Saturday, July 4, 2009

Happy 4th of July America!!!


We did something a little different this year and drove across the
Harbor Bridge to watch the local fireworks show from downtown.
Unfortunately, the city decided to base the show off of the Aircraft
Carrier that was actually closer to home than the Bayfront was. We
didn't get to see much of the fireworks show but here are some
photos of what I was able to catch. What we could see was pretty
and it was fun to make the trip and spend the waiting reading our
books together...



Gorgeous, wasn't it? I hope you and your family enjoyed a wonderful
day celebrating our Independence and Freedom.

Happy 4th of July America!!!

xoxox
-Csmoferret

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Sweet Life in the Valley is giving away a Tuffet!!

Visit the Blog here to enter to win the lime green tuffet
pictured in the stack of pillows on her blog post.
Fun for sure!

More Later!
xoxox
Csmoferret

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Taking a break...

from the blog and all things scrappy for a week.

We leave early tomorrow for Orlando and then a
Disney Cruise on Sunday. So, while I would love to
finish LOAD this month, I am being realistic. I do
not want to carry the laptop with me and I really don't
want to carry scrapbook stuff with me either. I did it
while on my Inspired trip (more about that later, of course)
and while on other family vacations (both January LOADs)
but not this time. And you know what?

I'm okay with it! If I had done this in the past 2 LOAD
challenges I would have felt like a failure because I didn't
finish out the month but I don't feel that way. Instead I
feel like I have earned a break and I am taking it.

So, I will be back with more info on Inspired, LOAD,
my first Cruise and more creative mojo June 6th. Thanks for
visiting and for understanding my need for a break.

See you then!
xoxox
Csmoferret

Day 26 - Barbie Fun: Then & Now


Monday was Memorial Day so the kids had the day off and were
playing, when one of them discovered one of my boxes of old
toys. It just happened to be the box of inflatable Barbie furniture
and Pool stuff. So, they asked if they could play with it and I, of
course, said 'Yes'.

As I was putting the pool together for them I noticed it had the
date on it along the edges - '1973'. I remember getting this for
Christmas from Santa Claus and it really shocked me to see that
these toys are 36 years old! I played with this stuff everyday and
it looks new. Too weird since all of the stuff the kids get these
days barely lasts a week much less a year. I loved these pieces
and I am thrilled the twins are enjoying them too.

This layout is about that. I plan to add some hidden journaling
behind the bottom left photos and I may move the "Barbie"
part of the title onto a piece of white cardstock that is shadow
cut to hi-light it, but for now, this is it. I just didn't have the
time I needed last night to do anything extra to it before uploading
to the Flickr account.

Both kids liked this layout, though and it made me feel very very
old.

See you later!
x0x0x
Csmoferret

Monday, May 25, 2009

Day 25 - Memorial Day Flag


Ever since I moved into this house I have wanted to have
a large flag to fly outside on the holder that Hubby's
Grandparents put up. Of course, I wasn't able to find
the flag that I had in mind for our yard and it sort of
got put on the back burner of my mind.

So for years I always lined the front walk with the
little flags on a stick for all of the Patriotic Holidays.
It didn't feel as good as that flag I had in mind but
it worked and it made the kids happy because they
could see the flags and help with putting them up, etc.

Well, last week I found it! The perfect flag for our
front yard flag holder! I couldn't believe it! I was
at the Ace Hardware near us for replacement hardware
for Buddy's curtain rod and turned down the wrong
aisle and there it was! Silly ? Yep. But it really made
me happy!! The flag is big enough to be seen, but not
so big it drags on the Sago Palm right below it and
the pole it is on is the perfect size for the holder that
was on the eave of the house. Needless to say, it is
up right now. Finally.

Today's LOAD is a photo of that flag out in front
of our house. I used a Karen Foster Designs 12x12
overlay, Stamping Station Americana flag patterned
paper, Heidi Grace Designs Glass Effects fireworks,
a cardstock tag from Club Scrap, a circle sticker from
Memories Complete, and my favorite Sharpie super fine
journaling pen.

I hope you like it!
See you tomorrow with Day 26.
xoxox
Csmoferret

LOAD Day 24 - The Great Living Room Camp Out


While I was on my Inspired trip, Daddy allowed the Twins
to have a 'Camp Out' on the floor in the Living Room. He
took a couple of photos after they settled in and before
'lights out'.

Buddy piled up the huge floor pillows for his bed and
snuggled right in with his blue stuffed bunny. He was
comfortable for a while but after a couple of hours he
headed upstairs to his own bed.

Punkin, on the other hand, decided to camp out in the
cardboard box they had been playing with all day. She,
apparently, wasn't as comfortable. She barely made it
an hour and was upstairs and in bed before Daddy
made it out of the shower and back in to check on them
before going to bed himself.

They loved the fact they were allowed to spend the night
downstairs but they preferred their own beds to the
'camp beds'. They all shared their versions of the
events on the phone the next morning while I was
at Inspired and I got a big laugh out of their
descriptions and their reasons for moving back
to their own beds.

It's amazing to me how much they have grown
up in the past few months. This sort of thing
just brings it home.

I uploaded this late last night and didn't take the
time to post at the same time because I knew I
wanted to talk about the pictures a bit and I was
already starting to droop. So, here it is. (I did
change the O in "out" to a capital letter and
shift the 'Out' over a bit this morning - but the
layout above is what I posted on time last night.)
Now, I'm off to create my Day 25 LOAD.

See you soon!
xoxox
Csmoferret

Saturday, May 23, 2009

LOAD Day 23


Okay, I have probably scrapped this photo before but when
I found this paper in a kit club that came while I was at
Inspired I just knew the photo I wanted to use with it.

I love this picture of the twins. It is one of the many
pre-school portraits that the photographer was willing to
allow both kids in one picture for me. (I also bought
individual portraits but he always had to reset a
camera for us - so it was always the last photo taken
while he was at the pre-school - he was such a nice
man!) The kids were 5 in the 4 year old pre-school
class in 2005-2006. Oh, they grow up so fast!

To all of my new visitors from LOAD - Welcome!
I don't write a lot but I do enjoy sharing! Please
feel free to leave comments and share
your stories with me!

Day 23 is posted and I'm going to bed.
See you tomorrow!
xoxox
Csmoferret