another 2lbs gone!! I am SO gonna make my goal on Monday!!

I'm all packed and ready to head out to a weekend scrapbook retreat. Just waiting on Chris to get here, then we'll go pick up Leah.....man I hope all our stuff fits in the van!

I'm excited and have been looking forward to this for a while. I get to see lots of great friends I've made over the years.

This is a page I did 2 weekends ago at an all day crop. It was also a challenge here

BLOG CANDY!!

My friend Alecia has some blog candy up for grabs! she has put together an aweome package....go check it out here

WOW!!

So I had a really rough day yesterday. I just wanted to eat something. I'm not sure what was going on, I wasn't hungry. I just kept telling myself that I was doing so good.....don't blow it now! After driving past countless fast food places giving it everything I had not to pull in I made a deal with myself. I'd weigh in this morning and if I hadn't lost anything from my last weigh in I'd have a hamburger for lunch today........well guess what...........NO HAMBURGER FOR ME!!! I've lost another 2lbs!! I'm so close to my goal (I needed to lose 20lbs by Nov 10) so that leaves me with 6 lbs to go.........I CAN DO THIS!!!

So today I went out and did the most American thing possible........I VOTED!!! I hope you do too.

I started my day out as usual today.....I have this goal weight and date looming over my head so I decided to kick up the workout a bit today and spent 60 minutes on the elptical!!! YIKES what was I thinking! it kicked my butt! I had to take a cat nap on the couch this afternoon.





Here's a picture of me taken 8/29/07






and this one taken 8/27/2008





I can't reallly tell but there's about a 25 loss during this year.

oh and btw I weighed in today and lost another 4lbs!!

Yesterday while reading a friends blog I found out it's NaBloPoMo or National Blog Posting Month, you're supposed to write a blog entry every day for the month. So I thought I'd give it a try and see how much random usless stuff I can come up with :)

Today the boys and I are going to see Kung-Fu Panda. This is the last weekend for the free movies offered by one of the local theaters. The show the free movies on Sat and Sun mornings. We went to see it yesterday, Mitchell has this awesome deep from the belly laugh and it came out full on! So I told them we'd go back to day if they got their chores done.....which they did =o)

healthy living

I'm getting a bit obsessive about this...I'm going to the gym every day and really controlling the portions I make and serve. It's amazing once you start to really see results. I keep finding dents!! you know where it used to be filled in!! I think I'm going to start posting every Monday with my progress then taper off to the first of each month. Just in the last 2 weeks I've gotten my blood sugar under control, I went from mid to high 200's down to under 100.....I've been able to start decreassing come of my medicine!! GO ME!! :) I'm not sure what the final straw was for me but I'm glad it finally broke. There's even talk of me participating in the Turkey Trot!! I'm going to post some pictures tomorrow then will post one on the first of each month.

Halloween

Here are my scary guys! Mitchell wanted to look in the attic for Brian's old masks.....as soon as he found this he didn't want to look any further....look out Jason here comes Mitchell!!



While Brian and Mitchell were looking at the masks Matty came across this one :( my cute little Mattyana Jones was out the window.....in comes the Devils Apprentice (Matty's made that up!)



They had so much fun trick or treating!! we spent the entire 2 hours out walking the streets, they had the most fun trying to scare people. Mitchell would ask people if they had ever been camp councelors!! after getting the candy of course =o)



Brian and I got up to go to the gym this morning. I went upstairs to leave them a note and this is what I found......both of then in our bed watching Saturday morning cartoons.......life just doesn't get better than this!!

I hope you had a Spooktacular Halloween!!

WINNER!!

ACK! I'm so sorry I forgot to post the winner(s)!! that's right 2 winners!! let me explain.....

At the 2 day crop I got 26 pages done!! WOO HOO for me =o) but......when I got up Sunday and Brian and the boys left for an all day scout event I started scrapping again and got another 4 pages done.......so I thought I'd also include them!

The 26 guess winner is Jen
the 30 guess winner is Karen!!

If you can send your address to me at LaurieB323@aol.com I'll get your prizes out ASAP!!

Thanks so much for playing!! I think I'll do this again for the retreat next weekend!!

