Hey yall. We finally made it back home yesterday evening. I'm about to go join the boys in the pool, but wanted to share a few pictures from our vacation. We haven't uploaded the last day or two of pictures, but I'll get to those soon.
Here are the boys getting ready for one of the 3-D shows we watched.
They LOVED the fountains at Epcot. They were pretty cool the way the water jumped from one place to another.
Here's our table at the Coral Reef restaurant. We were right next to the aquarium tank and got to see fish, sharks, sea turtles, and stingrays while we were eating. In fact, one of the stingrays came and laid down next to Anthony while we ate.Gotta go now. I hope yall are having a great weekend. I'm looking forward to the regular routine of work on Monday. Vacation was fun, but I miss the peace and quiet of my cubicle. I'm sure I'll change my mind by 8:30am (I usually get to work at 8:15am).
So far we've gotten to see Stitch, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, Donald Duck, Chip, & Dale. We say Daisy, but didn't get in line for her autograph or picture.
His name is Luke Anthony. I probably should have warned her what might happen if she names him Anthony, but maybe our little wild one is just an isolated incident. Anyway, just wanted to share a quick card.
Just to give you some perspective, here's what the house looks like when we bought it 4 years ago.
The kitchen counters used to be a country rose color and the cabinets were stained. We also replaced the laminate floors with tile, tore down the spindles, and painted over the wallpaper. Next we have a picture of the master bedroom. The walls were mustard yellow and the ceilings were blue with clouds.
The boys are home and exhausted, so we're gonna put them to bed now. I probably won't get a chance to blog again before Disney World, so I'll catch yall when I get back. Have a wonderful evening!
Didn't they turn out great? She wasn't sure how the candle process would work with such thin glass since the candles have to be finished in the oven or microwave, but they did great. We also tried putting the vinyl on the opposite side of the candle.
Doesn't my chocolate cupcake in the background look yummy? Anyway, we might look to do some projects together in the future. The candles smell so good. The green one is a new scent that she hasn't named yet. It's got bayberry and tangerine. I forget what the other fragrance is, but it smells good too. I gotta get to bed now. I unpacked all my stuff from this weekend and didn't realize how late it was. The boys were at Momma & Daddy's house this weekend and now they're at Aunt Pat's house. We've got lots to do here before we leave for Disney World on Friday. Hopefully I'll have time to check back with yall. Have a great week!
He is so proud of his little trophy! He carried it in Chili's for lunch and would only let Nanny and Pappy hold it to look at it for just a second. Here's a picture of Joey and me at his school.
I'm the gorgeous red head next to the handsome straight A kid. I've gotta pack the kiddos' clothes for Nanny & Pappy's house and then pack all my scrappin' stuff so I can go to Crop 4 the Cure. Of course all of that will have to wait until after I get a nap. I've had a great day so far, but I still managed to get a headache. Aunt Pat, I'll call you later. Andrea, stop by the convention center this weekend and see me! Good call on the red, by the way. I've always felt like a true red head on the inside, even if everyone else thought I was a true blonde deep down inside! Hopefully I'll be back to post some pics of my scrapbooking, but if not just know that I'm having fun. Only 1 week until Disney!!! Have a great day. Oh, I almost forgot, a big congrats goes out to Jason's little brother Sam, who is graduating from LSU today with his Master's degree. We missed having Jason's parents here with us for Joey's ceremony, but having multiple academic achievements in the family is a great problem to have! Catch yall later!
Those pictures loaded so slow that I actually almost got my desk cleaned back up while I was waiting!
Nothing spectacular, but I guess they all can't be masterpieces. I really should have stopped there because it only got worse with the next one.
I started to not even finish this one, but I had cut the paper and I didn't want to waste it. Plus there's someone on SCS with a new weekly feature called "Card Wrecks" which is fashioned after Cake Wrecks, one of my favorite blogs. I'm gonna send this one in to her. Who knows, maybe I'll win worst card of the week. I'm kinda tired from all the lack of creativity and bright colors burning my eyes, so I'm calling it a night. See yall tomorrow!
These tulips are getting prettier every day. I got them on Saturday and they were beautiful closed. They have been slowly opening. I also got some Reese's peanut butter cups, rolos, a card, 2 steaks (cooked tonight), and a gift card to Hobby Lobby. I didn't figure yall needed pictures of any of those. I did work on cleaning my scrapbook area last night, so I decided to put the tulips there for when I craft. By the way -- Aunt Pat, I've got a TON of stuff ready to bring to you on Friday since I've been cleaning out. Also, I got some happy mail today! I ordered the 4 pads of 6x6 Basic Grey paper on Peachy Cheap last week. I is all so awesome that I don't know which to use first! I'm gonna go craft while the kids are somewhat behaving. Catch yall later!
The first station was at the bar. Those kids could flip all over that thing!
Here he's doing one of his rolls. I think this was the pizza roll.
The kids had to jump while they were standing on the balance beam. Not a single one of them fell!
They were in small groups. When it wasn't his turn, he just sat with his group as still and quiet as he could be. Look at how calm he looks! Any of you who know Anthony can understand why I was so shocked that he sat so still and quiet.
At the end they each received a medal and had to "ta-da" and wait until their parents got a picture. The whole thing was so cute.
The inside had a bonus card. I've really enjoyed have Aunt Pat as a fellow paper crafter. We used to stay on the phone with each other all the time anyway, but now it's even worse! We've got Anthony's TumbleBus presentation at Bayou Gymnastics today, so I'm sure I'll be back later with pictures. Have a great day!
Look at all the stuff!!!
Yep, those are Nestabilities you see. These are my very first set of Nestabilities and I can't wait to use them.
I love this altered notebook. It's all purple, which is my favorite color.
The inside has sticky notes. There is also a pen attached on a ribbon.
Look at how gorgeous this card is! She also sent some clear adhesive dots and foam dots. I can't believe all that she sent me! I've got to go on SCS and send her a big thank you now. Thanks for checking out my goodies.
There are 4 packages of each color, for a total of 12 packages. They aren't due until May 20, but I wanted to go ahead and get them out. I'll be getting 9 packages back, 3 of each color (green, purple, and blue). I'm hoping they don't cost too much to mail, but I'm sure it will end up being more than I really want to pay. I guess I'm just tired of these because they took me so long.
The birthday card was for April and the flower card was for May. The next 2 pictures are of the card my secret sister sent me. It is adorable!
I just love the shower curtain. I hope to re-create the shower curtain look on one of my cards soon. I hope your day is going great!
Yep, I'm enjoying the Textile Texture embossing folder. This last card is the LSU version one of my co-workers requested.
I'll be back tomorrow with pictures of the card my new secret sister sent me. It is awesome! Have a good evening!
