TO SAY OR NOT TO SAY?

Beautiful

Inside and out!

My friend Nicole.  I adore her, her love for life, for God and for family and friends.  She is truly a beautiful person inside and out.  I have had the pleasure of becoming friends with her over the past few years, meeting through some mommy groups.  We figured out we were both from the same town and graduated from the same high school (me of course much sooner then her).  I have borrowed her kids to photograph when I was starting my busines.  But who wouldn't want to take her picture as well?  She is gorgeous inside and out and I have adored having a chance to photographer her maternity pictures, and now her new little addition, Christopher. 

Just wanted to share a few from yesterday. And thanks for the tulips Nicole.  I love them!

 

Nothing Better than Love!

Well the kids had a good valentines day.  I know... a little late to be posting this.  "Late" would be my life it seems.  MJ just got over pneumonia a few weeks ago and it would appear that I am heading into a chest infection.  Anyway... it just seems that life throws you loops every so often and then manages to interfer with what you should be doing.  But then.... I trust that God has a plan and maybe it is telling me to just slow down a bit.

Here are the cards I made for Keagan and MJ this Valentines day.  We attached MJ's cards to bags of candy to take to preschool.  She loved her card.  Keagan seemed to like his as well, but being in Grade two I was a bit worried as it wasn't the typical store bought pokeman, action figure cards that everyone would be giving out.  Sure enough, when I asked him later how the kids liked his cards he began to cry and said one girl said they were "weird".  I felt horrible.  I think back now and shouldn't have suggested it knowing how kids can be so cruel once they get into older grades.  But geese... grade 2!!  He later told me she was the only one who said that and the rest of the kids liked them.  So that was a relief.

I used Erica Hernandez's designes.  Very fun and simple to use.  Printed them on my home computer for them to cut out and take.

My sister Bonnie was down for a short visit.  She lives in Ottawa and I haven't seen her for about 1.5 years.  She was down for work but got to stay with us for a few days. Here are a few pictures I was able to get.  Not many.  My kids adored her.  Especially MJ who sat on her lap the entire time at Pizza Hut. 

Her with my kids.  Quickly taken as I was running out the door to take Keagan to curling. 

Here all 3 sisters together.  Very rare.  Karen had gotten in on a plane from Cuba an hour before Bonnies plane arrived.  Karen is the one with the dread locks (sp?).  She gets them each time she goes somewhere hot.  Which seems like alot.  I'm in the middle.  The cute one!  Ha!  And youngest of course.  And Bonnie on the right.  She is over 40 and took up running in her later 30's.  While at my house she got up early and went for a 9k run!  Yikes.  She looks incredible and I have honestly always looked up to her for her determination. 

Love my sisters!  They were the best to me growing up.  Truly they were!  And still are the best.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!  It is what life is all about.  Finding it, keeping it, sharing it and knowing when you have it so you can never take it for granted.  Never losing site of what is important.

Happiness is....

This came in my inbox.  I get daily quotes.  It is so true!!

Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. 

Francesca Reigler

I choose happy and strong. 

She makes me happy.  I do have a few of my son coming.  Just managed to get these resized.  I am not scrapbooking lately, but trying to do these storyboards and print them on 5X7' to then put in a small scrapbook to journal with.  This is manageable and doesn't overwhelm me.

   

Weird thing happened today when I was getting my hair done in my salon.  A customer sitting near me asked me if I wanted to look at her scrapbook magazines.  I had foils in and she could see I was wanting something to read.  I said "sure".  Then she asked if I was still scrapbooking and said "you use to be published all the time in these magazines"?  I was shocked she would know who I was. She said she frequented Nicoles store (the store I use to teach at when I was into my scrapbooking).  It was a strange feeling to have someone even know who I was and that I use to be published.  I told her I wasn't scrapbooking any longer.  But I have to say, looking a the magazines made me itch to give it a go. 

Off to take the kids skating.  My sister Bonnie comes to visit tomorrow from Ottawa.  I haven't seen her in 1.5 years.  Can't wait.