Week 7

Good morning friends!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  We had a busy end of our week this last week but it was all fun and I'm sure you'll eventually see a page about it!  These are from two weeks ago.  I'm a little slow in getting the pages done but at least they are getting done!

Above is what I'm considering my page about Valentine's Day.  Okay, we went to Leavenworth on Monday not on Tuesday but it is what worked into our schedule so we went for it.  Leavenworth is a little town that was about to not exist anymore that re-invented itself into a Bavarian town.  It is all Bavarian themed from the buildings, to the musics, to the events it holds AND it has some great wineries!  It is a great story!  And I had to show the empty plate because I rarely finish an out to eat meal but I do love me some Hungarian goulash and spatzle!

As you all know I got some flowers from Jon for Valentine's Day and finally for that week Kyler made a board for a project in history that turned out so well and the presentation was great so we had to get a photo of that too.

Last week was a pretty slow one, in fact I only have two photos I think so it will probably be a one page layout rather than two.  We shall see though.

That is it for today.  I hope you all have a pleasant start to your week!

Thought of the day:  Happy birthday to my Jon!  He turns 20 today...he's been 20 in Afghanistan for about 12 hours now!

If friends...

Happy Friday friends!  I hope you've had a wonderful week!  Thanks for checking back in today.  Remember my epic fail last week when I forgot to make a card for the new Sketches by Carly sketch?  Well, I made one with the sketch for today!  Yay!

To make this card I used patterned paper from We R Memory Keepers.  The pad is called Cotton Tails and the papers are just so sweet!  This image is a new one from Designed2Delight.  What is really fun is that I won a $5 gift certificate to the D2D store in their new release blog hop so I'm going to get to do a little more shopping...yay!   The sentiment on the card is also from D2D but is a freebie on their Facebook Fan Page.  If you aren't a fan of theirs...you should be!

So...how are we all doing with the fact that February is almost over?  I'm good with it...that means Jon is that much closer to coming home!  Yay!  Well, I guess that is it for me.  I hope you have a great Friday!

Thought of the day:  A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.  ~President Theodore Roosevelt

Purple Petals P52

Good morning! Thanks for stopping by today to see what is up on my blog. Today I have a couple of scrapbook pages to show you that use a new kit from A-Manda Creations called Purple Petals.  Now, for me using purple is a difficult thing to do as I don't have girls but i think I did a pretty good job using the kit for my P52 pages from Feb 5-12.  Take a look!

We were having a nice sunny day about a week and a half ago (not recently though as it has been raining for a couple of days) so we opened the front doors so the dogs could lay in the sun.  Isn't that just too cute?  Don't they look like they like each other?  That would not be true.  Mitzi, the black dog, doesn't care for Trixie, the wiener dog, at all but Mitzi is old and Trixie is only a year old and likes to play and I think that is why.  It is kinda funny to watch them get at each other! (Yes, we make sure they are both safe!  It is even funny to watch Trixie play with our big dog.)

And the above page has photos from our cupcake tasting for the wedding.  We'll have four different types of cupcakes for the guests and a traditional cake on the top for Scott and Ashley to cut.  that was a very yummy day!

You just got a clue of the pretty elements in the Purple Petals kit.  Make sure you go check it out to see more!

Well, that is it for today.  I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

Thought of the day:  In war there are no unwounded soldiers.  Jose Narosky

More Valentine's Day

Good morning friends! I hope your Monday was wonderful! Today I have a couple of scrapbook pages to show you. I was going through my photos on my computer and came across these photos from Kyler's kindergarten Valentine's Day Party. I thought they would be perfect for the Love Monster kit from A-Manda Creation. I gotta tell ya...I love these pages!

While I think Kyler looks much the same now as he did in these photos it is amazing to me how different he looks too.  I love the tongue sticking out on the top photo.  He still does that when he plays the drums sometimes! 

Can you tell I'm still loving digi scrappin'?  It really has changed my view of preserving memories for my family!

Okay, just a quick one today.  Have a great day today!

Thought of the day:  Worry does not empty tomorrow of its troubles.  It empties today of it's strength.  ~Corrie Ten Boom

Kerri's Blog Birthday Hop

Good Monday morning friends!  If you are new to my blog...welcome to Kerri's Blog Birthday Bash and my stop on the blog hop!  I am thrilled to participate and do up a fun page from my son's birthday last year.  I am sad to say that I don't have very many photos of him on my computer so I need to scan, scan, scan some photos of him! 

So, if you are just starting on this fun little blog hop below you will find all the participants.  I thought it might be fun to give away some blog candy so if you leave a comment on this post and become a Linky Follower (leave a second comment after becoming a Linky Follower please) then you will have the change to win a $5 gift certificate to the digi store of your choice!  You will have until Feb 26 at midnight pacific time to enter!  I know you are excited about my blog candy but don't forgot there are other prizes you can win from Kerri's blog too!

Blog Hop Line-up:

http://kerripowell.blogspot.com

http://amandacreation.blogspot.com

http://touchedbyabutterfly.com

http://gabycreates.com

http://justyolie.com

http://katybugscraps.blogspot.com/

http://kelleighratzlaff.com

http://live-love-laugh-create2.blogspot.com/

http://ktsangels.blogspot.com/

http://buglvr.blogspot.com

Now your next stop will be Katie's blog so comment here and have fun on the rest of the hop!

Thought of the day:  God's plans for your life far exceed the circumstances of your day.