a chilling 20 degrees out there! There was lots of sun so I got some good pics. Have a good weekend.

I am starting my photoshop self training

Thanks to Jessica Sprague, I am starting my self-help training in photoshop. I have this magazine/book that she wrote and it has step by step tutorials on things you can do to create digital scrapbook pages and/or to change your pics and do some cool things with them. These are my creations that I did tonight..one step at a time. I am just so illiterate when it comes to PS. I can't wait to try some more things!

Love these frames on Kendalls picture...gorgeous.

Just some random pics

Wow, we've been busy...3 parties within 8 days. Crazy. I'm waiting for some pics from 2 of those parties. Here are just some cute pics of the kids recently...

Kendall making cupcakes for her Daddy as a welcome home gift from his trip to Vegas. Yes, it was for business!

Snow Day! What boy doesn't love this?

Last Saturday at our house...isn't he gorgeous? My relatives from Indiana came over.

these were taken tonight on the way to bed. I wanted to get more of the garland in the pic, but it didn't work.