New blog colors again.

I got so tired of the black yellow and red. So I went with a simple white background now. Loving it much better. Funny that in my scrapbooking I am also loving using a white background, a tan background or black. Guess I am just trying to go with the simple element in life. lol.
Lately I have been really into making cards, as I mentioned before.
Have some ideas...so as soon as I get them down on paper (made) I will share. I am hoping to get some done today.
I do have one card to share later, but right now I have to go pick up Marcus from school.

Halloween Tags

Ok let me try this again.
Blogger was having an issue this morning and didn't save my post, and then cleared it.

I was angry...so I just walked away.

I wanted to share these cute Halloween tags that I made yesterday.

I am going to make some yummy goodies for family and for both of my doctors offices. So after I put the goodies on a tray, I am going to wrap them in clear celephane and then tie on the tag. Wouldn't that be a cute little treat for a teacher too?

The images were printed on glossy photo paper and then pop dotted onto black cardstock. I tied on a little twine, used a black button and a orange rhinestone. I threw on a few silver pearls, and outlined the image in orange stickles. Quick and easy, but a nice little added something. I am thinking about making some Halloween cards similar to the tags as well.

Homemade Doughnuts

Tonight I made the kids homemade doughnuts.

It is so easy.

What you need:

I got 3 cans of .45cent bisquits.

Cinnamon

Sugar

Oil

Put oil in pan and let it start heating.

Mix cinnamon and sugar together. I just sprinkled about a cup of sugar in a bowl and then kept adding cinnamon to the amount I think it looked good. Mix well.

Take the bisquits out of the can. Poke a hole in the middle. Work the hole to a bigger hole and it looks like a doughnut.

Place about 5 in the hot oil at one time. As soon as the bottom starts to get a light golden color, flip. The second side does not take very long at all. Take them out and while they are still hot place one side in cinnamon sugar mixture and coat. Place on a plate to cool.

* I was taking mine out and immediately putting in the sugar mixture but it was making them other doughnuts stay in the oil too long, so I took them all out and then quickly put them in the sugar.

* I also tried making some without poking holes in them and in some the outside was done but the inside was a bit doughy still. So the holed ones turned out better.

Happy Birthday

to my handsome husband today. I am going to make a nice dinner tonight and we are going to relax at home.
I wish that he didn't have to work today...but such is life when you become and adult. :(
I wanted to upload a picture but blogger is having issues this morning.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE!

That long...

since I last posted. WOW. Lots going on around here I guess. Getting back into a routine with school and everything else.
Just wanted to stop in and share more excitement.
We found out on Thursday we are having a GIRL....
I went that night to Target and got 3 little outfits. It was so much fun buying little girl stuff knowing that it wasn't a gift for anyone else. I always love buying girl stuff for other people, but there is just something about being able to pick it out for yourself.
We are really excited.
Some of the girl names that I like at the moment are Chloe, Aubrey, Addison, Abigail, Lilly, Layla.... just a few.
Well Caleb spilled my water on my desk this morning and I had some paper and a scrapbook page up there, so I am hoping that it dries and it is still usable...oh please let the layout be ok.
Jacob was talking about going fishing with a friend of his, so I don't know what we are doing today....

Natalie Frame

Thought I would share the frame that I made for sil and bil. I made the frame and then added the photo once I got one of her. The frame was originally dark brown, so I just spray painted it white.
I went to Michaels the other day to look for those Prima rhinestone and pearl swirls they had and of course now they don't have any...since I was looking for them. So I decided to not put them on there. I was actually afraid it would make it too busy, but still wanted to try. Guess the decision was made for me. I stapled the ribbon to the back and tied it in a big bow on the top. Pretty simple, but still cute I think. The tag on the side has her name and all her birth info. The swirl frame with her initial is a quickutz silhouette download shape. I just sized it so the outside was the size I wanted. I wanted the picture to be a little smaller than the frame so you can see right through to the wall. I glued it all on a piece of thin acrylic cut down to size. Then the frame is on top to protect it all.

Back to School Photos

The kids went back to school today. Of course even though they greatly protested I still had to take first day pictures.
I made them breakfast to start the day off well. I made eggs, fried hot dogs and orange glazed cinnamon rolls. It was a pretty good breakfast if I do say so myself.
Marcus doesn't have a first period, so he didn't have to be there until 9:35 this morning. He gets out at 3 pm.
Ryan is on a home schooling program until January. He came home and did all his work really well.