Page Guessing Contest

After I drop the boys off at school I'm heading to a 2 day crop! I'll be cropping from 9a-11p today and tomorrow. If you can guess how many pages I complete I'll send you a nice little suprise!! The person closest will win and if you guess exactly I'll add a bonus!! I'll be scrapping 12x12 and just a reminder that I do double page lo's. Post a comment with your guess by noon on Sunday =o)

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!!

Batman + Saturday = Baturday

That's right! Yesterday was our official Baturday......Lego Batman came out on Tuesday....I know this because the boys have been counting down the days for months now. They are such great kids that we decided to get it for them as an end of summer back to school kind of gift. I've also resisted letting them so see The Dark Knight all summer long. After reading many reviews I thought it might be just a little dark for them. So Brian decided he was going to take them and made an entire day around Batman.....right down to the (bat) WINGS at Buffalo Wild Wings. He can be so creative when he sets his mind to it. I still haven't figured out a way to tie in Batman to Matty's new hair cut.....if you figure it out be sure to let me know. Here are a couple pictures of his new doo! OH and we picked up his new glasses too!!

Peter Parker update

Well it seems that word got out we're some kind of spider santuary!! Meet Venom...

Venom toxicity - the bite of the St Andrews Cross is of low risk (non-toxic) to humans. They are a non-aggressive group of spiders.
Spider Identification - adult 1/4" to 1/2" in body length - abdomen striped yellow and brown - as illustrated. The St Andrews Cross Spider usually sits, upside down, in the middle of its web forming a cross - as illustrated.
Habitat - this spider is a web-weaver usually found in summer in garden areas around the home. It is considered beneficial as it spins a large web to snare flying insects, such as flies and mosquitoes.

But they must've scared off all the tasty bugs, as of today we haven't been able to find either one....I'm actually a little bit sad. Just a little bit!!

I've been MIA

In the begining of September to help out a friend I've been watching her 2 kids on Monday and Tuesday, at her house. It wasn't really working for my family so I told her I can only do in for September......so as if the boys weren't messed up enough, I started helping a friend with her business, packaging up orders. It's been crazy around here with me gone so much. My last day to package is sat and I might be babysitting on Mon & Tues. They're talking with the new person to see if she can start next week. But either way next week I get my life back!! Mitchell's had a hard time these last few days. This has really stopped the feelings I had for needing to get a job outside the house.

More later because I have a Peter Parker update I've been wanting to post!

Never forget

Peter Parker update

OK I have to admit that it's been a little bit fascinating watching him, or her actually according to Brian. Tonight I was watching him fix his new web.....wow all those arms and legs going at the same time...makes me wish I had an extra set!! Anyway I took a nap today since I was out stamping until 5am!! and got up by 9 this morning. I made some super cute cards and atc's for the about.com swap. I'll be sure to post them when I finish them up. Anyway back to Peter. So I'm up a little late watching Air Force One....who doesn't love watching Han Solo save the day!! I just wanted to let you know how honkin big this spider is..........every time the motion light goes off he sets it right back on again!! this spider is setting off the motion light!! I tried taking some pictures but they didn't turn out as good as I wanted. I'll try again tomorrow.

who am I and where is the real Laurie!?!?

So anyone that *knows* me.....know's my fear of spiders (and pretty much anything that has more then 2 legs.....{most} cats and dogs excluded!) so this will come as a HUGE suprise.......let me start from the begining.....Matty is sitting at the dinning room table and I'm on the couch, he's starting to tell me a story about a dream he had. I'm looking at him when my vision starts to focus on something behind him...something BIG.......my eyes got huge!! he whips around to see what I'm looking at.....it's this...

Orb-Weaving Spiders

Venom toxicity - the bite of Orb-Weaving Spiders is of low risk (not toxic) to humans. They are a non-aggressive group of spiders. Seldom bite. Be careful not to walk into their webs at night - the fright of this spider crawling over one's face can be terrifying and may cause a heart attack, particularly to the susceptible over 40 year olds.

Spider Identification - an adult is about 2/3 to more than 1 inch in body length - has a bulbous abdomen - often colorful - dark to light brown pattern. The common Golden Orb-Weaver Spider has a purplish bulbous abdomen with fine hairs.

Habitat - often found in summer in garden areas around the home - they spin a large circular web of 6 feet or more, often between buildings and shrubs, to snare flying insects, such as, flies and mosquitoes.

That's right....this DEADLY spider living outside of our big window. Do you need to go back and re-read the part I highlighted above!?!?

