tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21711500949250283252012-02-16T17:31:19.593-08:00a crafty lady's blog about her family and love of all things craftyKandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.comBlogger1891100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-70348984036371221602012-02-04T23:28:00.000-08:002012-02-08T13:32:09.037-08:00

no, not wife swapping, although that could be interesting. (Have you seen the new Celebrity Wife Swap show, I have to admit I've enjoyed a couple of the episodes.)OK, enough of that, let's get to the reason I'm posting on here right now. I've been so bad about posting, so I'm just going to say my normal apologies and make my obligatory "I promise I'll start posting more often" statement and move

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This is totally random, but I just love this video and she's such a pretty girl, it's a bit mesmerizing. What does that little pink frame on my sidebar say? Yes, apparently I am the queen of Random, lol. Enjoy!

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only 5 more to go - yikes! With that said, I just can't seem to get my crafty mojo working today, so I thought I'd take a few minutes to post some photos of Linda's and my first Holiday Bazaar of the season.This event took place on Tuesday, October 18th at the Sunset Presbyterian Church. This was a fund raiser for Eve's Daughters, a non profit and volunteer run organization for the benefit of

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What?!? Inedible cupcakes? Yes, and inedible because THEY'RE SOCKS!! Okay, these are just so stinkin' adorable and I couldn't wait to share.I saw some on line last fall and had to try them for myself. I spent most of the day yesterday making these and am loving the way they're turning out. Each one turns out a little bit differently, which adds to the fun.I'm displaying them on a stacked dessert

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Chico turns the big 4-0 today! Even though I'm still a year older than him, at least he can't give me a hard time anymore about me being in my 40's. Rose had a party for Chico on Saturday at her new house and it was a pretty good turnout. He knew his mom was making dinner for him but didn't know we had invited a "few" extra people. :) This was Chico opening some of his cards. He looks a little

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The New Autumn/Winter 2011 Idea Book has arrived! As always it's loaded with TONS of fabulous new products! It is larger, has more artwork, has the stamp sets shown at 100% (much easier to plan your projects).For my local friends, let me know if you want your very own copy and I'll make it happen. ;) Anyone out of the area, I'd be happy to mail one to you, but I would ask that you pay for postage

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This is my first attempt at digital scrapbooking. I've always wanted to scrapbook, but have had no desire to do it digitally... until now. I really like the real papers, textures and embellishments too much to not use them, but last month Close to My Heart had a special where you could get a free jpeg file when you tried out their digital scrapbooking program called Studio J.I have to say that I

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OK, I'm not really a scrapbooker (although I aspire to be one someday), I still love me some cute paper and stamps. Whether you scrapbook or do other paper crafts, Close to My Heart's got a really fun Special for you during the month of May.(Actually there are two great specials during the month of May, but I'll get to the other one in a bit.)The first special is a fabulous Scrapbook kit called "

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To my beautiful Mother, Janetand my wonderful Mother-in-law, RoseThank you both for all that you do for our family and for teaching me to be a mother that my boys are proud of. All my love to you!

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Hi there. Just popping on for my once per month blog post, lol. I really do have the best of intentions, but I just seem to have a hard time getting on here lately. One of these days...Anyway, I had a couple of friends ask about the CTMH workshop I hosted today, so I wanted to share a few photos. This month's workshop was based on two projects I learned at Creative University back in February (

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And a very Happy Birthday today to my first born!! Happy Birthday to my wonderful Eleven year old (wow). I can't believe you're that old already, although you've always had an "old soul". Have a great day Mateo, we love you!!

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Happy happy birthday to my baby today. I can't believe you're already 8! Thank you for being such a wonderful boy and oh so funny! We love you Jax!

