Quickly...

The little guy is waking up as I type this so it has to be fast... but I have a few cute pics to share... I'll try and post more tonight!

Elliot had a sucker this afternoon (after turkey, cheese and crackers which remain on his face in these pics)

Then he dropped it and picked up the wrong end!

So after all that fun, we definately had to take a bath, and with Matt working in the bathroom so much, we've started doing baths in the kitchen sink (after some bleach and followed by more bleach)...he LOVES LOVES LOVES to splash!

Isn't he the CUTEST?

And a quick little video of my guy in the tub...so much for a quick post! I did get him up, he is just sitting in his excersaucer playing... I have to say that the past few days have been great with him, I haven't gotten to frustrated with him and am just having fun with him! (YEAH, praise the LORD for answered prayers!)

Were off to have dinner with some friends that we don't see to often, Marios pizza, good friends, great weather, what more could we want on a Tuesday night??? Enjoy your evening!

Nothing to share...just a quick layout!

you can find credits here!

My Weekend...

On Friday we had a garage sale at my parents house, not super busy, but I made some money and I got some sun...lots of it. My neck still hurts 2 days later! After we closed I was exhausted so when Matt got home I took a short (but very effective) nap! Then around 7 we left for the fireworks. We got down to the park early, laid our blankets down and waited. We enjoyed the junk food while we were there and the boys played a game at the carnival. Shortly before the fireworks started some high school kids plopped thier blanket down almost on top of us! They were obnoxious and very annoying! It used to be that middle school kids annoyed me the most, but the closer Landon gets to that age, it's changing to high school kids. We had fun none the less, we didn't get home til almost 11, and the kids were exhausted!

On Saturday morning I got up early and went to open up the garage sale, Matt got the kids to Landon's practice and took them out for breakfast. Then took Bailey to her practice adn brought me the trailer to load up all the garage sale stuff that was left! AFter we got home he worked on the bathroom some more, I think he is almost done mudding it! (YEAH!!!!!) Last night we watched Charlottes Web, super cute movie, totally recommend it!

This morning we got up for church, came home and relaxed a little then Matt went fishing, Lanodn to a friends house and Bailey, Elliot and I went to a birthday party! Now we are trying to get backpacks all ready for school tomorow, get homework done (yes, I'm teaching my children to be procrastinators), all while we watch AFV! Busy week this week, but that's ok, every week is super busy, and actually the kids have half days on Wednesday and Thursday so we can go to parades (we might go on Wednesday, depending on weather), and they don't have school at all on Friday!

Here are a few pics from the fireworks...

Some new stuff

Some of the new stuff coming to The Lilypad tomorow is used in the layouts below...be sure to check it out tomorow!

Just checkin' in...

Normally I post every day, and since I didn't yesterday, I thought I should at least check in today...I have some pics to share!

Yesterday the kids and I jumped on the tramp again, what an insane workout, seriously, I can't explain, you just have to try it! So, we took some pics...even one of me, don't look to close though!

Today I took the kids out of school for the morning for no other reason than I wanted to go get thier pictures taken (and really, I took them myself), they enjoyed it and we got to take our time getting ready this morning which was kinda nice! My kids have always been pretty easy going when it's time to take pics, they sit how I want, smile when I want and just all in all are really easy going... enter baby! I forgot how hard it can be to get a decent pic with a baby involved! I didn't do to bad, but not exactly what I wanted for sure!

Fun stuff this weekend... fireworks tomorow night to kick off tulip time, we are taking both kids and they are each bringing a friend, lucky for us Julie is taking Elliot so we don't have to deal with him all night, and we are taking Avery with us, her and Bailey will have fun! Then on Saturday Landon has early practice again and Bailey has practice in the afternoon again and again, like last Saturday, Landon has a birthday party. I'm also doing a garage sale tomorow at my parents house (call me crazy, but with all the decluttering I'm having another one in a few weeks, I KNOW I will have lot's more stuff then), anyway, I'm hoping to make some money for shopping or a trip to Chicago or both... or a new house!

Wishing you a happy weekend, I may be back, but who knows with a busy weekend like we always have!

