Girlie Girls

With a 14 y.o. teenage boy at home, I don't often get a chance to think about girlie-girl things. Sure, there was a time when Stan enjoyed dressing up in my clothes - and boy, the kid sure could walk in heels! LOL ... but I digress. After Stan's adoption and settling in, the whole dressing up phase passed quickly. This made visiting my nieces all the more fun - their daughters are 5 (Sadie) and 3 (Alyssa). I got some great pictures of the girls and am enjoying scrapping them. This is a page I finished tonight on Alyssa - we were in the backyard, looking for dandelion flowers ... aaahhh, the simply joys of life.

Credits: Everything from HeatherT's "Innocent Surprise" kit @ Get Digi With It,
except The Queen of Quirk template, Scrap Canvas #4 (used as mask for paper pieces)

Cameron the Cutie

I couldn't wait to start scrapping the pictures of the little kids from Memphis. Sadie and Alyssa are adorable ... but Cameron just takes the cake. At one year old, he's up walking around, and making all kinds of noises. He's starting to say a few words here and there - we got him to say "Kissie" while we were yelling "Go Kissie" (Krystina) during bowling.

So, here's my first page from the trip - Cameron sitting on the back step, watching his sister and cousin run around the back yard ... just watching the world go by. Everything here's from HeatherT's new kit, Innocent Surprise @ Get Digi With It.

Just Catching Up ... on ...

... on ... everything! LOL

We had a great time visiting family over the four-day weekend. Cameron has grown so much! When we last saw him, Cameron was barely a few weeks old ... and now, having just turned one, he's up, walking around and getting into everything. Sadie and Alyssa are growing up too. It was great to see the girls playing together. They are so close - you'd think they were sisters, not cousins. Barb got Supervisor of the Year at the track - she SO deserves it. Thank God someone finally realized what an asset they have in her. Tracy was sick with the flu - poor thing ... not sure that having 10 adults over at the house playing Scene-It for hours really helped her get any rest ... sorry sweetie. Krystina was the queen of the bowling alley - although I'm not sure that she will particularly like the rear-end picture of her an Alyssa ... he he he ... gotta scrap that one, for sure! Aaron and Sarah made it over from Little Rock - Bill's first time meeting Sarah ... she's such a sweetie. Rob and Trace ... well, the guys are just great. Two full-on days ... and just not enough time. We'll have to head back soon.

Since we were traveling over Valentine's Day, Bill and I spent a "quiet" evening at the casinos in Tunica (MS). HA! Quiet. Have you been to a casino lately? The machines, music and all the noise ... half the time you can't even hear yourself speak! LOL Over the course of two visits, we manage to walk away with money in our pocket, so we had some success there. Stan couldn't wait to kick us out of the hotel room - he had a huge flat screen tv and movies to watch - we were just getting in his way! LOL

I managed to check emails while I was gone ... and was glad I did. I found an email from the editor group at Memory Makers Magazine ... and they wanted to include one of my tips in their Idea Gallery today! Yup. There I am, online for all to see. Well, not ME exactly - it's the page I did for Heather's CT call a few weeks ago. If you CLICK HERE, you'll go to the Memory Makers site - and then go to Idea Gallery from the menu bar to see my page - and my tip on using Word Art. Enjoy!