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This is what I've been up to the last couple of evenings after work.Aren't these just adorable? Every time I make a new set I think "this one is my new favorite". These two were custom orders from a friend from high school and they'll soon be on their way to New York to meet their new families.They're incredibly soft, made with Minky fabric.And call me crazy but I just love their little

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* Extra credit if you can name the band in my post's title. ;) Happy 2011! I can't believe I've been M.I.A. since the middle of November - geesh! I guess I've been busy doing everything but blogging. Oh well, c'est la vie! Life's been busy, holidays were great, three more craft bazaars under my belt and the boys are all rested up and back to school (wish I could say the same for myself on that "

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Make sure your speakers are on. I made sure this included concert footage, so you can pretend you're right there experiencing the tranquil sounds. Enjoy and again, you're welcome!! lol

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I know, you're tired of hearing my excuses and promises to be better at keeping up my blog. Well, here I go again. Yes, it's been another month and a half since I've posted on here. What's my problem?? I keep saying I have plenty to post, but I can't seem to get my booty downstairs to the computer that has the photos downloaded on it. I guess I really can't do everything from my iPhone, ha.Well,

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13 years ago today I married my best friend! I think I show this photo each year at this time, but it's one of my favorites from that day.I was digging in a photo box trying to find something else I could scan in and I found one of our wedding invitations. This was one that was just printed on copy paper when I was trying to figure out the printing setup. I made these way back then because I must

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Our little Jennifer left us this morning after almost 16 years with us. She was a loving little companion and she will be greatly missed. I didn't realize until this morning that her 16th birthday would have been tomorrow. May you rest in peace little one.

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Ok, so I haven't been a good blogger lately. I've skipped all kinds of events (even my own birthday), but sometimes things get in the way of my being productive. Things like T.V., television, the tele, the boob tube... are you seeing a theme? Ha! Yes, I have a bad tv watching habit and I know it makes for a very unproductive girl. Oh well, c'est la vie.One of my other problems is doing fun things

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Happy Independence Day!! I'm thankful as always to have my freedoms and enjoy a good life with my family and friends! Thank you to all of those past and present that have made that possible for us!On a somewhat related note... I had a card workshop earlier this week and thought I'd share what we made. This first card was made specifically for today. It was made using two different stamp sets, "

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Happy Birthday Dad! I hope you have a fantastic and relaxing Birthday, you're the best!! I love you!

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Woo hoo, I was just sitting here surfing around my favorite blog sites and discovered that I won a new stamp set and some fun accessories from one of my blogger friends Sparkle!!! How exciting!Sparkle announced earlier this week that she's starting her own stamp company, Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps, which will be opening it's doors (online) on Saturday, July 10th at midnight. She's been

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It's been a long time since I've made a non-Close to My Heart card, so when my friend Alicia had her 40th birthday last weekend I took advantage of the opportunity to dig through my stash and create a special card for her.I have many Stampingbella stamps, but have inked up only a few (can you say hoarder?). I recently purchased a few new Copic markers and wanted to give them a try as well. I have

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I just wanted to give a shout out to my high school classmate Angie Gerber. She just completed the Ironman competition in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho about 1/2 hour ago! So very excited for her accomplishment today!! Her overall time was 16:13:36! That's 1:30:53 for swimming 2.4 miles, 7:52:11 for bicycling 112 miles and 6:29:40 for running 26.2 miles (a full marathon). Whew, makes me tired just typing

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Well, it looks like another one of my friends has hit the 40 year mark today. My dear friend Alicia is now officially 40 and Fabulous!! I wanted to do a flash back with photos from over the years, but frankly I'm so disorganized that I don't know where anything is. I should have just borrowed Alicia's photo albums, because she's always been on the ball about getting pictures right into albums

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This photo makes me laugh. We went to the coast this weekend to watch cousin Shawna graduate from Nursing School. It was such a beautiful day there, Shawna and I took a spin in her new Jeep later that afternoon. I became a one armed photographer to capture the moment.

