The Puppies have Arrived!

What a busy morning! We woke up to our Beagle City, having her puppies. Jason went to check on her this morning after we heard some whining and before he went to work. She had already had 2 but had them out side in the dirt so they were very muddy. As we were washing the first 2 we heard anther on whining from under the dog house. Once we got that one and the other 2 washed off and in the dog house we left to let City finish. Jason and Kristin checked on her often and she had no complications at all. We are now the proud owners 10 new puppies. Yes 10, 6 females an 4 males. All the puppies are good size and at the moment all healthy. Now we have to wait and see if City is going to be able to nurse all 10 but as of now she is doing great and they are all nursing. You can tell by the look in her eyes that she is a very proud Mommy. I have taken a few quick pictures and will take more later. Looking at these I still can't believe that little City was caring all that in her belly. Enjoy the pictures and Have a great Friday.

Very Sad News!

I have some very sad news. My sweet Kitty Peppers passed away late last night. I took her back to the vet yesterday morning and they said that there was nothing else they could do. That is was pretty much wait and see. All day yesterday we could slowly see her going down hill and knew that the end was coming. So we kept her comfortable and I pretty much held her all day. About 11:00pm as I held her she simply stopped breathing. All the kids were in bed so they did not have to watch! I will dearly miss peppers!!!!!!!!She was an amazing cat and great friend!

Now for some good news! When we were at the Vet Friday picking up Peppers they had some kittens that had been rescued from the side of the road. evidently someone had placed them there with their mother whom got ran over. Kristin and Sydney both fell in love with one and I had decided to get it for them on Saturday. This was before Pepper had gotten so bad but I decided to go ahead and get the kitten hoping it would help the girls with the lost of Pepper. Thankfully it did. Kristin and I still shed a lot of tears but I think it would have been a lot worse if we had not gotten the kitten. I am sure Kristin would still be crying but instead she is cuddling her new kitten. I almost think This Kitten knows how bad Kristen needs her because she will not leave her side. So I want to introduce you to our new family member. A rescued Calico Kitten that we have named Gypsy. By no means is this a replacement for my Peppers but it is away to help us heal.

Here are some pictures of our new kitten and Kristin wants me to make sure I tell you that she just woke up in these pictures so over look her hair.

We also think we know what hurt made Peppers Sick. I had bought some Lily's at Walmart and I did not know that they use pesticides on their flowers. Peppers had eaten some of the leaves that fell off . So please Be careful and keep these flowers away from pets and children. I do not want anyone to go through what I have these last few days. As always Thanks for stopping by and have a fun day!

Lake Winnepesaukah....

I wanted to go ahead and do another quick post about our trip to Lake Winnepesukah. I went with my Family Which included Me and my Kids, Teri and her kids, My Mother and Brittney and also my Father in Law. My Husband joined us later in the day but he had to do some things for work that morning so My Father in Law ,Lonnie went with me to help with the kids and pull the wagon! This in itself is a little funny because mine and my husbands family are just so different. For example Jason's Dad is retired from the air force and runs everyday. He is very neat and likes things in order. Then there is my Mom who smokes and could care less about order! All in All though we had a wonderful time. Of course there was a few misunderstandings but there always is with so many girls in my family. We stayed all day and the kids rode everything several times. It rained near the end of the day which sent everyone else home so there was no wait in lines. I rode several rides with the kids and they all seemed to do the same thing. Go around and around and around....By the end of the day I was so sick to my stomach and my head was killing me but I decided to go on the carousel one more time with the kids which turned into a big mistake. Since there was no one in line they just let the ride go on and on it was like a 20 min ride or longer. I felt like I was in one of those Twilight zone movie.

We left right at closing and headed home. We got home around 10:00pm. Now I will stop here and show you some happy pictures before the story gets sad!

Yes, Check out the 3 year old raising her hands while she rides the roller coaster.

Now the sad part! When we get home we find our 4 month old Kitty Peppers laying on the floor having seizures. We get her to the vet who thinks she either got into something or fell and hit her head or both! She spends the night there and I call in the morning and she is doing better and I can pick her up at 4:00pm. When I get there evidently she isn't doing very well and they want to keep her another night but I opt to bring her home last night so I can keep an eye on her, They closed at 5:00pm and no one is there to watch her so I felt better keeping watch over her and calling the vet if I need him. They had given her some Valium at the Doctor so I was hoping that once it wore off that she would become more alert. Well She is sitting in my lap as I type sleeping. Her breathing is labored and she acts as if she can't walk. I am worried so we will take her back to the vet this morning. Jason left for Brazil this morning so that means the kids will have to go with me so I hope we don't have to put her to sleep. Please keep her and my family in your thoughts and I will update later and let you know what happened!

