Stampin...

Stampin with mommy today(she calls me that now)

Following the random suite....

I just can't get enough of her lately.
Thought I'd share some of her words with you;
"Peam Up" - Clean Up
"on oot" - Open It
"ode you" - Hold you which means hold me(hold her)
"gawer" - water
"briggybee" - briggy was a bee in the dance recital(her most favorite 3x daily topic of conversation)
"fimmin" - swimming

and much much more, but I am too tired to post. Till nextime!

Join the club...

Monday, July 24th(sorry this is late),
he joined the 30 and up club.
Welcome my love!
Happy Birthday!
You can read about him here.

This...

This is the very almost finished product of our new garage and driveway...

and This is what its all about...

Couldn't resist

Love this child.....Just pure cuteness!

(PS- she was looking at her daddy in this picture)

7AM

I awoke this morning to this


in my driveway. At 7AM

Which led to this...

And then this!

I have a beautiful concrete driveway now! Next update should be a completed project. Still waiting for electric for the garage and a door.

14 questions

1. How old are you? 29 plus 1
2. How many kids do you have if any? 1
3. Are you married, single, divorced, widow,? married.
4. What is your occupation? mama, wife, dance teacher, studio owner
5. What are your passions? scrappin, taking pictures, dancing and choreography
6. Are you a dreamer or a dream seeker? I am totally a dreamer, but also a dream seeker. Why not be both, huh!
7. Are you happy with the way you life has turned out? Yes
8. Are you a scrapper and if so how many hours a week do you scrap? Love to scrap, would do it all day if I could. Probably about 10 hours a week.
9. What do you want to do before you die? Travel to far off places.....
10. What is your favorite food? Love pasta, pizza, shrimp and crab, lobster......
11. What is the food you hate the most?pasty beans.
12. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you? too many to name i think(stole that line from Marie)
13. What is the happiest day of your life thus far? Wedding day! The birth of my baby girl! Too many- life is good!
14. Are you a neat freak? Or a dirty house cleaner? Both- kinda clean around the piles! Hee hee!

I tag Bec again and Nancy even though she doesn't have a blog. Oh yah- and the boy blogs. Let's see if they respond!

Joys

Ta...Daaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

We have a fully sided garage! Just need some concrete, gutters and electric!
I still am in awe of my husband's craftmanship and how fast he and his friend are completing this project.

Baby friends! Maya is generously handing down her
stand up toys to Lily. Everything about this picture is a pure example of
little babies growing up too fast. So my joy is this: babies growing up to be friends cuz their mama's are friends! (and I am glad they are growing up, but I just wish it could be a little slower)

Blog sneezing

Blog sneezing - an affectionate term used by my friends Marie and BJ meaning multiple posting at once. Maybe I should begin to invest in a typepad. Taking pictures with Dexter(my camera) is just so much fun! Here are some shots of this weekend's hotel photo shoot with some beautiful people!

Weekend Top 10

Here is this weekend's Top 10 :

10. Doing multiple U-turns in the city of Elyria
9. Eating 3 Cheese Pasta at the Cheescake Factory
8. Eating Coffee Heath Bar Crunch Cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory
7. Toasting our beautiful selves and our new friend Ali (tee hee hee) with pina colada's at the Cheesecake Factory
6. Buying incredible scrapbook stuff at Scraptacular
5. A mommy weekend away with two fabulous women Rachel and Marie and meeting a new friend Shelly.
4. Growing closer to these fabulous women through scrapbooking
3. Having Ali Edwards sign her new book that I bought right in front of me!
2. Ali Edwards dug my purse
1. Meeting Ali Edwards and taking her awesome class!!!!!!

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! Scrapbooking can do amazing things on one's life. It connects people. It shares with people. It reinforces that one can create art. Art that celebrates people's lives and makes you remember them and their stories. I learned that you can match up just about any kind, color and pattern of paper and make it look good. I also learned that it's ok to mess up and we need to "embrace our imperfections". Scrapbooking - It's just what I am supposed to do.

Garage Update!

Everyday it keeps getting closer and closer. All I can say is these boyz are workin hard!
Roof and plywood!

Beautiful black shingles

My hubby(#16) and his teaching friend taking a well deserved break. As you can see here, the plywood sides are all on!

Happy 4th! (on the 5th)

We had a blast this weekend- Cincy, Uncle Ed's Party, Parade, Barb's Party! Happy to be home and returning to normalcy!