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Life 365 | Week 49

Monday, November 29, 2010

We traveled home today and the kids got to skip school. Cleaning and doing laundry and trying to get organized for the following week!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The kids were excited to go back to school today. They love wearing their warm coats and boots to school – having snow is exciting.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

The kids were so excited to start our Countdown to Christmas Advent Calendar. I created a new one this year and was so happy with how it turned out. I used a shoe organizer (that has exactly 24 holes – how perfect is that) – and created some date pages to put on the outside and used some fancy clothespins. In each hole – is a card with an activity on it! Today’s activity was to decorate the tree – so we brought the tree in and decorated while listening to Christmas music.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Today’s activity was to drink hot chocolate by the tree. The kids thought it was so much fun!

Friday, December 3, 2010

I was so excited for tonight’s activity. The kids got home from school and were surprised to see Cody, Becki and Mallory there. I had them read the card in our advent calendar – and surprise – we are heading on vacation to Eden with Cody and Becki! They were thrilled to be able to go back to our “vacation home”! So a few hours later, we arrived at Worldmark. We were able to get a 3-bedroom condo this time and it was fancy! We loved it! So we all settled in – decorated our little tree – went grocery shopping, and ate pizza for dinner. We are all so excited to have this special time together.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

It was such a fun day. We did crafts, played the wii, played some card games, ate great food, and just had such a great time relaxing and enjoying being together. We topped the night off by heading to Eden’s Town Tree Lighting where the kids got to see Santa!

Sunday, December 5, 2010

We are having such a lovely time and we are thinking of making this a yearly tradition! It was Mallory’s very first birthday today and we are so happy that we were able to celebrate with her. We had cupcakes and dinner and present opening! The kids watched Christmas movies all day and just another great day of being together! Happy Birthday Mallory – we love you!

Life 365 | Week 45

Monday, November 1, 2010

After the weekend of replacing the floor, its nice to see the kids room clean and organized. At least for today!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

We still have leftover Dirt Dessert from Sunday and its such a delicious treat!

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

I hate the season of being sick. We have all had a hard time getting rid of our colds completely. These wonderful little vaporizers are awesome!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Our lawn is filling with leaves and I am reminded again that I am totally becoming a Fall person!

Friday, November 5, 2010

More snowflakes today – but it didn’t last long. I spent some time taking some pictures around the house.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

A fun Saturday. We took the kids to Megamind and then after the kids went to bed, Joey and I went out to dinner and brought home some Redbox movies which we watched together. I love it when we get to have date night!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

My little JJ is getting so big. After church today, I took some photos of JJ for his baptism program and I was delighted with this one!

Life 365 | Week 2

Monday, January 4, 2010

Time to get back to reality. The kids went back to school today and then we started doing cleaning/organizing of their rooms. We cleared out some shelves and spots for their new toys!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

My computer has been really sluggish lately – so I wiped the hard drive clean and started reinstalling everything and backing everything up. I almost had it ready when my internal hard drive completely died on me. So we took it to Simply Mac to have a new hard drive installed. The good news is that my original 250gb hd is going to be replaced with a internal 500gb hard drive – so I’m going to have space! It will be great. My great hubby also purchased me a 1TB Time Capsule – so I will have a great backup system now when I get my computer back….

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

We did some major grocery shopping today at Costco/Walmart. It was really time to replenish our food storage. After picking up Beth from school I started cleaning out my food closet and Beth made her a little house with all the food. It was too cute!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Just another day of organizing and relaxing. I love to see the kids all cuddled up with their Daddy at the end of the day!

Friday, January 8, 2010

I still don’t have my computer back. Simply Mac apparently had a lot of other repairs to do before they get to mine – so I’ve been using Joey’s little notebook to browse the internet – answer emails – and play. I can’t do much else and its really frustrating, but at least Facebook has kept me from going insane without my computer!

Saturday, January 9, 2010

We finally got around to putting away our Christmas Decorations today. The kids and I were pretty sad, but it was just time. The rest of the day we just hung out together as a family at home.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

It has been so much fun to watch the kids enjoy the Wii. They have been doing A LOT of bowling and its been fun to see their little moves – JJ’s jumps and Beth’s leg crossing when they “throw” the bowling ball. So much fun!

And here is my weekly layout:

I used my Daydream BelieverZ & Digital 365 Kits to create this layout!

Project 365 | Week 1

I have decided to start my Project 365 even though it isn’t the 1st yet. I decided that since it is on a weekly basis – that I’d like to start on a Monday, so here is the first 2 days! When I get my DIGITAL 365 Kit finished, I will start using it to put this stuff together, but I’d also like to share each days photo/journaling here on my blog and then finish the week with sharing my week’s 2-page layout with you! Anyways….