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JACKPOT JUNE MEANS DAILY DEALS!Hit the jackpot and win free products OR grab loaded goodie boxes at 50% off or more. Enjoy two types of deal days in June!On goodie box days… you can purchase one box filled with popular products at 50% or more off retail value! Each goodie box day will feature different surprise items, so you can score a wide variety of current and recently retired products.On

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I know, I know, it's been forever since I updated this blog. I don't know what's gotten into me, but it just dropped off the top of my priority list a while back and has stayed at the bottom.I have lots of catching up to do and I've been taking photos along the way, so hopefully I'll get some time to sit down and post about what's been going on since my last post back on March 28th - yikes!For

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Yesterday afternoon I had the opportunity to spend some time in my craft room with my good friend Linda and our new friend Sparkle. Sparkle used to be a Close to My Heart consultant and that's how I originally found her blog. I've been following her blog for a while now and it was fun to get to meet her in person.Sparkle lives in the Seattle area now, but grew up in Portland. She was down for

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OK, I know some of you "lurkers" reading this are not interested in the craft stuff I do and only want to see photos or hear stories of my goofy children, but too bad you're gonna have to wait for another post, heh heh.I had my March Close to My Heart monthly card workshop this last weekend. I only offered it on Sunday this time around as I figured there wouldn't be a huge turnout because of

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Happy 44th Anniversary Mom & Dad!!You were such babies in this photo!Congratulations on a wonderful marriage! Thank you for being such great role models to me my whole life! I love you very much. Enjoy your day!!

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Oops, it's the middle of March already and I've been promising people that I'd get photos posted of the cards we made in the February card workshop, so I guess I'd better get to it. The theme last month was "Birthday", so we made a variety of 5 Happy Birthday cards. Who can't use some birthday cards in their stash?As always I had some inspiration from fellow consultants. I loved this first card

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Check out this video, it's a pretty amazing set up. I got this from another blog I frequent (Fabulously Artsy). Click the button to the right of the volume (with the 4 arrows) to see the full screen. Enjoy!

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Happy Birthday my first born! I can't believe you're 10 already!! You are such a handsome, smart, funny and creative young man! I love you so much! I hope you have a fantastic day today Baby!

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I can't believe my baby's 7 today! It's crazy how fast you've grown up! You're such a funny, loving, dramatic, crazy boy and I love you so much! Have an awesome day today Jaxi Poo!

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Today one of my "oldest" and best friends turns 40!! Wow, I still can't believe I have friends that are THAT old! lolI've been thinking about this post all day today and wondered "How do I tell people that don't know Cindy, about her?" Well I think it's best said with the help of photos. heh heh heh...Let me see, from a early age it was obvious that Cindy had the potential to be a super model.

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I just wanted to share the cards we did in my January card workshop last month. I had posted them on another website that's just for Close to My Heart consultants, but forgot to post them here. I guess I should have posted them before now since Valentine's Day is over, but you can show love any day of the year right?When doing cards I usually find inspiration from other consultants, whether it's

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I was reminiscing this Valentine's morning about my baby boys and these cute little photos we had taken of them. My scanner's not hooked up so my mother-in-law, Rose came through for me. Just look at these little cupids...2001 - just before Mateo turned 12004 - just before Jaxon turned 1Oh man, how I love these photos! Just wait until I get to pull them out in the future and remind the boys of

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I was reminded yesterday that I neglected to post photos of our annual Popcorn Ball making party last month. I did post photos on Facebook, but forgot to put them on the blog. So this is not a very timely post, but it's very necessary to some (Tom, I'm talking to you.)!December 19, 2009 was the 38th Annual Evensen Popcorn Ball making event. For those that don't know what this is all about, we

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What a cool idea! I want to do this and I want to remember that I want to do this, so I'm posting this link right here where I won't lose track of it.Check it out HERE!

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So I made another little Baby Blanket / Stuffed Elephant gift set for a friend of mine last week. Her boss is due with a little girl very soon. Apparently her nursery colors are pink and brown, so how fitting is this? Love this little guy! I like the contrasting zig-zag decorative stitch on the blanket.I just love Minky fabric! It's one of my favorite fabrics to buy, but unfortunately it's a

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It's that time again, the newest Close to My Heart Idea Book went live on January 1st. I love the Spring edition of the catalog, I'm ready for the winter to be over and all the newness of spring to begin! So for the last two years I've been participating in a New Idea Book Swap hosted by Julie Reynolds. This is my 7th time doing this swap with 40 other Close to My Heart consultants. Each time

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Please go here to see what the Pioneer Woman is doing to help the people of Haiti. Just leaving a comment on her post will add to the effort. I was comment number 23,302! Thank you.

