TOMORROW!

tomorrow the big event starts at www.scrapbookplayground.com! Come check it out! Lots of pre event stuff going on now, so get over there and start earning some points!!!!!

See you around the message board!

finally!

things are really moving around here! not only are we busy with normal every day life, but now we're working on the house! It's only taken 3 1/2 years to get going on this wall! lol It should be done by next week and I'm SO excited!

Braden is getting bigger every day :( He's growing up too fast for this mommy! He'll be 9 months next week and he's already off of baby food, eats anything we eat (yes, he eats steak...gotta work those 3 bottom teeth!), and he only nurses at night...once before bed then once again around 5:30 am...he IS sleeping through the night, well 6 hours at a time! yay!

Hailee is enjoying school and having fun with her friend Emilea Walker...funny, you take her to someone's house and they instantly become the best of friends. That's good though since Christie and I spend so much time together (love ya girl!).

Here are new pictures...

Get your scrap supplies ready!!!!

Scrapbook Playground has big plans for February! Starting February 1st you'll have the chance to earn points to win a prize!!! Log on at www.scrapbookplayground.com for a chance to earn "early sign up bonus points"! We look forward to seeing you there!!!!


RULES:

1. Each challenge is due two days after it is posted to recieve points (for example if a challenge is posted on Monday it is due on WEDNESDAY at midnight and a link to the layout must be included in the challenge thread)

2. You will not know how many points you will recieve for each challenge until you check your point tallies end of the week. I have randomly rolled two dice and each’s days challenge is worth a different amount of points. All tallies will be updated on Sundays. If you see something wrong with your tallies please let me know. I may have missed something.

3. Each challenge thread will have it’s own rules etc… based on the challenge. There will be a due date reminder in each thread as well.

4. To earn points all layouts should be NEW layouts. Created based on inspiration recieved from the challenges.

5. Now JUST for fun there will be a little POINT FAIRY (aka BonusPoints) adding points just because! Keep an eye out for her as she will pop in at any time throughout the month awarding points and perhaps even posting games and challenges too. THESE are BONUS points!!!

6. There will be plenty of chances for ALL OF YOU to earn points!!! So have fun, enjoy, and we can't wait to see all of your layouts!!!

7. If you have questions about any of the challenges, games, etc... please ask them in the question forum.

And unless otherwise stated these challenges are for LAYOUTS (not cards, etc....) Some challenges are ok with cards instead of layouts but overall shoot for layouts!!)


MONTHLY OUTLINE:

February 1-28th : A new challenge posted everyday and you will find FUN games that will earn you points being added randomly to the game section.

February 23-25th : ONLINE CROP with points being added to your monthly total

FEBRUARY 24th: A day in the life of ME layouts DUE (contest)

March 5th: Winners Officially announced

Poor little guy..

Braden's cough never went away, so I took him to his pediatrician on Tuesday as a follow up from the ER visit on Christmas Eve. Turns out, the little (okay so he's now 20 lbs and not so little) guy has an ear infection in his left ear! Can't he get a break? He's such a happy, laid back kid and doesn't deserve to get all these little bugs that keep coming his way! He's finished his antibiotic and is still taking the stuff for thinning the mucus (I hope it works!) and will hopefully be rid of this crap for good!

Hailee was 1 of 7 in class today. We're having an ice storm and I guess the other 13 people couldn't make it to class! She said it was fun and they all got to sit at the SAME table for snack! lol, gotta be grateful for the little things!

I'm SO needing to do some scrapping! I have TONS of pictures and no creative mojo! I hate when that happens! All I've been thinking about are layouts and what I'm going to do with the pictures we have. Now I'm home, have all my stuff, and sit down to scrap and NOTHING. blah. I hope this is over soon. Tomorrow I plan on cleaning my desk and am praying that gives me some oomph to get going!

Here are a few more pictures from our trip. I have almost 600 of them, but can only share a few!


I love this picture! It was taken driving over Snoqualmie Pass in Washington. We didn't even stop the car, it's taken through the windshield going 70mph!

The birthday girls! Hailee turned 5 on January 2nd (HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL!) and my sister turned 28 on the 3rd. So while we were in Eastern Washington we had a party for them! Hailee had her 5 candles and Kelly had her "28". Yes, those are tears on Hailee's face..she was running to the table and got behind Darren. He didn't see her and stepped on her toe :(

I love this picture! Darren and the kids and I drove home from Seattle in a 2 door '94 Honda accord that we bought (got a GREAT deal!). We made sure to include Arizona on our trip sicne we knew it would be at least a year before we can get back there. This is my wonderful grandpa and his new bride, Wendy. This was the first time we met her! She is such a sweetheart and makes my grandpa smile daily! They were so much fun! The kids just loved spending time with them. We also were able to see my Auntie Pam and Uncle Ray! Such a nice time, but not long enough. :( Only had a day and a half. But Darren and I have decided to make it a priority to get back there during Hailee's spring break next year!

A few pictures from our trip...

this is Hailee and Braden at Darren's mom's house. Darren and I are just amazed at how close these 2 are!
Here is Braden with his puppy from Santa. He didn't get the whole Christmas thing but loved all the paper and tissue that came with the presents! Here is Hailee with my mom's 3 month old Yorkie, Tizzy. Hailee fell in love with her! My mom will breed Tizzy when she's older and Hailee gets first pick of the litter!

More pictures to come later!