Thanksgiving weekend!  I can't believe it's almost December.  We spent Thanksgiving with good friends and neighbors.  She's a great cook, so we had PLENTY to eat!!  She even fixed us a plate of leftovers for the next day.
Last weekend (Saturday) we attended a train show in Pasadena--an annual event that Earl looks forward to each year.  We returned home around 5 pm, and Earl went to our neighbors house to get Molly.  On his way home with her, a dog from across the street attacked her and put three punctures in her back.  I called the vet, but of course, he was gone for the weekend!!  I cleaned up the bites as best as I could with antibacterial wash, then put some Neomiacin ointment on the three bites.  She seemed fine.
I figured by Monday when the vet opened, it was too late for stitches, so set out to watch for signs of infection.  On Wednesday she didn't want to eat--BING--take her to the vet!!  This dog ALWAYS wants to eat!  So we went in early.  The vet took one look at the bites and said they needed to be stitched up--even at this late date because they were still open, and oozing!!  So, Molly got to say there and take a little drug induced nap while the vet stitched up her bites.  We picked her up around 4:00 pm, and boy was she glad to get home.  She's now on antibiotics for a week!!  She HAS learned to milk the situation though.  She's got these sad looking little eyes.  This is Friday now, and this evening was the first time she's been excited about dinner time!!  So, I think she's on the mend now.

 These photos were taken the year grandpa and I were there for Christmas.  We so enjoyed our time with Abby, Micah and Sarah.  (And Becky and Brian of course!)  I loved the snow for Christmas.  It was like an extra little present!   And speaking of presents, there were at least a gazillion!!  It took almost a week of working on them to get them all opened. (not kidding!)
For this layout I used the new kit by Simply Scrappy called Tis the Season that you can find here:
http://www.elementalscraps.com/shoppe/Tis-The-Season-by-Simply-Scrappy.html and the matching templates here: http://www.elementalscraps.com/shoppe/Tis-The-Season-Template-Set.html

 These photos were taken on Sarah's very first Christmas.  She was such a happy little sweetie!
I used Ramona the Pest's new Volume 2 Template pack that you can find here:
http://www.polkadotplum.com/shoppe/product.php?productid=18542&amp%3Bcat=0&amp%3Bpage=1
and her beautiful Christmas Blessings that you can find here: http://www.polkadotplum.com/shoppe/product.php?productid=18472&amp%3Bcat=0&amp%3Bpage=1

 These photos were taken two years ago today!  Amy and Scott had been here for Thanksgiving, so they stayed to have the boys help grandpa and grandma assemble the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving (our tradition).  They had fun putting all the ornaments on the same branch, and making our tree so beautiful!  We really missed their help today!  Grandpa and Grandma didn't even FINISH the tree because we got too tired!  Oh well, there is always tomorrow huh??  :)
For this layout, I used the new kit by Simply Scrappy called This Christmas that you can find here:
http://www.elementalscraps.com/shoppe/This-Christmas.html and her wonderful matching templates that you can find here: http://www.elementalscraps.com/shoppe/This-Christmas-Template-Set.html

 Wasn't Micah just so cute here with his little pouty face?   He looked so much like his mom at this age!  What a beautiful boy he's growing into!!  These were taken back in 2005, so he's such a BIG boy now!!
I love the kit I used for this layout!  I used the template from the template challenge here: http://www.polkadotplum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4613
and the kit Sunny Winter Day from Sunflower Studio that you can find here:
http://www.polkadotplum.com/shoppe/product.php?productid=18466&cat=0&page=1

And here is Micah and Abby again--looking out for Santa!!  They try so hard!!
Graham Like the Cracker made a fun Grab Bag for Black Friday, and all this was in that grab bag!  Template and all!!  You can find it here: http://shop.scrapmatters.com/product.php?productid=7148&cat=0&page=1
I hope everybody is enjoying their Thanksgiving weekend with family and friends, and not forgetting to thank the Lord for his bountiful love and provisions!!  He is worthy of praise, and I'm so glad that we take this one day of the year to give Him the THANKS we should be giving him every day of the year!! 

Hi Dear Old Blog!  I've been Missing In Action for a bit!  We spent a month in Colorado visiting family, and since we've been home, I've been fighting a cold--and at times didn't think I'd ever shake it, but I think it is finally loosening it's grip on me!!  I have so many layouts in arrears I may never catch up!! 

First off, we had a great time in Colorado.  We spent it at my daughter Becky's home with her husband and three little ones that aren't quite as little as they used to be!!  Sarah turned 4 when we were there, so we celebrated that momentous occasion with her.  Besides her birthday celebration, we also celebrated Brian's birthday.  We sent Brian and Becky off for a couple of days and Grandpa and I held down the fort while they enjoyed a few nights on the town in Denver!  They saw some shows, ate out, and caught up on some rest while they were away.  Grandpa and I helped the kids with school, went on walks, and played games at home!   

When we were getting packed up to come home Sarah told us she was going to miss Molly when we left.  Molly made a hit with Sarah AND Micah.  (Abby was busy with school so didn't get to play as much!)  To tell you the truth, Molly misses them too.  She doesn't have three little ones to throw the ball for her all day!  They kept her busy, and tired out!!  Abby loved taking Molly for walks on the chain when she wasn't busy with school.  Molly has been resting now for the last two weeks.  When she hears us on Skype with the kids she gets all excited and goes and gets her ball, and barks, wanting to play with them.  She doesn't care that it's AMY's kids or Becky's kids we're chatting with!  Amy's boys always kept Molly busy with the ball when they were here too!  She really misses all of them!!

