FINALLY!!

I have finally finished my Christmas cards! I didn't think that I was ever going to find the time to start any of my cards or post on here for that matter. Things have been a little crazy lately. I am still feeling very sick most days and that makes it hard to find the energy to do much of anything. I can tell you, however, that I have not missed an episode of Montel or Dr. Phil in a few weeks. That should tell you how much time I have spent lying on my couch. Later today I plan to post some pics of my cards and of some of the projects that I have done recently.

Oh... I got my new catalog the other day. I am super excited to show it to all of you. I love it!! There are a lot of fun sets in this catty. I am really looking forward to the new year and all of the fun stuff that I want to do with my club.

Anyway, check back later for some fun pics of some cards and other stuff too :)

Kinley can shake her booty!!

Be patient and wait till McKinley is dancing all by herself. She can really move.... Sorry the video is sooo long... couldn't shorten it.

Another TAG

I was tagged by Sarah...


The challenge is to make an acronym kinda thing out of your middle name.

So here goes:

J~ Junk food addict
A~ Artistic
D~ Drama Queen
E~ Exciting

Okay, I had to have a little fun with that one!

I am tagging...
Danielle
Patty
Susan

You guys had better do this one!

I've been tagged by Lori J.....

I was tagged by Lori J @ http://urgentcookie.blogspot.com/ go check out her blog!


1. If you could have 100.00 worth of scrapbook paper or assorted embellishments, which would you choose? Embellishments, because I think that I am less likely to spend my own money on them!

2. If you had to choose between using only stamps or ribbons, which would you choose? Stamps

3. If you knew how to do both awesome cards and layouts but could only do one for a whole year…which would you do? I'd probably do cards.... that seems to be all that I have time for these days :(

4. Would you rather own a scrap book store or have your own scrapping room at home? I would KILL to have my own scrappin' store... what would be better than that?!?

5. What is your CURRENT card making or scrapping style? dunno

Here are the rules…………..Please answer the questions on your blog and tag 5 more people to answer the same questions……….make sure you list on your blog who you are tagging….

I am tagging...
Sarah
Patty
Susan
Gina
Lori T

Have fun with this!

I'm PREGNANT AGAIN!!

I went to doctor yesterday to have an ultrasound to be sure that this pregnancy is going better than the last one. Everything is GREAT!! Baby has a great heartbeat and I am in perfect health. I had been soooo dang stressed out after just loosing a baby a couple of months ago, that I could not enjoy being pregnant again. Now that I know everything is great, I can enjoy it and start getting excited about the upcoming shopping... I mean, baby:) I am only 7 weeks, which means that we can expect a new baby in June. Leif and I are super excited to be having another baby. McKinley and Teagan are pretty excited too. McKinley may change her mind once baby gets her and gets a bit of attention though. She is a little spoiled :)

Thought I would share my good news with all of you since everything is good!

Happy Birthday Uncle Paul!!

Hope you have a wonderful day....and I hope you check my blog to see that I was thinking about you.

Happy Birthday Jaders too!!

Can't wait to give you your present.

Halloween pics!

Here are the pics of the kids last night. McKinley was Lumpy... again. She wanted to wear this her costume for the second year in a row. Fine with me. She loves the Heffalump movie. Teagan was.... well.... I am not really sure. But it was scary and that is all he cared about. He borrowed the mask from his dad. (Colton) We did a trunk-or-treat with the neighborhood. It was a lot better than going door to door. Anyway, here they are. Hope you enjoy them.

I know Halloween is over but.....

Just had to share one more Halloween funny! Stephanie sent me this in an email with this "full moon" in it :) Made me laugh.

More Maxine....

Thought a laugh was in order ;)

{ HAPPY HALLOWEEN! }

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

This is what LORI said....

We have a roundabout just like that one here and it is marked just like yours.

The officer is such a dork.... I knew that they could not be painted incorrectly. AHHHH!!

