Living Out Loud

My green thumb...

Well, my thumb is not very green even in the most figurative sense! Although, once a year I get the itch to do something to make our landscaping just a bit prettier than what it already is. It usually happens when the weather is not too warm. And last week I got that itch! I planted a few flowers in our forest area in the back yard. I also transplanted some tulips that were growing under my hubby's ladders. I have been asking him to move his ladder pile for me to this this since last year and even though he did not move the pile, it was moved just enough for me to lean over and dig a few up. I figure that it's worth the chance of them dying since I can't enjoy them under his pile of ladders! Also, I bought a cute bird house that I stuck in there and a metal cat that bounces, so it's looking cute already, it just needs a little bit of color! Oh, I did buy 2 hanging baskets that are so low to the ground I can't really call them hanging, but they are out there too. I will not hold my breath (because I may die) for my flowers to bloom, but I am keeping my fingers crossed ;)

Corey's dad came over for Father's day and as usual it was a beautiful day! Here is Cassidy with her Gramps.

Corey took the kids on ATV rides.

Caytlynn read, no surprise here!

Cali almost jumped out of her Jumperoo!

And all the kids, minus Cali (she was too busy jumping away!) drove away on daddy's ATV, haha!

I forgot to mention that if you want one of the Summer Build-A-Book Mini Album Kits (see 2 posts below), just mention that you saw it on my blog and you will get $5 off! I now have them up at my store - click here.

Scrap On Peeps!

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If you suddenly stop hearing from me...

that means I did not survive the summer with all 4 kids at home!

Caytlynn got off the bus at 11:45 yesterday and with in the first hour of her summer vacation there were several time outs and at one point all 4 kids were crying!! Luckily things turned around!

On the very bright side, Caytlynn received a

fabulous report from her teacher! She will be entering first grade next year, and right now she is at a begining second grade reading level! She got the award for most improved :) It seems as though every time her teacher sent a note or I talked to her she was amazed at Caytlynn's progress! I am so pround of her!!! We will be working hard this summer to excel her reading and writing skills. The best part about this is that she LOVES to read and write! In the past 24 hours she has written in her journal several times and has read at least 10 books! This is a pic from her graduation.

Anyone live in Southern WI or Northern IL??? I will be having a 12 hour crop in Mukwonago Wi on August 23. Let me know if you want the deets!

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This is for you mom!

My mom doesn't understand what a blog is, so I figured I would post and send her a link. Besides, it gives me a kick on the rear to update.

I just taught my first Prima Sponsored Class this past weekend! It was so much fun! Here is what I taught:

Everybody left with a completed book :)

I am selling these kits with detailed instructions, so if you are interested, please let me know!

Other Random things going on in my life...

Caytlynn and Cassidy had their dance recital a few weeks ago. Can you tell how much they love each other by the way they are in this pic? I wish they would act like this all of the time - haha!!!

Caytlynn will graduate from Kindergarten on Friday - YEA! I am so proud of her! She had early release today and read most of the afternoon. She reads ALL the time! Even when she was outside yesterday, she was reading most of the time. She loves to read!

Cullen turned 2 in April and has offically hit the terrible twos just recently. Any suggestions on dealing with the tantrums is greatly appreciated!!! ;) Most of the time he is sweetest little guy, but watch out if he doesn't get his way!

Cali Bear just turned 7 months and is cute as ever! She really knows how to get around without even crawling. She will be crawling very soon!

Last, but not least, here is one of my recent LOs... I used Glimmer Mist to "paint" the paintables!

Thanks for visiting me!

Scrap On,

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over.

So sad that my little getaway is over. I left Friday to go to CKU and came home Saturday night. It went too fast!

I helped Michelle teach her hanging frame class which was so much fun!

I helped out with 6 of her classes, we made 4 examples Friday night in 90 minutes, we had a few beers, made a lot of friends and had a blast!

It was so hard leaving and knowing that it won't be until summer CHA that I see Michelle again. Although, I'm sure that every day until CHA we will talk on the phone at least once a day and sometimes more - lol! On the bright side, I did meet a few people that would like me to teach either at their store or at a retreat - yea! By far, the coolest chick I met there was one of the TAs for Saturday - Marilynn (sorry if I spelled this wrong!).

ok, I almost forgot I have been tagged! i need to describe myself with the letters of my middle name... here we go!
Lazy (I am all about being lazy, but I am ambitious too, just depends on what has to be done - lol)
Yummy (one of my favorite words to describe a hot guy)(sorry, this is all I could think of!!!)
Naughty ;)
Nice :)

Seriously????

Really???? It's gone? I know I posted my Build-a-book here a few weeks ago and now my post is gone! humph!

Well, I guess I'll have to post it again - lol Along with that, check this out - http://www.rubberstamproundup.com/ I'll be teaching a Paintables class at an expo here in Milwaukee, I can't wait! If you are from the area, make sure you sign up early! I forgot to mention that I am a Prima sponsored teacher now, so you will be seeing a ton of Prima creations from me!

So, here's my mini using the new Build-a-book by Prima, designed by Fire and Ice Designs :)

These bad boys will be available in 3-5 weeks. You can pre-order them at my site - http://www.scrap-tastic.com/ - build-a-book pre-orders

and my newest model!!! Isn't she just the cutest!!!

I love how cute and pudgy her cheeks are :)

and a LO of my little cuttie pie. I used the March Kit and also used a pencil lines sketch :)

Other stuff: The other day I got food poisoning - not fun (or pretty)! 4 hours of wasted time spent in the bathroom floor, mostly napping. I lost 10 pounds, but put it all back on when I drank water to rehydrate. It was nice feeling halfway skinny again - lol. the hubby got snipped yesterday - yes, we are SO done having kids!!! 4 is plenty ;) And after the day I had today, it seems like too many - haha! My Grandma turned 97 today!!! Her party is tomorrow, which I will be taking the 4 kids to all by myself *eeek*! That will be interesting! My mom, the kids and I went to the dells a few weeks ago, that was FUN!!! Looking forward to doing that again soon! The kids loved the water slides! Even Cali liked being in the water. I'll be Michelle's Teacher's Asst next weekend at CKU in Chicago. I'm actually staying overnight *shock*. We should be trouble, uh, I mean, it should be fun :) I guess that's all for now. Make sure you leave me a comment and let me know you visited me :)

I'm Scrappy!

Amazingly, I have been scrapping!! Here are a few of my favorite LOs from using the Fun & Festive Kit that I designed. If you are a scrapper, the extravaganza kit is a must have! I had so much fun creating the kit AND scrapping with it! Actually, after this post, I'll be off to do another using the kit! Hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving, we did! Oops, this first one isn't made with the kit, just a few parts of the kit were used.