Hey y'all! Hope everyone is well. We are sitting here today waiting for Tropical Storm Hanna to hit : ) It should not be too bad so we decided not to evacuate. I did stress out and pack EVERYTHING I could but decided to put it all away. We may lose electricity tonight but hopefully not. We bought plenty of food and water to live through the weekend!!! I'm not sure living by the beach is all it's cracked up to be : )

In the mean time here are a couple pictures to celebrate the start of football season!!

Ok, I am trying to get better at updating my blog. I started back to school last week and I have been exhausted. To keep me going my favorite scrapping site is having a blog party!! Check it out at www.transparenttouches.blogspot.com! TTT is offering some great challenges and games for some fabulous prizes.

I am also taking gotsketch class 102. Class 101 was so much fun I coudn't pass this one up. You can sign up for the class at www.gotsketch.blogspot.com. If you tell them I referred you I get a discount for gotsketch class 103 : )

Well, I better get back to Brooke. She has been deprived of her mommy all week. Have a great holiday weekend y'all!!


Here is a sample of my sketch challenge on the TTT blog. Go check it out!!

Oh my gosh its been a long time since I posted on my blog. Too much other stuff to do!! We had a big summer of traveling to Michigan, North Carolina, and Florida. Brooke LOVED seeing Mickey Mouse. Now we are settled back home and I'm back to school. Although I never like watching the summer end, it will be nice to be back in a routine!! Happy School Year Y'all!!

It has been a LONG time since I last posted. If fact, it hasn't been since last July. EEEE!! Alot has happened since then..holidays have been celebrated, I started working at a new, fabulous school, Brooke turned 2, and my in-laws are now official residents of SC!! Brooke has spent the year with her Papa and they are inseperable!!

This past week my mom came to visit and we had a blast. We visited all the local scrapbook stores and all other stores that carry scrapbook stuff, we went riding, saw mom's horses, saw My Pretty Pone Live (Brooke loved it so much she cried when we left!!), went to a beautiful plantation and enjoyed spring flowers, attended birthday parties for Brooke's friends, and went to the beach. Whew!

Here are a few pics from our adventures!!

Well, we are back from our trip home. Brooke and I had so much fun. We saw all of our family and friends. Upon our return I started my summer "to do list." I painted the foyer, front door, shutters, and trim inside and outside. I also power washed the house and cleaned the carpets and floor boards. I organized the garage, Brooke's clothes, and kitchen. WHEW!! I still need to paint the front porch but I'm a little burned out. Brooke hasn't been feeling well either. This week I am getting ready to set up my room for school. I am not looking forward to leaving my little girl but I am looking forward to my new school!! Hope everyone has a great August. I can't wait until the fall!!

Well, our summer is off to a fast start. We have been to the beach a couple times and the pool as well. Brooke loves the water more and more each time we go!! We try to go outside as much as possible but it's been VERY warm. We are going home to Michigan in a couple weeks for the 4th!! We are daring to go on another airplane ride alone (just me and Brooke)! Wish us luck!

I hope everyone is having an AWESOME month of May. I am counting down the days until school is over and I get to stay home with my little Brookie!! We have so many fun things planned for the summer. I can't wait. National Scrapbook Day was a blast. I got so many layouts done and transparenttouches.com is always the place to be!! Here are a few layouts I did. ENJOY!!