What's with me

Lately I have been so scattered brained. Maybe it's age, maybe hormones or maybe I am really nuts. I have been forgetting things for example, yesterday was a mom's night out. I mentioned it to Aaron on Friday but from then until last night I completely forgot all about it. After we put the babies to bed last night I went to soak in the tub and Aaron comes in and says are you going? I said going where? He said Beth is here to pick you up. I scream oh crap I totally forgot. What mom on this earth would forget mom's night out. Seriously!
I have decided to start drinking less caffeine and trying to get to bed earlier. I usually drink a diet coke with dinner and end up staying up until past midnight. I am not sure what else to do besides get more sleep.

Everything else around here is going great. We are still blessed with great sleepers. The babies go to bed at 7 and wake at 7:30. I have been busy scrapbooking. I have taken on a few projects: a recipe swap, which is a swap between 5 ladies that scrapbook 5 recipes each and mail them to Jenn in Houston who sorts and mails them. I will get 25 recipes back to add to my collection. We did one in the fall and it was a great success. I am also working on mommy albums which is a scrapbook/advice book that will go in the Cypress Calling shower baskets, I am making 10 of these. Aaron has been busy with work, guitar and video games. Ashley is Miss Social Butterfly always on the go.

My aunt, uncle and cousin have made their flight arrangements to come to visit in July. We are so excited to have family here to hang out with us and see our lives in Canada. I think Aaron's mom and Mama Jean are going to try and come up in May or June since we aren't going to Texas/Louisiana until the end of July.
The snow seems to be on it's way out though I have heard from the locals that we will get one more big storm. As for now it's mostly slush instead of snow.

Have a good week!

Silent Sunday!

Follow up Friday!

Jenn asked:
If you could live anywhere in the world where would you live and why?
Answer: Wow anywhere? Tahiti even though I have never been there it looks like a place that would appeal to me. Of course my whole family would have to move with me.
What physical thing would you change about yourself if you could easily?
Answer: For sure my mommy belly

Kim asked:
What would be your ideal job? - other than being a Mommy. :-)
Answer: I have never really thought about it. There are different things I would love to do like own my own daycare, or insurance agency or a school nurse but mostly a photographer.

Do you notice things about the kids that might lead you think they might have a certain career when they get older? (Like you've noticed about Ashley... I know it's early, but I'm just curious.)
Answer: Preston will follow in his daddy's foot steps and be an engineer. Everyday I see his little wheels in his brain turning. Lily I think will be a vet or do something working with animals or helping people. Ashley says she wants to be a lawyer. I think she would make a great social worker she is very caring and I can see her fighting for cause.

What would your main wish or desire be for your kids in their lives?
Answer: To have wings to soar to new heights and roots to keep them grounded.

Joe asked:
Have you had a chance to take leisurely drives around town or the little communities yet? What's the prettiest spot or your fav spot you've seen so far?
Answer: Yes as a matter of fact we drive around quite often. Just this past weekend we drove to Middle Cove, Conception Bay then back home along the coast. My favorite spot though is Cape Spear. It is really the edge of North America and it is amazingly beautiful. This summer we are going to venture out around the bay to the little towns along the coast.

My favorite time of day!

We all have a moment in the day that is our absolute favorite. Mine is the time when Aaron and I say "are you ready for bed". We usually try to go to bed at the same time. We head upstairs and he or I will say ooooo I am going to see the babies. We sneak into the babies room and quietly stare and them, cover them up or rub their face. Sometimes one will start to move and we quickly rush out laughing. A few times Lily has popped her head up as soon as the door opens but we close it and go about our business hoping she will think it's a dream. I head down the hall and check on Ashley too cover her up, kick up the heat or make sure her alarm is set. We do this routine before bed on most nights and it is by far my most favorite time of the day!

What is yours?

Scrap lift

I love Tammy's blog. I love all the papers and techniques Tammy uses. I recently found this card she made and decided to give it a try.I didn't have the paper that she used but on a recent trip to Michael's I saw it and thought hmmmm it must be meant to be. So here is my take on her card: I have uploaded Ashley's Disney World album, the babies first birthday album and some more layouts to the scrapbook stuff link located ont he right.

