A few halloween pics

A very unhappy looking Queen Amidala, an Indian Princess and a puppy.

Even Ron dressed up, I was the designated photographer. We had soccer games in the morning, then rushed home to get all dressed up, then to the park for a church harvest party, and then to a friends house to trick or treat.....busy, busy.

Even cousin, Kristina, joined us for the fun.

Pumpkin Patchin'

This is a great little treasure in our California desert. I look forward to coming here every year.

The time of day wasn't ideal, too much harsh light, but it is what it is, still able to get a few good shots.

I love how we all three ended up in this shot, Courtney is sitting behind us on a pumpkin (didn't plan that one).

Can I just say again how much I love fall!!!

Handmade Pumpkins

I made these cuties with my mom's old bedspreads (thanks mom). I dyed them with two shades of orange Rit Dye, then cut them up and sewed them into pumpkins and stuffed 'em. I little bit of raffia for that just picked look and they are ready to be displayed. Happy Fall!!!

Road Trip Mini

I have been working on this Road Trip mini album ( I use the word 'mini' lightly, because this thing is pretty big). I used the entire 'Little Yellow Bicycle' Travel line, including this liscense plate size chipboard book. I covered all the pages with Pattern paper first.

Then the photos and journaling blocks.

Then I went through and filled the pages with embellishments.

I love these chipboard 'days of the week' stickers. It really made it fun to count down what happened on each day.

Here I used a filmstrip transparency that opens in the middle, it was perfect for sliding a few more photos in.

It feels good to have it finished.

Here's what I've been working on

Saw the idea for this page here: http://creatingkeepsakesblog.com/2009/09/18/guest-blogger-cd-muckoskys-one-hour-layout/ Great painting/masking techniques. I love the artsy feel of the page, and it sure felt good to play!

These next three layout are all done with Cocoa Daisy's September monthy kit. And if you know me, you know that I absolutely adore Ali Edwards and this kit was inspired by her and so were my layouts actually.

Lots of changes around here

Lindsey started 7th grade,WOW, and started going off to school each day instead of homeschooling like she has done all her life. She is doing so good, and really likes it. Second change is that we have a new puppy named Cobi, she is actually about 5 months, but still very puppy. Lots of adjustments there, with not being able to leave the house for long periods of time, training her to obey and go potty where we say. All good changes, life is different.

Back to 24/7 soccer around here

Well, soccer is in full swing again. Twice a week practices and multiple games on Saturdays.

Opening Day ceremonies this past Saturday. It was a beautiful day about 93*.

Sometimes I feel like it completely consumes our lives, but it is really good exercise for my kids and dad coaches their teams so we are all together. We have met some of the nicest people through soccer too. It's a good thing....

Summer Vacation

This is a road trip that my family and I took in July. What a great time! We went up the California coast, Highway 1. I highly recommend it to all. My parents went with us. It was a great all around family vacation.

This is Pismo Beach, we camped there a few nights.

This is in Monterey, on Fisherman wharf.



This is in Santa Cruz, on the Boardwalk. This place is amazing!

And our campground in Felton. It was real woodsy...loved it!

The Star of India

Great day trip! If you are at all interested in ships, this is awesome. San Diego harbor, boat tours, great photo ops and there is even the ship that was in the movie 'Master and Commander'. We had such a great time.

I've been working on some stuff

I had so much fun putting this together. My family and I went on the Metro on a school field trip down to LA, and I just knew that this Cityscape mini album by 7Gypsies was perfect for this trip. I used all different kinds of papers, I made yo-yo fabric flowers and folded paper flowers. I really wanted the colors to reflect Olvera street. To see the entire album go to http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=1492774

I'm back

I wanted to share. I took an amazing class at Cool Scrapbook Stuff in Poway, CA a couple Saturdays ago taught by Katie Watson ( she is a wonderfully talented lady). I finished my book a few days ago and am so pleased with how is turned out! I really learned a lot from Katie, and that is always the goal when you take a class, not only to walk away with an amazing project but to learn something new.

What a weekend!!

So aside from being pretty darn sick myself, we had a most awesome weekend! Both my girls won their entire division at AllStars. This is a first for us and it was so exciting. Now we go on to Tournament of Champions in two weeks in Palm Springs. I am so proud of them both and my husband as he is the coach for Courtney's team. Go Victorville!

More snow pix

A picture is worth a 1000 words, so I will keep it short and sweet....Snow makes me happy!

I drove around today and I felt like I was in another state. California desert is lovin' this treat!

It's Snowing! Snowing! Snowing!

So it's been awhile, I know, I just can't keep up with this blog so I gave up trying.....but this is just so exciting! We hardly ever get snow, but it just keeps coming down out there.

I'm going to try and work on my Countdown to Christmas book today. I will post the photos of it soon.

Holiday Planner

When I saw this new Christmas line from My Mind's Eye "Be Merry", I just knew that it was destined for great things, well to be made into great things anyway. Months ago I decided that in order to have a simple organized holiday season that I needed a place for everything, hence, a Holiday Planner. This is what I came up with.

It is a 3 ringed chipboard binder from Pinecone Press. There are no guts in it yet. I plan to use sheets of 8x8 chipboard and 8x8 acrylic sheets and punch holes in them with the Cropadile. I also plan to use envelopes and lined pattern paper and just about anything else that suits my fancy or is lying around.

I am also going to either make or buy some recipe holders to insert so that I can put all my holiday recipes in this book. I plan on keeping all my Christmas shopping lists in here. Also lists of projects that I want to make, or gifts I need to make.

I will post the inside of the book as soon as I start to fill it.