Laura Vegas

today has been crazy busy. actually, the entire last week has been crazy busy. i have not slowed down since getting back from utah … and it's starting to wear on me a bit. but there is a ton of christmas stuff to be done (along with all the everyday non-christmas stuff) … one of which was the christmas card.

i had a vision for making the purple work (see pics from previous post) … but my vision wasn't working out quite like i had planned in my head. could have been the fact that i really don't know anything about digital scrapping. lol! i had these certain colors in my mind … but i couldn't get them just right. but i really wanted to get these ordered … mainly because i'm going to be right next to costco tomorrow morning for soccer. so i can pick them up as soon as we're done. so in the end … i went with a green … and the rest of the card is fairly simple. simple is all i can do right now! this is just a small peek of part of the card … don't want to ruin the surprise for those of you on my card list!

what else have we been up too? the girls had their school concert the other night. sarah sang in the choir … she just loves to sing and looked so cute up there. and alyssa is in advanced band … playing the clarinet. i did laugh when we got home at something alyssa said. the beginning band played a few short songs … and i'm sure you can imagine how squeaky they are since they're just learning. later, alyssa asked me in horror … if that was how she sounded last year. lol! i had to break it to her … once again, reaffirming her believe that parents always have to say their kids are good at things. lol! but i was truely impressed with the advanced band .. they sounded so amazing!

we had an omelet breakfast at school this morning … a big fundraiser they do each year. the choir sang again … so sarah was a little nervous and didn't want her omelet. we didn't do so good on the raffles this year. last year, joe scored the half-half pot … and took home $240! but this year, all we got was a $25 gift card. somehow, joe put in $35 in tickets … so we only lost $10 in the end. but all for a good cause … we have such a great school.

also had a double birthday party today. one of my previous daycare boys turned 7 years old! how can that be? i used to wipe his tush and feed him bottles … and now he's 7! and he has a little sister now. she was actually born on the same exact day … at the same exact time as he was … just 6 years later. i think that is so cool! and i was even able to see a few other previous daycare girls while i was there … love that we're all still around and keeping in touch.

also did a little bit of shopping … regular household shopping and a few christmas presents worked in. got the christmas trees up and decorated … only took me 3 days to finish. they weren't that much work … just took a while in between all the other life stuff. i have 4 mini albums in the works for christmas gifts … i'm going to share my plan with you tomorrow. i promise … because i've been taking pics at the different assembly stages so far. we have the girls indoor soccer game tomorrow … and alyssa has her youth meeting. i have an assignment that i have to do tomorrow … i've barely even started it yet. that's normal for me though. lol! 

ok … that turned into a much longer post than i planned. it's almost 1:00am … so i guess i better clean up before going to bed. i'm such a night owl!