Monday, December 29, 2008

We are spending this week trying to organize ourselves. Christmas is over and it was a good one, but it’s time to think about cleaning up the house, organizing, and getting ready for the new year. So many thoughts and plans and trying to get it all put together is a bit overwhelming. Just have to keep telling myself – one step at a time, line upon line, and eventually everything can be the way that I want it to be right now.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Tonight, as I was putting the kids to bed, JJ said he was scared of the dark. So we talked a little while and I told him that anytime he is scared, hurt, or felt alone that he could pray to Heavenly Father and that HE would hear him and help him. JJ seemed to understand and I felt good that I was able to actually get through and teach him something. I then went to Beth’s bed and was tucking her in. She had heard my conversation with JJ and we had this sweet little conversation.

“Mom, do you know what I dreamed last night?”
“What?”
“I dreamed that me and mommy went to see Heavenly Father.”
“Really? Was it a good dream?”
“Yep.”

That’s all that was said, but somehow I went away feeling really good that my little girl would dream about her Heavenly Father and that it was a good place where he is. When I was telling Joey about this conversation he said, “Wow. She told me this morning that she dreamed about the sunshine.” It fits don’t you think?

(Note: Today’s Pictures were taken by JJ! He wanted to use the camera so I let him for the first time!)

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We took this picture a few hours before the new year. This is our 10th New Year that we have celebrated together. We are not party people. We prefer a quiet evening at home. This year we celebrated by finishing our yearly tradition of watching The Lord of the Rings.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Today was spent just hanging around the house in our PJs. I worked all day on a kit that just isn’t quite done yet – I just can’t seem to finish it no matter how much I want to right now. But I’ll keep trying. So the kids watched movies all day and played while Joey and I spent the day on our computers. At one point, I looked over and saw JJ just intent on what his Dad was working on. They are so much like each other in so many ways and I can see JJ just wanting to be just like his dad!

Thank you so much to all of you who commented on my frustration with this kit getting done. I really appreciate your support! Unfortunately, I think I am just trying to force this – and creativity comes when it comes. Actually at this point, I’m a little scared. Because I think I hyped it up so much and I keep thinking that maybe you all will be very disappointed in it. I’m not sure it will have enough in it – or be what you need/want it to be! I hate it when I do this to myself – but that’s about where I am right now with it. I have about 9 ScatterZ and a few bears to do and then I’m going to package it all up and call it good. I REALLY hope you won’t be disappointed. It is a little different from my usual style – a lot of doodly/swirly kinds of designs in it. It is completely inspired by Becky Higgins’ Project 365. Anyways, I will keep hoping I get it done within the next day or so and hopefully I won’t disappoint you. All I can say is that there will be lots of additions to it – as bonuses to the monthly challenge and so if you have input on what you need/want – I guess you can always suggest at the chat and I can create some of that for bonuses/freebies. On another note – I am going to continue my HIGH/LOW Series, even though I’ll be posting my 1 photo everyday. I will use Friday’s to still say my High/Low for the Week and offer a freebie. Maybe my High/Low will be repeating things from the week and maybe they won’t so I think it will still be good. Love you all! Thanks for reading!

Friday, January 2, 2009
After finally finishing the kit I was working on, I rewarded myself by going to lunch and a matinee with the Scrap Girls. I feel so blessed to be able to hang out with these wonderful
ladies who I have so much in common with. It’s really great to just get out once in a while and visit!

After I got home it was time for the Utes Football Game! Utah vs. Alabama in the Sugar Bowl! It was an amazing game and we won! The Utes were the only college football team in the nation to go undefeated this year, so it was really wonderful!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Our Indianapolis Colts lost today in overtime in the playoffs. A very sad day for us! Watching football is a great tradition in our family. It takes up a lot of our energy and it really hurts when our team loses. Oh well, there’s always next year…

JJ also woke up today with a missing tooth! We don’t know where it is and hopefully he didn’t swallow it. But this is his third tooth in the past month to come out, so he’s getting a little toothless, but very excited about it!

Sunday, January 4, 2009

I’ve been reading a lot of blogs that are talking about choosing “a word” for the year. A word that will inspire you to change your life for the better this coming year. Something to strive for and to become. I’ve been thinking about it and I just couldn’t come up with a word until I read of someone else’s word that totally made sense to me. BALANCE. I have been trying to achieve this for many years, but I still have a really rough time with it. Balance between my design work and my family. Balance between the housework, organization, finances, sleep, and all the things that come up. BALANCE. That’s what I want in my life. I want to be able to be a successful wife, mother, and designer and I want there to be a good balance between them all. I’ve tried before and just don’t feel like I succeed. But maybe if I truly make it my word – my goal for the year and actually scrap about it – maybe, it will be more on my thoughts as I go about everyday life and so I can truly become a better balanced person.

And here is my weekly layout:
I used my Digital 365 Kits to create this layout!