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2008-07-07T09:42:00.001-06:00

Whoops!!

2008-07-07T06:46:00.002-06:00

Holy Marona--it's really been since October of 07 since I last blogged??? wow. sorry!!!! I have taken 1500 photos and scrapped at least 100 pages since then. I'd had to overload their servers here at this wonderful site, so I'll just pick a few over the next few days and update you all!!!

First off, I am still a DT member for www.ascrappinfriendsy.com and we are still having our weekly scrapbook challenges. This week was my week to post a starter idea. YOu can see it here: http://ascrappinfriendsy.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7556

Amy and I are heading to the bank today to see if the bank will loan us a bunch of money to get our daycare facility up and running. It's super exciting, but super scary at the same time. I am so glad to have her and Alicia as partners, as we work really well together and I know that between the 3 of us, we will be sure successful!!

As soon as I can get to my computer downstairs, I'll upload some of our Oregon trip photos, photos of the new babies and get you all caught up in our lives!!!

Here are a few of the layouts I've finished recently...

2007-10-04T22:58:00.000-06:00

A chance to win a 3 day/2night vacation!!

2007-10-04T22:55:00.000-06:00

You could win a 3 day vacation just for entering this scrapbooking contest.
Click on this link for all the details!!

http://www.scrapbookdreamer.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10691

Laura at www.scrapbookdreamer.com is also hostessing a brahaha. Sound interesting??? Just decorate a bra, donate $5, and be entered for a chance to win!! You can see all the details in the forums.

Updated pictures

2007-10-01T21:03:00.001-06:00

AAACK!!!

2007-10-01T20:52:00.000-06:00

I can't believe it's been 2 months since I've updated my blog. Sorry everyone!! It's been crazy hectic around here up until just this last week...and then it got even crazier!!!

Dan has been putting in some really long hours, we are still organizing and re-organizing our new home and learning to live in town again. Dan and I realized yesterday (as he's draining our water tanks all over the driveway--whoop)) that we haven't really lived in town for a very long time. I dont' think the duplex counted, as everyone was expecting lots of noice and such. Not here...the neighbors complain when the other neighbors' dogs bark at us. grrrr....so much for nice neighbors.

Our daycare is coming along. We are certified, but waiting on a business license. It seems our two greates supporters in the neighborhood are now are greatest opponents. They decided that they don't want the noise of small children bothering them during the day. So, we are now headed to a planning and zoning committee meeting for some rounds of he said/she said and such. One of the neighbors has been contacting all the councilmen and board members trying to win their votes. Well guess what....so are we :) Like Dan says, they haven't seen anything til they pissed off 2 Urbigkit women!!! We plan to fight this all the way, as we haven't been given a fair hearing as of yet. The next step is appeals and attourneys. It's the principle, yanno???

I am officially an employee of Castle Rock hospital district as of 10am this morning. I will be doing 2 12 hours shifts a week and then as many extra shifts as I'd like. It will be a combination of night shifts and what they call a swing shift--11am to 11pm, both of whci will be great for AMy and I to work the daycare. I am excited to be back in the ED. I've really missed the challenges as well as the friendships. My first day back is the 8th. It's been exactly 1 year since I"ve touched a 'real' ED patient, so wish me luck. I'd hate to kill someone on the first day back lol.

Heather and Logan are growing and getting so mature. We are starting to leave the terrible twos and enter the sweet, wonderous threes. Both are super sensitive about owies and the pain of others. We go through at least a box of bandaids a week and millions of kisses for every boo-boo, both real and imagined :) Logan is now 40 lbs and Heather a big 24 lbs. I just can't believe they are almost 3. It breaks my heart that my babies are no longer babies. If only we could just add one more to the brood hehehe. Dan says no way...

So, it's up to Amy and Jason to supply me with soft, fuzzy, sweet smelling heads to love on.

I'll put up some pics in the next post. I forget I have to add the pics first and then the text. Works better that way.

My little Heather...

2007-07-11T13:00:00.001-06:00

I was editing and cleaning out my June/July pictures when I came across this one of my little Heather. I think my dad took it while here on his visit.

She is such a pretty, sweet little girl--but NEVER looks directly at the camera. NOt sure how he got this shot, but I think it beautiful...and will most likely end up on a scrapbook page very soon!

It's been awhile!!!!

2007-06-25T08:29:00.000-06:00

It has been a busy, crazy month!! Dan has been gone from home about 50% of the time and when he is home, he's trying catch up on all the things going on in his county. My childcare business is growing and possibly expanding. Heather and Logan are becoming so independant that most of the time I only see them when they are hungry or fighting!! So, needless to say, my blog has been severely neglected, sorry.

These are some pictures from June. We went to Lagoon ( a big amusement park in SLC) and to the zoo. It was a fun but very tiring trip. Lots of hours in the car PLUS all of us getting sick and then 100 degree weather--when we are used to 60's, was the kicker.

Heather LOVEs her babies--and I love that she's finally developing her imaginative play to incorporate lots of props and verbal pretending.

Think these two are related by chance??? lol. Logan and Dan sharing some Doritos at the zoo.

Jason celebrated his 28th birthday this weekend. I have a hard time believing he's 28--let alone I'm almost 31!!acckk. We ate Mexican and then built fence. I'll bet this is the highlight of his birthdays lol. Alicia found a lady in town to make him a cake with a Ford truck on the front.