I will share the frame that I made my sil when we get home from picking up Marcus.

Natalie Kaylin

Just wanted to share pictures of our new neice Natalie Kaylin.

:)

She was born on Tuesday the 18th.

I got these picture on Saturday night.

I would love to do some scrapbooking tonight, but darn it I am so stinking hot. The air is taking forever today to cool down the house. UGH!!!

We were really busy today. We took Ryan to my moms so he could go on his birthday lunch date with her. Then we had a doctors appointment for Caleb. Then we went to the indoor swapmeet. Then we went to the mall. We had lunch there. Taco Bell and Hot Dog on a Stick were what me and the kids had. Then we shopped with no such luck. Then my mom brought Ryan to the mall. Ryan got a new skateboard with his birthday money. Then we went back to the indoor swapmeet to get the original jeans we saw (they were the cheapest of the day). Then we ran by Jacob's moms house and Ryan ran in to get his birthday gift from her. Then we went to the grocerry store. We stopped by home and picked up the propane tank and had it filled. Then we came home and I started the laundry and loaded the dishwasher. My feet hurt today. Jacob is bbqing steaks for dinner when he gets home from work. YUM!

School starts Wednesday. They are having movie night already on Friday night and then there is a field trip on Monday already. I am tired just thinking about it all. Plus I have a doctors appointment on Thursday and next Monday and blood work to get done.

How does your garden grow?

Man O Man. We went to Jack in the box this evening for some milkshakes and I should not have let Caleb drink the half of his that I let him drink because now he is hyper city. That combined with the almost 3 hour nap he took today. It is bed time, not jump on the bed time. I thought it would be a nice end of summer treat, but boy I didn't think of the end results. Oh well.

Thought I would share my layout that I did the other day.

Organizing

So my mom just says that I am nesting WAY early. lol. I have been wanting to go through a bunch of stuff around the house and just organize it all. Finally I am getting around to most of it.
My list of things to clean/organize/purge/go through include:

(red means is done already)

go through kitchen cabinets including
*tupperware
*pots and pans
*baby cups
*old dishes we don't use anymore
*cups and glasses
*under the kitchen sink

our closet
my scrapbook closet
my scrapbook desk
under our bed
the older boys closet and dresser
the babies closet
the babies dresser
the babies room in general
clean up and organize the garage
the hall closet
3 cabinets in the living room
backyard
the linen closet
under our bathroom sink
under the other bathroom sink
move the large pictures to a different wall in the living room
hang the shelves in the living room
go through old cookbooks
go through the 4 drawers on our nightstands

I am thinking there are more, but can't think of them right now.
So it was crazy how one thing started the other day. I went to Joanns and got a few things, mostly paper. Well I started organizing my desk, which made me change my paper storage (which I am always having an issue with) and now I am much happier with it. Which then caused me to move my desk to a different wall (well the kids moved it for me). Which made me clean and purge everything and completely clean out my scrpabook closet. This made me move my salvation army desk from the living room to our bedroom. Now I have my scrapbooking desk and then the SA desk with my printers and silhouette on and the laptop. I love the setup. So I cleaned it all that night except for 2 boxes I needed to go through. So I got up and did that the next morning. This caused me to go into our bathroom and completely clean out under the sink, the medicine cabinet and another cabinet we have in there. I took 2 bags to the trash. Then I came into the kitchen and spent another 2 1/2 hours organizing and purging it all. Tupperware, sippy cups, dishes, pots and pans...all of it. I then moved cabinets around and organized it all. Then under the sink as well. I found stuff under there I forgot we had.
Well last week I spent and entire day doing the babies room. I cleaned out the dresser and made 3 empty drawers for new baby stuff. I hung everything and cleaned out all their toys and books. The entire crib is filled with garage sale stuff (Caleb doesn't like to sleep in there. He likes to sleep with Jacob in his queen bed...which we want to get rid of from their room).
So then today we went through the big boys closet and dresser. We had to make room for new school clothes... well we definately got rid of much more than we will be buying lol. We took out 4 large garbage bags for garage sale stuff.
I so love the feeling of getting rid of "junk". It may not really be junk, but just stuff that is taking up space that we don't use or want or need anymore. I moved 2 large pictures in my living room and I am loving that.
I have done a new layout, but just haven't taken a picture yet. I made a frame for sil and the new baby as well. Will share maybe tomorrow.