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Happy Birthday Mom! I hope you have a wonderful day today! I love you very much!!

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I thought I'd share a pretty easy idea for a kid's gift. I've done these for birthdays and Christmas presents. They're personal and I think most kids would love them. What is it? It's a personalized journal. I like to buy the blank "sketch" journals for drawing pictures, but you can also buy the journals with lined paper if you have a child that likes to write.Here's the "before" journal. I get

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Last week we were surprised with a bit of snow here. I was at work and my boss came back after lunch and exclaimed "it's snowing!" and I thought "yeah right". I looked out the window and couldn't really see anything, but as the rest of the afternoon progressed we could see snow flakes and soon the parking lot was covered.I left work around 4pm to go pick up the boys from Granny's house. I think

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I guess I'd better get the rest of the Christmas photos on here since it's now officially the new year. This year we spent a quiet day at home on Christmas day.Chico had been out of town for about a week, got home on the evening of the 23rd and was leaving early in the morning again on the 27th, so it was nice to have some family time together for a couple of days. Granny Rose came over first

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Here's this year's photo of the boys with Santa at the mall. This is the 10th year we've done this. The photographer was laughing at how big the boys looked on Santa's lap. They do look big, too funny!

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-62732480480219374692009-12-26T08:57:00.000-08:002009-12-26T09:01:47.386-08:00

Happy Birthday my friend!! Since you never let me take your picture, I can't showcase your lovely face here on the blog. Oh darn you say, feel free to send me a photo and I'll update this post. You know you want to. *wink* Have a wonderful day today!! Love you!

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This year Nona & Papa were going to be on their way to LaGrande on Christmas morning, so we celebrated Christmas Eve with them. We had Chinese food for dinner, since there were not many choices open by that time of the evening.After we were all stuffed we headed over to Nona & Papa's house to exchange gifts. Here's the boys in front of their tree.They had a little train set up under the tree, so

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-7233785547942636182009-12-22T21:34:00.000-08:002009-12-22T21:48:46.491-08:00

Happy Birthday my dear friend Linda!!I hope I look as fabulous as you when I'm your age, lol. mwah!!

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So after it's crazy ride home, our Christmas tree made it into the house.It actually sat bailed up for a couple of days because I wasn't quite ready for the monster to be unleashed. Once the furniture was moved around and space was made, I gave the go ahead to un-bail it. Chico had Jaxon and Mateo start unwinding the string.Whoa, look out boys, it's falling!Good catch Chico!Well here she is. It's

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OK, it's getting ridiculous how many photos I have all saved up for blog posts, but still no posts. Aaahhh, so much to do, so little time nowadays. I don't know how everyone else manages, but me, I'm not so good at it.Anyway, I guess at least this post is pretty timely. I will still be posting a bunch of old stuff at some point, but I'll worry about that later. This post is about this year's hunt

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No, not really, but I just can't get this song out of my head, so I added it to my blog playlist so you can all sing it in your heads with me. You're welcome!

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-72276363808593834152009-12-05T06:30:00.000-08:002009-12-05T11:45:58.232-08:00

Welcome to the Bella Birthday Bash Blog Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you didn't start from the beginning, please go to Emily's blog. If you came from Lori's blog, then you're right on track. If there is a link missing and you get lost, here is a list of all the blogs.I'm so excited to join in on Stamping Bella's 3rd Birthday celebration! I've never participated in a blog hop before, so

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Well, the Crafty Ladies sale is over and it was another success for everyone involved. I enjoy doing the sale each time, but have to say it is a relief when it's over. This is a quick post this morning because I need to get the boys off to the bus stop and myself off to work, but I wanted to post a couple photos of these cute baby gift sets I made for the sale. These are little car seat or

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-12010275388359383482009-11-19T23:15:00.000-08:002009-11-20T00:02:01.490-08:00

The Crafty Ladies and I were busy staging the show on Tuesday and Wednesday this week and tonight was the night to drive around town and put up all the signs. It was so nice out tonight with no wind or rain. I'm not sure how long that will last, but it was definately a blessing for us tonight.Just before we left the fabulous Macrum House Wednesday night I took a few more sneak peek photos for the