Danno building fence. His hair is getting so long I call him Flavio hahaha. He's even got that gay stripper head toss thing down :)

Logan LOVES Heather's princess shoes. Unfortunately (or fortunately from Dan's point of view) he can't walk in them. Guess guys just aren't made to walk in heels.

After purchasing the train table, the guys and Alicia stayed up til 2am putting it together--and playing with it!!

Picture of Heather, Logan and AnnieP at the zoo. They were glued to every exhibit. It was lots of fun this time, as they could imitate sounds and learn about the different animals.

Heather found this old disposable camera and spent days taking pictures....even when the film was all used up!! I'd love to get them developed to see what her perspective of things are.

Because I have children under 2, I'm not allowed by the state to have a swimming pool for the kids to play in. So....I cheated just a tad. Who says you can't swim in the texture table tubs???

We found a great wading spot in the river that runs through town. Heather was brave enough to get in knee deep while Logan stripped nekked and dove right in!

Scrapbook Day crop!!

2007-05-03T14:19:00.000-06:00

www.kittys-kloset.com

Welcome everyone to Kitty's Anniversary EXTRAVAGANZA!!! This is going to be so much fun!!! Each week one of the Design Team members, Sarah, Melonie, Lynne Anne and I will be posting a challenge or two and games! On NSD extra challenges will be posted and on the ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND (May 26th) more challenges games & fun! And don't forget about the Awesome prizes!!! So come on in, pull up your scrappy supplies and enjoy your visit!

I am soooo sick of winter!!!

2007-04-20T13:11:00.000-06:00

WE had one little taste of spring. Just one...and the it snowed 4 inches. GRRRRR. The kids are cranky and cooped up, momma is cranky and cooped up...we NEED to get outside and make some Vitamin A! Otherwise, I'm going to have to find some artificial Vitamin A (and in medical terms that means Ativan!!) hahaha. These are some pictures from the last week of the doobers.

A FUN online crop going on now!!!

2007-04-20T13:06:00.000-06:00

www.ascrappinfriendsy.com

They have been so kind as to invite me to be their guest designer for a couple months, and I 'm having a blast! The crop going on now, is 2 - 3 week sessions with LOTS of challenges and hundreds of points to be won. Come check it out! Online crops are a great way to get all those pictures on paper that you've been putting off!

Just a few scrapbook pages I've done this month...

2007-03-31T23:01:00.000-06:00

Lots of fun pages this month...some I can show and some I can't. Here are a few of my faves.

Logan in a big star. A contest layout :)

heather playing on my scraptable. This is using a Becky Fleck sketch created just for www.scrapbookdreamer.com March contest.

A simple, masculine page with logan playing with a tape measure.

One of the few wedding pics I have...I have found this Basic Grey Blush line might be a perfect match to our fall themed wedding. The pinks/teals/oranges are super pretty!

Miss Heather in a wild moment.

Whoops....sorry it's been a while!!

2007-03-31T22:37:00.000-06:00

We've had a super busy month of March. First, a big move the middle of February, Dan away from home for days and days attending classes, trainings, and investigations, my daycare business taking off...

So, here are some random, favorite pictures I've taken over the last couple weeks.

Miss Heather and her giggly, girly, grin.

Doug and Linda visited for a few days and helped Dan finish up our deck rails.

I'm a sucker for close cropped, big eye pictures. These baby blues just get me....

Annelise and Amy visited over the weekend as well. Missy P is getting so big...and so very independant!! She is super sweet and super smart, and so much fun to have around!

Heather and Logan are both obsessed with crayons and book-books (notebooks, yanno, like on blues clues :) ) They are both drawing great faces and can tell stories from their drawings. It's very cute...

Logan VS Mom--the nap wars continue. He will finally just crash anywhere, in the middle of doing anything. Poor kid...this time he dozed off in the middle of a grand creation.

Both of the doobers love being outside. Heather insists on wearing a hat 'cause its "indy" and she doesn't like the "ind" in her ears hahaha. She also enjoys power tools, much to her papa's delight.

Logan playing in the dirt that is our backyard.

A guy needs goggles to cut wood, yanno. If you don't have them on, they dust gets in your "eyuez".

One of the few pics I have of Heather actually looking at the camera and smiling...

Logan helping to build the deck railings. He was organizing the screws.

A new scrappy site to visit...

2007-03-12T20:20:00.000-06:00

A fun new Scrapping Contest!!

2007-03-10T18:47:00.000-07:00

Kittys-Kloset is hosting fun new contest. You must use a sketch/embellishment/technique from the list. The winner will get 2 complete sets of the new Dreamstreet papers-- Take a peek!

The coolest part is I got to write/post this contest :)

Dreams are . . . illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.
-Marsha Norman

Isn't this a most thought-provoking quote? Here at Kitty's Kloset, we are doing some dreaming of our own.

Let's soothe away those winter blahs and dream of spring flowers and sunshine. What is the prize you ask? 12...yes 12 sheets of the new Dream Street papers. That is 2 complete collections, both Baylee's Garden and Near & Dear!