Driver's ED students and roundabouts... should these two ever be combined?

This has turned out to be the week from HELL!! Besides my insane PTO schedule and not being at all prepared for club on Saturday, last night I was in an accident. I was in the roundabout... in the left hand lane... and a driver's ed student was in the right hand lane. Well, my arrow clearly allows me to exit the roundabout or continue through it. The other arrow clearly says that the right lane can only exit the roundabout. Long story short... the girl that crossed into my lane and hit me was not sited for this accident. They claimed that they were allowed to continue around the roundabout from the far right lane. Maybe the paint on the road is wrong? I doubt it, personally. The police officer, whose name is Alan Jackson (not joking), said that it was my fault because he thought the arrows were incorrectly painted on the road and I should have yielded for her. Why would I yield to someone driving along side me going the same direction in a two lane road? Can you believe this? Either way, I followed the posted signage and she did NOT!! We are absolutely taking this further. Leif is going to the police station with photos in the morning. There is nothing in our current driver's ed manual about roundabouts. The teacher in the car said that there was... HE IS A LIAR. I am still a little angry about the whole thing. I feel that all that girl learned was to be dishonest. Did I mention that an eye witness said that I stayed in my lane and that the other car crossed the line and side swiped me? Oh, and the driver's ed teacher picked the debris up thus disabling the officer from see the exact location on the road where impact occurred. Okay, I will stop ranting now. What do you think?

I've been playin'

Here are just two of the fun little dies I bought to go with my cuttlebug. They actually go with the little kid version, but they are so dang cute that I am using them with my machine. I am having a lot of fun playing with this thingy:)

{ My new toy!! }

I finally broke down and bought myself a cuttlebug. I've been scoping these out for some time now... well... yesterday at Robert's they were 50% off! I had to buy it ;) I played with it a little bit last night at Patty and Paul's house, but didn't make anything. I am going to try and post a pic later after I have some time to create!

Oh! Thanks for the bread Patty! It is soooo good. Especially with the huckleberry jam you gave me last weekend :) Boy Clayton, you really missed out on bread!

Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band

Last weekend I went and saw this band for the 3rd time!! This time it was 100% FREE!! They played in a park in Idaho Falls. I don't have much time so I will just say... If you've never heard this band, check out their website and go to the jukebox tab to take a listen. www.shupe.net. They are AMAZING! Super fun in person too. I will let you go so that you can go and listen to them :)

SPOOKY

Here is a pic or two of some wood letters that I made today. I can't really take credit for the design.... a lady at the scrap store created kits for this. I had fun making though. I changed it up a bit to be my own... not much though.

Time to scap.... FINALLY

Friday night I had Stephanie, Patty, Danielle, Sarah, and Clayton over. Us girls spent the night scrapbooking while Leif and Clayton played video games and watched 1408. I haven't done any scrapbooking in a VERY long time It was so much fun. You should have seen the junk food we had :) I made enchiladas and spinach dip, Patty made tons of cookies and some chocolate bread, and Sarah and Steph brought candy. YUMMY! Here are a few pics of some pages that I got done. The pics are of my now 7 yr old son... he was the cutest baby ever!

Back from Boise

Well, I am back and I survived... kind of!

I got to meet my new nephew, Roman. I also got to go to Archivers and the Paper Cottage... both of which are awesome places to buy scrappin arsenal. The most eventful thing was when McKinley puked the whole way home... all over the van and everything in it. That was quite fun :) oh, and, We took McKinley and Teagan to build a bear and Kinley loved it. She made a dinosaur named Princess. Teagan didn't want to make anything... he just wanted to boss Kinley around. He was certain he knew what it was she wanted to make. Big brother syndrome is what I call that. He loves her...

Other than that, we pretty much just sat around at his sisters house. It really is hard to do a whole lot with 4 little ones in tow. We had fun though.