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-68056399006744159442009-11-17T13:04:00.000-08:002009-11-17T16:59:25.001-08:00

Well, last you heard there were "exciting things going on in my craft room". I wish I could say there were LOTS of exciting things, but so far only a couple. And I know I've been so bad about posting lately. I've honestly tried getting a few different posts done, but just couldn't quite finish each one for one reason or another. So if I could just get a couple hours to sit and do nothing but blog

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-24086331443914524142009-10-07T12:27:00.000-07:002009-10-07T12:48:00.216-07:00

Well OK, they're not happening just quite yet, but hopefully soon! I'm gearing up for two craft shows my friends and I have coming up in November, so I dug out a bunch of yummy fabrics that will hopefully turn into some fun items very soon.Look at these fabulous colors!! The plan for these is to make some funky, chic baby rag quilts. I've never made one, so hopefully they go fast.I think babies

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-88608458648458585822009-10-03T15:36:00.000-07:002009-10-03T16:02:58.592-07:00

Happy October Everybody~It seems like I just had my September workshop. Maybe that's because I just did... last weekend. Well, it’s that time again. My October card workshop is this coming weekend and I hope you can make it!As promised, this month I’m adding a Saturday workshop for those who cannot make it at my usual Sunday time. The workshops this month are both this coming weekend, Saturday,

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-56224165083546506552009-09-27T21:37:00.001-07:002009-09-27T22:12:30.064-07:00

OK, I've been promising photos for a while now and I finally took a few today. I had my first greeting card workshop downstairs in my "new" craft room and it worked out great!! I can seat 12 people comfortably and this afternoon I tested it with 10 fabulous ladies. I think it worked out very well and it was so nice to have all my "stuff" right there and not have to lug it upstairs to the dining

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-7145201699789126902009-09-21T17:02:00.000-07:002009-09-21T17:33:09.602-07:00

OK, so it's been over a week since Chico's birthday, but I never posted these photos, so I guess better late than never.On Chico's birthday we went out to eat with Rose, my parents and the boys, of course. Here we were eating at the Outback.Dinner was pretty tasty, but Chico and I were still a little full from our lunch at The Cheesecake Factory. Two BIG meals in one day isn't the best idea.Rose

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It's my old man's birthday today, lol (I don't think I've ever used that term before). Chico turns the big 3-8 today - woo hoo! We're going out shopping for his birthday present, a motorcycle jacket, so he feels better about riding on the streets on his new bike. Then out to dinner with his mom and my parents tonight. It's going to be a great day! Happy Birthday Piggy!!

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-39875696232972648052009-09-10T06:56:00.000-07:002009-09-10T13:20:24.421-07:00

Yesterday was back to school for Mateo & Jaxon. Mateo's a big 4th grader this year and Jaxon's a 1st grader (his first year of full day school). Of course I had to make them stand and pose for me several times. I'm sure they just love this each year, but I'm determined to do it even when they're in high school. I just love seeing them all cute in their new school clothes and newer haircuts!We do

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-55794233348792111982009-09-03T06:58:00.000-07:002009-09-03T14:52:25.829-07:00

It's that time again, another swap. As in the past, with the release of our new Idea Book I decided (last minute) to participate in another swap. I wasn't going to do it this time around, but when the swap organizer still had some spots open pretty late in the game, I felt like I should step in. Who am I kidding? I love getting all those goodies back, but it is a lot of work.As I've mentioned

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-33466651398470492192009-09-01T07:04:00.000-07:002009-09-01T07:36:54.804-07:00

The new Fall/Winter Close to My Heart Idea book is live today! You can click on this photo or the one on my side bar to view the Idea Book on line or let me know if you'd like a hard copy. I've got lots to share!! Contact me at kandi@myctmh.com.If you just can't wait, you can always hop over to my website and order away. There's some pretty cute stuff in there that I can't wait to get my hands

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-7118994697480301642009-08-22T22:40:00.000-07:002009-08-22T22:56:54.221-07:00

Well, another year has passed. We're celebrating 12 years of wedded bliss today. I posted photos from our wedding last year and I haven't scanned any different ones in since, so I won't re post the same ones again (with the exception of the one above - gotta have one photo). If you want to see last year's post you can go here. I should try to figure out how get part of our wedding video on here.

