Crazy Life!

Yes, I'm still alive. Things have been so chaotic lately. It's been almost a month since I posted, but we have just been so busy. It seems like I get home in time to go to bed most nights. This weekend we even went on a whirlwind trip to Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. Brad's nephew's birthday party was this weekend out there so we went. We left early Sat. morning and got home about 9:30 last night. We took Makinsi with us though and we had a ball. She cracks us up.

She was so good. I picked her up Friday night and she spent the night with us and we left early Sat. morning. She was a great car rider, especially for a 7 hour trip. She watched Alvin and the Chipmunks. I had never seen this so I listened to it while I was driving and had to finally watch it last night. I knew all the words, but didn't know what was really going on. I'm thankful, I'm not blind. I'm pretty proud of the fact that I spend 2 days and nights with her completely in my care. This is the first time she has spent the night with us since last June, before she could move around so much. And I brought her home in one piece... Well...

We did have one heartattack moment with her. Sunday morning I walked her down to the car to put some things in the trunk. As we were coming back in she pushed the buttons on the elevator and as the door opened she put her hand on the door. It pulled her hand right into the door and it was stuck. She started screaming and I couldn't get it out. I tried to push the open button, but it wouldn't release. I finally just pulled real hard and got it out. She is screaming like crazy and I was crying by the time I got her back up to the room. Brad asked what was wrong with her and when I turned around he saw the tears in my eyes. I'm sure I scared him half to death. I felt so bad. I think she ended up fine. We ran it under water and then put some ice on it. I think I cried longer than she did. The thing that upset me the most was that there were probably 10 guys standing in the lobby, probably military, and not a one came to help me. Anyway she was back to normal, but Aunt He He bought her a new baby at Cracker Barrell to make it up to her. I think she's back to normal. She was hanging out the sun roof when we stopped for dinner.

Hunter's party was a Spiderman theme. Spidey even came to his party. How cool is that? I think he was impressed until he saw the hole in the back of Spidey's head and that might have been then end of it, if I hadn't told him that Spidey just got a bump on the back of his head during his last fight. He said, "Maybe you're right."

I have several photo sessions scheduled. I have apparently become a photographer for hire lately. I have taken engagement pictures in the last couple of weeks. This is the son and fiance of a friend of mine.

I'm taking their wedding pictures on the 17th of May. It's a little nerve racking. I've done one wedding before and it was a very small wedding party. This one is lot larger; 3 attendants on each side and full families on both side. Keep your fingers crossed. The girl's mom is also getting married later on this year, so I am also doing their engagment pics and wedding pics. Got a little business going here.

Rearranging Again

I bought new furniture last Friday. Dad and I went and picked it up on Tuesday. I bought a couch and a recliner thinking that they would fit in our living room and with a lot of rearranging I think I finally got it. Our living room is not huge by any means and the fact that there are doors on 3 of the 4 walls that you can't cover up and we have to leave room for Brad makes arranging furniture pretty difficult. What do you think?

I love the furniture. See the rug. It's brown and turquiose. I found some pillows that match it at Target that I'm going to get today. Now, I have a whole other wall to decorate.

I also put up my Uppercase Living expression on the wall in the hallway. I want to do black frames of pictures all around it.

Yesterday we took Bailey and Makinsi to the park. I'll post pictures of that adventure tomorrow.

I've Been Scrappin'!

I've had three full days to scrap during March. I've gotten so much done. Take a look!

These pages I did at the crop that we did at school as a fundraiser for the PTA. We used the gym and have a ton of space and great light. It was so much fun! We had lots of door prizes, lots of great food, and even several classes. We are planning another one for June, if anyone is interested.


These pictures were from my Mom and Dad's 30th Anniversary.

I loved this Christmas paper.

These pictures are Makinsi's 1 year pictures that I took at Freemon Lake. The first two pages are 12 x 12.

These two are 8 1/2 X 11 and it will fit into the center of the layout in my album. Teaque showed me this trick and I do it all the time now. I love it!

These pages I did at Teaque's this past Sat. We got together with some college friends and scrapped.

I love this page. I got these 4x6 vellium overlay things and they worked great on the center picture on this page.

Monday was my first day of Spring Break and I got together with Vicky, Janet and Margo from school and scrapped at Vicky's house. Makinsi's birthday was the first pages I did. I found this layout in a magazine and adapted it just a little bit. I like it!

Monday was also Opening Day of baseball season so I felt it appropriate to do some baseball layouts. This was our trip to Chicago in Sept.

And our trip to St. Louis in July.

