Hi!

You may have just received our moving postcard and now are here to check us out online. Well, welcome to our blog. It's just a place for us to post a little about what we are up to and keep in touch with family and friends. We hope you visit again soon and drop us a comment every now and then. :)

I've had a few people ask about our postcards. These were designed by me. If you are ever in need of moving cards, baby announcements, invitations or other printables, let me know and I would be happy to design something for you at a very competitive price!

Thanks for stopping by!

Very Exciting for Me!

Here is a layout I made earlier this summer but never posted it here. It will only be shown here until the end of today so if you don't see it you'll have to wait until January. Sorry.


You may be wondering why it can't be seen again until January and why I am removing it from the blog at the end of today. Well, it is being PUBLISHED in a scrapbooking magazine!!! About a month ago I was encouraged to submit a few of my layouts to Simple Scrapbooks "Digital Scrapbooking" magazine. This will be in the category called Simply Stunning. They were looking for layouts that would be fairly easy for the new scrapbooker to copy. This is a really easy one to copy since it is just a photo, some text and a few embellishments. Oh, and they are actually paying me. As you can tell, I'm very excited. Some people might think it is silly, but it's actually a big deal to be published because quite often the same scrapbookers are chosen over and over again in these magazines. Now we have a magazine to look forward to this winter! It will be on newstands January 9th. I think I better start subscribing though. ;)

The GC page 2

The GC

Here is a photo from our day trip to the Grand Canyon this past March.

Adventures in Babysitting

Here are a few pics I took on Thursday while babysitting Avery.





Click here to see individual pictures at Shutterfly.

Sweet Memory

I saw this photo last night and I remembered how Frankie was sad that day because he wasn't "the baby" anymore. I thought I should scrap it for him so he would know how much he is loved. :)
Journaling reads: Frankie, This photo was taken the day of Aunt Jenny's baby shower right after Avery was born. You had been walking around looking so sad. Uncle Mark asked you what was wrong and you told him that everyone loved Avery because she is the cute, new baby. You were so worried that you weren't cute anymore. You couldn't have been cuter that day and we all love you so much! Love, Aunt Stephanie

House Pics

While Mark was in Indy last week he went by the house and took a bunch of photos for me. Here they so you can get a better feel for the house too. ;) Click on any photo to view it larger.

Another one

This is from Easter 2005.


Mark really appreciated all your birthday comments yesterday. I think he had fun checking back throughout the day. :)

June 21st!

A few pages to show

Pictures from Frankie's Kindergarten graduation.

Frankie's Kindergarten school photo

Sheba's 1st birthday party from last summer.

The Infamous Retaining Wall

Journaling reads: We knew we wanted to make our first yard special. Mark and I spent most of the summer landscaping. After we were done digging trenches, dumping rock, laying stone, and filling with black dirt, we added many bags of mulch and lots of beautiful perrenials. Even though it was tiring work, the beautiful yard was well worth the effort! ~ Summer 2003

San Diego Layouts

Page 1


Page 2


La Jolla Beach


Point Loma


Shamu Show

Freeport House Layout

I was looking through photos and wanted to scrap these. We miss this house and yard. Looking forward to getting back to the midwest. :)

The text on the notepaper says: 661 Barley Ridge will always be special to us since it was our first home. We especially enjoyed our yard and perennial garden. In the back we planted a maple tree that we brought with us from Indiana. The short time we lived here, it grew 13 feet! We will probably always compare our future homes with our first one.

Sea World Photos

If you want to see photos of our trip to San Diego, click below.

Photos

Sea World Video Clips

Pictures still to come...

Queen Sheba

Another Recipe

An Avery LO

These photos are from our visit to Indy in March.

Photos Mark took in Brussels & Prague

To see the rest of his photos click here: Brussels & Prague

Flowers

We planted flowers about a month ago. This pot is next to the front door. We also have hanging baskets in the back. Sorry, no photos of those. ;)