To have a chance at winning these wonderful papers, you must complete this challenge as outlined below.
We would love to see what you can do with this sketch by Nicole White [url]http://www.scrapforums.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12146&sort=1&cat=692&page=1[/url] of the famed Funk It Up over at www.scrapforums.com You can turn it upside down, sideways, wonky...however you'd like, but we must be able to recognize that you've used this sketch for inspiration.

Please include at least 1 of the following embellishments:
flower
rub-on
chipboard shape
AND at least one of the following techniques:
inking
embossing (any method)
stitching (this may be machine or hand stitching)

You must complete and upload your layout to this [url=http://www.kittys-kloset.com/phpBB2/album_cat.php?cat_id=90]album[/url] by March 23 at midnight EST. This layout must be newly created for this contest and not posted to any other online galleries until this contest is officially over. After that...post away! Everyone deserves some praise for their hard work.

On March 24th, Queen Kitty will be posting a poll in the forums to choose the winner, so be sure to check back and vote for your favorite layout. The winner will be announced via the forum and featured on the blog, [url=http://www.kittyskloset.blogspot.com/]MEWS-ings![/url] These are due 03/23/07 by midnight (PST).
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Lots of scrapping stuff going on in March!!

2007-02-26T14:11:00.000-07:00

It's been a busy February!! I didn't get much scrapping time due to our big move, but I did get some cute pictures of Logan and Dan building things for our home.

I created this page for a valentine's day contest, using the theme "hold hands". I thought of Robert and Barbara and their hand-holding. Then, I dug thru mom's trip pics and found these.

This was a fast, easy one using an artsy black and white of heather.

I'm now working my way thru a big box of childhood pictures. They are a bit of a challenge, as they are small and mostly very dark.

www.Scrapbookdreamer.com is hosting a March sketch challenge. The best Part?? This sketch has been created just for us by the ever talented Becky Fleck!! You can see her website and free sketches here: www.pagemaps.com. The winner will receive a $20 gift certificate with free shipping from the store!!

We are Home!

2007-02-26T13:51:00.000-07:00

I will start with the most important room of the house, my scraproom :) I put up pegboard to organize all my goodies. This is just one wall. The room measures 10x10.

Our master bathroom is bigger than the bedroom! It has a this huge jetted garden tub, which we haven't used because it takes 2 water tanks to fill it, a big standing shower, double sink and double walk in closet. The bathroom measures 15x 14!!

Our dining room opens up into the living room. It has a sliding door that opens to a deck that goes between this room and the play room. Mom gave me the china hutch :)

Logan and Heather are really enjoying their new space. They are sharing a bedroom right now per their choice, which opens up the second bedroom for a play area. We've also utilized the family room as a toy room. so really, they have about 2/3 of the house for themselves!!

Just a wild and crazy picture of Heather. She was being very silly!!

We are packed...and outta here!!

2007-02-14T07:09:00.000-07:00

In between a gazillion trips to Evanston for classes required for childcare licensing, we've been packing and getting ready to move into our new home. As of saturday, everything is finished except for some minor finish work by the carpet guys and the floor of the garage! It really looks great. I'll post some pictures of the inside/garage as soon as we close tomorrow and I can go up there and snap a few.

I've been adding some fun things to my scrapping repetoire. Since all my paper items are packed, I've been dabbling in digital. Let me tell ya, these programs have so many options, it's overwhelming! I'm using Photoshop Elements...and should probably get a book to learn how to use it! The great thing about digi scrapping is that I can print out the digi elements and combine them with traditional paper scrapping. I've wanted to learn to do this for a long time.

Here are some of my first digi pages!

This was a fast one--the fun black brushes are like digital stamps and super easy to use.

This page is my official first digi page. It took about 4 hours!! but, now that I know a few things, it's getting faster.

I put this one together last night in under an hour. I used all freebie elements found online. This is my first attempt at using a digi overlay, cutting empty circles, and using scalloped papers.

Ths page is not digi--but it has some exciting news!! I won my first big manufacturer's contest!! A copy of this layout was used by FiberScraps, the maker of everything on this layout, in their booth at the big Crafts and Hobbies Association convention in Anaheim. I won $100 and lots of free stuff made by FiberScraps. FUN!! I mailed it off to them a couple weeks ago for photographing, and possible use in magazine advertisements.

Heather and Logan....Meet 2

2007-01-28T21:24:00.000-07:00

The 'twos' are officially here. I can't believe it!! Where has the time gone?? I can remember thinking "if we can just get til may, everything will be okay". Of course, I was thinking may 2005, not may 2007. I don't think may can help us now. The tantrums, the independence, the only eating yogurt for 4 meals a day...is really starting to take it's toll. It's gonna be a long year hahahaha.

Heather is so independent. She refuses help getting her shoes on, tells me "NO" any chance she can get, and the last few days will only eat apples. "No, momma, apple". ARGH this is fine and dandy for chunky babies--but she needs to dip them in a little peanut butter!!! Her cardiology appointment went very well. Her malformed valve seems to be functioning just as a normal valve would, so no follow ups needed for another 2 years!!

They both enjoyed their little birthday party. We ate lasagna and had little individual cakes with way too much frosting for dessert. We practiced for WEEKS blowing out candles. Logan got it on the first try--Heather got the lip pursing part right, but doesn't like the smoke, so blew from a distance. At least they ate the cake this year :) Last year they wanted nothing to do with anything remotely solid. Heather of course nibbled on hers like a little mouse and Logan just dug in full speed ahead. Amy and Annelise were here so they joined in the fun as well!

