Christmas 2011

Halloween 2011

Kelsie's Star Student Poster

Kelsie was FINALLY chosen to be Star Student for her kindergarten class last week. She helped me choose some pictures and I was going to have them printed and glue them to a poster board  when I realized we could just make a poster using Memory Makers and have it printed and done! So I had this made up to be 20x30". It turned out pretty cute. I think I could have added more pictures. Some of them are huge on the poster...it's hard to tell how big they will actually be!  Anyway...I thought I would post it on my sad little blog. Just out of curiosity, does anyone still read my blog, or check up on it? If so, leave me a comment. Maybe.....I will feel inspired to keep it more up to date! Maybe....I'm very noncommittal you know! Life is crazy. Good, but crazy!

Halloween 2010

Kelsie turns 6!

Spring Sports!

Allie and Savannah are such cute cousins & friends! We went to see Savannah play soccer and they got to see Allie play lacrosse. Of course they had to act like goons!!

Another one...

Old pics from last summer!

Memory Mixer VS Smilebox

A few people asked which program I use for my digital scrapbooking. I've always used Smilebox, but I'm trying a new program called Memory Mixer and I'm liking it a lot! Smilebox is sooo easy, you basically find an album you like and plug in the pictures. The problem is if you don't like some of the pages or all of the embellishments, you are stuck. Sometimes you can remove them but not always. I love how easy and fast it is. Memory Mixer, I don't have a lot of experience with yet...I created the above page using it. This page was done from scratch. MM does have pre-done pages, they call them Quick Mix, but I think I am more interested in having the freedom to create my own. A friend mentioned this program at a Relief Society meeting this week so I was excited to check it out and can't wait to play with it more! These are pictures from last year... I was just messing around! But, Allie really is starting lacrosse...and she's excited!

Where did 12 years go???

Allison Kate ~ 12 years old!

Allie had her 12th birthday in March. I just have to say...where has the time gone? I remember very clearly the day she was born and it just doesn't seem that long ago. I'm so proud of Allie and the young lady she is becoming. She is a great girl and tries so hard to do her best at everything she does. Allie is an awesome student and a great lacrosse player as well. She is also a great friend. Lately I have had a couple of moms compliment me on what a great friend she is to their daughters. Allie is also really loving attending Young Women's and has been reading the Book of Mormon on her own. I just love this girl and I know she is going to love the next phase of her life! More scrapbook pages of Allie's b-day...I know it's overkill! :)

LaS VeGaS bAbY!

In March our family traveled to Las Vegas for a lacrosse tournament Tanner was participating in for his competitive team. We made a little vacation out of it and had a lot of fun! The funniest part about the trip was the kid's wanting to visit Gold and Silver Pawn shop. This shop is featured on a TV show called PAWN STARS. It's kind of like the Antiques Road Show only in a really white trash way, because it's actually a pawn shop. So, people bring stuff in to see what it's worth and they call in experts to tell them because they aren't even sure what the item would be worth. The people that work in the store....well, let's have the pictures speak for themselves...

This is Chumlee...for some reason my kids were REALLY more excited than I wish they would have been to meet this guy. But, I must admit, he was pretty nice to come out and pose for a picture with them. He even gave the girls stickers that said "I ♥ Chumlee". Tanner has one that says, "Chumlee 4 President." A scary thought! The shop really was a typical pawn shop, but they did have some cool stuff. They had a few super bowl rings. Can you imagine some football player....pawning their ring in Vegas? Crazy! I really don't know what else to say about this...the kids were stoked! I wanted to remember this, because it really cracks me up!

Below are some scrapbook pages that tell about the rest of our trip.