Oooooo, and if you digiscrap, make sure to check out the Lilypad this weekend, new site design, and some great new stuff! Don't want to miss that!

A Random Act of kindness...

So, 8 years ago today it was a beautiful day, we were young, but knew we were meant to be together! We had already had Landon 10 months earlier, but weren't getting married for "the wrong reasons". After the service we took a trolly to a park where we took what ended up being my favorite pictures! (I'll try and share some of them sometime, but that would require scanning and I despise doing that) Then off to the reception. By the time we were done for the night I was so tired, but we were married! Then off to Cancun for a week! On our first night there we went out for dinner at this reall nice seafood restaurant (we didn't realize how nice until we looked at the menu). We started talking to another couple that was from Lansing Michigan (not far from us in comparison to Mexico), they were there for thier anniversary. They were so incredibly sweet and we found out that they were staying at a sister hotel to the one we were staying at. Eventually they left and we finished dinner/drinks. The waiter brought us some extra drinks and dessert because he heard us say we were on our honeymoon, so nice of him! We waited and waited for our bill and finally asked for it, turns out the couple that we chatted with earlier had paid for it! How sweet was that? We were shocked and in awe the whole week! It was NOT a cheap dinner by any means (probably close to $100), and they covered it all and didn't expect anything in return. I wish I knew thier names or had been able to find them, just at least to say Thank You. It was the sweetest random act of kindness I've ever experienced!

So anyway, Matt and I went for dinner tonight to Boatwerks. We had an incredible dinner and an even better dessert...S'more sundae, it had 2 brownies with graham cracker topping, two scoops of ice cream (chocolate and vanilla) and was topped off with the HUGEST homemade toasted marshmallow! So yummy! He also brought home a dozen beautiful roses for me!

On the mommy side of my life I've been very frustrated, am I a terrible mom? I love my kids dearly, so much, but I get so frustrated with them. Especially Elliot, he is extremely attached right now, if he sees me he wants me! I can't leave him in one room while I walk into another, he will FREAK out! I can get nothing done. And when he goes down for a nap I still get nothing done because I just need to sit and enjoy the quiet! I love him so so so much, but just don't know how to handle him right now! Prayer is the only thing that I can think of right now. If you have other suggestions, please enlighten me!

I have to work tomorow and at night the kids have a family activity at church so that will be fun (as long as Elliot doesn't cry the whole time)! Enjoy your day!

Zoo Pics

Went to the zoo today with Bailey's class...it was a fun time, the kids had fun at least! There were so many exibits closed it was a little disappointing, but the kids didn't even seem to notice!

Then the usual Monday stuff... ballet and BSF. I really have a lot I wanted to post about, but really don't feel like all that typing right now, so maybe tomorow!

Matt and I are celebrating 8 years of marriage tomorow, some bad times, more good, but still very much in love, more than the day we were married! Nothing special planned, we may go out for dinner, but that's about as exciting as it gets! Have a good Tuesday!

We had a pretty good weekend. Elliot was gone for a few hours on Saturday which was so productive! I kept waiting for him to wake up from a nap, but he wasn't even here! Between practices and taking landon to a party I got a lot of cleaning done, not necesarily stuff that you can walk into the house and see that I did anything, but stuff that had to be done! It was so nice to have a break from Elliot, love him sooo much, but freedome was kinda nice for just a little while too! Then Matt went fishing Saturday night, finally got to go out with his downriggers, he came home with nothing though, I'm sure he will be out again soon though! I watched Kari's kids so they could go for dinner. It was fun to have both babies, they were funny together! I don't think I could ever be a mother of twins full time though!


The kids loved playing Peek-a-Boo!

