I did make some cards....

Gatlin and Kutter
Easton's 5th b-day

My boys before church
My youngest brother, Mace and brownie

Yes, I did make cards, however I didn't take any pics of them, yet...so I posted some of my favorite men and while they are uploading, I'll try to make a few more cards and get them posted. I just love waking up and finding out that I got to sleep 2 hours in a row...!!! Kutter had pneumonia last week or was it the weekend before, I can't even remember...but he was very sick. Thankfully he didn't end up in the hospital.... Since then I've been having a b-day party for EAston who is now 5, I can't believe it...and planning his birthday party at the boat club for this weekend. He made his invitations, so I'll add a pic of that. I have been watching my nephew Gatlin with Kutter as his mommy had to go back to work this week. I will start on Monday and work 4 days in the next two weeks and then start back full time on the 24, I can't believe it's been almost four months!!! I only got a few cards made and a few scrapbook pages done...but I did get my closets cleaned, and straightened out Kutter and EAston's closets, I didn't manage to exercise everyday like I planned but I did do some and went on walks....but that's life. In between house work, laundry, feedings, and diaper changes, my days flew by. Well I better get those cards made and pics taken before Kutter wakes up!!!! I sent the other 3 cards I made this afternoon to my mother's maybe I'll stop by and take a few pics....

A simple dmother's day card for my Mother in law

A Bday invite (made by Easton) and a baby shower thank you that is quick and easy.....

Need I say more....

Hello world...Yes I finally am going to post, more for myself than anyone else...this is why I haven't been posting for well 9 plus months.

Meet Kutter, our new addition who is now waking up so that's all I'll post today or at least for now. I have been making things well after the first 2 trimesters, for some reason the scrapbook room made me feel sick, it's the craziest thing. I thought I'd be able to do more in the scrapbook room.....but I've only got a few pages done. Well Kutter is getting MAD!!! I have to go motherhood calls!!!!

sooo much to say...so little time

My parents anniversary card and some flowers....and we fixed an awesome dinner for them!!!!

The crowd to watch the fire works.
Kev and Daren getting ready to ligt fire works.

Jamie and Easton letting of fire works.

Easton and Lincon in the 4th of July golf cart parade.

I have not been posting regularly....I have been sleeping, nauseated, gassy and a little grumpy. Yes, I am pregnant, but I'm really early 8 weeks starting today. I am a little gun shy to talk about it b/c of loosing the first 2. I am trying, to have faith that this pregnancy will really come true for me, but I have doubts from the problems before. On the flip side we (my family and our friends) had another AWESOME time at the boat club this 4th of July. Kevin and his friends had a firework show that lasted 3 hours. Yes, my husband does waist a ton of money, however, so do I on stamps so it's sorta even. My brother in law's birthday is on the 4th so Happy B-day Nathan. My mother in law's b-day is also coming up...plus Kevin's dad is coming from AZ. next week so I'll have to get the house in shape before next week!!! Kevin has games Tues., Thurs, Friday, Sat., and Sun, and practices on the day in between so I won't see much of him this week, which was another great reason we got to spend the weekend at the boat club, it helps us reconnect. Although I notice that I get a little more tired when he is around to take care of me and do all of the things like, loading and unloading, that I have to do when he's not around :P. I deserve to be babied every once in a while, right??? Yesterday I think the weekend caught up with time b/c I fell asleep 3 times during the day and slept for several hours....I have pics of course....I'll post them tonight when I get home from work. O yea, and I went to Teegan's play performance where she was a pirate and yes I did make her a card, above!!!

Happy Father's day.....

Hello all who read my blog....I have been running around doing all kinds of things, just this weekend we went to Relay for Life, the Boat club, swimming and had a father's day feast!!!! Speaking of Father's day, I'm setting here watching "The Grand Torino" with 3 of my 6 favorite men. My dad, my husband, and my son, I love them sooo much, now I'm just missing my brothers :P My father's day cards are simple yet I totally love this color combo. My Dad is truly the BEST FATHER EVER!!!! My husband is learning from him and I am so blessed to have them in my life!!! I made this frame out of an old screen that my husband wanted to trash, telling me " you'll never do anything with it..." I just stamped it with stazon and used a stampin up alphabet stamp set and a unity bg stamp, printed off some of my favorite pics from this year and stapled them to the screen. I topped it off with some cute stickers and it is now mounted on my living room wall. I'm very proud of it!!!!!