Now for this page. I did this on Sat. They are Makinsi's halloween pictures. The red polka dot tape I got at the store in E-town when it was closing. I told Teaque when I showed it to her I don't know how I'll use it or if I ever will, but I just had to have it. I just happen to pull these pictures out and move the tape at the same time and it clicked. I love the layout, but I need a great title. And it would help if the title started with a "D" or an "E". I'm doing an ABC album for last year and I'm down to those two letters and a "Z". Any ideas????

My goal is to finish last year this week. Keep your fingers crossed!

Catching UP!

Wow, it's been a long time since I posted. I thought once I finished my master's I would have tons of free time, but I feel like I have been busier than ever.

I've been taking lots of pictures of Makinsi though. She is getting old enough now that she poses a little bit. She loves to come and look at the picture on the camera after you take it. I got her a small camera for Easter. She's been playing with mine and trying to take pictures. She's doing pretty good. I took these pics out front at our house about a week ago. She justs cracks me up, she's so cute!

Easter Sunday we went to my Grandma's house. It was way to cold outside, but I had to get a couple of her and look I'm in a picture too. Grandma gave her a cracker as soon as we got there and I couldn't get it away from her.

Oh, another picture of me. I'm trying to be better about this.

Makinsi has really got into kissing and hugging everyone, including Bailey. She chases Bailey around the house trying to catch her so she can kiss her. Bailey is such a good sport about it. Eventually, Makinsi will get ahold of her kiss her on the nose and Bailey kisses her right back. Sunday she found this cat on Grandma's back porch. It didn't put up as much of a fight as Bailey does.

Then we hid Easter eggs in the house. She caught on to this pretty well to when she found out there was gummies in them.

Bailey helped too. She would find them as fast as Makinsi and take them straight to Lauren. She's so smart.

It amazes me how in love with a kid you can get. I loved my brother and sister when they were born and all the other cousins and kids around, but when one this close comes along there's just something about. It might have something to do with the fact that I can spoil her rotten and love on her like crazy and then she gets to go home. I have a very special aunt that I just adore and she's my role model for my relationship with Makinsi. I'm just so in love with her, it amazes me! I didn't know I could love someone so much that can't even talk yet!

I have several scrapbook pages to take pictures of but I might save that for next week. We had school two days this week and then have been doing Intersession Wed., Thurs., and Friday. I'm off all next week and have two scrap days planned already. So I might wait and put them all in one post next week. Makinsi and I are going couch shopping tomorrow, so hopefully we can find a good deal. That's all for now. Oh, Go Cards and Hilltoppers tonight! It's going to be a late night.

A White March...

Well, luckily we were already off of school today for an in-service day with all the snow that is expected. I woke up about 6 and looked out the window and didn't see much. When I finally got up later about 8:30 this is what was going on:

This is supposed to be the biggest snow storm we have had in a while so I thought I'd keep a visual of it. This mini-bat from the Louisville Slugger Museum is 17 inches long. Hopefully it won't get that deep.

At noon:

Little less grass showing. I let Bailey out to play. She loves the snow and especially loves catching snowballs in her mouth. She's weird!



Stay tuned, we'll see what falls.

I Heart Edward Cullen!

All you Edward fans: You know you want a shirt like this! I had these shirts made for the kids and teachers that have all fallen in love with the Twilight Series. The boys are all jealous, they want I love Bella shirts. 5 months until the next book! This is my trusty sidekick Gayle! She is wonderful!

(This is not the greatest picture, remember I'm still getting over pink eye and still have to wear my glasses!)

This Means WAR!

Them dang little boogers and their germs got me again. Now I have "Conjunctiveitis" which sounds a whole lot better than "Pink EYE!" I look like someone punched me in the eye and somehow rerouted my nose to run out of my eye! It's just disgusting! I have learned today after being at school with the kids and then leaving early to go to to doctor that people look at you funny when they think that you got the crap beat out of you. Then you say eye infection or pink eye and they really look at you funny as they turn and run! I started to take a picture and tell you all that I got into a huge fight, but I'm sure you would all have known better. The germ war is on as soon as I'm not contagious anymore. I'm cleaning that library from top to bottom!

Who needs toys?

Makinsi came over to play this afternoon. She is so sweet and so funny. I've done this thing with her for a long time now, where I say "Show me the cheeser!" and she grins real big. She's doing it in this picture. Notice Bailey has to be in the picture too. She plays so well with Makinsi. Chases her and gives her kisses! Then I followed Makinsi into the bathroom and she pulls this towel off the shelf. I wrapped it around her and we played with it for a long time. I layed it out on the floor and she layed down in the middle of it and Lauren looked at me and said we should swing her. Big mistake!

She loved it!

Doesn't she look pitiful when we stopped. I called Papaw and told him to hang the hammock up at home, that she was going to need it. He'll do anything to play with his camping equipment.