Hello there, it's me!

Yes, don't act so shocked- I am blogging again! I have been thinking about getting this up and going again for a while, and tonight I decided to log into my page and play a bit and I realized that the last post I had made to this site was exactly ONE year ago today! Wow...so, how appropriate to start back up today.
Had nothing planned to say, so I am rambling a bit but I am excited about changing up the blog a bit and getting it up to date.
My day job is the same, just had a review and as a special gift my boss gave me the scrap station I have been drooling over for more than a year! So excited- hubby and I picked it up on Sunday. I have it packed away until we can set it up and I can use it, will post pictures then.
My scrapbooking continues, I have been taking a Big Picture Scrapping class by Nic Howard called Dimensional Details and I have been LOVING it. I am learning a lot.
Here are a few of my more recent layouts for you to enjoy.


This is a layout I did early on.
It is Dee and I when were at CHA last summer.


This is a picture of Meagan and Hunter two Halloweens ago.
I so love the shots I got of them hamming it up I have scrapped these before.
I wanted a layout with these pictures for Hunter's album and one for Meagan's album.

This is Nicholas. This was taken this Memorial Day. I think this layout is so nice IRL. I cannot get a decent picture of it for posting. What is funny about this is that I asked both boys to check in, and they both sent me pics to my cell phone, this was what Nick sent, it was taken on a cellphone! Anthony was camping too, he sent a picture of a bunch of tents. They are more alike than they will admit.

This is a layout of a picture I had of Mike and I. He says I do not scrap him enough, and he is right, I perhaps don't -but I don't like pictures of ME and the kids are cuter than we are...shhh, don't tell him I said that!

This is Meagan goofing around, this was May of LAST year-I am getting so good at finally scrapping my older pictures and getting them into the books. The flower embellishments here were hand made-I also used paints on a layout for the first time.

And speaking of old pictures- I finally scrapped some of Anthony's graduation. Not bad-that was only June 2007. Heck, are you laughing at me? I still have unscrapped baby pictures. I am in no real hurry, I will eventually get to them all.

This is another layout that is better IRL that photgraphed. Very detailed "clusters" and this picture is from Fall 2009.

An 8.5 x11 layout, I will mount this on 12x12 to put in her album.

Distressed edges, ink, sewing, rub-ons, transparency, stitching, this layout has it all and these girls are so pretty...Meagan and her best friend Chelsea, they turned lots of heads just laughing and giggling sitting here on the hill August 2009 waiting for the fireworks to start.

And this picture of Erica was taken on the same day-on the same hill.
She too was waiting for the fireworks to start and turning heads-such a pretty girl when she does not even try to be. I love scrapping pictures of her too.

So there. As you can see, I have been pretty busy. And the kids are all doing well and they all seem to be relatively happy. I have not yet made it to Paris or even finished the room over the garage yet, but Hunter is loving life, Meagan enjoyed her freshman year, Anthony is adjusting to life in Florida, Nick is still surviving on his own and Erica is going to have another baby for me to scrap (ah,..spoil) any day now-life is just never boring!