It's our anniversay!!!!!!

Today is the actual day of our 6 year anniversary, and it really seems like yesterday I was going out with the girls and swearing off relationships when I hit on my husband.....and then we got married!!!!! I don't know where to start about my wonderful husband, don't get me wrong, we aren't always the "perfect couple," but we get through the tough stuff and keep on truckin'. To me marriage is like coloring a picture, you are bound to mess up at some point but you just fix it and make the picture look better than when you started. My husband is helping my dad coach American legion baseball, as he has for the past 5 summers, he has grown as a dad, a coach, a role model, and as a man. I am proud that he is with me, even if I don't always tell him this. Why is it that we don't tell the people closest to us how much we need them.....I think I don't b/c Kev acts like I'm just trying to be Corny....but I don't know where I would be today without him. Aside from everything he is, we also have made the most hansome little boy, who has also changed the world we lived in. Thank you Kevin, I love you soooooooooooooooo much!!!!

The card is an extra large image that I printed off from the Greeting Farm, I even included a mole for the finishing touches. I tried once again for the challenge, because I would love to win 3 stamp sets!!!! The challenge is to only use one layer and some embellishments....so I decide that the image it's self could be the card.... I hope you have a great Sunday, we have 2 birthdays : one at the Zoo and one at the pool, possibly 2 ball games that I may only get to one, and I would like to fix something for my husband to celebrate.... We went out to eat Friday thanks to my brother Adam and my sister in law Marcee, who had a slumber party with Easton and then on Saturday we went to 3 ball games starting at 8am and ending at 8pm, plus Easton and I played at 2 parks, he took a nap, I finished father's day cards and cleaned the house and after the last game my mom and dad took us out to eat...just in case you were wondering why I have been posting.....Later.

some random pics....

Marcee (sil) and son Kanon

Kanon and my older brother Adam

my mom and dad

My boy at practice

I am a little slow at editing my pics and I haven't really made any great cards...well actually I do have some I just need to take a picture and post them... I keep falling out of time, or at least I have don't have time to post and make as many cards. We've been swimming, almost everyday....and now I watch my brother's daughter so that makes it 3 kids, 2 dogs, and a Bunny....house work....you know the rest. So here are a few pics of my thousands that I have taken of my parents party and Easton's Tee ball practice...tons more to come if I ever get time off...not likely anytime soon. Plus my helpful Husband helps coach with my dad during the summer and is hardly ever home in the summer, I really miss him, however I don't have to eat a whole meal and can do whatever I want, including talk on the phone. But I haven't gotten home before 9 in the last 2 weeks...so.... not too much had gotten done in the way of card making. We are having fun other ways!!! Catch ya later!!!!

Happy B-day Janelle

I made this for my dear friend, Janelle. She is a nurse with me in oncology. I used the curious card challenge over at the greeting farm. I loved and had even printed it out prior to them choosing it...I'll have to try it again!!!! We had a fun filled weekend and a jam packed week. I just do the weekend b/c I have to leave soon....We went out for my friend Erika's surprise b-day party and then decided to walk home (approx. 27 blocks), it was nice for husband and I just to have some alone time. We went to the boat club painted the shed, and had Kev's cousins out, and then gave the girls a hair cut and went swimming on Sunday. I took some pics that I'll have to share tomorrow seeing as it is time for me to head to work.....

Coach Krol, my dad

Hello Peeps, I am just setting down to eat a bite for lunch at 2:30....we have been at the boat club all weekend celebrating my mom and dad's birthdays. Plus my youngest brother Mace is leaving Tuesday to play ball in Mo. He is going to Jucco now and lives with us...I'm really going to miss him!!!! Now on to my dad, AKA. Coach Krol. He is not only a very strong man, christian, coach, father, teacher, he also is one of the softes, kind, loving and supporting man I have and will everyone know. I know that you are thinking yeah right, her parents can't be that great, but they are AMAZING!!!!! I love that my dad can't whistle, but when he makes that weird sound a ball games that is more like gleeking everyone that has ever played for my dad turns their head. I love that my dad has been Santa for every and it is the only Santa that is real, in my books. I love that my dad would play catch with me even after teaching all day, having practice, and then finally getting home at 6. My dad gave us our baths, tucked us in and said prayers with us. I love that my dad is an awesome dad despite the fact that his father died at a very young age and my dad had to live a very hard life without him. I love that my dad beat up a kid in grade school b/c they were picking on an handicap boy, my dad got suspended and the little boys parents came to thank my dad for sticking up for him!!!! My dad is a hero to more men than I could every guess. He commands everyone and is respected by those that have any brains!!! I love that my dad had a dream to build a baseball field, and now there is one. I love to watch my dad take care of my son and my husband, in hopes that they will both become the father my dad is!!! I love that my dad would let me go last in line for spankings :P As you can tell, I love my dad and just to finish this...I would like to add some Texas Mow-Mow, but this special language is only for my family and my dad's players....whom are our extended family, Thanks dad I love you and happy birthday.