Logan is super opinionated and super frustrated that we can't quite understand his version of English. He is starting to learn words very quickly, he just doesn't say them in any english dialect that we recognize :) He is obsessed with cars and trains to the point that they are always in perfect order. He only eats yogurt and the jelly half of a PB&J and ALWAYS tells me NO, no matter what the request. I'm not sure where this comes from, but I'm sure a month in daycare had something to do with it!

And speaking of daycare, Friday was our last day. They had a horrible time adjusting to the noise and activity. Kathy is a sweet lady, but also is running a business and can't justify giving 2 full time spots to 2 part time kids, especially with the shortage of daycare in this county. I wasn't a very good fit for the Big Piney clinic and am leaving quietly. Therefore, I am working as fast as I can to get my daycare open. I already have zoning approval and all the inspections, orientations, and trainings scheduled. I am hoping to start taking kids March 1st--and actually have leads on enough kids needing care to be almost full on March 1st!! This is definitely a different road than what I had planned on taking, but will be quite rewarding ( I am hoping. remind me of this when you visit me at the state hospital lol).

This outfit is her very favorite. aunt Shana and family gave it to her for Christmas and she really does look cute :) Such a girly girl!

Here's one of my favorite pictures from our impromptu photo shoot on their 2nd birthday. She is really starting to look less and less like a toddler, and more like a preschooler. She can sing her abc's--well, her version of abc's--and count to 5 with some help. she knows all the animals on the planet AND the specific noise they make. Blues Clues is her favorite tv show of the moment and her babies never leave her side. Of course, Day-Day is never far either. Grandma Comeau has nicknamed her FiFi, as she will always find a warm lap to cuddle on--and won't leave until she's ejected!

Logie, as Heather has named him, is busy, busy busy. In fact so busy that the only pictures I got of him on his second birthday are of him eating because it's the only time during the day he stays in one place more than a millisecond. He loves to count and can get to 5--usually in a round about way including 2 and 4 several times, but he gets there in his own time --he likes to look at books as long as there's pictures he can recognize. He seems to imitate Heather much of the time and really misses her when she's not around. We had to move him into her room so that he'd quit getting up in the middle of the night looking for her. He is still a great hug-giver and very tender hearted.

Okay Grandpa Urbigkit...it's updated just for you :):)

Merry Christmas!!

2006-12-31T23:12:00.000-07:00

There's a new grandbaby in the family...his name is Bugsy--or that's what it was this day. I'm not sure if Jason has made up his mind yet. Bugs is a shar-pei something or other mix and he's just adorable!!

We decided to give him to Jason a day early because it would have been impossible to keep him a secret. Besides, we were tired of getting up every 20 mintues to let him outside!!

We all went sledding the day before Christmas and had lots of fun. This was the first time Heather and Logan had been sledding. I was really suprised--they both LOVED it! Heather would squeal all the way down the hill...and then want to be carried back up. They were both pushing to get in line to go back down. It was very cold that day, but they lasted over an hour.

Here's the whole crew, minus Annelise who was napping in the warm car. Even she made it down the hill a time or two. What a fun day.

Dan and Logan going down the hill.

Annelise's first time sledding. She wasn't so sure about all the layers required.

Christmas morning was fast and furious. All 3 kids had fun...for the first 3 presents and then lost interest. They just wanted to play with the ones they had already opened.

Great Grandma Urbigkeit gave them little rockers for Christmas. They were a huge hit, especially with Heather who lovest to find little places to sit.

The 4 grandbabies in front of the tree and presents. It was impossible to get all of them in the same place, looking the same direction, at the same time.

So many pictures, so little time...

2006-12-18T21:01:00.000-07:00

It's only December 18th, but I've already taken almost 500 pictures this month!! I've only covered tree decorating, sugar cookie making, and a few early presents :)

I decided to let H and L help me decorate cookies this year. What a mess!! They got frosting, sprinkles and spider egges (our kiddie term for those round candy sprinkles) everywhere but the cookies!! Logan just double fisted the frosting knives, getting as much into his mouth as possible before I took them away...then proceeded to frost himself.

I snappe this photo before he got too sticky. I gave him a haircut the night before...poor guy. He'll have to wear a hat for awhile hehehe.

December is going to be a month of compramises. No you can't have the glass ornament, but maybe this one from the dollar store, No you can't have just frosting for dinner--but maybe a whole cooked for dessert....No you can't climb out of your crib 15 times...but maybe if you can stay in the bed, you can have a big boy bed for Christmas...:):)

Logan is having some issues with being asked to sleep in a crib. Booger. Just climbs over the siderail, lands on the ground with a big "whomp" and then plays, talks--even has the guts to come back out into the living room, where he knows he'll get scolded. sheesh. 2 hours of this and I finally gave in and let him sleep in the single bed in his room. He didn't let out a peep--or even try to get out of bed. I gues the big boy bed is in order...either that or he's going to break his noggin!!

This is CLASSIC Heather. Classic. She was eating frosting and got ONE little spider egg on her tongue. I finally got the big, exaggerated gag on film....

