Officially a Teenager......

Wow.......we've had a busy week with school and birthdays - too much fun!!! Yesterday my son turned "13"..........yep i am a mother to a teenager now - yikes!!!!!!!!! I can hardly believe it. It goes so fast!!! Tyler - how do i describe him? The strong silent type would be the best way. Very sensitive but doesn't want anyone to know it. Mr. Independent which i love - but still likes it when mom helps out now and again........modest and shy..... I have to pry stuff out of him - doesn't share too much information!!!! Loves sports Football and Baseball..............He is just simply wonderful!!!!!

His birthday was a busy day - Brooke and i had a brownie outing at to the beach......yep her first time being in girl scouts. (Did you know they have a girl scout house in Laguna Beach! So cool and the troop got to spend the night.) While we did that Ty and Dad hit the road for a bike ride. That night we got ready for the first official game of the season............we love FOOTBALL!!! The boys did great and we won. After the game we went out for a Late dinner with friends to celebrate the birthday boy and the win. Today was a day filled with carting boys around.....first swimming at grandpa's house then back here where they had Mt. Dew floats and are outside having air soft wars (in our back yard of course) and jumping on the trampoline..........i hope their parents are OK with that!!!! Oh, and do you wonder what a 13 year old wants for his birthday.......well, besides a new phone, clothes, money all the usual stuff......this was his big gift. who knew????

I've been tagged..........

OK......my friend Michelle tagged me so i will now reveal 7 random facts about ME:

1. I was in the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics!!!!
2. For my 16th birthday i got a pink VW and never learned to drive it!!!!
3. I eat peanut butter toast with my coffee every morning!!!!
4. I play solitaire on my PDA every night to put me to sleep!!!
5. I've lived in Orange County all my life except for the 6 months we lived in Oklahoma.
6. I wear flip flops 365 days a year .
7. I love to get up in the morning before anyone else and read - my quiet time!!

There you go...........7 random facts about me. Now off to enjoy our last day of summer - school starts tomorrow in this house...............YIKES - where did the summer go?????
Hope your day is a happy one!!!!

8 years old tomorrow...........

Wow.....i cannot believe it. My sweet girl will be 8 years old tomorrow. She is a special little girl. Loves soccer and her dance class too.........Would rather wear shorts than a skirt but loves to get dressed up all girly once in awhile......though she loves her American Girl Doll you will find her playing handball with the boys during recess.........would rather have her hair pulled back in a ponytail but lets me do braids sometimes......Fights with her Brother constantly but loves him more than words.......and though at times she drives me completely up a wall with her sassy little attitude........I couldn't ask for a sweeter, more caring little girl. Happy Birthday Sweetie!!!

Since i work tomorrow today just her and I hit the Mall.........had lunch here then headed straight here in search of fairies. Tomorrow she will wake up to birthday donuts with a candle and lots of gifts sitting in this .....I'm hoping this will become the "cool" reading chair....... reading is not her favorite thing to do!!!

New Class...........

Come Join me at The Scrappin' Table!!!!! Class information coming soon!!! Hope to see you there!!

Time Flys.........

I didn't realize that it had been so long since i last posted. But that sometimes happens around here. Time flys when you are having fun - doing laundry - getting everyone to practice on time - doing laundry - school shopping - doing laundry - "trying" to scrap - oh and did i mention...DOING LAUNDRY!!!! OK, i'm done......

The boys went on a fishing trip last week with my Dad, brother & nephew....a beautiful charter all to themselves. I was a bit worried about Tyler - and yes he did get a bit seasick on the ride out to Catalina - but as soon as he was catching those fish he was a new man. He caught the most that day...........we made the best fish tacos too!!!! I guess my Hubby spent too much time worrying about Tyler and ended up with heat stroke after the trip. Not good. But everyone is better now and said the trip was well worth it all!!!!

Oh yes.......i have got to share some birthday pictures with you........this is the shirt my brother (really my sister-in-law) made...........can't wait to scrap these fun ones!!!

I've been a busy little scrapper......trying to get some of these creative thoughts into something real and into some classes @ TST. I will post a few sneak peeks soon........

Hope your day is a happy one!!!!!!!!!

Up at 4:30??? Yes I did!!!

My scrappy friend Jenn from TST works for Disney. Some of you may not know this....i didn't....but every year the employees can participate in a canoe race. I forget how many teams started out but in the end Jenn's team made it to the finals and i got to go cheer her own. I was so excited to go........not just so I could get into Disney thru the back lot @ 5:30 in the morning (whole different world back there)....but this was my way to show her a little support. Sadly Jenn recently lost her mom to cancer and race day was an emotional day for her. She did it, did awesome and did it for her mom! And though they came in second they only lost by nine one-hundredths of a second.......can you believe that - so close!!! Way to go Two Bit Oars (love that team name)!!!!

Note the picture of Jenn and I..........as soon as she told me her team name i knew i had to make that sign.........what do you think???? Nothing too fancy.....it was midnight when i made it!!!

Friends-a-scrappin'...........

Lucky Me.....
Another birthday celebration with friends, good food & scrappin'.......all that equals GOOD TIMES........Thanks again girls!!!!

Football and a day at the circus...........

OK.......so it's August and to us that means our summer is pretty much over.....why you ask - well we have a football player in the HOUSE!!! Good thing we love football because it is pretty much an everyday thing. Oh, and the little princess starts soccer too - so busy days ahead!!!
Saturday was an early birthday celebration for Brooke.........because both the kiddos birthdays are right when school starts not to mention Labor Day too, their birthdays seem to get mixed up with all the other stuff going on - plus, friends usually have plans, just a busy time, so we decided to bump Brooke's party up this year and took her and some friends to the circus!!! It was too much fun - we were in the box (the moms were happy with that!) They were all so cute wearing the fun hats and clown noses I got them - oh and so happy with the $12 bag of sugar (cotton candy) they each got - but it came with a hat (whoopie) - but since Grandpa supplied the circus i splurged on the circus treats!!!