My first reaction was to call 911!! Ok not really but it's HUGE and I thought for sure I needed to call someone!! THEN while the boys and I were standing there not really knowing what to do a fly landed in his web (I say he becaue I named him Peter Parker) and just as fast as it landed in the web Peter ran as fast as his little 8 legs would carry him and started spinning it around!!! It was facinating!! we really couldn't take our eyes off it. I bet we watched him for an hour!! he also got a nother big bug but we couldnt figure out what kind it was. Mitchell thought it was a bee. So Brian got home later that night and we had to reenact the segment where we first saw it. He knew all about Peter and it seems he's been living all over the side of our house!?!? WHAT!!

So Peter is safe for now, until he either gets closer to the back door or OMG actually comes into contact with me.....then he'll be a giant splat!!!

No 20/20's here

Today the boys and I went for our annual eye exams....each year Matty is so sad that he doesn't get to pick out a pair of frames......until NOW!!! I knew it was only a matter of time since the dr told me about 2 years ago he'd need them soon. We had a lot of fun trying on different pairs. He was a little upset when he found out the logo's and information WOULD'NT be on the lens' when he got his "real" glasses....the tech got a kick out that that!! Here is the little guy with the pair we picked out. I splurged and got him the transition lens' (they get dark in the sunlight)

recent stuff

I've been on such a roll doing the challenges at Two Spotted Dogs check it out here maybe there's something there to inspire you too!

This first lo is from last summer when Brian's mom and sister came to visit. It was our fist time meeting his newphew Anthony.

Mattyana Jones and the Night at the Museum

Indian Jones (Scott Croft of Rantoul) tells young Indiana Jones (Matthew Brauer, aka Mattyana of Urbana) some of the adventures that lay in store for him and he toured the Chanute Air Museum, which hosted it's Night at the Museum Saturday. Children were given a list of things to do and places to see in the museum...

Matty also ended up winning the grand prize of the evening! A dvd of the Ben Stiller movie "Night at the Museum" the book the movie was based on along with an assortment of movie candy. He was pretty excited!!

Meet Mattyana

A few weeks before the new Indy movie came out Matty started playing Indiana Jones, I started calling him Mattyana.....he didn't like it.....until he thought it up himself!! so this is his official Mattyana garb. He wouldn't trade his rope whip in for a more realistic version. He taped up the end of his rope whip with electrical tape!! he's been wanting his picture taken for a LONG time to put in his journal......"The adventures of Mattyana Jones" look for it at a book store near you!!!

First day of school

Yesterday was the first day of school for ALL my boys =o) here are pictures of the boys with their school supplies

Matty

Mitchell

July 4th Celebration part 1

Here I am in all my glory!! If these pictures don't motivate my butt to get on the healthy lifestyle wagon...I'm not sure anything could!!! no laughing!! ok but just a little!

while you wait......

for the amazing blog entry about our 4th party and pictures..find out what utencil you are =o)

You Are Chopsticks

People see you as exotic, unusual, and even a bit intimidating. You are a difficult person to figure out. In truth, you try to live a very simple life. But most people are too frenzied to recognize the beauty of your simplicity.

What Utensil Are You?

Happy Birthday Brian!!

Scrappy time

Here are a few pages I've done. They're pretty simple.

UGh I can't seem to get the slide show to post..I'll keep trying

it's so quiet.....

The boys, all 3 of them, left for adventure camp yesterday. They won't be home until sometime Wednesday. I'm really torn between enjoying my alone time and being lonely. I've either been the the one to go away or Brian will but we're each with the boys when the other goes away....I've never been left by them all!! it's a weird feeling that I'll need to adjust to since B plans on doing more camping with them.

Mitchell called today.......he lost his last baby tooth. The last one... no more tooth fairy visits... no more begging him to let me get it out...the absolute last baby piece is gone. He's growing up so fast. Where did my baby go?? and when did this youn man move in??

I did get some crafty time in yesterday. On Friday I went to an all day crop. A group of us met at a scrapbook store in Decatur......2 Scrappy Cats......AWESOME store, AWESOME staff!! So last night I finished up the lo's I had started but needed to enlarge some pictures for it. I'll post them later.

Happy Anniversary to me!!!

As my darling husband reminded me just this morning, today is also about him!! Here we are on our special day.

2 boys + 1 leaf blower = FUN!!!