Playing Catch up....

I am happy that I took a day to slow down but since then I have been very busy. For this reason I am behind on posting so I am going to try to play catch up.

Tuesday July 8Th we Celebrated my only nephews 4Th birthday. As usual we did a pool party at the big community pool in the small town I grew up in. Then after that my sisters husband put on a firework show which is always amazing. I thought I would share some pictures from that night. No, I will not share the ones of me in a swim suit!

This is the Birthday boy!

Here is Sydney! What she is doing I have no idea but it looks like she is bobbing for cokes. If you look closely you can see her dad throwing ice on her and she could care less.

This is just crazy! My little sister Brittney and niece Jessica. Yes, they are only 18 months apart. We call Brittney my sister, the one with the brown hair, My mothers mid-life crises. But we all love her dearly!

Now,this one is pretty amazing. It is my Mother with All 4 of her girls! Starting at your left it is Brittney 19, Me 32, my mother, Teri 39 3/4 , Kathy 35! This is the first known picture of us all together and smiling!

Well that's it for Matt Rowe's Party! Thanks for stopping by and no laughing at my hair I just got out of the pool! Have a great Day!

Slowing down for a Day....

Today I decided to slow down a little. This weekend was crazy busy then yesterday I played catch up on getting the house clean. Cleaning the house is never fun but it always seems to relax me a bit when it is clean so waking up to a clean house and not to much laundry today gave me some time to slow down and play a little. I have been doing some of the Daily challenges and sketches over at Seredipity Scrapbooking. They have an awesome design team over there and Kristen the owner is awesome. I actually talked to her on the phone this past weekend and she is just a sweet over the phone as she is on the Message Board. They are also having some blog challenges going on this month which has helped me get my blogging back where it should be. If you haven't checked them out I think you should. So with out further delay here are the challenges and sketches I have done so far.

This Above is one that I just really like. I think I am going to frame it and put it in her bedroom. This is the girls at the lake. The flash for some reason went off and the picture was so great that I had to use it so I just doctored it up a little. Wills Freckles not only do they make him even more adorable they also make a perfect backwards "L". So when he looks in the mirror he sees the L and points it out all the time. The below Layout is about Freedom and if you read my previous post you will know what it is about. Tomorrow will not be a slow day so I am off to cook breakfast for Supper and hopefully scrap some more. Have a great night and thanks for stopping by.

Happy Sunday

Hope everyone had a great and safe 4Th. We went over to my sister's house for a cookout and the kids got to do some swimming in her pool. Sydney also got to feed her first real baby. This is Baby Bailie. Technically I think she is my cousin but she will call me Aunt Jeni Just like all the other kids. Here are a couple pictures of Bailie and I had to throw in the one of Jason and her since my heart still skips a beat when I see him with kids. He is a great dad by the way!

Later we went to Uncle Donald's and Aunt Robbie's for a little get together. The kids did some sparklers and I am happy to say no one was burned and everyone still has a full head of hair.I took the kids picture by the flag once again this year as they fussed so this was the best one I got. Will went around all night saying Happy Birthday Where he got this I have no idea. It was very appropriate for the holiday that our country was born but for him to just start saying this was a huge surprise. I also want to take just a minute to thank the troops and their Families. Freedom comes at a great price and I am afraid it always will. Without the men and women who serve for our country we would not be able to have the life we now do. So take a minute just to say Thank you and explain to your children what Freedom means! Freedom to me is being able to see my kids grow into who they choose to be and not what someone else tells them to be. Being able to be proud of themselves and showing it. Just to think if I was raising my daughters some where else scares me to death. so Thank You Soldiers Past, Present and Future!

Beautiful Day!

It is such a beautiful day today. I only hope it is this pretty tomorrow. We are suppose to go over to my sisters for a cook out and swim. Then to Jason's family's cookout and watch the local fireworks. We never shot off our own fireworks just because I can remember being little and My mothers ex husband thinking it would be a great idea to shot them while he sat in the car and as soon as that thing went off it went in the bag with all the other fireworks then the entire bag went under the car. I swear it looked like a rocket and I don't think I have ever laughed so hard in my life as I did seeing the look on his face. OMG!!! that was a long time ago but I will forever leave the fireworks to the people who think they know what they are doing, and Because I like my kids with all their hair and body parts.

