2 MORE LAYOUTS

Here are two layouts I did this week.  Both are using Liz Childester's sketches from her blog.  She comes up with the best sketches.  Scrapping is so much quicker when I use her sketches.

Sketch 64

Here is my take on the sketch

Sketch 63

and my take on it

Scraptacular Getaway Layouts

Here are the layouts I did at Scraptacular Getways (almost a month ago) I finally got around to photographing them and uploading them.  I wish I would have done more but I am a slow scrapper so I am happy with the 11 layouts that I did.

Grace and AJ were so excited to make these cookies.  I was bummed that the photo of the two of them came out blurry but I scrapped it anyway. (Jan. 2010)

The photo in this layout is of AJ hoping that he will be chosen “player of the game” Every game coach chooses a player of the game, the season was almost over and during this game AJ not only got his first hit, he got his second and third hits as well!  What a great game to be chosen Player of the game!

More baseball pics

 

Pics of Grace being silly after her first dance class.

 

Ok, My pal Diana did this layout for me.  It’s of M’s soccer team at their team party in 08

  Grace on swinging on the last day of school

   2006- Kids made a lemonade stand

  Miranda & Sophia have been friends since Kindergarten.  Tina and I thought it was so funny that they both wore converse sneakers with their “nice” outfits for the Garin Winter Band Concert.

Truhe & Fellman girls watching Corn Fest fireworks at our house 2006

Mommy & Coco at her girl scouts Mother Daughter Brunch

Just some pics of Grace and AJ being silly (Jan. 2010)

I was hoping to complete 100 scrapbook pages by the end of the year.  I am at about 32 (including digi).  It  I am a little behind, so I better get scrapping.  I hope to post more layouts later this week alone with a family update and photos.

Template Challenge at The Shabby Shoppe Blog

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to let all of you digi scrappers know that The Shabby Princess is having a template challenge on her blog.  The winner get a $25 gift card to the Shabby Shoppe.  Click HERE to check it out.

Here is my layout.

I used the free template offered for the challenge and I used her Promise kit from March 2008 you can download it for free HERE. 

Have fun!
xoxo,
Jackie

PS~ I'll be back later to do a "catch up" and to post soem of the Mothers Day photos :)

WE THOUGHT OUR DODGE CARAVAN WAS COOL…

 

BUT NOW WE’RE THINKING ABOUT THE SWAGGER WAGON UPGRADE.

TWO POSTS IN ONE TODAY

I finally had some and energy to do some digital scrapbooking.  I copied Sketch # 58 from fellow blogger Liz Childester.  Check her blog out here.  She comes up with the best sketches for scrapbooking. 

The digital kit was Lucky Ducky by Miss Mint.  It was the March kit over at Scrappers Guide.  If you are interested in digital scrapbooking this site is a gold mine.  Linda Satgast offers lots of Photoshop tutorials and tips. 

 

On another note…

Our car was broken into at Miranda’s soccer game on Saturday afternoon.  They busted the passenger window and grabbed my purse.  (I know, I know… I should have never left my purse in the car)  It has been a pain canceling everything.  Mostly it is so sad to see how afraid my kids were.  In time we can replace everything that was taken but it is such a violation.  I worry because they got my checkbook which has our address printed on them.  Now I am looking at the cars that drive by my house wondering… is that them?  are they back for more?  They really didn’t get much.  Well, ok they got 2 iPods that I forgot were in my purse and my pocket camera that hasn’t been working very well.  But other than that got our Kaiser cards, (they are more then welcome to use the cards, we have a crazy high deductable & out of pocked maximum), Gracie’s pacemaker card, some business cards, a bunch of punch cards that I always forget to use.  Our season passes to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom were in there but I called the park today and it seems they can void the cards and as long as we have a police report (which we do) they will issue us new cards.  The worst thing was the checkbook but the bank closed the account right away and gave us a new one.  It’s a hassle but at least they didn’t get anything. 

Boy, 2010 is just not our year…

PS~ I was going to participate in Ali Edwards “Week in the life” but I just never got my act together on it and planned to start it this week.  I got a few photos this morning but then didn’t want to lug the big SLR around and gave up.  I hope a pocket camera is near the top of the list for things to replace.

I will be back soon to post pics of Miranda’s soccer game and of the Scrapbook Layouts I did at Scraptacular Getaways.

Please Pray For Our Friend Moriah

 

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PRESSURES IN MORIAH'S HEART TO RETURN TO NORMAL BY THE TIME SHE HAS HER HEART CATHETERIZATION IN JUNE!! WE KNOW HOW FAR SHE HAS COME, AND WE KNOW THE POWER OF PRAYER. WE ASK FOR COMPLETE AND TOTAL HEALING OF HER HEART.

I just wanted to ask all of my friends to please say a prayer for our friend Moriah.  I have been following Moriah’s story since she was born.  I got to meet her and her parents a year and a half (or so) ago when Moriah was brought to Stanford from Southern California. (they have since relocated here)  This is just she sweetest family you could ever meet.  They have been through so much.  You can check out their blog here for the whole story. 

PHOTO CATCH UP

Here are some photos from the last few weeks that I am just getting around to posting.

Enjoy…

Here is Grace just before heading in to surgery.She feeling a little loopy right here.

Here she is just after coming out of surgery.

She woke up sooner than they thought and tried to pull out the ventilator.  Not a good thing!

    She was extubated in a few hours.  She slept the rest of the night.

Here is Nurse Helen saying goodbye at the end of her shift.  Helen also took care of Grace the day she was born and for the next three months…

Nurse Gina

Nurse Megan

  Nurse Julie

Dr. Tanel, the pacemaker specialist

Nurse Nelsie

 

    Nurses Sabrina and Keegan. 

We are out of here!

 

A few days after getting discharged from UCSF she had a follow up appointment with her cardiologist at Kaiser.  So far so good :)

Nurse Ann at Dr. Coopers office.

Dr. Cooper

Nancy.  She does all of Gracie’s echo’s