So I caught the boys playing when they were supposed to be picking up leaves.....what's a mom to do....just what I did.....run inside a grab a camera!!

What color are you?

I swear I did NOT cheat!!!

GREEN

You are a very calm and contemplative person. Others are drawn to your peaceful, nurturing nature.

Find out your color at QuizMeme.com!

what's with the negative people??

Have you ever met that person that can't seem to say anything nice or happy?? Do you think they know they're that way?? do they understand how hard it is to be around them?? I had these types of people in my life before......and I won't do it again!! It doesn't work to try and be the better person and help them see life as a beautiful gift to live and enjoy, it just ends up bring everyone down. I've seen it happen to myself and others. Nope not gonna do it again!! I feel sorry of those people. Someone told me that maybe they were trying to be funny......WHAT?!?!? how is being rude and mean being funny?? really...funny??.... nope don't see it. If you don't know someone very well, being rude and mean is not the way to make friends...how do you think they'd take it?

NSD

Happy National Scrapbook Day!! I hope you're having a scraptastic day!!!

Did you ever wonder.....

...what it would be like if Mother Nature ever had PMS??? well we here in Central Illinios are finding out! How else can you explain an earth quake and hailing ice in April?!?!? here are pictures taken last night.....now keep in mind it was 80 degrees here on Friday!!

Shakey Day

Apparently we had an earthquake!! it happened around 4:30 am Friday but no of us woke up for it. I'm really suprised, I'm a pretty light sleeper so I must've been tired. We heard all about it on the radio while we were getting ready for school. We've had minor ones every so often, I can remember 2 in my life, once in the 80's then again in 2002. I didn't feel either of them so I wasn't too suprised that I didn't feel this one. UNTIL......10:18 I was sitting right here at the computer when the house started to shake!! I immediatly looked outside thinking it was the wind but the trees weren't really moving! it didn't last long, maybe 10 seconds or so but it was the weirdest thing ever!! I wasn't completly convinced I turned on the TV......nothing.....I had the radio on.....nothing.....so I called Brian and he confirmed that we did have an after shock. I thought it was a little werid that they didn't break into the TV with the announcement I mean we have a werid looking cloud and all we hear are tornado watches.....anyway it made for a freaky few minutes =o)

Mitchell is a Young Author!!

On Thursday Mitchell was honored at the Urbana District Young Authors Celebration. Linda Gorham was the keynote speaker (she's a professional storyteller) and was fantastic! They had some breakout sessions for the kids, lunch, awards and the UMS students did some dramatic interpretations of some of the stories submitted, Mitchell's wasn't one chosen. Here is a picture of him recieving his certificate from Dr. Williams, the district superintendent. Brian, Matty and I were able to enjoy the day with him.

Not a very good week

I just found out Sunday that Mitchell has been having some trouble with a teacher at school. It just broke my heart to hear him tell us his version of what's been happening. I couldn't sleep Sunday night and went in to talk to the principal on Monday. Brian and I are meeting with her and the teacher tomorrow. Why in the world someone would want to berate and belittle a child is beyond me.......I can't wait to hear her version of this.

And if that wasn't a bad enough start to my week, a friend died Monday morning. It hard for me to imagine someone feeling that ending your life is your only option. I just keep thinking why didn't you reach out to a friend! She had a teenage daughter, my heard just breaks for her. If you're a praying person please pray for her. And if you ever need a shoulder, know that I'm here for you!! just a phone call, an email or a road trip away!!!

What's going on here?!?!?

Last night Mitchell tells me he wants to take his showers in the mornings.....so of course Matty does too. They've done them in the morning a few times, but not on a regular basis!! so what am I to think?!?!? is this another sign they're getting older!! or is it they just don't like taking time out of their evening? I think I'll stick with the time thought, and not that my babies (of which half are as tall as I am) are growing up!!

But it did work out really nice this morning. Last night I told them before they did anything they needed to shower, they both got up and were showered before I got up =o) It seemed to get them going too, not too much prodding them this morning! This could be a good thing!!

Trip to Miller Park

The boys and I went to Bloomington yesterday. It was a little chilly and overcast but we had a great time at Miller Park Zoo and playground. Here are a few of my favorite pictures.

I've been tagged.......again!!

