one last 2006 post.

Just wanted to share one more thing this year. I made a little ring bound album to put all this years Christmas cards in. Just simple chipboard and some scraps. Nothing special, just another keepsake to add to the pile.

See you all next year.

until next year..

This cutie is my stepdaughter who is spending the holiday with us, and we just wanted to shout out to her Mom.."See you next year!" Jordyn is having a excellent time and misses you! This photo is from the 27th while we were at the mall playing mini golf. There where no holes in one :) We also went to Chuck E. Cheese's!

Also a little man update: We took him in on Friday morning to the doctor and he has an ear infections, so she prescribed some antibiotics and so far today has been a real good day for him. We even got out of the house for a while. And he got a good nap, which always helps. But thanks for all your worries about him. Later Maters!

early morning update

Well we made it thru the night reasonably. His fever fluctuated from the 101s to a high of 103.2. YIKES! Scary stuff. Just doing what I can to keep it down and keep him comfy. We'll see how this morning goes, (I have to work till 11, daddy is home) and call the doctor for her thoughts or see if she wants to see him.

there's nothing worse..

than a sick child. I just put mine to bed with a 101.9 fever and he fell asleep with in minutes. It has been going down and back up all day. I am just rotating between children's Motrin and Tylenol every four hours. He did eat some supper tho. He is so exhausted that just laying around takes so much energy. He fell asleep 3 times today, but only for minutes. Hopefully he will rest really well and be himself in the morning. I feel so sorry for him. And luckily, my hubby is on leave till the 3rd, so he is here to help out. Anyway off to bed for me to tend to my baby boy.

Christmas 2006

Merry Christmas! Hope you all had a good one. I have been away a while, but will try to update more later. This was the photo that went out with all our Christmas cards. My sweet little man. Almost four.

Happy Birthday to me!

Wohooo!! It's my birthday. I am the big 25 today. I wanted to share this card that I got from Julie. She knows that I have a shoe fetish (totally obsessed with Skechers right now) so I thought is was extra special that she chose this particular one for me. Thanks!! Now I off to celebrate! Later.

Happy Holidays!

'Tis the season to be jolly Fa la la la la la la la la! Just sharing the title page to my small 4x6 SEI album for Christmas photos! I am totally digging my Christmas mood today. I been jammin out to XM Holly all day and we are gettinr ready to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas tonight at six. And I got some good Target bargins tonight with Julie. Woohooooo!! Later.

first snow fall.

I was looking through some old photos today, and found this one from November 2004. It was Jason's first time out in the snow! He had a ball! (And I had 3 rolls of film to prove it.) We must of only been out for 10 minutes, but he covered the whole yard. And yes, he did have a set of mittens and a snow suit! Brrrrrrrr... Later.

Christmas 2004

Just a new layout with some old photos. The previous scrapbook page that these photos were on was hilarious! So I thought I'd re-do it. The foil seal is a left over from this years Christmas cards. And I am totally lovin Autumn Leaves stamps right now, can you tell? Jason was so sick that year over the holidays. In fact if you click on the layout, his sleeve in the bottom picture is actually covered in snot! How nice! Later Mater.

Dake family kids.

After Thanksgiving, and spending it with 6 nieces and nephews, I needed a way to store their photos all together. I did this title page for a small 4x6 SEI album. This will be the only scrapping through out the album. (I might alter the cover.) I am just adding the photos. They are all so exquisite that I wanted the focus to be on them. Had a very lazy Sunday and totally enjoyed it! Update: I added the photo of the cover too!

Happy Birthday Julie!

Happy Birthday to you! Just wanted to shout out to my friend Julie who is celebrating her birthday today! I am not into making my own cards, but she is. This is the back of the card I put together for her. (And she loved it!) Later.

a self portait and a signature.

How Cute! Today Jason took time out to draw a self portrait and the second picture is his signature. I am sooooooo excited every time he writes his name! And I keep every shred of paper that he writes it on. (I'll need a bigger folder soon, huh?) Welp that's it! Just wanted to share his "artistic abilities" with you all. Later!

curls. almost gone.

Hey! Just wanted to post this quick layout that I finished. I haven't been getting any pages done lately because of all the small projects that I got going on. So I took time out today to get one done! YEAH! Jason was only one and a half in these photos. I miss those chubby cheeks! Sorry the scan is so bad. I hate scanning textured paper. Later Mater.

My 5 Faves Right Now.

Just a quick scan of a mini book of my 5 faves right now. It was an Ali challenge months ago, but I wasn't inspired until I saw my girl, Karla's album. And so again THANKS GIRL! You are amazing. Later.

Priceless.

I snapped this photo a couple weeks ago at the Santa's Workshop craft show! Thought it was an excellent shot. Priceless. Thinking of shadow boxing it with some stamping/embossing on the frame. We'll see. Not much going on. Just been busy, busy! And have yet to Christmas shop and get the tree up! Maybe this weekend! Later!