Today we went to church this morning, which was good. I really enjoyed the sermon, we are doing a series on questions you ask about the bible and today he was answering questions about evolution. It gave a little insight into the things you just can't explain. It was interesting to me to hear that the hebrew language has only 7 thousand words, compared to 200,000 in the english language, and how that effects how the bible is translated, because many words in the hebrew language have multiple meanings. After church we went out for lunch and then the kids played outside for a bit, we tried to go for a bike ride, but Elliot didn't think that was all that much fun! He screamed the whole time, so we just went around a very small block by our house. We went for a walk instead (Landon and Bailey rode bikes), we'll have to try the bike thing again when he is in a better mood. After our walk, he went down for a nap so we played baseball with the kids, I'm amazed at how good Bailey is getting, the girl has quite an arm, I was suprised by her throw the first time, I expected to pick the ball up off the ground, but no it came right at me with force even! The kids have this game of playing on the trampoline while Matt throws the football to them (from the ground), so I climbed on the trampoline with them and caught the ball too, and let me just say WOW! I got such a workout, my legs hurt, I definatley got my heart rate up for 30 minutes (probably higher than it should be) and I was actually sweating (I don't sweat very much). It was fun, the kids had a good time and commented later on how much fun it was! So yeah, that was our weekend, tomorow I get to go to the zoo with Bailey's class, hopefully the rain holds off!

Here are a few layouts that I did this weekend...

A few layouts to share...

First a picture about what I treasure... I originally wanted to include Matthew 6:19-21 but didn't feel like it went all that well with the picture...


I finally scrapped some easter pictures, I've been procrastinating this for a while, I don't know why, I just don't feel like scrapping them right now, but I made myself...


And a picture I wanted to share (in case you haven't got enough Elliot in the past few days...

I'll be scrapping this one soon I'm sure so it will be back soon!

Have a great Saturday, we are once again super busy, but that's just life!

Edited...

Yes, so I had this whole post typed out this morning, but didn't post it yet, I was going to finish it tonight, and after re-reading it I deleted it. It was filled with negativity, it was a BAD morning! So, I got a little cleaning done this morning, not that you could tell anymore, then I was at Landon's school by 3:30 to hang artwork on the walls for the kids art show tonight, done there by 4:50, picked up Elliot at EJ's, then home to fix dinner that Matt started (but added to much water to the pan, so it needed some repairs, but we got it done). Eat dinner quickly, then off to the art show, buzz through there, then off to Bailey's t-ball practice, only to wait and wait and no one is there, so I run home quickly and guess what there is a message that practice was cancelled, so Matt practiced with her for a bit, then it was Landon's turn to practice at 7:00, supposed to be practicing until 8, but thunder and lightning and pouring rain cut that short, so they were home by 7:45. And now I am here in my jammies, listening to thunder and watching Ugly Betty, and then Grays and then October Road...have I ever said that I LOVE Thursdays? Tomorow Bailey has a friend coming over and Angela is coming over too, so it will be a busy day again here, with nothing accomplished I'm sure, and if I do get something done, you won't be able to tell by night time. I need to remember to go to Target to get a price adjustment on the new carseat that I got for Elliot last week, it's $20 off this week, that's a lot of money! Enjoy your Friday/weekend!

Oh yeah, one more thing, I love comments, if you reading this, let me know, show yourself!

Just HAD to share...

This cutest little giggle! (Note: I sooooo wish I could erase my voice, but you will just have to live with it I guess, and the video is taken with my camera (not a video camera, so quality isn't the best...sorry!)

Pics and Layouts

Today isn't so spring like... I'm sitting here freezing, with the window open...just cuz I forgot to close it this morning and I love to sleep with it open! (So, yeah, close the window right??!!) This morning I helped out at the book fair at the kids school for a few hours, Bailey and Elliot stayed home with a friend, now they are both sleeping/watching a movie! I just wanted to share a few pics and layouts quick...

Bailey got to go for her first ride on the new bike (and Matt too)! She absolutely loves it... this morning she said to me, "Mom, I really like my hair short like this...but I love my bike more!" Not sure what one has to do with the other, but then again, I'm not 5 years old anymore!




Next are pics of the entryway, I told you I would share so you could see what the colors look like! I love the colors and if we weren't trying to move soon I would definately want to paint more rooms like this!


And, Matt also tore into the bathroom last night, there are cupboards sitting around our house right now, I was going to post pics, but I will just wait until it's all done! (Hopefully sooner than later!)

And some pics of Elliot, he so badly wants to crawl! He likes to do "Push Ups", where it's just his hands and toes on the ground, and he get's on all fours and rocks, so I'm sure it won't be to long now, and I dread it, I like that he stays in one place personally!
In this one it looks like he's trying to swim (I think at least)...





