Look what I did!

I got online, found a tutorial for photoshop use specifically for scrapbooking and made my first digital scrapbook pages! I am so proud of myself, I thought I would share it with all (3) of you who read my blog! Everything used for these two pages I downloaded for free on shabbyprincess.com. Take a look.

I have a ton of other things I've wanted to share (my high school 10 year reunion, my anniversary, etc.) but my pictures won't download to my computer. The program keeps quitting before the pictures are there, but I'll keep trying! What fun is a blog without a picture? Some are fun, but I'm not funny or interesting enough just to write and have you all keep coming back for more. That being said I'm off again! Maybe if I can get my pictures on, you'll see seven posts next time you visit me here!
Later! =)

My Husband is the Man!

So, he was out of town on business (which happens a lot lately) and the lawnmower broke down. Actually it broke down before he left, but whatever. My awesome mom brought their lawnmower over to me so I could mow it while he was gone and ours was in the shop. When he returned (and I cried tears of joy instead of tears of loneliness) he called and was told it would cost $230 to fix the lawnmower. Did we even pay that much for it when it was new? Not sure. They told him what was wrong with it, and he decided he would take a look at it. He brought it home, put on his manly work clothes, turned up the tunes and took apart our lawnmower. He then put it back together, and guess what? It worked! Started up on the first try! No more broken lawnmower. Yes, my husband is the man!

A Much Needed Vacation

Not this weekend, but last, I went with my family (my mom, dad, sister, sister, sister's "friend", and two sons) to our cabin. Michael was out of town, so it was a nice distraction for me. I ordered a bunch of pictures and decided that I was going to take ALL my scrapbook stuff and bang out a whole bunch of pages. Well, I used about 40 of the 60 pictures I ordered and made about 10 or 12 pages. I was pretty proud of myself.
I love being at the cabin. There's no one else around. I'm there with my family. We go on walks, I scrapbook, we read, play lots of games, eat, and watch movies. We even floated down the river with canoes and did some shopping in West Yellowstone. What's not to love? I just wish my hubby had been there with me, that would have made it perfect. I wasn't necessarily ready to come home, but we had an eventful week/weekend ahead of us.
My cousin was married on Friday 8/3, so we had a lot of family in from out of town. I have a large family on both sides (both my parents are one of seven children) and love to see all of them. It was a busy, but fun weekend with all the different family gatherings. And Michael even surprised us all and came home 6 hours early, in time for the wedding! I was thrilled to have him there with me.
All in all, I had two fun weekends in a row, one very relaxing, one a little more crazy, but both were just what I needed!

Finally. Gosh!

I finally got a picture to go on! This is one of my favorites. It's my family at our annual formal Christmas party. How cute are we? I'm still trying to figure out how to load a picture on to my profile, and how to make a list of links to other peoples blogs. Why is this user-friendly program kicking my butt? I just don't get it! Well, it's late, and I'm going to play with this crap for a little bit longer, so I'm ending this post!

Back again, even if not so soon

Well, I was so excited to set up a blog, and very quickly realized I didn't have much to say! I've tried to load some pictures on, but once again, I thought I was smarter than I apparantly really am. I had the picture picked, and then the computer thought long enough that I knew it wasn't happening. Anyway, I must say how much I really love Sundays. It's such a relaxing day. The hubby is home with me and the boys. We don't run errands. We usually eat with family or friends. And a movie usually works its way into the schedule. But tonight I got to read quite a bit. I love my book (see current readings)! All-in-all, a nice day.

Zander has been really funny lately, as he always is. His new phrase is, "The only thing I want is (enter thing I just told him he can't have/do)." Or "The only thing I don't like is (enter thing I just told him to do/eat)." It's pretty entertaining, the first couple times. He has grown so much. He is getting super tall (not my genes!) and has big feet compared to other kids his age. Does that mean there's some hope for a child of mine to be of average size? I hope so.

Keagan on the other hand, is not so funny lately. He has been so grumpy lately. Zander and I call him grumpy bear. Not sure how that one started... My mother-in-law suggested tonight that maybe he's allergic to milk. He's had not so pleasant diapers or is constipated, and often gets really red, raw rashes. Poor kid. I guess I'd be a grumpy bear if my bottom looked like that, too. Also, he doesn't talk at all. He occasionally whines, "Mamamaa," or calls out to "Da? Da?" when he wakes up in the morning. Other than that he just screams.

Well for not having anything to say, I just said a lot! Maybe some day I'll also get some pictures up!

Back so soon?

Okay, now that it's not 11:00PM with an early morning awaiting me, I'll post a real message. So, I have a lot of friends and family with blogs, and since I have family both out of state and out of country, I thought it was about time to 'plug in' and stay connected. If you are wondering about my web address/log in name, it's the first two letters of everyone in my family. "Oh," you're thinking, "how clever!" I like to think so.
As for my header and title, as it says in my profile, I'm a wife, mother, sister, daughter, employee, friend and many others. I'm in the primary presidency in my church, I work part-time, am home with my two boys the other most of the time, and am currently applying for graduate school. Yes, I want it all.

I did it!

I created a blog. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, except for coming up with the title, name and address. Why is that always the hard part? Not to mention the fact that I should be in bed and I'm playing around on the computer. But, it's fun, what else can you say? I'll put in a better message later, because I really need my sleep before an early morning meeting at work (ugh).