35 Years Ago Today and 21 years ago...

Two young people were bonded in marriage at in Atlanta, Georgia at a justice of peace at the county courthouse. Many years later after the ups and downs, the joys and sorrows, trials and tribulations, 5 children and 4 grandchildren we are still together and hope we have at least another 35 years together. Happy Anniversary, hun!

Our youngest turned 21 today. Happy Birthday, Mark!
I was told that I had a couple of dates to choose from because Mark was going to be a scheduled C-section. So Dennis told me that he hadn't taken me out many times on our anniversary so he would take me to the hospital to deliver Mark. LOL

Hope you all have a wonderful and Happy New Year and God Bless!

Merry Christmas, My Tree and Two Little Elves!

Here is our tree this year and our two little elves! The oldest elf hasn't even tried to get into the gifts under the tree. Well he got in trouble at home so he won't dare to do it over at Nana's and PaPa's. He is so into it this year. Wrote a letter to Santa and hand delivered to him also.

Final Challenge at Scrappy Giraffe

This is my take on the challenge at Scrappy Giraffe's final Scrap That Tune. I chose Wing Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler, the scrappy mission I chose was to follow the sketch and use song name or lyrics on layout. The requirement I chose was 3. Use everything from 1 & 2 and add eyelets. One and two were hand stitching and letter stickers and 2. was hide either your journaling or a photo. Bonus was 1. alumninum foil and 2. stamping. Credit goes to Leisha's page plans again this week. Thanks Theresa for my inspiration!

Week #6 at Scrappy Giraffe

This is my take on Week #6 Scrap That Tune over at Scrappy Giraffe. I choose Teddy Bear by Elvis for the song and went with the sketch from Leisha's Page Plans. Also went with the requirement of using all straight lines until I made the mistake with my flower stems. Oh well it was fun and I got another layout done. Take care and have a great week! God Bless!

Week #4 Challenge at Scrappy Giraffe

Week #4's challenge I used the sketch from Leisha's Page Plans. The challenge is called Scrap That Tune. I had 3 choices but I chose I Believe in Us by Amy Sky.
Next I chose 1. requirements which were staples, ribbon and rub-ons. The Scrappy Mission I chose to use the sketch and the title and/or the lyrics to the song. And I went with the bonus by using the notebook paper. I added painted and glossed Maya Road chipboard swirls, transparencies were used for the lyrics and the stamped butterfly. Here's my take. TFL!

A Couple of Drewisms!

Ok, I am spilling the beans as per Theresa's request. The other day when I had Drew, I asked him for some kisses. He flat out told me no. So Colleen asked him why he wouldn't give his Nana any kisses and he stated as he pointed to his mouth...these kisses are staying in my mouth. Out of the mouths of babes.

One more little funny from him...He came home the other day with a star student paper. His mommy asked him if he got that for his hair. And he replied I didn't get it for my hair I got it for my good(again pointing to himself). I don't know where he comes up with this stuff. He is truly my little rascal!
Take care and God Bless.

Happy Halloween

Here are my handsome little Captain Jack Sparrow and my teeny tiny Baby Elvis.

Take care and God Bless!

Rusty Pickle Lift Challenge

Here is my take on the sketch at Crop Addict We had to have at least 80 percent of Rusty Pickle on our layouts.
We also had a sketch we go by which I thought was sweet! Thanks to Theresa nudging me to do this I pulled another layout out of my head. Thanks, hun! Take care and God Bless.

I've Been Tagged

My friend Amy tagged me with 7 random things people don't know about me.
And I have to agree with another friend Liz that Amy's acrylic albums are really cool! Might have to make a trip to Lowe's this weekend. Thanks, Amy!
So here goes:
1. I have to get into a made up bed when hit the sack at nite.
2. My purse is usually a big mess (inside)
3. I can't eat shrimp anymore. :(
4. I am super sensitive.
5. I hate being cold.
6. I am a totally disorganized person but still seem to survive. hehe
7. I too am a BIG procastinator.
I don't know if I have 7 friends on the web that don't know Amy or that have blogs.
Amy named most of them on her blog. lol

"Logan Charles"

This is Logan's first official portrait studio sitting. We took Logan into BabiesRUs portrait studio and this is just one of the cute shots they took. Later I will post one of the boys together in their matching shirts. Logan did pretty well this time like he did for Theresa when she did his first photo shoot ever.

He's too Sexy for His HAIR!

