Ode to the Piggies

Little toes they speak to me

"oh why have you let us go...

it's been so long since we've had

the attention we love so"

As a gaze upon my sweet piggies

the sight is frightful though

a little chip here, a jagged edge there

how it got so bad I don't know

So I pampered them this winter day

and the results are pure delight

so I can smile even when

their tucked away in shoes and socks so tight.

Ok... so I'll stick to my day job...but since I wear flippies 99% of the time the least I can do is make the little piggies happy. What have you done just for yourself lately that makes you smile? The great thing about a pedi is that you can have girlfriend time and it 100% fat free fun. Thanks Manna

Where have you been????

So can't believe that ther have been no post since Oct...SLACKER!!! Ok so I have a few excuses and they are good. First we sold the house in Osprey and are now living back at the Shilo Road house. Moving is a lot of work and it's good to purge all that stuff you so thoght you needed over the last four years. Thanks to all our great friends who helped with the move... we never would have made it without you. Then the next thing you know its Thanksgiving and we had so much to be thankful for but we were still busy organizing that it all went by in a blur. It seems as if Christmas always has a way of sucker punching you no matter how many days warning the calendar gives you. We had a quiet day at home with the boys and then we began packing for our ski trip to Utah. We went a few weeks earlier this year so that Houston would not have to miss any school. It was not so bad traveling over the Holiday but we did learn that a rental car reservation means squat to Budget. WE had a great time skiing. I twisted my knee so I got to enjoy watching the boys ski and I have to say it was great to be there the first time Reece came down the mountain on skis. Houston is becoming quite the Snowboarder too. It was blizzard conditions the first few days then cleared and we had great weather. Once we returned home I found that my computer had crashed and I lost my entire hard drive. So I also lost all pictures from Oct until the ski trip. Still working on finding where they are. Hope to get a New year card out with a ski picture as we held off on Christmas cards until after the Utah trip. Did I mention that three of us were pretty sick with the flu when we got home so I'm just now catching up...some great excuses don't you think. Hope all is well and looking forward to hearing from everyone in the New Year

Just Beautiful

 
My second digi layout...seems too easy to be true. Not sure I like not being able to touch my layout though. Will have to try getting one printed but that's another day. Stay tuned!!!!

I'm a Digi Girl in a Digi world....

Yes! It's official I'm a digital scrapbooker. I have had Photoshop for several years but never ventured much beyond some photo editing but thanks to my scrap buddie Nikki (who I think is the coolest chick in scrap land...just check out her blog link below) I made my first digital layout in Jessica Sprague's online class. Step by step walk through can't be any easier. Can't wait for the next three classes. Now I just have to find a way to print it out. Amanda I know your gonna want to do this...got ya covered girlfriend.

You go Kid!

 
This was Houston's best game ever. His team lost, he never made a goal and he's not the fastest player but we were so proud at how he hustled and was so "in the game". We always tell him it does not matter how good you are at something what matters most is how hard you try. You could see the confidence and pride that he had in himself after giving 110%. Go Green!!!

 

Let the games begin

This is Reece's first time playing a team sport and as you can tell by the pictures he had a blast. He enjoyed himself until his best buddie Drew got switched to the other team then he decided to hang out in the grass for a while. It was so much fun to watch the kids having such a good time. We enjoyed Houstons game as well and he will have his own post too.