Snowy Day Activities

The boys got out of school early today. When they got home, they did all their homework and they were going to go do the usual (play GameCube or computer). Well, I decided to be a nice mom and got 3 big tubs of Imaginext out of the attic for them so they could play with them. Andrew spent the most time with the toys and really seemed to enjoy playing a bunch of different "scenarios" with them. I don't want them to grow out of "play time" and only do "electronic" things. ** sigh **

Wedding Layouts

Last April, Jim's niece got married and we attended the wedding in Florida. It was very fun to do these two layouts, but a little frustrating trying to find pretty paper with red in it (since the wedding colors were red, black and white). I did *not* want these layouts to even smell of Disney one tiny little bit. LOL.

SONGS....

My friend Tammi has this on her blog and invited me to "borrow it". I had to think about this for awhile and I can't come up with just one answer for most of the questions. Go figure. LOL.

The songs that makes me want to sing: Band of Gold by Freda Payne. Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen. American Pie by Don McLean. Pride (in the name of love) by U2. Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn. Mockingbird (the Toby Keith version with his daughter). Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield. Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffet.

The song that makes me smile: Walking on Sunshine by Katrina & the Waves.

My chill out song or album: Anything by Keith Urban will help me chill, but I love "These Days" as his best album. I also can chill out to Norah Jones.

The song that makes me want to dance: Brick House by The Commodores or Shout (the Animal House version).

Favorite song for the kids: The Witch Doctor by The Chipmunks or anything by Smash Mouth from the first Shrek movie.

The song that moves me and makes me think: The Dance by Garth Brooks.

The song I feel guilty liking: I have an oldies CD by Michael Bolton that I just love. I honestly don't really feel guilty about anything I listen to, though. I have tastes that range all over the spectrum. ;)

The song that makes me think of my parents: I can't chose anything in particular so I'll say any thing that is old country - Ray Price, Marty Robbins, Charley Rich, etc...

The songs that makes me think of my hubby: Oh there are so many! Our wedding song, Keeper of the Stars by Tracy Byrd. Sandy by Bruce. Brandy by Looking Glass. This Woman & This Man by Clay Walker (even tho the words never pertained to us, we just loved singing this song in the car). Summertime by Kenny Chesney. Still the One by Orleans. Groovy Kind of Love by Phil Collins.

The song that always makes me cry and smile at the same time: 3 Wooden Crosses by Randy Travis - I choke up every time I hear this song.

The songs you’d be most surprised to find on my iPod: I probably couldn't surprise anyone, but how about stuff by The Carpenters, Barry Manilow, Eddy Arnold, Bobby Darin, some of Jim's punk rock (yuck, Talking Heads).

The song with the most awesome beat: Crazy on You by Heart.

The songs I could listen to while driving coast-to-coast with the top down: Days Go By by Keith Urban or Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen.

Favorite songs from a movie: Anything from Grease.

What would be my workout song if I actually worked out: Life is a Highway by Rascal Flatts.

My favorite “fun” songs that are really just stupid songs: Rock & Roll All Nite by Kiss or How Bizaree by OMC.

The songs I want at my funeral: The Dance by Garth Brooks and When I Get Where I'm Going by Brad Paisley

Hooray!! Snow!!!!!!!!!!

I've been waiting and today, we finally got real snow! I'm so sick of the rain and yucky sleet stuff. The real deal fell from the sky today and I was able to get some fun pictures of the boys playing on our back deck. I hope we get even more this week. :)

Easter Layouts

I was thinking about blogging today (in general) and how I really don't feel like I have anything to say in a post unless I'm sharing a layout or a picture. So here are some new Easter layouts that I just did. The pics are from 2007. Dyeing is spelled wrong on the one layout, but I fixed it in person. I was just too lazy to retake the picture, crop it and resize it. ;)

Snow! I want Snow!

So I was working on this layout today and noticed all the snow in the yard from last March. We have nothing on the ground right now (or miniscule amts). I really want a good snow fall right now. The boys would love a snow day, they want to go sledding which is impossible without snow and it would be great for the ski mountains. Last week, the training hill area was just a sheet of ice. Today, it's raining, so if it all freezes, the boys will be trying to learn to ski on a sheet of ice again. *** sigh *** So if the snow Gods are listening, I would really love a nice snow storm and I won't even complain when I have to go outside and help clear it from the driveway & walkway!

First Layouts of February

So it's February and I'm hoping to continue with being on a roll. I scrapped 61 pages in January! Holy cow. These are the first two pages for February and they're ironically pages from last February.