Q & A Wednesday

Whew we have been going this week. I don't even know with what, I guess life in general. We had 2 snow days last week, the weekend and Ashley was out of school Monday, needless to say it was nice to get back to normal. We have had a few nice, blue sky days and we have been able to play outside without wearing mittens, hats and snow gear.
So here we go ask away! I have already received my first question via email. Stay tuned for Follow up Friday.

Silent Sunday

Follow up Friday!

Jennifer asked:
How are you guys passing the day with the storm?

Answer: Mostly by cooking, surfing the net, watching movies, driving each other crazy!

Kim asked:
How'd you figure out the signature?

Answer: I went to scrapblog.com and created a layout but only used a corner of the page. I then uploaded to photobucket and cropped, then saved on the blog so every time I post it automatically appears on the post. I also use scrapblog to create my header.

Shelley asked:
How many family pictures do you actually have printed for photo albums or to use for scrapbooking? I've taken over 12,000 pictures of the kids (18 months old) since they were born! Because they're all digital, I don't have many printed pictures and I'm not really a scrap-booker. I am planning to use blurb to turn my blog into a book, but I just can't decide what to do about the buzillion digital pictures. Anyway, just curious since I know you're good at this stuff! I thought about maybe picking 20 of the best pictures from each month, but of course it's hard to narrow it down. :-)

Answer: Well I am like you I have lots of digital photos probably not 12,000 (wow) but alot. What I do is go through them every month and decide which ones I want to scrap then print them off and get them done. I usually choose funny faces, milestones or cute pictures in general. I have started a blurb book but am only up to May of last year. I am not sure where to stop, maybe their 1st birthday. You can also go to Shutterfly and do just a picture book. I have thought about doing that for their first year, second year and so on, that way it's just a book of pictures. I made a book for my grandparents at Christmas and was very pleased how it turned out. We don't have any pictures printed except what's scrapped or in frames around the house. Good luck....... let me know what you decide since I am always looking for ideas.


Thank you so much for participating each week. It has been really fun!

We had a pretty bad storm this morning but by 11 am it was all done. Ashley was out of school due to the weather. She has plans to go out of town to Grand Falls this weekend so I went and dropped her off and headed to Micheal's while Aaron was home with the babies. Of course they were having a sale! I have been eyeballing the Cuttlebug for a while now but couldn't decide if I wanted to order it online from the US or pay for it up here. By the time you factor in duty, taxes and shipping fees it would have been about the same. So anyway I went to Michael's and they had it on sale for 50% off and only 1 left....... of course it's a sign so I bought it. I can't wait to try it out tonight.
I am looking outside right now and the sky is so blue, their is no wind, and the temp is 41! The drive way is clear and the babies just woke up so I think we will head outside for some fresh air. Have a good weekend!!!!

Finally

We finally got what I call a winter storm. Since we have moved to Newfoundland we have heard horror stories of the winters here. This is what I pictured:

This is what our house actually looks like:

This is the basement level about a 2 foot build up.
Still not as bad as I thought it would be. I hope I am not jinxing us now. I think further into the city there is probably alot more snow because it doesn't have many places to blow so it builds up.

On a different note, I am a busy little bee planning our Texas/Louisiana trip. We were originally going to come in May but due to some change in the wedding plans we are coming in later in the summer so the kids and I can stay about 3 weeks and not have to worry about the amount of school Ashley is missing. Aaron will come in for as long as he can take off work.

We have also decided to move our Disney trip from Feb 2010 to this November over the U.S Thanksgiving holiday. We are going with my sister and her family and wanted to make sure her daughter didn't miss any school. I am so excited to take the kids to Disney. I know they will be young and Ashley is a little older but they will enjoy it and hey who says we won't go back. My first trip to Disney was 9 years ago when Ashley was 5, she remembers most of the trip and we have lots of pictures and memories. I actually just got done with her Disney scrapbook, hey better late than never, right!

Q & A Wednesday!

Welcome back I hope you got your questions ready! I already have a few from some early birds. Leave a comment with your questions or send me an email. Stay tuned for Follow up Friday for all the exciting answers.

Notice anything different? I have been trying to figure out the signature for quite some time. I finally did it! woooo hoooo I think it still needs work, it's a little too big. What do you think?

Silent Sunday!

I don't have alot of pictures this week because my computer has reached it's breaking point. Everytime I put pictures of videos it tells me I am running out of space. We are working on this issue until then enjoy these.

We got a dress for Ashley to wear to Andy's (Aaron's brother) wedding in May. Don't worry she will wear something over it.