Heather, as you can see, is a master cookie froster. She managed to get frosting ON a cookie. Big accomplishment for a 2 year old, I am learning hehehe. She stayed sticky free...another classic Heather-ism.

I could take hundreds of pictures a month of this sweet little girl, and maybe, just maybe I can get one of her looking at least in the general direction of the camera. You can see just a tiny bit of the frosting eating evidence on her cheek :) Probably the dirtiest she's been in a month hahaha. She is really enjoying having "It's Anna Baby" in the house to play with. Anna gets to eat all kinds of imaginary cuisine, led around the house by her hand, and many hugs and kisses.

Notice anything different??? Yep. Heather got her first haircut. She was getting very frustrated with her bangs in her eyes, so I gave in and chopped them. I got a little teary eyed! She just looks so much older and, if I may say so myself, adorable in her homemade doo.

Grandpa stopped by on saturday and brought over lots of gifts. We decided to let the doobers open their gifts from him so that he could watch. As always, he found the perfect gift. (I made him promise NOTHING with motors :) ) they love these little tricycles and have been riding them every waking moment. Heather gets quite frustrated because her feet don't touch the ground at the same time she's holding the handle bars, but she'll get it figured out I'm sure. Logan is already faking crashes, falls off, does wheelies (I REALLY made grandpa promise no motors) It's a good thing this is a dumpy rental!!

I think we are ready for christmas. I just have some last minute baking and packing to do on Thurs and friday, and we'll trek to Evanston on Friday night after Dan gets home from work.

Man, being a working stiff has really cut into my scrapping time!! I don't have anything new to share!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas with too much food and lots of love.

Okay, Dad. I've updated just for you!!

2006-12-16T20:09:00.000-07:00

We finally got our poor, little fake Christmas tree up and decorated. The kids were so much fun this year!! They were in absolute awe of the lights and pretty ornaments. Getting the ornaments and lights on the tree was quite a challenge, though. Heather especially wanted to play with each and every ornament --which created a BIG tantrum when I told her they had to be left on the tree.

Logan was eager to help, but fizzled out quickly. He was more interested in climbing in and out of the big plastic tubs all the Christmas stuff is stored in.

This picture of us is cute...too bad the 70's shag carpet couldn't be edited out :) We can't wait for our house to be finished. It is set on the foundation and the contractor has started working on

the ouside. As soon as it can be heated, they will finish the interior.

On a clear day, the view is breathtaking! Our builder really did a great job positioning the house to face the peaks. He also put in bigger windows so that we can enjoy the view. The guest room has windows looking at these mountains and then the view to the south. It's very pretty!

Mister Logan has decided that he would really like to be the boss of many things, including whether or not he wears mittens. It only lasted about 5 minutes, though, as he came back really quickly begging for them to be put on. I did this page as an assignment for www.scrapbookdreamer.com, using Around the Block winter papers.

This page layout uploaded really small, but you can click on it to make it bigger. These are the pictures from above. Bo Bunny press sponsored our DT at www.scrapbookdreamer.com this month, so I used their print papers, some BG chipboard and Petaloo flowers.

Hi Grandma :)

2006-12-01T22:24:00.000-07:00

You are on the internet, curlers and all!!

I think this is my favorite picture from the whole Thanksgiving weekend. It just sums up the importance of grandparents in my children's lives. Neither kiddo had ever seen a piano, let alone play one before this minute. Here's their great-grandma with her awesome patience, teaching them not to pound. These small gifts of time and teaching may not be remembered by them in the future, but will leave a little lasting fingerprint on their personalities. Thanks Grandma!!

And speaking of fingers, isn't this just the most awesome picture?? Seasoned, experienced hands guiding new, two year old hands??? You can barely see Heather's tiny pointer finger in between her great grandmother's. I just love this! I am sure it will end up on a scrap page real shortly.

Annelise

2006-11-27T23:14:00.000-07:00

This little girl is so cute and spunky and determined!! Who could resist those big blue eyes and big giggly grin??? Not me, obviously. I had more pics of her just playing than I did of both of my two put together!!

I am a guest designer at Kittys-Kloset.com this month. The owner, Jen, is just starting her online business--her site is REALLY cute. Lots of kitty schtuff :) check out the link to the left of the blog. These papers are SEI's Fruitstand collection found in her store.

I thought the strawberries went well

with the 'sweetheart' theme.

This second page was just for fun. NannyP (as I like to call her) is so photogenic, and her HUGE eyes really capture the light.

We got snow dumped on us tonight--almost 4 inches in just an hour. It is really pretty and white--looks almost like Christmas !!

Sneak Peeks at our new home

2006-11-26T13:42:00.000-07:00

Here it is...what will become the new Allison home. We are more than impressed with the way it turned out. Jim at Propery Partners has seen to every little detail, including all new appliances!! We could only access a few rooms of the house, as the hall way and other parts are still sealed. The 2 halves will be set December 5th--and I plan on being there for some great pictures.

We hadn't planned on buying a manufactured home, but here in Pinedale, things are so expensive that this was our only option for a large enough home with enough bedrooms for all.

The kitchen is large and airy. I love the hood and all the tile work.