Here are some pics of McKinley and Teagan feeding fish in Great Grandpa Thompson's pond and a pic of Roman and I. A few of McKinley with Princess at build a bear. By the way, if you've never been there... go... it is worth the small fortune you pay for a new little friend :)

OH, what a day..

Leif has told me about a million times that he'd rather I didn't paint McKinley's toenails in the living room on the carpet. I always insist that I am a pro and he just needs to mind his own business and relax a little bit. Today was the day.... I knocked the full bottle of the brightest pink polish ever over and it went everywhere. Once I was able to catch my breath and think straight, I ran to the closet and got some remover out. I poured almost the whole bottle onto the bright pink stain.... it didn't get it completely out, but it made a HUGE difference. Those of you who know me well, know that I am desperate for new carpet... I assure you that this was an accident and that I would never pour the polish onto the carpet... spill my coffee, maybe :) Leif is going to totally flip out when he gets home and sees the stain in the middle of the living room. Needless to say however, McKinley's toes look great! She said, "Mommy, you reary bad grrr. (really bad girl) Daddy spank you bum and you will cry." What do you think of that? Even she knows that I am in big trouble now. One good thing, I didn't cuss at all... I was at a loss for words. I just know that Leif is going to think that this is my sad attempt at new carpet. The sad thing is that if I can't take care of the carpet that I already have, then how will I take care of new carpet? I've heard it a million times. Enough about that.. just pray that Leif doesn't notice :)

I am off to Boise for the weekend to see Leif's family and my new nephew that I haven't been able to meet yet. Have a wonderful weekend and we'll chat soon!

This picture is kind of old but I love it and wanted to share. Teagan went to Minnesota a few years ago to stay with his aunt Missy. I was one of those moms that did NOT like to see their child dirty. Well, my sister thought it would be funny to send me a picture of Teagan covered in oil.... and wearing a brand new outfit that I had sent with him. Even covered in oil he is pretty dang cute :0)

Finally some cards to share!!

It's been a while since I have stamped or even posted on here. So here are some of the latest things that I have made. The little on is from Convention!

Retired colors!

I know that these colors are retired, but I really love them. This is one of those 2 second creations... the kind you do just because you have some spare pieces of paper lying around.

A few of you have asked me...

What's with the random pictures?

Well, I have just come back into contact with one of my best friends and wanted to share some pics of my life with him. That's all. I have some cards that I am going to post within the next few days too!!

Just some pics

Last check up!

I can't tell you how excited I am to be going to the doctor today. It should be my last appointment. Just going to make sure that the D & C went okay and make sure that I am healing. It's been kindof hard to be happy the past week, but today I must say that I am feeling happy. I am soooo sick of going to the doctor. However, I want to get pregnant again very soon... so, I will be going to the doctor for that :)

Teagan is feeling a little bit better. He is going to stay with his dad this weekend while I do my stuff and Leif and Kinley go to Boise. I am going to see Chicago tonight and The Wreckers and Josh Turner tomorrow. Can't wait.


Thank you all for your kind word regarding my miscarriage. It really makes me happy to know that I have so many great friends.

Hope you all are having a great day.
Mandi

Takin' a little break.

I have decided to take a little break... I have been very sick and need to take care of myself. It's not just me though. I found out today that my son is going to need a lot of attention for the next little while too. His intestines are completely backed up and he is at a high risk for a tear. That can be extremely dangerous. Once I recover from my "procedure" I will be back into the swing of things. Just need a little time to focus on healing me and making sure Teagan gets better. Isn't it funny how when things go bad they REALLY go bad?!?

Talk to you all very soon.
Mandi

You Know You're a Mom When ......

