so i told you last night to stay tuned for what i decided to do with my "fabulous" layout. here it is: i added the photos and the journaling today. everything else i did last night. i had no idea where i was going with this … or even if i was going to add…

first … the layout i did last night. i just love this layout for a few reasons. first, the bright colors of these fun autumn leaves papers and stickers … love them against the black and white. second, i stamped … i’m not a stamper … but i love these word stamps by heidi swapp.…

first a few pictures because i hate to post without pics. just a couple that i took this week. first one of alyssa … second is ashlen. we had a nice, quiet friday here. seemed strange after having so many kids yesterday. alyssa was at her dad’s house … so it was just sarah and…

i don’t think i have any right to ever complain about a bad hair day again … not after seeing what came knocking on my door this morning. let me add my normal "i know this isn’t a techically good picture, but it’s super funny". don’t know why i always feel i have to say…

today was the last day of school for these girls! moving left to right in case you don’t know their faces. lol! sarah is moving on to 3rd grade … ashlen to 4th grade … alyssa to 6th grade … and amanda to 2nd grade. i’m so proud of all of them. i’ve seen them…

i’ve been thinking a lot about photo storage lately. not really how to store them … just coming up with a system for organizing them i guess. i have tons of pictures. i have tons of pictures that i’m never going to scrap. i have tons of pictures that i want to scrap. and i…

i know … i’ve been a bad blogger. not sure why. i have stuff to say … and then i’m too tired to sit and type it all up. so nothing major tonight … just a few random things. i felt like changing my picture over there. joe took a few last week … but…

no … as a matter of fact … i don’t speak spanish! lol! my yahoo page (including my email account) thinks i speak spanish today. everything is in spanish! and of course i can’t fix it … because i don’t know spanish. lol! i’m totally wishing i had paid attention more back in high school.…

today is someone’s birthday! and she wanted everyone to know. funny how alyssa was too embarrased to wear this shirt on her birthday … but sarah was all over it. lol! and i just noticed it looks like sarah has no right arm in this picture … which she does indeed have a right arm.…

saturday we had sarah’s 8th birthday party … a swim party of course. the girl’s a fish, i swear! i have to warn you … the few photos you are about to see are not my best work. lol! i have to have the next party in the early evening. the sun nearly killed every…