Our fireplace will definitely be the heart of the Living room. It is floor to ceiling (9 feet) tall and has a beautiful oak mantel. Too bad it won't be finished by Christmas.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2006-11-26T13:29:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun during Thanksgiving. It was the first time that they 3 of us have all been together since before Jason's crash to celebrate a holiday. Missy AnnieP was adorable, almost walking, and very independent! She definitely will make her mark on the world :)

We ate some great food and really enjoyed the company of family. This is why we just dragged our 2 babies 1000 miles, to a cold and wintery place. I am positive now that it was worth it.

On another great note, our house arrived and is due to be set on the foundation Dec 5th or 7th. We ran up to the property and snuck a peek at the accessible rooms. The kitchen, dining room, master bed and bath are fabulous. It was a nice little boost, for sure.

How many Q-tips does it take to clean Heather's ears??

2006-11-20T10:01:00.000-07:00

Answer: 3

She has been obsessed with clean ears for a few days. She know exactly where I

keep my scrapping q-tip stash, digs around til she finds them, and takes off at a high run. I guess clean ears are imporant to her....:)

Question #2--How do you get Logan to drink more water???

Answer: Disguise it as pepsi. As long as it's in a can, he'll drink it. If it's in anything else, it is likely to be dumped in the toy box, the dump truck, or simply on the floor accompanied by a tantrum, of course. How dare we ask him to drink water :)

As I was organizing my albums for 2006, I found that I had made pages with both kids, but for only one album. I've done these pictures before, but needed a set for Logan's Album. These were in September, just before we moved. American Crafts sponsored the DT at scrapbookdreamer.com this month, so I used some of their great papers and flowers!

I also realized, as I was organizing albums, that Heather's is STUFFED full of pages and Logan's is only about 3/4 of the way full. So, I definitely need to go back and do some more pages for him. Poor kid...

These two pages are of him from the same day. He was playing outside in the powdery dirt and in 5 minutes was CRUSTY!!

This is the other from the same afternoon--Logan in all his dirt encrusted glory!

Who says you can't eat fingerpaint??

2006-11-16T08:55:00.000-07:00

We fingerpainted again, with much sucess :) Logan, of course, ate most of his paint and then proceeded to use his belly and the table as a canvas.

Heather painted her piece of paper with precision. She did get one little spot of paint on her--which she promptly asked me to remove lol. She's the only child I know that can stay clean while fingerpainting!!

I was hoping it would warm up-to at least 30 so that we could go outside and play in the snow, but I don't think that will happen this morning. It's about 24 and snowing pretty briskly. It really is pretty!

I haven't had snow like this since leaving Wyomin 8 years ago. It is such a strange site to me when there are 10 trucks with blades, skid-loaders with blades all over town frantically trying to keep up. My first thought was "why?" then I realized that when it snows here, it's here to stay. Not gone in 3 or 4 days like in Oregon. Guess I better get on my boots and go scoop some snow!! Both kids are stanging at the window--and have been for about 30 mintues, watching the big truck scrape snow out of the parking lot across the street. Logan even has a new word "cruck". Heather just says "hey mom, look at that truck moving snow" lol. well, not really, but her words are really starting to make sense! It will be fun to hear what she is thinking sometimes!

Snow, oh glorious snow!!

2006-11-14T20:30:00.000-07:00

They said it would come, but I thought they were wrong after a week of 60 degree weather. We just got dumped on, big time!! There was over 6 inches of fresh, glittery powder on our front porch this morning. After living in Oregon where it hardly ever snowed, it seemed like a blizzard!! The locals just went about their business as if nothing was amiss.

And, speaking of locals, this town is the most untrusting, excludinig town I have EVER lived in!! wow. The newspaper interviewed a waitress last week--1/2 of a page worth--and she spent over half of her interview ragging on all the newcomers. She even had the audacity to say "I'm not sure how to exclude them from local events". Wow. I am hoping that it gets better soon! I know that this small town has been inundated with strangers and those hoping to make it rich quick off of the oil/gas boom. We will definitely have our work cut out for us!!

Dan is leaving for 4 days. It will be quiet without him around. The funny thing is, this is the most he's ever been home since we've been married! He comes home for lunch and for the most part is home by 5pm. It's been kinda nice! I know that it will end as his caseload increases.

No new scrapbook pages to share. The kids fingerpainted again today, so will have to get that uploaded tomorrow. I make sugar-free vanilla pudding (less sticky) and add justa smidge of food coloring. They can eat it, paint with it, coler themselves and each other...it doesn't matter!! I just toss 'em in the tub for a quick rinse and they're onto their next project.

It's monday....ugh.

2006-11-13T10:08:00.000-07:00

13 layouts, 10 cards, and 1 altered project later, I'm all scrapped out. Mojo is sleeping in today--unfortunately because the doobers are napping early. They are both sick with fever, runny nose--the typical early winter viral schtuff.

Here are a couple pages of them in their tiny kilts that Great-grandma Urbigkeit made them. How's that for a little "travel back in time" moment?? They were so tiny, even here at 2 months old.

I found this picture in my stash, blew it up and put it with some chatterbox papers. It looks a little crooked, but i wanted Grandma's handwriting to remain with the picture :) I obviosly need a new corner rounder.

Missy Heather LOVES to sort little picky things, such as buttons! She'll do this for hours a day! I have lots of pics of this, so I put them all on one page.