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Chico and the boys did the Providence Portland Bridge Pedal on Sunday. They've been planning it for several months now. I didn't go along so Chico took the camera and took several photos, which I haven't downloaded yet. There were 3 different photo stations on the route and Chico convinced the boys to stop for one of them. This was taken from the Fremont Bridge, which I believe is the tallest

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-15187801295360491122009-08-04T19:57:00.000-07:002009-08-04T20:22:13.766-07:00

A few months ago I was doing some knitting and Jaxon told me he wanted to learn how to sew. So one day while at Jo-Ann's I picked up a little "learn to sew" kit for him. I surprised him one lazy weekend and he was thrilled! Here he is all ready to get started on his project. He picked it up very quickly and I hardly had to help him at all. I got a little photo happy that day. Here are just a few.

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-52009360340918648382009-08-03T06:52:00.000-07:002009-08-03T06:56:02.381-07:00

Just popping by to say I'm still here. I've been so bad about posting (still)! I promise to get back on here soon. I was going through my camera photos last night and can't believe how many things I took photos of just so I could post about them and still haven't. I'm going to be so far behind once I do start posting, so bear with me. Have a great day. I'll be back (in my Arnold voice). :o)

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-37536614745632078482009-07-24T21:30:00.000-07:002009-07-24T21:40:59.859-07:00

Have you seen this? It's been on the news and floating around the internet. How fun would this wedding have been? Be sure to turn off my music below before you push the play button. You can also make it full screen by pushing the button just below the words "You Tube", just to the right of the volume button. Love it!! Now why didn't I think of that? Somehow I just can't see Chico getting

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I had a very relaxing birthday and weekend. On friday we went out to dinner with my parents. I picked Round Table Pizza. I know that's not very exciting, but I like their pizza.The next morning Chico and the boys headed to the coast to go ride their motorcycles at Shawna, Justin & Drue's house. Justin made a track for the "kids". Yeah, it sounds like he really made it more for the older boys (

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... it's my birthday, too.OK, I know I used that same title on my birthday post from last year, but you know "if it isn't broken...".So, since it's the start of the day, I can't tell you what's in store for the rest of the day. I can tell you that I took the day off to do whatever I want to do. I love to have me some "me time".I thought I'd share some photos of something I did 4 years ago on my

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-61392964865329094052009-07-06T21:53:00.000-07:002009-07-07T12:23:05.541-07:00

and it wasn't me. Yesterday Chico and Mateo went to Beaverton. A little while later I got a call from Chico saying "Can I get a motorcycle? Then I can take the boys and go riding with them, etc...". So after work today I swung by mom & dad's and borrowed their utility trailer and when Chico got home we headed off to Beaverton.The people at the shop probably thought I was a little strange walking

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-68495149611724147782009-06-29T06:08:00.000-07:002009-06-29T06:22:42.579-07:00

No photos this post, just wanted to say that we survived the weekend! We got through another Fri/Sat garage sale. Our second in a month's time. I can say that I don't see any garage sales in my near future! They are so much work!!I need to upload the photos from my camera to show it, but we had so much stuff. I wish I would have taken photos of the last one too. There was very little

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-15192556865884249402009-06-22T06:00:00.000-07:002009-06-22T06:00:18.778-07:00

Last Sunday (6/13) was Forest Grove Little League Day at Alpenrose Dairy. I think I've only been to Alpenrose once a long time ago, so the boys had never been up there.It was pretty cool getting to play on the field where they host the Little League Softball World Series. We were the first game of the day so we had plenty of time to practice and they let us come out onto the field and take some

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-77886450416848300702009-06-21T12:14:00.001-07:002009-06-22T13:11:48.848-07:00