I've been tagged ;)

Different one this time so here goes....Ok, here are the rules:
1. Link to the person that tagged you – Roni
2. Post the rules on your blog. Check!
3. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself

• I'm not a picky eater but a very picky about what I'll drink!!
• I can't get enough peanut butter cups
• I HAVE to watch Survivor live even though it means sitting thru commercials
• I hate all bugs and snakes
• I'm a closet perfectionist
• I like doing laundry

4. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs ....sorry guys....I didn't start it ;) Becky Sherri Molly Brandi Nicole Brenda

Guitar Hero is on it's way!!!

This story really starts back around Christmas time. My good friend Brandi was going on and on about how Guitar Hero is and that she purchased one on ebay. When the boys ended up with around $200 in gift cards to Toys-R-Us I tried to get them to purchase it, but they wanted other things and really weren't even interested in looking at it. Flash forward to Thursday, Mitchell was with Brian when he got a fire call, so Mitchell stayed in the station with another guy who was playing...yep GH 3 so Mitchell started playing and playing and playing!! for an hour. Now it's all he wants!! Yep I'm pulling my hair out now. I was reading the message board at Two Spotted Dogs this morning and Stephanie was talking about playing last night. So light bulb moment!! I logged into ebay and found an awesome deal (at least I thought it was so please if you don't think it is just keep it to yourself LOL) getting GH 2 & 3 2-guitars a regular controller and 2 other games!! with less then 2 minutes left! so I snagged it up knowing that the 15 other bidders are going to be upset with me LOL The boys are super excited and know they have to purge some massive amounts of stuff before I'll let them play!! Now for me to list massive amounts of stuff on ebay to make up for this major non-bugeted expense!!! Dave Ramsey would not be happy with me!! I promise to start saving now for the Aerosmith edition that's coming out soon!!

I've been Tagged!!

10 years ago I was:

still on maternity leave with my first born, Mitchell. Giving him lots and lots of sugar!! scared half out of my mind thinking I was going to break him.

5 things on my to do list for today:
1.) Take Matty to a birthday party
2.) Take Matty to his scout den meeting
3.) finish the lo I started at the crop last night
4.) check all the blogs I read
5.) take a nap!!

4 things I would do if I became a billionaire:
1.) Book a trip to Disney world!!
2.) Pay off our debt
3.) By new cars
4.) invest invest invest!!!!

3 bad habits:
1.) don't watch what I eat
2.) procrastinate
3.) Keep things that I should throw out

5 jobs I have had:
1.) ER tech
2.) Corrections Officer
3.) Nanny
4.) MOM
5.) Corn detassler

6 Things most people don’t know about me:
1.) I have 2 tattoos
2.) I was so shy in HS I didn't join the activities I wanted to
3.) I say I want a dog but I really don't =o(
4.) I don't know what I want to do when I grow up
5.) I am terrified of heights..even just a few feet off the ground
6.) I have watched cheesy reality shows when I'm bored

I'm tagging Daiva , Sherri, and Nicole.If you get tagged copy and paste this to your own blog, and put in your answers, and then tag 3 other people.

The smell is gone!!!

I'm not sure why it went away so fast, but on Tuesday we couldn't smell it upstairs anymore and this morning not even a trace outside. So I'm thinking Mother Nature took pity on me and swept it away!!

I'm going to meet up with friends at a crop on Friday. I'm excited since I'm already packed from the last crop in Springfield.....hummm speaking of I still haven't heard back from them. Guess I'll leave another message today.

What's that smell.....

so last night I'm reading while Brian is watching Yankee workshop on TV and I smell a weird smell.....so I aske the usual ??'s did you burp or fart he says no....it's a faint but odd smell...after a while he smells it and thinks it's a new plastic smell. weird.. he's ready for bed, I'm like we can't go to bed with a weird smell in the house so I ask him to go downstairs to check it out and I'm going to finish my chapter in bed..he comes back and says it's stronger in my scraproom but he walked outside and can smell it there too so it must be something outside that has drifted in..OK..I finish my chapter and turn out the lights..only the smell is bugging me, so I go downstairs as soon as I get down tthere I KNOW what it is......a SKUNK!!! in the fall our neighbor told us he things a skunk is living under our front steps. They're concrete and there was a small hole dug under them so Brian filled it with rocks and forgot about it....well my scrap room is right up against the front of the house UGH so now who do you call to de-smell your front porch and find this pungent little creature?!?!?