And one last page--of all my favorite things of the moment:) If you are a scrapper, I'd really recommend you start a 'book of me' and fill it with just pages of your own life. So often the mommas become the family history recorders, and never end up with their own history recorded. Put in your top 10 favorites, your thoughts, feelings, and how much a gallon of milk costs. Your great grandchildren will have MUCH fun reading through all of this!! (everyone keeps asking me what the clock stands for--it's stopped at 7pm. Bedtime at our house tehehehe)

Come join the fun!!!

2006-11-11T08:37:00.000-07:00

The online crop at www.scrapbookdreamer.com is in full swing!! Come on over and joing the fun!! These are a great way to dig out your supplies and your stack of "I really don't want to scrap these pictures" pictures and go to work! The first 2 images are some cards I've made. I also am trying to get some of my older, little kit pictures onto pages and into my albums. I don't know that I'll ever be caught up, especially since Dan has now conceded to letting me do his too :) (not to worry Linda, I'll scan/copy them and preserve the originals)

Aren't I just adorable in my red boots?? I must be about 1 in this picture.

Me at 2...take a closer look. It is so weird to see me as a mix of my children--not the other way around!!

Here's my momma being a new momma. I couldn't lighten or do much with this picture, so I just put it on bright papers to try to lighten it that way. Love this picture...Amy looks so much like her!!

And lastly, the 4 generations of the Deveraux women. Me, Grandma Pearl Deveraux Graham, Great-Grandma Mary Ellen Deveraux, and my mom. Love the fall colors of this picture!!

WEll..I'm off to do some more scrapping!! Dan is having some daddy time with the doobers so I can have a bit of a break. It's only 20 degrees today and grey, windy and icky. So, I foresee lots of play-doh, markers, and if we're brave, fingerpainting ;)

Good thursday morning!!

2006-11-09T06:57:00.000-07:00

This age is so much fun. A little challenging, but just fun!! They are learning new words everyday and objects like crayons are no longer tasteful treats. Just a couple weeks ago Logan wouldn't color. He'd just play " momma pick up my 25 crayons off the floor". Now, he's holding the crayon and drawing. Isn't it funny when something just clicks?? Heather has been coloring for months. Her fine motor skill are outstanding.

Mom and Bill are here for a couple days. We are taking the kids to storytime and then out for a drive to look at the progress on our new home. I made a big pot of baked potato soup and a loaf of fresh bread for lunch. Then...nothing else planned for the day.

So Thankful...

2006-11-08T00:15:00.000-07:00

Well, it's after midnight and here I am. We still do not have a hot water heater, even though the plumber *promised* he'd put it in before going home. hmmm..so I'm scrapping and that makes me happy. Almost as happy as my 3 inch, lukewarm bath.

Here's my sweet Heather, just gazing off into somewhere..I created this layout as part of an assignment to use these 3Bugs in a Rug papers at scrapbookdreamer.com.

Jackson Pictures!

2006-11-07T13:19:00.000-07:00

I took the kids to the park today--and guess what was standing in the kiddie fishing pond?? Our friend the moose that visited a couple weeks ago. This is her calf. Both were about 30-40 yards away and just paid no mind to us or the cars going by. The locals were even less upset...

This poor critter was hanging in a home decor boutique in Jackson. I'm thinking there are some of us that can relate ;)

One of the 4 large antler arches in Jackson's town center.

This is just us standing under the very famous arch in Jackson Hole town center. These have been collected by boy scouts from the feeding refuge just outside of town. There are 4 of these huge arches.

And last, the super famouse Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. Anyone who has ever been to Jackson has probably sat in their saddle bar stools.

Anyone have a cheap water heater they can overnight to Pinedale???

2006-11-05T22:09:00.000-07:00

Ours blew up. Not just a little leak, but a huge ole gushing, floor drenching blow out. It will be so nice to live in a house that has something...anything newer than copyrighted in 1932!!!

We went on a quick trip to Jackson and met up with Jason and Dad. Did a little shopping and sightseeing. It was fun but a little chilly. I'm glad we came home early, or this place would have been floating down Pine street! I'll upload the pics tomorrow. Think elk horn arches :)

I did a couple "use up my stash" pages that turned out very cute. I forget they will be placed at the top of this post, so it won't make sense til you get here...sorry. I'm too lazy to retype all of this!

ONLINE Crop with great prizes November 10-12

2006-11-05T20:25:00.000-07:00

Scrapbookdreamer.com is ONE!! Come on over for a fun weekend on online scrapping. Find a sitter and put pizza delivery on your fast dial...

Welcome to our 1st ANNIVERSARY CROP!! I am thrilled that you could join us and help us celebrate the one year anniversary of our brick and mortar store at 620 N Broadway in Pittsburg, KS. If you are in the neighborhood, stop in on Sunday, the 12th of November from 10-7:00 for demonstrations and door prizes. Our online crop starts November 10th and goes through the 12th. Everyone is eligble for prizes even the DT!

Grand Prize is to be announced:Our Sponsor list is growing all the time and this list will be updated as we hear:
Cain & Company
Notions Marketing
American Crafts
Poly-Tools
All My Memories
Creativity Inc.
My Minds Eye

Shopping List: This is a list of items you may not have on hand all the time so I want you to have a chance to get them in before our crop begins. I don't want you to miss a chance to get your name in the drawing!BlingThis list may change so keep checking back! These items do not have to be purchased at ScrapbookDreamer.com. I just want you to know what they are.

