Pumpkin Farm 07

So we loaded up the kids and went to our favorite pumpkin farm last weekend. Its just so nice there...activities for the kids, pumpkins, food, rides. Its so traditional mid-western. Here are some pics. I took a few...OK, like 140 few. I don't have time to tweak these so these are just some of them. That night my in-laws came to visit. They were in town from San Diego. Here is my father-in-law spending time with Aydan while he draws. Aydan is really an artsy kid...yeah. He loves to draw and he hums all the time, even though he doesn't talk yet.

Learn Something New Every Day

Someone on a message board asked how we all pronounce the letter "z"? Zee or Zed. I have never heard of that but after some Googling, found out that most of the English speaking world outside of the US say, "Zed". Someone on the board made a comment that she saw something on TV where the called the band, "Zed, Zed Top". Too funny. How did I not know this? Maybe because I never go anywhere...LOL. Here is the info I found on Wikipedia's website:
"Zed (IPA: /zɛd/) is the pronunciation of the last letter of the alphabet Z used by the majority of English-speaking people outside of the United States (where it is pronounced "zee" (/zi/))."

I always tell my students that I truely learn something everyday, its really amazing to me. Ok, I'm done philosophising. Have a good week.

WCMD

Yesterday was World Card Making Day and I made 4 cards. Two of them took a long time. The first one was from a card sketch for Create My Keepsake, designed by Daniela Dobson.

These two are for Sketch This Cards. They are looking for some new card designers for their card sketch site.

Surprise!

Here is my surprise...this is Kando. He is our newest member to our family and he just arrived today.

Kando is 7 years old and I've known him since he was 2. I worked with him for 5 years. Kando is a retired seeing eye dog. My co-worker, Jim, had to retire him early because he really wasn't being a good sight dog. We went to Jim's house this morning to get him. It was really hard leaving the house and taking Kando away from Jim.

Kando is FULL of energy!!!

Fall is here finally...I really don't like all the heat, I wish fall was longer. Next weekend our favorite Pumpkin Farm opens up so we'll probably head there. They have everything traditional that a Pumpkin Farm should. This is a 2 page layout I made this weekend...the pics are from 2005. Aydan was only 6 weeks old! Did a ton of stamping on this one.

I have a surprise for you on Saturday!! Its really good.

Have a good week.

Whew...its been a while. We've been so busy lately that I feel like I literally running all day and evening. Friday I worked at the hosital from 7AM until 7:30 PM and I was pooped on Saturday. Its hard to catch up with your rest. Anyhow, I managed to finish up some loose projects on my scrap desk. So I feel better about that.

This is a LO of our trips to our favorite local zoo. We went there with my in-laws last time. This was a very easy one for me, took about 30 minutes. Yeah!

And this card is literally 2"x3", its so cute....

This is the card on made for our 9th wedding anniversary...I never got a chance to post it before. I've already been telling Ozan what I want for my 10th next year!

I did this LO a couple of weeks ago, my poor Kendall. I'll scrap just about anything! Its those little things that create a page like this.

Aydan has been a bit behind on his speech but recently he has been saying a couple of things. Like last Saturday he said, "momma" but now he calls me"mom-mom"...it makes me weak in the knees {be still my heart}! You know I have to scrap that!

Have a good week.

Happy Birthday Ozan

First of all, happy birthday to Ozan!!! We celebrated this weekend with his family and today it was leftovers and cake. We certainly are party animals. LOL.

Wow, we were busy this weekend, I'm SO tired. Monday, we went with my in-laws to a local zoo ( I love this llama picture), went out to lunch, went swimming in the neighbor's yard, went out for dinner...I've had enough. Aydan wasn't served cake, but helped himself to my portion. He's such a cutie!

nada

3 day weekend, nice weather, who could ask for anything more?Tomorrow my in-laws are coming over and Ozan's going to cook. We are celebrating his b-day. He was kind of whinning about cooking for his b-day and I offered to cook...he replied with a quick "no!". What? He doesn't want burnt hamburgers for his b-day??

I made a couple of cards and I have more to post. Ozan's b-day (and his twin, Seyda) is Tuesday and our anniversary is Wednesday.

A Little Mishap

My poor Kendall. She was playing in the house and tripped and fell on the front of our family room chair. Its soft, but somehow she got a shinner. There's a purple bump also that you can't see in the picture. She was pretty upset this morning but now she's OK. I had to post this picture though because her eyes look so gorgous! Her baby blues are green now. Have a good week.

Happy Birthday Aydan

My lil bubbie turned 2 yesterday and we just finished up his b-day party tonight. We had a smaller party...I was not up for a big hoop-la like last year. Our village had fireworks tonight as well and we could view them clearly from our backyard. That was nice. Check out Aydan's green face. I love it!