So what is all of y'all plans? Anyone brave enough to do their own fireworks? Well whatever you do just be safe and keep all your fingers.

Scrapping wise I have discovered that I can block out the kids playing Tom Petty on my MP3 player as loud as it will go. It never fails that when I go down stairs to scrap someone will follow me. This morning Kristin followed and decided to play the computer and talk non stop about nothing. It was Okay for the first few minutes and I really tried to listen but she can go on an on about nothing. So I put my headphones on and tried to block her the best I could. I didn't get a lot done but the music put me in a great mood. I am off to the lake for little while and then hopefully some scrap time tonight. Everyone be safe and enjoy this beautiful day!

Oh My!!!!

I have been so bad about updating lately. I have a good reason though. This past Friday Jason and I celebrated our 10Th Wedding Anniversary. Yes, 10 years! On Thursday he told me that I needed to back because we would be going to Nashville to stay the night and the kids would be staying at his Dads. That in itself was a great present but it gets better. Friday we leave at about 2:00 pm and arrive at the Union Station Hotel. This is a very old Train Station that has been made into a Hotel. Its only been opened for a year or so and is the finest hotel I have ever stayed in. It is really a beautiful place. I would love to see my girls get married here. Why not my boy because he is my boy and no girl can have him! After we checked in we walked a few blocks to the spaghetti Factory to eat. This was another first for me and the food was wonderful. As we were walking back after dinner we passed Coyote Ugly and just had to go in and see what it was like. Yes they dance on the bar and yes I did but that is as far as my story will go. Use your imagination for the rest. All I have to say is that I had a great time and it was well over due.





Saturday when we picked up the Kids from Pas., Will was running a fever and throwing up so that was a sure sign that my fun was over. Now Yesterday Sydney started running a fever and is still sick today. Hopefully the kids will be better soon so we can take them back to Pas while Jason and I have another night out!

Here are some pictures of Jason and I and the hotel.

Cut the Crop June Crop

Tove has added all the challenges and we have some great games planned. First there is a scavenger hunt tonight hosted by Kelly and on Saturday night I will be hosting bingo. If you want to play Bingo You need to take a picture of your card and upload it to the gallery. What am I talking about? I guess you need to go check it out. I thought I would make it a little easy for all my blog friends and list the challenges here, but I do want to point out that you need to go to Cut the Crops MB and check out the sales. Can you say savings. Okay so I need to get started on some of these challenges and I am also in the middle of reorganizing my scrap room. I am trying to do it by color. I will post pictures if I ever get it done.


Here are the challenges,now get busy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Vote for your "Favorite" ugliest page, PM Admin your vote. Host Tove
2. 10 Things I love about summer Sketch Challenge. Sketch will be upload on Friday in the gallery. Host Kelly
3. Blog posting-leave a comment on any members BLOGS about Cut the Crop and link back to the MB with the comment you left. Host Tove
4. What I remember about summer as a kid. This is a challenge to scrap a summer vacation when we were little - something we remember. We may not have photos for it: or we may - but let's scrap US for a change of pace. Host Kelly.
5. Circle Challenge. Create a layout, card, tag or mini album using ONLY circle elements. Host Tove
6. Square Challenge. Create a layout, card, tag or mini album using ONLY SQUARE elements. Host Tove
7. Funniest Page Title Contest- Create a page with the funniest page title. Design Team Members will vote for the best one. Host Tove
8. Clever Mini Album - create a mini album that is clever, unique and out of the ordinary. Maybe its the shape of the mini or how you put it together or theme of the album, or some really neat technique. be creative. Host Tove
9. Answer the TRIVIA Questions..I will post questions throughout the crop days. First person on each question to PM me with the correct answer will be in the running for a great prize. Person with the most correct answers wins. Host Tove
10. Summer Paper Piecing.....Create or use a paper piecing pattern. here is a link to one place that had some cute "Summer" themed paper piecing items. http://scrapbooking.about.com/od/freepatterns/ig/Summer-Paper-Piecing-Patterns/
12. Create a Winter or Christmas Layout , host is Jennifer
13. Scraplift any Layout from the gallery. When you upload your scraplift to the correct gallery album for this crop please tell us who you scraplifted from. Host Jennifer
14. Create a layout using at least 3 Patterned Papers from different lines. Host Jennifer
15. Picture challenge~ Go outside sometime during the crop take at least 3 pictures of things that summer means to you. Not your normal pictures either, one has to be a close up, one has to be taken while sitting or laying on the ground, and one of a shadow or reflection. Upload those images to the gallery. Host Jennifer
16. Create a LO using your pictures from the picture challenge. hosted by Jennifer
17. Summer Traditions. create a layout about your summer traditions. Things you do every summer. Host Jennifer
18. WT Challenge - The challenge is this.... capturing the personalities of our subjects. Catch them laughing or pouting or screaming or doing whatever it is they do best right now. If you have more than one person, try to get their interaction with each other. These kinds of pictures let you tell another side of the story in your scrapbooking other than the "we were here" and "we did this" kind of shots. Some of these things change when you don't notice, but it's nice to have the memory recorded. Host Jennifer