You Know You're a Mom When ......
1. Your feet stick to the kitchen floor.....and you don't care.
2. When the kids are fighting, you threaten to lock them in a room together and not let them out until someone's bleeding.
3. You can't find your cordless phone, so you ask a friend to call you, and you run around the house madly, following the sound until you locate the phone downstairs in the laundry basket.
4. You spend an entire week wearing sweats.
5. Your idea of a good day is making it through without a child leaking bodily fluids on you.
6. Popsicles become a food staple.
7. Your favorite television show is a cartoon.
8. Peanut butter and jelly is eaten at least in one meal a day.
9. You're willing to kiss your child's boo-boo, regardless of where it is.
10. Your baby's pacifier falls on the floor and you give it back to her, after you suck the dirt off of it because your too busy to wash it off.
11. Your kids make jokes about flatulence, burping, pooping, etc. and you think it's funny.
12. You're so desperate for adult conversation that you spill your guts to the telemarketer that calls and HE hangs up on YOU!
13. Spit is your number one cleaning agent.
14. You're up each night until 10 PM vacuuming, dusting, wiping, washing, drying, loading, unloading, shopping, cooking, driving, flushing, ironing, sweeping, picking up, changing sheets, changing diapers, bathing, helping with homework, paying bills, budgeting, clipping coupons, folding clothes, putting to bed, dragging out of bed, brushing, chasing, buckling, feeding (them, not you), PLUS swinging, playing baseball, bike riding, pushing trucks, cuddling dolls, roller balding, basketball, football, catch, bubbles, sprinklers, slides, nature walks, coloring, crafts, jumping rope, PLUS raking, trimming, planting, edging, mowing, gardening, painting, and walking the dog. You get up at 5:30 AM and you have no time to eat, sleep, drink or go to the bathroom, and yet...you still managed to gain 10 pounds.
15. In your bathroom there is toothpaste on the light fixtures, water all over the floor, a dog drinking out of the toilet and body hair forming a union to protest unsafe working conditions.
16. You buy cereal with marshmallows in it.
17. The closest you get to gourmet cooking is making rice crispies bars.

Chocoholics Dictionary....

Thought I'd share this with all of you.

Romance : The art of slowly and seductively unwrapping your chocolate bar.


Diet : Cutting down from twelve to eleven chocolate gateaux per day.


Recipe : A formula to ensure that chocolate is included in everything from baked potatoes to onion soup.


Self Control : Saving half your box of chocolates until 'later'.


Ultimate Act of Generosity : Grudgingly giving someone a square of your precious chocolate.


Love : A passionate need for another. Many believe that true love is only possible with one chocolate bar at a time.


Unrequited Love : When your chocolate cake just doesn't seem to care about you any more.


Aphrodisiac: Chocolate covered oysters served with chocolate flavoured champagne.


Chocophobia : The totally logical fear that the world will run out of chocolate.


Glutton : Anyone who refuses to share with you.


Affair : Having a wonderful time with one chocolate ice cream while another is patiently waiting in the fridge.


Sex Appeal : Being so 'hot' that you cause chocolate to melt at first glance.
Copyright Stuart Macfarlane

Happy 7th birthday Teagan!

My mom and McKinley watching Teagan open his loot.

This is me and my grandma. Isn't she cute?


Teagan turned 7 last week and we had a party at the skating rink. It was crazy but lots of fun. Thought that I'd share some pics with you.

Birthday Card for Kedron

This is a card that I just made for my SIL. Her bday is on September 11th so I thought I may as well get her a card made while I had a bit of time. I used the River Rock (my new favorite color) textured cardstock and Groovy Guava. I think that this hostess set is sooo adorable. I mostly wanted it for the cute little pea pod :)

Just one more angle so that you can kinda see some of the detail on it. I used my cropadile to dry emboss on the center circle. I used brads on the wheels and stamped on shimmery white CS. Click on the pics to see them up close.

Halloween Swaps

I finally got a little bit of time last night to sit down and use my new Halloween sets. Batty and Batty for you are my favorite Halloween sets yet. I had a good time messing around with them. Isn't it cool that they coordinate with the circle punches?!? I wasn't really sure what I thought about the new size of ribbon, but I am totally in LOVE. My plan is to purchase it in every color in a few weeks. Anyway, I hope that you like the card!