crabby

hello! just a card i made for this challenge here. very simple & fast to do. flower is made from vintage music sheet paper.
i am working on things for my sister's baby shower that i am throwing her. lots to do & make!!last weekend, we went to the sealife aquarium at legoland. not as big as i thought it was.sharing a few pics. some of these pics were from my iPhone and some from my camera (with no flash) so some pictures may look grainy.

SHARK!!

mr. crabby

have an egg-cellent monday

look at what hatched.........2 little boys in a dino egg! we were in san diego last weekend at the wild animal park. i am always late in posting 'current' events around here but better late than never!

hoping these cards will bring happy smiles to all you monday-haters like me!

some more pics from the park. look closely on top of that range rover......a lion just chillin'!! the big yellow ball is a hot air balloon that is grounded at the moment.here are the boys waiting in line for the safari tour ride. it was a hot day but luckily, water misters, around the lines made waiting more bearable!hiding out in a log

brybry with his fake smile. didn't want to take a picture w/ his momma i guess =( BTW, he wears that watch everywhere we go. it's a ben 10 watch that projects a lighted image---in the DARK! he wears it at breakfast, lunch & dinner, shopping, playground, in the car. 1st thing he wakes up in the morning is look for that watch. we got him that one because he was constantly stealing big brother's wolf ranger watch (see the very 1st pic in this post).a cute little deer

on the safari tourmy worms
thanks for stopping by! thanks to my crafty gals for alerting me that my BBQ card here was featured here. sometimes, i forget what i do or did much less remember what day it is!

what's cookin'?

what are everyone's plans for the jult 4th weekend? we don't have any yet---just to stay cool. made this card for jenny's challenge here.

my sis & BIL came to visit us a couple weeks ago. the boys L O V E them! we are so happy that there will be a girl to spoil come late october!!! the boys were so cute talking to her tummy! they had a slight argument on how the baby will come out. i think they both agreed that she will come out of my sister's mouth! we'll leave it at that.......................

we look alike, right?!

my big sis bought us this. perfect for summer! this makes popsicles in less than 10 minutes!!! great for impatient little 3 & 5 yr old boys! the penguin pair card above will be for her to thank her for this neat pop maker.

thanks, sis & BIL!!

sunny side UP

happy monday. notice no exclamation point. who really likes mondays anyways? NOT me!

we had a busy weekend. looked for new beds for the boys going from furniture store to furniture store. then, we spent sunday at the wild animal park. more on that another day.

let's get together

summer has started for us...since 6/15 to be exact! we got together with some friends at the small waterpark. here are the kiddos having a lollipop break!

what can be better than to get together with a friend to have a cup of tea [or coffee] while having a yummy cupcake?!the farmer's market is a favorite place of ours to go to on the weekends. what a better way to introduce the boys all the different kids of fruits and veggies but there. all the ones we visit often have lots of samples too so the boys love to try a bit of this & that! meeting another family there is great too......this little notecard would be fun to send to invite them out on a weekend trip to the farmer's market!

here's bryan & daddy last saturday at the farmer's market. notice daddy isn't that happy that brybry keeps eating all his corn!

thanks for stopping by!

thanks for helping us grow

a picture of brandon & bryan on the last day of schooli got the fun job of making a gift card holder for brandon's kinder teacher for her end of the year present from the entire class. the gift cards sit in a pocket in the back of each flower backed by a popsicle stick or a sterile tongue depressor stuck into floral foam. i covered the ugly green foam with purple-ish/gray sea glass. added some happy bees too!i had brandon write his teacher a note to give her on the last day. i love these apple cards! used them last year for his preschool teachers too!his writing has gotten so much better from the beginning of the school year!this set of butterfly cards were given to his principal

and i included some mini anytime notecards

thanks for stopping by today. happy father's day!

spring cleaning

hi all! thank you for all the comments in my previous entry! i will be picking my blog candy winner midnight wednesday/early thursday am.

been 'spring' cleaning a bit today. found some more crafty things that hasn't seen the light of day. perhaps i will have another blog candy giveaway end of the month to celebrate my birthday. i found 2 brand new issues of cards magazines that are both dups that i already have. don't ask me how that happened! i will give those out as well. stay tuned!

speaking of cards magazine.....my tweet heart card was one of a bunch of fantabulous cards that was selected for their blog challenge gallery. see it here.

had some time this morning to make [another] baby card. something has GOT to be in the water......this was fast & easy: punch, stamp, cut, tie and sticker. supplies: dritz, hero arts, colorbok, martha stewart, sticko, love my tapes

just a card for a sweet friend who always sends me happy mail weekly! she sent these beautiful butterfly diecuts and demensional stickers. the teeny tiny butterflies made great centers for the flowers. supplies: marcella k, hero arts, making memories, love my tapes

well, i had a busy day. i even made time to do some gardening/weeding. the boys are napping and i am ready for a snack. something i wouldn't dare eat in front of the boys like cookies, chips and ice cream! since they're asleep---i won't have to share!

thanks for stopping by!

they saw this and asked me to......

they saw this..................... and asked me to do this.....................

i've been on my recent kick of recycling & reusing packaging. details of this layout can be seen here !! please stop by and check it out!

such an honor to be featured on the Making Memories blog thank you for the opportunity.......i had fun!

(if you missed the tutu owl post the 1st time around here it is. :-)