{Ahh..the little things}

YAY :)

Do you know how HARD it is to get a GOOD picture of THREE kids?? 

Let's just say I was MORE than excited to see that they were ALL smiling at the SAME TIME & they were actually looking at me ~ WOW :)   

See, it really is the little things ...

also, I am SOOO excited that Rhonna's blog is back in action!!  I have been busy the last few days, and did not even get to ck in.    Thanks SO muchto my friend  Anna,  for letting me know, I am VERY happy to hear that everything is okay & that I can complete  my first ever 21 day challenge ~ woo hoo!

Hmmm...what else is new? 

Well, I've hit the half way mark & am VERY excited about that!  The baby is active & I can feel it moving throughout the day...I LOVE that!  What a WONDERFUL, reassuring feeling it is.  Hard to describe really :)

I am now counting down the days until next Thursday (july 6th) when we have the ultrasound scheduled.  I can not believe that  in less than a week, I will know what/who this little baby is.  I can barely think of anything else! 

I've been feeling alot of anxiety this week, and I really wonder if this has something to do with it, because it has not really been BAD anxiety, just that overwhelming kind of emotional feeling.  Aww, who am I kidding, it is probably just all HORMONAL, as usual ~ LOL!

Or it could be the planning of the annual Jones Family July 4th camping trip that has me feeling this way too, it really is ALOT of work planning & packing for our family.  But it is SOOOO worth it, we have a WONDERFUL time being away from the TV/phones/computers.  We come back feeling so connected to each other, it is GREAT! 

Okay, my family is fast asleep & I am thinking I want to try to scrap some before I join them :)

Goodnight

Bummed...

Not sure what the problem is, but Rhonna is having blog problems & may be CLOSING DOWN her blog :( 

I had just finally started the challenge, and was really loving it too....blah!

Okay, off to bed ~ I just had to WHINE first!!!

More challenge pages...

This feels a little random because I started late, then I decided to jump in on the right dates & catch up as I was able to. 

But, here are the completed entires/pages so far...

Days 1 & 2:

Day 3:

Day 4:

Day 5:

*(STILL WORKING ON 6-9)*

Day 10 is posted below (finished that one yesterday)

Days 11&12:

{21 day challenge}

I decided to jump in on the latest 21 day challenge hosted by Rhonna Farrer on her blog dreamy.

I wanted to join in the past, but just wanted to make sure that when I commited I was REALLY commited :)  I started  last Friday night on day 5, and completed 1-3 that night.  I also hand made the journal because I wanted to get started THAT NIGHT....LOL!  Well, after going away for the weekend, I am even further behind now :(  BUT I decided to jump back in & try to go digital (the first 3 are paper) and see if I work any faster & can get caught up, as well as take the time to FOCUS ON THE GOAL!!

My goal is being POSITIVE EVERYDAY   Here is my #10 entry & hopefully I can scan & post the first 3 later tonight.  I still need to create a cover for my "album" too!

summer fun

Did I ever mention how much I simply LOOOOOOVE summer :)

SEVEN

kids! 

Yes, I am babysitting again today & there are 7 kids here :)

Ages: 15 mths, 23mths, 4, 6, 7, 7, 9 ~ WOW

How am I sitting here you may ask??  The "big kids" are outside & the litle ones are playing around me,  no I take that back...the littlest is now crying for his big sisiter at the back door!  Awwww...

Okay, everything is okay again :)  It is almost lunch time though, and that will just be CHAOS, LOL!  But so far, I am amazed that there are 7 kids here & that I am able to SIT DOWN and ck my e-mail (and read a few blogs too!)

Things must have turned a little busy, because it is now 5:20 & I am just sitting back down!!  I just FINALLY showered for the day & got ready to go out to dinner with the family.  We are also *HOPEFULLY* finally going to get our patio set that we've been talking about for weeks now.  Each time we have looked, we change our minds about spending that much money, and then when we get back home we wish we would have just done it, LOL!    SOOOO....tonight we are going out AGAIN, and we better NOT come home with out a set!! 

I'll keep you posted...

Another layout...

Ellie layout day :)

Just wanted to post these new layouts of Ellie I did today!  I've not been scrapping much, and decided to take some time to today, and it was fun :) 

My inspiration came from my new kit "chocolatte" for the first one, and the last two were forum challenges at scrapmommies.

Check them out here   *(I did the scraplift & sketch challenges)*