Monday, March 26

So Many Things

Wow - so many things are going on right now. I think we're finally back in the swing of things. Two weeks ago I was able to go to the Willow Creek Children's Ministry conference with two of my best friends. It was so inspirational. They have an amazing program and we were able to learn about so many things we could do in our own church. Mainly though I think it was good to just get refocused on what our mission is. To reach children and let them know that God loves them. The worship was so incredible too. Jon Klinepeter and his worship team from the church of Wrigleyville led our worship. It was amazing. It was so inspiring to hymns again!

Here's his myspace page if you want to hear some of their music. (my favorite is return)
Jon Klinepeter

On the home front...
Justin and I are recovering from some weird stomach bug. We were both feeling pretty yuck this weekend.
Ro and Hayden are doing great. Hayden is saying so many new words and I think he can truly understand everything we say to him. He is such a hoot and I think he is going to be our little ornery boy. I can't count how many times we have to get him down off the dining room table!

As for scrapbooking...
I've joined a couple of new creative teams. Yeah! Check out the new blinkies on the side!

I'm also super excited about being part of the new Scrapquick store!
It opens on April 2nd so I can't send out a link yet. Here's a little ad about the new store.



I've also got a couple of new layouts to share!

I still can't believe I actually posted this picture of my 80s self but Oh well!





I did a little "scrap therapy" with this one. I think it's important to scrap not only the good happy moments in our lives but also the real moments.





Love these pics of Hayden!





Here's a double layout of my "little spot"






Hayden has started signing! So cute.



Oh I love this picture that Ro drew!



Well that's it for today! Hope everyone has a good one.

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Tuesday, March 6

Things have been a bit quiet around here and it is a welcome relief. We had a fun weekend catching up with our small group from church and spending some time at a family birthday party on Sunday. I also got to do some shopping at the annual JBF Sale. I love this sale and I consign and shop at it every year.
http://www.jbfsale.com

I got a ton of really nice clothes for Hayden and a few fun things for Roland too. The biggest hits were the Yoda T-shirt, Batman pjs, and 2 bionicles. I was so thrilled to find the Bionicles for $2 each. They are normally $10 at Walmart so this was a great find!

Roland seems to be in better spirits the past few days too. Yeah. He was full of funny and wise comments yesterday. Here's a little conversation we had driving home from school.

Roland: "Mommy when I grow up I want to fly"
Me: "Oh you mean like fly airplanes"
Roland: "No - I want to fly"
Me: "Oh - how are you going to do that? With a jetpack or just flap your arms real fast?"
Roland: "Mommy - I can't fly by myself - I'll have to use a jetpack - but it will be invisible - so it will look like I'm flying by myself"

There is no box for Roland to think in. I can't wait to see what he creates some day.

It was pretty funny at dinner last night too. We were in a hurry to eat so Justin just prayed very quickly and kind of silly like. Roland looks at him and says "Daddy that is not how we talk to God!". Oops! So we immediately bowed our heads and said a real prayer!

The chore chart is also working really well. He had earned 25 marbles since we started and he used them last night to "buy" one of the Bionicles I found for him at the JBF Sale. When he earns another 25 marbles he will get the next one. Oh I love that we have found a way to teach him to earn things!

On the scrapbooking front, I've done a couple of layouts sice my last post.

This was was made using the new Spring Collection kit at The Lily Pad. I absolutely love the little frogs.



I created this one using Dani's new Rainy Days Kit. Isn't Hayden adorable in these pictures. :)




Credits Here: http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=83217

That's it for today! Hope you have a wonderful day.

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Thursday, March 1

Yeah!!! it's March

Can I just say that I am so glad February is over!!

On top of the hospital visit for Hayden and the flu bug that attacked our house - we also got the HORRIBLE stomach bug that has been going around. Hayden had it first - up all night vomitting, then Justin came down with it a few days later. That night both me and Roland got it. Oh it was awful and I am so glad it's over. I have to give a shout out to Justin's parents for being such great grandparents. The night I got sick we asked if Roland could spend the night at their place because I knew we wouldn't be able to take care of him with Justin and I feeling so bad. At the time we thought he was healthy. :) Well the bug attacked him that night and they took care of him through the whole thing. I have to say that this was actually a God thing though becuase there is no way Justin or I could have helped him that night. Well I'm glad it's over and we are all finally starting to get back to normal.

On the scrapbooking front I've actually been able to get a few layouts done during all of this craziness. I hate to post this many at once but I've got to get caught up. LOL!

Here's one I did as an ode to my favorite indulgence - Chocolate!

Credits here http://http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=72256&cat=all&ppuser=1181
Next is a layout I did for Amy of sweet little Beth. I had to scrap something girly for one of my CTs and Amy was sweet enough to share one of her cute pictures. I love how this turned out.
Then I did one using one of the awesome photos Justin took using our new camera.
Let's see.... next is one of my favorite layouts ever - I just love these pictures of Hayden and this kit of Dani's was perfect for them.
Then I did a layout about my good friend Erika. I LOVE this picture of us.

Then I got to use this really fun kit of Jen's.


Last but not least I want to share a little hybrid project I worked on today. I have been trying to find a Chore Chart system that would actually work for Roland. I found this idea on the Supernanny website and loved it. He gets to move the cards into the "I Did It" pocket as he does his chores throughout the day. At the end of the day we count up how many cards he did and he gets a marble for each one. Then he can "cash in" his marbles for either money or other reward (going to the movies, etc.) at the end of the week. This was really fun to put together and I am amazed at Roland's response. He is so excited about it and keeps asking if he can do more chores. Seriously - this is awesome.



Well that's it for today! Hopefully I'll be a little better at posting this month. :)


































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