Rules:Keep watching for this information as I will edit it as needed!!! I will post challenges on Friday November 10th, 2006. The rules will be in each challenge. I can tell you that the more you participate the better your chances!Since the DT is eligible for this prize too, I will be posting all the challenges myself. This way it is fair to everyone and the DT will learn what needs to be done at the same time everyone else does.Good luck to everyone and let's have some fun with this!!! Keep watching this post as I will edit it as things change.

Laura

SHIPPING:If you live outside the US you will receive the shipping credit of 6.00 but will be responsible for any charges above that. This goes for Alaska and Hawaii too.

Thank God for Magic Erasers!!!

2006-11-03T10:20:00.000-07:00

I think the pictures are self explainatory!

TGIF!!

2006-11-03T10:00:00.000-07:00

Wow--it's friday already! The weeks are just flying by. This weekend is our fifth anniversary. We are heading to Jackson Hole for a day of shopping, exploring, and eating!! My how we miss having someplace to eat besides "Sara's Cafe".

Our thoughts are with mom and Bill today. (they know why). We are hoping everything turns out just peachy.

AND...it's official!! We signed the contract on our new home, which will be done by February first. The builder said 'hopefully sooner' which will be really nice, considering what we are living in right now!!

This is poor Logan--he was TERRIFIED of the pumpkins...even before they were carved! Poor baby. he had huge alligator tears for awhile. Even bribing,

An another starring Logan--I just wanted to play around with the settings on my camera, and Logan just wanted to run in the crunchy snow. So, it was a perfect match :)

Jlyne Hanback will be at scrapbookdreamer.com!

2006-11-02T08:42:00.000-07:00

Scrapbookdreamer.com is hosting a chat with Jlyne Hanback!! Be sure to register in the forums and chatroom--then be ready for a very informative, fun chat!!

Chat with Jlyne Hanback! November 8th 10pm EST in our Chat room! Jlyne Hanback is a free-lance scrapbook artist and enjoys many different types of paper crafting. She has been published in virtually every major scrapbooking publication, and has designed for Chatterbox for the last four years. She has most recently been added to the BHG (Scrapbooks, Etc. Magazine) staff as a Creative Team member for 2007. She has extensive writing and editing experience, having been an assistant editor for two different paper arts magazines. She has had numerous papercrafting articles published in various magazines, as well as a short story in the new “Chicken Soup for the Scrapbooker's Soul” book. Jlyne enjoys finding new ways to use supplies creatively, and also enjoys all aspects of photography. She and her husband also pioneered ScrapSubmit.com and enjoy helping other artists get published. She truly loves working with other people, and teaches scrapbooking/paper arts classes across the country at events such as CKU and others.

We're home...and have lots of pictures to share!!

2006-10-30T10:16:00.000-07:00

We had lots of fun at mom's house this weekend! There was a nice turnout for Mac's rememberance celebration. We ate waaay too much and some of 'us' drank waay to much, but all in all was a great time. Sunday, we all carved pumpkins! I think the adults had much more fun than the doobers. In fact, Logan was terrified of the pumpkins! Heather was less than lukewarm to the whole idea of putting her hand in pumpkin guts :)

Jason LOVES it when I take nice close up pics and past them on the web. Maybe if I post enough pics of him on here, we can find him a wife hahahaha.

Okay, one more then I'm done :)

2006-10-27T12:46:00.000-06:00

Well, for those of you that know the story behind this layout--I am so proud of Jason and all that he has accomplished. These are pictures taken by the river in Evanston while we were crawdad fishing.

The blue tag pulls out for some long journaling--I shall save you the time AND the tears:)

MME papers, Fantsy pants chipboard, HS hearts--lots of ink and sanding.

I am having so much fun figuring out this 'blog' thing...

2006-10-27T10:40:00.000-06:00

Amy and Missy P, as I like to call her, hanging out at the river in Evanston. The lighting and background colors were soooo pretty that day, even though it was super foggy. New 3bugs in a rug on this one:)

This is little Heather stomping around the Wyoming Supreme Court building in her new pink cowboy boots. Jason thought it necessary for the doobers to be wearing boots in Cheyenne. I guess if you're in Rome... These are cute Cosmo Cricket papers.

This was a fun page made from a sketch (for a contest, of course :) ) Logan is playing on his new swing that Uncle Jason made for him (and he REALLY needs to come back and build another one because they FIGHT constantly over this one!!) A little touch of a Scenic Route on this page :)

Finally joining all the blog-addicts :)

2006-10-27T08:22:00.000-06:00

Good Friday morning!

I finally got with the program and started a blog. Guess it's about time to enter 2006. I remember when I opened my first email account--about 2 years after everyone else had one :)

Soooo...on this blog I am going to post some of our fun family pictures, our goings on and of course my scrapbook pages!

We are headed to Evanston this afternoon to spend the weekend with my mom and Bill. Our good friend Mac died last week, so we are also going to celebrate his life with good food and probably some booze tehehe. Then, it's off to do my monthly grocery shopping (had to get organized, as the grocery store closes at 7pm!@! here in Pinedale).

Have a great weekend!

This is a page I completed a few weeks ago. This is our first official family portrait. Gotta love those cosmo cricket papers and BIGGEST chipboard!