Diana, my Mother

Happy Birthday mom!!!!!! I love my mom soooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My mom is our family bra. Yes, I did just compare my mom to a bra, she is strong, holds us together, I can't live with out her, she helps me to be a better woman, she is very honest (maybe the most honest person I know), loves without reservations, I am very blessed to have been born with such an amazing mother!!!! She has not only shaped our family but continues everyday shaping our kids future!!!! There is no other person I would ever trust to tell me the honest truth besides my mother, my mom and I are very alike in some ways and in other we are exact opposites. I love that she will be honest enough to tell me that she loves my brother's boughten cards more than she loves my home made heartfelt cards....because that is who she is!!!! I love that when we (Adam, Mace and I) got a B on a test in school we got the disappointing look and if Noah got a B he got praises!!! ( Now I realize that Noah totally knew what he was doing, lowering mom's expectations of him, that darn sneaky kid!!!!!) I love that after a ball game, that my mom never missed unless she was with another kid at another game and would be there as soon as she could, my mom would be sure to point out our mistakes if we started in on how well we did. My mom is so amazing that she would pack us cooked hot dogs in a thermos so that she could save enough money to help us through college w/o taking out any loans (Mace is the only one left in college)....out of 4. My mom had us write book reports all summer long, but more importantly she took us to the library!!!! My mom helped us with all of our 4-H projects from age 6-till 17. She made us breakfast every morning, packed us lunches everyday, had homemade diner for us after practice (I mean everything from scratch) bread from flour, chili from canned tomato sauce, and fresh baked Cinnamon rolls!!!!! My mom was there after school everyday, she knew where we were, who we were with and what time we would be home, even when we were in high school, mom would wait up with dad until we got home and then we would talk for hours about the evening!!!! My mom never would make us do homework until we played for awhile, then we had to practice the piano for 20 min. everyday, do the dishes, and then homework. I love that AC didn't make it into our house until I was in High school, cable came my Jr. year. My mom totally focuses on what is important, so we did without in some areas so that we could make it in others. If that meant shopping at Goodwill or going to where ever the deals were best for groceries. My mom has ran the concession stand for I don't know 20 years. She made enough money to make the Field have lights, pay for umpires, build a concession stand with bathrooms.....all by sacking up seeds, making her relish, buying the drinks, cooking the food, and well stocking everything!!!!!! Besides working behind in there all spring and summer!!!!!! My mom is the BEST!!!!!!! We (our family) would not be where we are today without my MOM!!!!!!! There is nothing I could ever do that could measure up to be better than her, I can only strive to be like her!!! Thank you mom and Happy B-day, I hope you like this card!!!!!

Bull riding..........

Yes it is true, that is me riding the mechanical bull!!! Hello every one, it's my day off and it has already started out wonderful and it's only 7am!!! I fed the bunny, made coffee, took the dog out, switched the laundry, made 2 cards, made 5 pages in my thank you scrapbook, spent sometime with my husband before he left for work, laid with Easton when he woke up at 6 for a few minuets, (I told him he could go back to bed b/c it was my day off and he said, "I love your days off, tell me what fun things we're going to do today", as his eye lids slid shut....) I love those moments!!!! I am trying to get the next few posts made b/c 1. it's my parents b-day's this week, 2. I've already made the cards, 3. the week never gets slower after Wednesday, 4. we are going to the boat club Fri.-Sun. so that only gives me Thursday to post.....anyways, I made these scrapbook pages for Kev's parents that live in Arizona, whom we stayed with, as my way of saying thank you. I am going to try and get this all done in the next couple of weeks...hopefully!!!! I don't know what we have planned for the day, maybe the library, the zoo, and a picnic in the park, followed by a nap, putting in the garden and ending with a church carnival!!!! I think that sounds jam packed so I better get the laundry ut away before Kanon gets here and Easton wakes up!!!! LATER!!!!!