Cole 1 yr. layout

I finally did a month by month layout of Cole's first year. And, it didn't take me long at all! For credits, click here.

Speaking of birthdays, yesterday was Mitch's 35th birthday! We celebrated with the big family on Easter Sunday, then went out to lunch yesterday with family and friends, and celebrated as a little family last night. I made Sherried Scallops and a homemade (totally from scratch) chocolate cake. It was the first time I have EVER made a chocolate cake that didn't come out of the box. It turned out great! I was quite proud. Once again, Grant helped with the sprinkles. We ran out of frosting, and I forgot to take the wax paper off the cake stand before we served it up, but try to ignore that. Anyway, Mitch really enjoyed it and we had a great time celebrating Daddy! (I'm sure I'll do a page about it, but here's a pic to hold you over.)

Katie Tree

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mini comp book

I wanted to use up some leftover paper from my mini-album project, so I decided to alter this little composition book!

Paper is from Jen Wilson's His Tuesday Attire paper pack. I also used her Worn Foam Stamps. Alphabet is Katie Pertiet. Font is CK Ali's Writing. All other embellishments are Close To My Heart.

Hybrid Mini Album for Mitch

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Egg Hunt

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Before I forget . . .

I thought I would tell you about what we did last weekend!

On Saturday, I went to my friend Carley's baby shower. I met Carley when she was a freshman in high school (maybe 9 years ago) and now she is all grown up, married with a baby on the way! It was fun to see Carley and her mom and be able to share the excitement of a baby shower with her.

That night we went to our friends' house for dinner. It was us, our hosts and one other family. Lots of fun with 6 adults and 6 kids running around. I don't know why we don't do that more often.

On Sunday, we went to church and Sunday school, then to the air museum in McMinnville. We have had the air museum on our list of things to do as a family, but it is SO expensive! Thankfully, my brother-in-law was given a bunch of free tickets through his work, so he took us along! It was great watching the boys get excited about seeing the big airplanes up close. Of course, when we found the interactive play area the boys were thrilled. I got some great pictures of Cole sitting in a cute little airplane, but my uncooperative 4-year-old didn't let me get a real good shot of him. Hopefully you'll get the idea:

My mother-in-law was there too, but I don't have any pictures!! (Note to self: Take more pictures of the GIRLS in the family!!)

I'll do a paper layout of this and post it when I'm done! It will be good to get my fingers sticky again!

After the air museum, we went over to the IMAX next door and watched a 3-D movie about prehistoric sea monsters. It was SO cool! It was a bit scary for Cole, and Grant had his hands over his ears most of the time (which is such a Kelleigh thing to do!!), but it was a hit with the boys. Dinosaurs and sharks all rolled into one larger than life 3-D movie.

By the way, I had to share this genius idea. We were NOT excited about holding a squirmy almost-2-year-old during the movie, so I brought Cole's car seat into the theater. He thought it was so cool to sit, buckled in, in his car seat. Of course, when the huge shark jumped out of the water and chomped down on the prehistoric sea monster - in 3-D - Cole ended up needing to sit on Daddy's lap anyway. However, we will remember this genius idea if we ever take a toddler to the movies again.

The day ended with a wonderful meal out at Ruby Tuesdays, then on home for ice cream and early to bed! What a great memory for our little family!

Brotherly Love

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Seriously Handsome

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Happy St. Patrick's Day! (belated . . .)

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Little Toot!

Tooting my own horn . . . not what you are thinking . . .

Anyway, I thought I would tell you what has been happening with me in my digital world!

I have had a most wonderful month!!

First, I won Jen Wilson's Laundry line (the WHOLE thing) at her unveiling chat.

Then, I was accepted on a few CTs for some great designers, so I get to play with their stuff for free.

THEN, I showed up in the Gallery Standouts (which was quite the shock and so cool!).

Then, I was honored to be asked to be a store CT member (which I eventually turned down, but it was still SUCH an honor!!).

And TODAY, I found out that JenW's random generator picked me again to win a $15 gift card!!

AND, I won the Prima Hybrid box challenge for the little box I made for Mitch, and the prize is a $20 gift certificate to their store!!

What a great month so far!