Wishing all the Dads out there a Happy Father's Day today!We've had a pretty uneventful day so far. I suggested to Chico that we could go somewhere or I could go pick up a treat for him, but he didn't seem too enthused. Oh well.The boys were excited to give him his gifts this morning and hopefully Chico was a little happier than he looks. :)The boys wanted to get him some magazines they saw him

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-83124586994832851362009-06-11T23:26:00.000-07:002009-06-11T23:50:21.652-07:00

I can't believe I sat down at my computer about an hour and a half ago to check my email and here I am, still sitting at my computer. I haven't been checking my email at all, I decided instead to look at some of my favorite blog links I have here on my sidebar.I realized that it had been almost a month since I'd been on "Confessions of a Pioneer Woman". A month!! That's crazy. She writes

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-85155853980829494602009-05-29T16:35:00.001-07:002009-05-29T16:40:06.130-07:00

Here's to a wonderful birthday Uncle Gil-E!! This is my favorite photo of you and the boys from 4/8/2007 when you were up at OHSU. That was a fun Easter Beach Party. The boys loved all the candy you shared with them.And now you can say there's a photo of you in a coconut bra on the internet. Perhaps there are others, but this is the only one that I know of (let's keep it that way - ha ha).

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-11382985298901329502009-05-29T07:00:00.000-07:002009-06-04T13:36:50.492-07:00

I was searching for a photo earlier this week and ran across these.If I remember correctly I had left Mateo with my parents for a couple hours while I went to get my hair highlighted for the first time ever. The date of the photo says it was 12-08-2001. That means Mateo would have been 21 months and 2 days old. (Thanks Linda for correcting my math. I don't know why I had that he was less than a

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-72256819796299948852009-05-26T22:11:00.000-07:002009-05-26T22:57:38.590-07:00

It's been a little sad around my parent's house this weekend. Their beloved cat "Katie" has gone missing and they think she may have become the victim of the local coyotes. The neighbors have said that the coyotes have pups now, so I'm sure they're a little more aggressive than usual providing for their family.Katie's been missing since Friday night and this is very unusual for her. She never

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-82756563380190774112009-05-26T21:38:00.000-07:002009-05-26T21:42:02.766-07:00

My cousin Cathie just sent this link to me. Fran & Marlo Cowan (married 62 years) playing impromptu recital together in the atrium of the Mayo Clinic. He turned 90 in February. How cute is that!

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-30821119950979173892009-05-19T00:01:00.000-07:002009-05-19T16:23:49.205-07:00

I had a request from one of my friends to make another paper bag album. Someone she knows saw the last one I made and asked if I could make one for a baby shower gift for someone having a baby girl. So, after a couple months of procrastinating (seriously) I finally started this one on Friday night. I got to work on it in my new craft space (more on that in a later post). I'm sure this will be

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-84332330042268885812009-05-18T06:34:00.000-07:002009-05-18T07:07:34.406-07:00

Well, I participated in another Close To My Heart swap at the beginning of May. Each time the newest Idea Book comes out, we have the opportunity to do a swap with 42 other consultants. Once we get our assigned paper pack and accessory, we then make 44 of the same (or close to the same) item. We send them all to the woman organizing the swap, she in return sends us all 1 of each of the 42 items (

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-41844874940266640462009-05-09T07:17:00.001-07:002009-05-09T07:35:16.138-07:00

Is anyone still attempting to read this blog? I can't believe it's been almost a month since I posted something on here! I'm sorry I've been so bad about that! I do have photos to post, but they're still sitting on my camera. So once I get those onto my computer I'll go back in time a bit on my posts.As for this weekend, we have Forest Grove Little League photos today, so that will take up most

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-11147856420378084222009-04-11T22:21:00.000-07:002009-04-11T23:03:38.182-07:00

I'm not a big "Peeps" candy fan, but I remembered getting an email this time last year that just cracked me up. The subject line read "The Ultimate Peep Show". Normally I may have second guessed opening an email with a subject line like that, afraid of what might pop up on my screen, but it must have come from a friend so I opened it. This was what it was.I know it's not exactly appropriate

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My cousin Cathie sent this to me today and I had to share.Have a great Sunday!