The Golden Compass....

I saw the movie and decided I HAD to read the book, and then the next book and then the next book!! I'm about half way thru the third in the series, The Amber Spyglass and I can't put it down! What a great story, it's a great adventure. I woke up several time last night thinking about the characters. I'm hoping to get it finished today or tomorrow so I can get back to real life!! This happens every time I find a book (or worse if it's a series!) I love. I remember when I started the Harry Potter series there were only 4 books released and I devoured them. I've passed on my love of reading to Mitchell, who by the way stayed up until 4:50 am on Tues night to finish his book.........not a good idea on a school night! He was suprised when we didn't punish him. We really felt that having to go to school on 2 hours sleep was punishment enough!! Anyway back to The Golden Compass......I highly recommend it!!

SNOW!!

We got more snow! about 4"or more, so much more then predicted. The boys had a great time playing and shoveling!! They were outside for about an hour afterschool yesterday. I'm hoping to get some pictures of them outside today. I don't have many good snow pictures of them. Our snow comes then goes to fast you have to be quick. We might go sledding, we'll see. Brian has midterms next week so he has a weekend of studying planned.

It's been a crazy couple of weeks, first with some of my still unresolved health issues and then today with this

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2008/02/20/white_pleads_guilty_to_sexual_abuse_charges

Mr. White was a teacher at my son's school. I've gone thru the entire range of emotions since his arrest. I hope this can give us some closure. My heart goes out to all affected.

Crop....busted

On Friday, Diane and I headed over to the Scrapbook Your Memories Fair (formerly the Shop & Crop) to meet up with another friend and scrap the day away!! We helped out Donna by taking some supplies for her booth and meet up with Deanne and Isabella for dinner, had a great time! We did a little shopping then headed back to the hotel.....I only mention this because this was the most comfortable bed I think I've ever slept on!! I didn't want to get up and tried to figure a way to get it out and into the van :) We got to the crop bright and early and started right in cropping and shopping. The show has gotten small but it was nice. Around 3 Donna came over to tell us that the crop was being shut down due to something happening on the fairgrounds (the show was being held in one of the buildings on the State fairgrounds) WHAT?? I thought she was kidding until I saw the firetruck. Seems there was some kind of electrical problem and the area needed to be evacuated!! so we had to pack up and head home :( the time we did have was fun I just wish it had been a little longer.

Wood Badge

Brian has been working for the last year and a half to earn his wood badge award from the BSA. This is the highest award an adult leader can earn. He got his award yesterday at the anual Prairielands Training, where he also lectures on leadership. The boys and I went for the ceremony.

I've been scrapbooking

here are a few pages I've done today. I have been going back and forth between two cyber crops and most of them were done for the different challenges. I've noticed a couple things, I'm on a school picture roll and it seems that I'm embellishment challenged! I'll be scrapbooking again tomorrow so hopefully I'll move a little out of this box I've gotten myself into.

No school?!?!

Really?? I thought they were kidding!! School is closed today due to the cold....umm last time I checked school was held indoors! I guess it's for the kids having to wait for a bus.....hummm seems odd to me but hey I love having my kids home so OK with me. Only they've been out since Friday!! They got Monday for MLK day and tacked on 2 days of inservice days so why are we even bothering to go tomorrow?

My baby is 8!!!

WOW!! time sure does fly. At 2:22 pm Matty was officially 8 years old. It's our family tradition that the birthday person gets to pick what we do for the day...the Brauer King (or Queen in my case!) so today started off around 11:30 with lunch at Jimmy Johns (yummm!!) then we went to the movies to see the new Veggie Tales movie The Pirates who don't do anything followed by a trip to Toys-R-Us to spend birthday $$.....he got a pirates of the carribean Krakken play set, some Star Wars figures, a bionicle and a smaller bionicle. Then after a short break to rest at home we headed out to El Toro for a nice Mexican dinner.

This is Matty right after he said....."my life is good" I thought that was a great end to a great day!

scrapbook pages!!

it's been so long since I've done any realy scrapbooking! Over Christmas break the boys and Brian helped me get my scrap stuff sorted and organized. I can see my table again!! So I spent a couple days creating!! This is a scraplift from my friend Jennifer. This is my current favorite lo!!

The boys made a dragon cake for a cake bake off in scouts. They had such a great time making it. Here are a couple pictures.