Since Halloween is up and coming soon, things are being pulled out of closets, in anticipation of Jerrod's Major project for the 2nd Annual Haunted House. This wig was pulled out the other day and Mommy put it on Logan and Nana quick grabbed her camera to snap He's Too Sexy for His HAIR! Colleen and I went into hysterics after we looked at the pics again. I am going to have to do a layout on this for sure! Take care and God Bless!
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Vacation Is Over

We enjoyed our little mini vacation down in Branson. We did a little shopping, sightseeing, boating, relaxing and just enjoyed being together. The above picture is just one of many that I took of Tablerock Lake down there. I was inspired when I came back by my friend Amy's layout at BadGirlskits.com. The challenge was to embrace your white space. I turned this layout out yesterday in about 30 minutes. I am really happy the way it turned out. This view was from Jerrod's boat. I had a great time taking a spin on the lake one afternoon and then one evening with a full moon shining down on the lake. That would have been a terrific picture but that time I forgot my camera. It wasn't hanging from my neck that time. lol
It's late so its off to bed for me. Take care and God Bless!

Having Fun with Photshop Actions!

I spent the entire afternoon hooked on messing around with some new Photoshop Actions! I am definitely hooked for sure. The one I used on Drew's picture is lensblur a variation in the original called Lensbaby. I am totally amazed what you can do. Now I have to get busy and try some digital scrapbooking that I have wanted to do for months and months.
Well to bed I go because we are heading out early in the morning for 5 days in Branson. Yes, I did pack a ton of scrapbooking stuff and will let you know how much I accomplished while gone. Take care and God Bless!

Random

This was one of the experiements with my telephoto lens. It is much clearer and sharper on the original pic. This was taken on my back deck. We have as many as 8 hummingbirds now and one fiesty one that tries to chase all of the others away.
The other is more nature with a shot of my hibiscus when it had a open bloom on it.








And a friend of mine Liz Ness tagged me with this:




What is your:
YOUR ROCK STAR NAME:(first pet & current car) Laurie Escape
YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie)Chocolate Almond Fudge, Chocolate Chip
YOUR "FLY Guy/Girl" NAME: (first initial of first name,first three letters of your last name) DMcC
YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)Red Dog
YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Claudette St. Louis
YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letter of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name) McCDe
SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink put "The") The PurpleDietCodeRed
NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) Claude Samuel
WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother's and father's middle names) Myrtle Frank
P. S. If you haven't done this one yet and would let to, please consider yourself tagged!

New Challenge-Color Theory

Here's the lastest challenge I am in called Color Theory in BadGirlsKits.com. This one came pretty easy to me. Thanks for peeking!

Refresh

I am taking Theresa up on her comment today on my blog. Refresh, refresh, refresh. I have been trying to go thru years of junk in my basement so I have been neglecting my blog. I finally sat down last nite and actually did a layout and since the challenges I haven't done one! Thought I better before I lose my mojo again. I am not going to post it here tonite but instead I am going to post a couple of pics of Drew's first day of school and a smiling Logan.


Since Dennis is retired now we can just up and go over to see Logan and/or Drew any time we want. And who couldn't love faces like that! Take care and God Bless!
Stay tuned for pics of retirement party after Saturday.

Final Challenge

This is the final challenge on the 8 week challenge at TSS. We had to D.I.Y. embellishment, so I drew and handcut out the flowers around the frame.

I want to congratulate Theresa on being picked for the Piggy Tales design team.
WTG! girlfriend.
Not much is going in my life right now except trying to keep a secret from my hubby.
The kids are giving him a surprise retirement party on the 8th of September. I have been pretty good but the girls almost slipped up a couple of times. He has no clue
to it and it should be a total blast!
Take care and God Bless!

Kids Say the Darnest Things

On Drew's second day of pre-school Colleen walked him into his class. She was stopped by a friend and neighbor, Kelly who is the aide for the preschool and told Colleen she had to tell her something Drew did yesterday in the hall. Colleen thought to herself oh MY! what did he do. Drew saw Father Dennis in the hallway and told Kelly he needed to talk to him (mind you Drew is 3-1/2). So Kelly let him go and Drew tapped Father on the leg. He looked up at him and said I didn't know you were going to be here. What a hoot! He sees him in church and I guess didn't expect to see him at school. I was hoping to post a pic but have to wait and get one off of Colleen's camera cause Drew wasn't cooperating with me yesterday. Much too excited I guess.
And tonite they were looking at pictures and he saw a pic of me. Beth told me he put it up to his cheek and then told her he wanted to call Nana. It brought me to tears. It's nice to know he misses me as much as I miss having him. I will only have him one day a week after Colleen goes back to work in late October. But I will
have my hands full with litle Logan. I enjoy having this time off but I miss him too. Take care and God Bless.

Sweet Music

This is my latest favorite. I just couldn't do a couple of pics I had to use most of them. The faces on these two are something else! The photo shoot was taken by Theresa at her house this past February. We had so much fun and had to bribe the boys with candy and surprises. I know Drew ended up with a harmonica but I am not sure what Connor ended of getting. These two have such a love/hate relationship that its too funny. I think its because they are so close in age that they try and compete with each other. Both of them come up with some of the darnest things! TFL!
Take care and God Bless.

Time For A RAK!

If you post your favorite summer movie you will have a chance at this! I will have dh draw a name from a hat on Friday at about this time. Good Luck!
Keep cool and stay safe. God Bless.