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-90518670090047350432009-03-25T08:36:00.000-07:002009-04-11T23:58:57.660-07:00

OK, now I've gone and done it. I've added another time waster to my ever growing répertoire. I've become a member of Twitter as of yesterday morning.Are my thoughts so important that I need to keep the world constantly updated? I mean this blog is probably bad enough, but now any time I have a thought I can just blurt it out to the universe (so to speak).I'm even following celebrities on Twitter.

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-9813346049137081442009-03-14T17:10:00.000-07:002009-04-03T08:34:51.787-07:00

I got to be back stage last night at Oliver before the show and watch the kids warm up. My battery was low in my camera, so I didn't get to record very much, but I did get a couple of clips I thought I'd share. The drama teacher at Forest Grove (Bonnie McCabe) is such a great lady and the kids have so much fun! This was some of their dancing before they started the voice warm ups. Enjoy!!

Kandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505630647190623806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171150094925028325.post-68940722009423524692009-03-06T07:31:00.001-08:002009-03-06T07:58:30.299-08:00

March 6th, 2000. Our fist born makes his entrance...Mateo's froggy legs.About a month old, just hanging out in his chair.Such a happy baby.He has always been such a natural posing for photos.Back in his chair again at age 1.Believe it or not, we still have this chair. Hmmm, I see a photo op in the near future.Mateo had his final dress rehersal last night for Oliver (which opens tonight), so the

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March 5th, 2003... Isn't he just a little bug? Mateo holding Jax at a week old. This was fun to find last night. We don't have a video camera, so I have a few random video clips from my digital camera here and there. In this video Jaxon was around 4 1/2 months old. Jax was still sleeping in our bedroom in his bassinet. (I just realized that Jaxon still sleeps with that blanket that's in the

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Mateo's about to be a part of the Forest Grove High School Spring Musical "Oliver"!Opening night is this Friday, March 6th at 7:30pm in the High School Auditorium! This also happens to be Mateo's 9th Birthday! This will be a different way to celebrate. :o)Mateo was one of 7 elementary school aged children picked to be part of the group of Orphans in the play. The little kids have no lines, but

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Antonio "Toni" the Guinea Pigborn October 2005 - died February 25, 2009The smallest furry member of our family passed away late this morning after being a part of our family for the past 3 1/2 years. Toni hadn't been doing too well the past couple of days and it didn't take long for his little body to shut down.Toni was the first Guinea Pig that I've ever owned and I thought he was a great pet.

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I don't think I shared this layout I did about a month ago. It's one of my favorites so far. I have such great memories of this day at Riverside Park in LaGrande. The boys and I were visiting for a couple days and Grandma & Grandpa Slim had suggested that we take the boys and they had a blast! This was a park that I played at when I was younger and would visit them. I have to say that they've

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November 8, 2004 - My "twins"

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Last Monday Chico was home with no work, so he and Jaxon hung out before Jaxon's afternoon Kindergarten class. They were surprised to see a little bit of snow falling outside. We had just borrowed Granny's nice DSLR camera, so Chico took a few shots of Jax. The quality is so nice. Isn't Jax a cutie?

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Valentine's Day 2006Everyone have a Happy Valentine's Weekend!

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I love that word "shenanigans". I don't use it often enough. Anyway, I ran across these photos this weekend and remembered that I had never posted them. My dear friend Alicia gave the boys some bath time stuff one Christmas and one of the items were those crayons you can use in the tub. The boys had used them in the past and drew some little pictures on the tub, but it had been awhile since

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Just sharing the cards we made yesterday at my monthly card workshop. One of the participants last month suggested a monthly theme, so this month we tried a BABY theme.I didn't have a lot of ideas ready, so it took me a couple of days of "research" to find ideas. I got some templates off the internet and a couple ideas from some fellow Close to My Heart consultants (one card was copied exactly

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I was looking through some older photos this week and ran across these photos and a little video clip of the boys. I remember thinking it was a little quite downstairs one morning, so I went to investigate. I found Mateo in Jaxon's crib and they were having a good ol' time together. I didn't even know Mateo could climb up in the crib, since he'd never tried to escape from it when he was younger.

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