The One With the Giant Poking Device

I love my husband! When there is a job to be done, he does it. I love that about him. He noticed some shoes caught up on the light post in front of our house and decided they must come down. He was outside for awhile and I was wondering what he was doing. I figured he was watering the grass but nope... he created a giant pole and got those shoes down. I love it.

p.s. does anyone know where I got the title of this post?

{I ♥ Digital Scrapbooking}

Scrapbooking has been a hobby for me for about 10 years. I LOVE it! My sister in law Lindsi taught me how to use photoshop and do digital scrapbooking and now I love it even more! (Thanks again Lindsi!!!)

I have been working diligently on my scrapbook for the past few months and I finally completed, ordered and received my first TWO digital scrapbooks!

(A Family book and a Baylor book.)

I like to keep my pages pretty simple.

My photoshop skills are limited but I know enough to get the job done.
Here are a few pages:

I have made a lot of pages like this.. I make a collage in picasa (which is totally easy) and then add some words and voila! Super easy!

Just because it is digital doesn't mean you can't still include your 'scraps' in your scrapbook. In these pages I scanned my sonogram pictures of Baylor, my baby shower invitation, and Baylor's blessing certificate!

As you can probably tell I totally love digital scrapbooking!

Here's why...

-NO MESS!

-You don't have to order prints or shop for supplies. You can take pictures and scrapbook them that same day!

-The books take up WAY less space

-You can find FREE supplies online (my favorite source is raspberrypatch.blogspot.com)

-You can make a page and use it in several different books. (I made a family book and Baylor's book using most of the same pages.)

-You don't have to worry about your handwriting so it is easy to do a lot of journaling!

-It's really fun!!!

Four years ago today...

We got married!

I must say this last year was my favorite.. but I'm sure they will just keep getting better and better!

All Grown Up!

Okay not really.

But he did just turn ONE... how did that happen so fast?

This has been the best year,

I have loved every last second that I have spent with Baylor!

I love him so so so so much!

{A couple hours after he was born.}



{2 weeks old}

I took Baylor to the playgroup at the park. He loves to climb!

We had a 'small' birthday party for him in the evening. With my family and Logan's family being in the same town though.. there is no such thing as a small party. Our home was filled to the max. That's okay though, we love it! It is so great to live close to family and to spend these special times with them. (We wish you could be here James'!)

We love you SPRING!

It amazes me how much better life gets when Spring rolls around. I hate to say it but it's true!!!!!!!! Here are some Highlights from the last little while...

Dinners outside! This is our favorite!!!!!

Flipflops!!!

A fun daytrip to Seaside...

and the zoo!

A WARM day in the sun by the pool...

and family bike rides thanks to our new baby bikeseat!!

Thank GOODNESS for Spring and Summer!

thank you emily♥

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

I was lucky to host a baby shower for one of my very best friends, Natalie! Her daughter Jane born March 13th (Four days late..) I cannot believe just how cute she is!! She has a head full of blonde hair and she is so sweet and well tempered. Natalie and her husband live in Denver so I don't see her very often- so of course it was awesome to be able to still throw her a shower! Natalie invited lots of our friends from High School that I hadn't seen in years. It was so much fun to see everyone it was like a mini reunion.

Natalie and I have millions of memories together. We went to high school together and we were on dance team together. We were always doing crazy spontaneous things. Anytime one of us wanted to convince the other to do something.. like skip class, jump off a bridge, take a road trip to Seattle or the Beach in the middle of the night or start of food fight.. (For example) we would say "Come on, GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN" and that would get us everytime...

Now we have both entered into the stage in our lives that we always dreamed about- MOTHERHOOD! Thanks for all the memories Natalie.. and heres to MANY MANY MORE! Friends Forever!!!