{Wee}

Just a quick post tonight. I am going to bed early tonight...SO tired. But I had to post a cute Kendall pic. She is such a goof on the slide!

favorite quote

So we had a good weekend, somewhat. First of all happy, happy birthday to my BFF Tracy (which was on Sat, Aug 4)! I'd put her pic in but I don't think she would like that. I made her a card but shipped it off before I took a pic. Made about 7 cards this weekend and a LO of Chloe and I with a pic taken 10 years ago. The quote states, "when no one else cares, my dog still loves me". Its just the best quote ever because its so true. Scrapping is such good therapy for me!

Yesterday, I literally just sat down for my nice steak dinner that Ozan made and the tornado warning alarm goes off...that happens at least 4 times a summer, so I'm used to it. So we carry our food down to the basement. And I find out today that we had a tornado in our city. But with 2 toddlers running around, who could hear that? I didn't even know about it until my co-workers asked. They were like, "So I heard you had a tornado". And I'm like, "We did?" LOL. So I get to bed around 9:30 last night because I have to work at 6AM this week and its an hour drive, including Starbucks. Kendall woke me up at 2:30. Came back into my room around 3 and my alarm goes off at 4:15. I am like a zombie. I felt like I was intoxicated driving to work this morning! And I get home today, take a nap. Now Aydan has a 102 fever...the drama never ends in my house.

Hopefully I can take some pics of my cards when the weather lets up. Its storming again. Ooops..gotta go. I think the alarms are going off again. Crap.

going back to work tomorrow...sigh. It has to end sometime. It was so hot today that we waited until the late afternoon to go out.

So here is our picture of Aydan making a mess {as usual} and Kendall cleaning it up {as usual}. They are so opposite sometimes, just like their Mommy and Daddy. I know I'll do a scrap page about that soon.

And if you noticed that I put up more pics of Aydan, then you're right. Kendall is so hard to get pics of her. She is always looking the opposite way. So I got her here, tired, while watching a video.

And Mr Aydan got his first bite of a popsicle...

{some more pics}

here are a few more pics...I go back to work on Tuesday:(

back from vacation

We just got back from the Dells tonight. Every year we stay at a resort that has TONS of water parks and it wears you out!! Even though the drive is not too bad, I just don't like being in the car for that long. I'll post some cute pics tomorrow, but for right now, this is how we are feeling...TIRED. This is a pic of Aydan lounging in the stroller after lunch today, just pooped.

And a picture that just shows his gorgeous eyes! They are even more enhanced with the pool water (and this one was taken with my Canon Rebel, the pic above was taken with an older digital camera).

Dealing with the pain

Well...I'm on vacation, a mixed blessing. Of course being home with the kiddies is the best thing in the world. But being home also reminds me more that Chloe is really gone. We are going away in a few days so hopefully I will feel better. I made this page and wrote a lot of journaling to help the pain. I just really can't believe she's gone...
Its so ironic because I bought Chloe for Ozan after he recovered from cancer and then she dies of it. I just can't get over it.
The journaling on the scrap page states, "Chloe, I can’t believe you are gone…I just can’t understand why we only had 10 years with you. You were taken too soon. My heart hurts so badly and the pain is unbearable. The house is so quiet and it feels lonely and empty. It’s only been 2 weeks now and I want this pain to go away.

The first time I had to come home to a house without you was painful. I sat in my car and cried. I couldn’t open that door and not have you greet me. I miss you sitting by Aydan’s highchair waiting for him to drop some food. I miss you barking at the garbage man and sleeping in front of your favorite window. When I take the kids outside, it feels lonely to not have you playing with them. When I come downstairs in the morning, you are not there to say hello. I miss kissing you goodbye when I leave for work. I miss your hugs and kisses. The kids miss you more than ever. I can’t handle seeing your leash or your toys because they remind me that you’re not here anymore. Why did you have to leave?

{Sketch This Cards Week 3}

This is my final submission for Sketch This Cards. I had so much fun with this. Having the sketches helps make some fun cards and its fun to see what everyone else creates!

Used Stampin Up CS. PP is Making Memories, Creative Imaginations, K and Co, Christina Cole. Made the cherries with Versamark and Hero Arts Prisma Glitter...Making Memories rub on and definition transperancy, Queen and Co felt, black wire, and Cuttlebug embossing folder.

{sketch this cards, week 2}

This is my submission for the second week of the contest from Sketch This Cards

This is a last minute one because of our crazy week. Used some fun new Love, Elsie paper and chipboard button. Bazzill Bling flower, MM transperancy flower, Junkitz chipboard circle. Doodlebug rubons and some black wire for something different.

Here are some cute pics of my Aydan after he got into some powdered chalk. Yeah, its cute, but what a mess (as Kendall would say).

Have a good week everyone.