And a few layouts to share... credits can be seen in my gallery at DST (link on right)

Twofer Tuesday

Just some quick product pics that i got today...
This cardstock pack from Amy Wolff is soooo great! The colors are amazing, after unzipping it I was even more impressed! (My new go-to)
Just Solids Cardstock Pack

And, it's only $2.00 today! ($3.99 tomorow)

And some Lace-Up Cards

Aren't these fun, I can't wait to use them... These are also only $2.00 today

So if you don't digiscrap, why not? There is so much you can do!

Have a great Tuesday! I get to go get grocery's! Fun fun fun!

It's about time...

we got a new bike for Bailey. She had a 12" Barbie bike and it was just way to little for her, her little legs had to go so fast to get her anywhere and since I've been walking more lately she has had to do a lot of riding. Bless her heart though, she never complains, 3-4 miles later, she is still pedaling fast as fast can be! But today while she was at school I visited Target and got her this...
She loves it (she did have to make sure the training wheels came off though, she's just WAY to big for that...)! Unfortunately it comes in a box, and I'm not talented enough to put it together. I tried to put her old one together when we got it and ended up getting mad and making Matt do it, so I'm not even going to open the box this time... It's all him!

I absolutely hate Monday,not only is it the beginning of a week, but we are so incredibly busy it get's stressful. I pick the kids up from school at 3:45, Bailey has to get changed for Ballet after a snack and we have to leave by 4:30, Ballet get's done at 5:30, so we are home by 5:40, then tonight Landon had his first baseball practice from 6-7, so somewhere in there they both had to eat. I was thinking about going to practice for a little bit, but then realized that Matt was taking all three kids with him so I would be home alone (which rarely happens and I so cherish that time) so I just stayed home and did a few things, then it was off to BSF, not to return til about 9:00. And here I am...

So yeah, pretty boring day, not sure why I keep a blog, my life is pretty monotonous (which I had to look up the spelling of and here is the definition: lacking in variety; tediously unvarying, yeah, pretty much me!

What a gorgeous day...

Today was GREAT! It was over 80 degrees and sunny, a little breezy! I could handle all year like this, forget that summer humidity that is bound to hit soon! Matt finally got to go fishing, not salmon like he wanted, the waves were supposed to be huge, so he just went perch fishing instead. (Once he got out there though he said the waves were very small, so he wished he had brought his salmon stuff!) He also said that there was a line a mile long to get into the state park, so don't go there he said! Instead, I took the kids to Payless and got some shoes...
I got these in a solid army green...(can't get that picture I guess)



And the kids got two pairs (1 each too)...






Then we went to Panera for dinner, and then to the park in Holland where there are supposed to be tulips blooming for tulip time, there were about 10 tulips, and I forgot my camer... lucky my dad was along, and never without a camera! Here area few of the pics he captured of my kids, and D & Angela (bro and sis)...


After all that we went to Coldstone for ice cream! So yummy, but definately a splurge for ice cream! I hate spending that much, but when Matt's gone sometimes I jsut have to! Then we came home and went for a short walk and then it was bath/shower time and bedtime for Elliot, while the kids and I watched AFV (a family favorite), now the kids are in bed and I'm on the porch typing away, trying to calm myself down after my mini breakdown of feeling overwhelmed by the messy messy house and doing everything by myself! Tomorow I want to try to walk in the morning, but then am going to dedicate myself to cleaning and organizing. We have clothes everywhere, I need to sort and get rid of a bunch and put away the rest! We just plain have way to many clothes! How many outfits is typical for a child? Just out of curiosity, cuz I think my kids have about 20 shirts a piece, not to mention dresses for Bailey (and 20 may seriously be on the low end)! Not that I'm not grateful that we have clothes to wear, it's just SOOOO overwhelming right now, I think everything is just compounding on each other and I'm getting overwhelmed with everything... For now I'm just outside, enjoying the beautiful weather until it's time for Desperate housewives, Matt won't be home til late I'm sure so all by myself! Have a great Monday everyone!