Upcoming Weekend Retreat!!

so me and mom are going to San Diego soon. (like 3 weeks) and I am NOT even close to being ready!!
We will be staying here (Doubletree) for Scrappin' Escapes!!

YIKES!! I have no pictures ready, which means I have no layouts ready either. I probably should get that done soon.
I will be shopping at A Page 4 All Seasons soon. A gREat Kit company!! Try them!!

AND the best part of it all....I get to see AND scrapbook with great California friends!!!
Faith, Heather and Pauline!!!

Mountains & Memories

back in July---me mom and Heather flew into Denver and drove up to Estes Park. We go to a retreat place there...Mountains and Memories.

It is so much fun...

here is the group of gals who went...

its a jungle out there....

ok--so not really a jungle! this is my parents backyard

--that I mowed...well tried to mow!! I mowed the front yard and weedeater'd it!! (with my mom's help)---then I tried the backyard, until I broke the lawnmower and weedeater!!! so I had to attack the tall, tall weeds with an 'idiot stick'. man was that a workout!!!

I didn't get it all done--but some of it---mom had to hire someone to come back to finish it.

if you didn't know--my dad is sick--he has congestive heart failure and just had a defibrillator put in and I was home taking care of him for 2 weeks. my mom tries to be strong and do the things he can't anymore (like mow the grass) but she is sick as well and I just won't let her!!

More Layouts pages 11-62

over the past weekend--I went up to Chama, NM for a little scrapbook retreat fun!! It was very relaxing and I got lots done---I wanted to do more, but I had to come back to reality

here are my layouts---the pictures are not that great---i took them with my cell phone (I need a new point & shoot)

me & mom's road trip to San Diego (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

this is Christmas morning (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

putting up the Christmas Tree (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

School Winter Recital (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

Spreading the "Christmas Dust" (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

me & jeff in Manzilla Mexcio (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

my son and his paper boats (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

me & the hubby 4wheelin in the mexico jungle (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

the kids & their snow angels (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

the kids 10things I like about a Michigan Summer (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

boogies 4th bday (kit by Basic Grey)

boogies as a baby (one week old) (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

baby carolina (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

my crawling Boogies (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

my baby boogies & carolina (kit by Heartsting Designs)

my babies (kit by Heartstring Designs)

another baby carolina (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

My dancing queen, Carolina (layout by me---I know shocking huh?)

my kids joint bday party (4th & 5th bday) (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

fathers day pinic (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

making santa's cookies (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

River of Lights (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

the kids "raking" the leaves (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

boogies playing soccer (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

kids new toy, their trampoline (kit by A page 4 all seasons)

No Doubt concert (kit by Scenic Route)

more layouts from 2009 Pages 51-90

here are some layouts I did back in the year (just never got around to photographing them) some of them were done back during spring break---

here is our camping trip with the Masonic Lodge (kit by Scenic Route)

here is the kiddos @ the Old Fort Days in Ft Sumner (kit by Scenic Route)

the kids love their slip & slide (kit by A Page 4 All Seasons)

my kiddos with their friends (@ their grandparents house) (kit by A Page 4 All Seasons)

Me & my mom--Ensenda, Mexico (kit by A Page 4 All Seasons)

more of our Mason camping trip--my kids love to rock wall climb (kit by Scenic Route)

Me & my mom--Cabo, Mexico (kit by A Page 4 All Seasons)

me & my mom--Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (kit by A Page 4 All Seasons)

me & my mom (& kiddos)--the blow hole, Hawaii (kit by A Page 4 All Seasons)

my babies being my babies (kit by A Page 4 All Seasons)

me & my mom--colorado/NM border (kit by A Page 4 All Seasons)

my baby boy is 4 (kit by A Page 4 All Seasons)

back in May--me & mom (& some close friends) went to a weekend retreat in Colorado---I took an album from my senior year of high school (a band trip to CA for the Tournament Roses parade that we got invited to march in)---I finished ALL the photos of that trip!!!!

here is us--on a yet another practice march (kit by Scenic Route)

a layout of us getting ready to leave the high school to go to Albq. to catch the plane (kit by A Page 4 All Seasons)

here is a layout of the morning of the parade...very early & very cold (kit by A Page 4 All Seasons)

a layout of us in the airport...ready to go home (kit by Scenic Route)

Us @ Universal Studios (kit by Scenic Route)

us @ medieval times (kit by A Page 4 All Seasons)

the parade!!! (kit by A Page 4 All Seasons)

a day @ the beach (kit by Scenic Route)