Okay now get busy.

I got the Boot!!!!!!!!

Yes, I finally got kicked of the island on Scrapvivior. It was by one point and I have to say I was pretty upset at first. Now I am just happy with what I got done and how much fun it was. I had 87 points which =60 cards and 57 Layouts. Wow I still can't believe I did that much. I really am happy with all of my Layouts but these are my favorites from the last challenge. Thanks for stopping by.

Good Morning All

I hope everyone had a great Fathers day. I spent mine with my husband and Father in Law at the lake and then Jason's dad cooked for us like he always does on Sunday. I have to admit a little something My Father in Law has really blew my mind. When I first met him he came off as this obsessive person that needed everything in its place and nothing out of place. Now those of you with kids know that that just doesn't happen with kids. Now this was before the grand kids. After he became a Pa he totally changed. He has become the absolutely best Pa to my children as I could ever ask for. That means a lot to me since there is no Pa on my side of the family. He is it and he has rised to the challenge and out shinned himself more than once. For example he spent a week over here in 90+ degree weather and built his grand kids a new swing set which I will share pictures of later. All I have to say is Thank You Lonnie you are the best Gray Hair Pa My kids could ever have and we all love you very much!!!!!

Okay, I am done being sentimental. On to what I have been doing with my Scrap booking. On Willow Traders I had to switch tribes and am now a Bling Babe. We had Tribal council this morning and the Bling Babes had to give up 5 tribe mates. I was not one of them but could possible go next time if I don't step up my game. In the last week I have made 22 Lay outs which is awesome for me but others do that in 3 days which I know I can not do. I have to feed my kids sometime. The next challenge is Quotes so I should do good on this one since I always seem to be writing down quotes from something. I have a note book full. Now to go through and use some on layouts.



I also have the Cut the Crop online crop starting the 19Th and would love to see everyone there and remember if you are a scrapviviour you can play using the challenge on scrapvivior. I am also doing Bingo So you need to head over and sign up. I will share more about the crop in a later post so keep your eyes open.



Sydney wants me to push her on her new swing set so I will leave you with some of my favorite Layouts that I have done in the last week. Enjoy and Thanks for stopping by, leave a comment so I can stop by your blog.
This is my favorite picture of jason and Will when he was a little.

Cut the Crop June Crop

I wanted to remind everyone of the up and coming crop at Cut the Crop. It will take place June 19th-22ND. There of course will be challenges, games and prizes. I will be hosting a new kind of Scrap Bingo and think you will all love it. I have also designed a mini Album just for the crop and so did another DT member Kelly you can see them all on Cut the Crops Blog. We are also having a pre crop challenge and all you have to do is upload your ugliest Layout to the gallery. Our Early Bird Specials will start on June 19th Specials will be posted on the message board under our June crop forum. Specials will be anywhere from 20% off to 50% off of specific items or manufacturers. Everyone loves BIG savings so stop by Cut the Crop on June 19th. BIG savings all day long, every few hours they will change and yes you can combine orders to save on shipping. Stop by NOW and purchase one of our Crop event kits and get $5.00 off one order during our crop event, even if you got it on sale.

Also I want to mention that for my Scrapsurviour Friends and tribe mates that the challenges at Cut the Crop that weekend will also work for your scrapvivior challenge that weekend. Yes, you can keep up your challenges on Willow Traders and also join us at Cut the Crop. I hope to see everyone there and if not then it will be you that misses out on some great challenges, prizes and my awesomely fun Bingo Game.