priceless

on sunday, we surprised the boys by taking them to a live yo gabba gabba show! they were so excited!!tickets: $650* souvenirs: $104 popcorn: $5 parking: $15
reactions on the boys' faces=PRICELESS !!!!

this is DJ Lance Rock

this is DJ Brybrythis is the actual person who is DJ lance rock

they were so excited when the show got started!
the gabba gang

although bryan didn't get up and dance til the 2nd half of the show, he loved seeing them live. i think he was mesmorized by the whole live show concept! the last pic is from the after party.brandon got up right from the beginning of the show to shake his thang and dance!

and, the show must end =(

at the after party, we got to meet the human beatbox, biz markie. brandon got to interact a little with him too at the after party. BTW, biz doesn't really smile...... famouse for this song.

bryan with his favorite guy--- brobee! it was a very memorable day for the boys and for us as parents. to just see your kids' reaction and pure happiness is priceless!

*we bidded on these tickets on charity buzz. our bid benefits habitat for humanity. we were a bit disappointed when we got our tickets and saw our seats were on the terrace and NOT on the floor like the terms of the bid said. but what are you going to do? the kids didn't know where they would be sitting and thank goodness we didn't tell them they were going to be sitting up close. we ended up in the nose bleed section! we really bidded so we could get the party package which included tickets to the show and entrace to the after party for food & to take pictures with the gabba gang. in the end, it was an experience of a lifetime and everybody enjoyed themselves!

TFL at allllll these pics! everybody survive thanksgiving? i sure had a hard time waking myself up AND brandon for his 1st day back to school after a week off!

owl wall hanging

so i turned a card into a wall hanging for my baby niece. hope her mom & dad likes it. i wanted this to be fun & funky! i had fun making the little ribbon flowers on the bottom. girl stuff----so much fun!
happy thanksgiving! any tried & true recipes to share? easy ones that is....ideally the less ingredients the better! oh, and i'd love to have any bean soup recipes too. i have a nice big ham bone waiting to be used! =)

distress

funny story here....when i first made this card back in sept, this was my 1st attempt at the emboss resist technique. i got a tinted emboss ink pad that turned pink when i heated it. that was mistake #1.
mistake #2 was the applicator in which i applied the distress inks with. i bought this when i thought it was this. =( this one's for you, amy!so, i finally got the right tool and made this. except--------i still have the ugly pink tinted emboss pad and i didn't want any tinge of pink on these butterflies . i did use the blending tool to color the butterflies with distress inks. i can definitely get addicted to coloring with this blending tool. so fast & easy. by no means this is blended perfectly but considering it was my 1st (official) try and finished it in less than 90 minutes [yes, i am a slow worker].

have a good monday! i have a week with both my boys home.......what to do what to do?

oh joy!

oh, joy....the whole family's sick! not fun. especially for the caretaker! been taking it easy and getting much needed rest. that means i've been going to bed early. feeling a bit better today.
here is a little deer card for christmas. quick & easy. what took the longest was tying that bow!since i've been sick and not going out to get crafty supplies, made this card out of paper i've had for a while. feels good to use up what i have and not buy & hoard paper. card was made from 1 piece of leftover patterned paper. joining the challenge here.

made some more christmas cards to send here. such a great idea and glad i was able to contribute some cards. these ones below were fast & easy. again, i used up some supplies i had. the images are vintage-y winter scenes a crafty friend gave me a while ago. added some sentiments and voila---instant cards.

TFL! be on a lookout for a giveaway soon........as soon as i get my act together!

i have a new niece

my sister & brother-in-law had baby jadeyn on 10/27/10. she weighed in at 9 1/2lbs, 22" long!


i made this card for her but thinking i may make this into a wall hanging....perhaps for her room? whadda ya say sis? want this as a wall hanging? LMK.

i hope to meet jadeyn soon & i will be sure to take TON of pics to share! congrats eva & matt! you'll be super parents!

side note, brybry woke me up this morning at 1am, 3am, 4am and 5am. he had a high temp and complained of his tummy hurting. when he got out of bed, he threw up. 3x to be exact. i asked him (for fun) if he wanted a piece of candy cause he did not want to eat anything. he repled, "no, it's just all sugar". that's my good boy! and yes, he really wasn't feeling good to turn down candy!let's hope brandon is not next.

halloween

how was everybody's halloween? brandon woke up halloween morning and greeted us with a very loud, "happy halloween"! he was so excited all day and couldn't wait for it to be dark. brandon had the plastic pumpkin buckets at the front door 2 weeks before the 31st, all ready to go.

we went trick or treating with 2 different families---separately. don't ask how that worked out....but we ended up with the same family we went with last year. the kids all had a blast. and can you believe I forgot my camera?? hoping to get pics from the mom we went with. here is our loot. there's something in there for everyone! we must have about 5lbs of candy. yay---cavities!
here's my buzz lightyear.

some pictures from brandon's school parade. he was extremely excited!

brandon as a kamen rider. he handpicked his costume this year from the party city catalog. that catalog is such a coveted item in our house. the boys would fight over looking through that!bryan's a sweetheart......no really, he had the underwear to prove it ;)

brandon had a class party with many activites. cookie decorating, bingo, coloring a frame, cutting a black cat and word search. class picture

treat bags i made. i found an online free printable to make these tags here. they were perfect for his class!

right before the kids came into the party from recess, brandon's teacher told the parents that volunteered for the party, that friday was her last day. WT....... really? what happened to 2 weeks notice? i was just glad i was there so that i could take this picture of her with brandon. we hardly got to know her. [she was little red riding hood BTW]

i forgot to take a picture of the card i made for brandon's teacher so i had to do it outside his classroom. excuse the half shadow.thanks for stopping by and looking through all these pictures!