I'll just share a few layouts today and try to get back to blogging more regularly!
 

These to layouts were made with a luscious kit by Ruby Lane called Soft and Tweet that you can find here:
Soft and Tweet   I love the soft colors and the fun elements she included!!  A great kit for about any kind of layout.  The next two layouts were made with Ruby Lane's Bohemian Love that you can find here:
Bohemian Love.

Sarah was such a little love while we were in Colorado!!  Look at her cute little smiley face!!  Oh, and I didn't have time to tell you about the TRAIN SHOW we went to while we were there.  Well, maybe next time!

That is all I have time to share today!!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Mandy King is having a Wish List Give away!  Go to Scrappity-Doo Dah and make your wish list!  She'll choose a winner and they will receive whatever products of hers that you put on that list!!  Fun, easy, and here is the link!!  Mandy's Store   Do it soon!!  Not sure when she'll pick the winners!!

Good morning!  I have been having lots of fun with some of my grandchildren.  We've made lots of banana nut bread, and gone on many a walks looking for wonderful fall leaves, and played lots of new games!  I've read the same book over and over, put the same puzzle together over and over, and listened to the same hummed songs over and over!!  But, know what?  I'm so enjoying every second with the kids.  They are so special!! 

I have a couple of layouts to share today--
I made them both with the same kit.  It is a collab between Ruby Lane and Misty O'Brien called
Fall Festival and you can find it here: Funky Playground and I also used a template called Hodgity Podigity 3 on the Birthday Cake layout (from 2009), and a freebie blog template called Autumn Template on the Celebrate Fall layout. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  Come back soon ya hear?

Hi!  I've been out of action for a bit!  I have some layouts to catch up on, but only time for one before church this morning.  I had this cute photo of Sarah, and when I saw the sweet elements in this kit, I knew the mix was what I was looking for!  I love this layout, and of course Sarah too!!  :)  She has grown so much.  We just celebrated her 4th birthday about 2 weeks ago in fact.  She is still as precious as she was when this photo was taken, but oh so much her own little person. 

I used the kit called You Make Me So Happy by Aprilisa Designs that you can find here:
http://digitalscrapcafe.com/cafe/product.php?productid=18359&cat=0&page=1

And I have a few photos of some of my other grandchildren that were taken yesterday at Sea World!  It looks like they had a great time huh?  They haven't seen each other in quite a long time, so I'm thrilled they  had this chance to be together!

I'm not quite sure where the other two were, but they weren't in any of the photos shared!!  :)  Aren't they just the cutest??
Thanks for stopping by.  I'll be back posting a little more regularly very soon.

No layouts today!  Just some fun photos of Jacob on his first birthday.  We love this little guy!  :)  Happy Birthday little one!

Happy Birthday!  Happy Birthday!  Happy Birthday!  Happy Birthday!  Happy Birthday!  Happy Birthday!

Hi!  I've been BUSY!!  I have a few things to share today--I'm a little behind on my postings. 

First off, did you see that C.W. Picket is guesting this
month at Scrapable?  She took her cute Camp Out kit there with her--you can find it here:  Camp Out 

I made a couple of layouts with this kit that I love!  Scrapping is so much fun because it allows you to relive fun times from the past!  Sometimes that "past" is yesterday, and sometimes it goes back a lot further.  I use scrapping to stay close to the grandchildren.  I don't get to see them as often as I'd like, but I have boxes and boxes full of photos (and a few hard drives too!).  So when I go back through the photos to decide what to scrap, those precious memories of our time together come flooding back to me.  I love that!   These particular photos are from a camp trip we shared with the the Thompson grandchildren in 2004, and the second layout was from photos we took in San Diego when we visited in April.  What fun with these precious girls!!

 Another kit I've used in the last week or so is called Autumn Melody from Mandy King.  You can find that kit here: Autumn Melody.  I made this layout of Micah and I with it.  I loved that trip to the Pumpkin Patch!  It was so much fun.  Fall offers so many opportunities to have fun in the beautiful outdoors that God gave to us!!  Thank you God for memories and for a beautiful world to live in!
Kerry Stewart also released a kit today called Perfect Pumpkin that brought back memories of Colorado and helping Micah and Abby pick out their perfect pumpkin a "few" years ago!  More precious memories.  The kit can be found at 2 peas in a bucket, and is called Perfect Pumpkin, which is the name of the layout too!  It fit!  

 

 I also used a template from Photocowgirl on this one!!  She's guesting this month at EES.  Be sure to check out her great template pack when it gets loaded there!  

I have more to post, but no time now!  Will try and get back later to add some more!  Have a good day, and thanks for looking!

 

I have a few layouts to share this evening.  Most of the things I've been working on are for kits that aren't out yet, so those will have to wait though!!  But I do have a few to share.

Graham Like the Cracker released a cute new kit this week called Cherry Tree Lane!  It's a collab with Whimpychompers, and it was inspired by Mary Poppins!  It has such cute elements in it!!  You can find the kit here:  Cherry Tree Lane.  Jen says Mary Poppins was one of her favorite movies, and she still loves to watch it.  I made this layout about Jonah playing in the rain with it!  Amy took the cute photos when they were up in the mountains last December. 

Then Wyld Web Designs has been designing again, (and we're very happy about that!)   She created this really cute kit called Funky Monkey.  Guess who I used in THIS layout with little Monkeys??  They really fit his personality well!!  You can find this kit here: Funky Monkey.  Jonah is very athletic!  You can see the determination on his sweet face when he was playing baseball with his daddy!!  Scott loves to spend special time with the boys and teach them the ropes of being a little boy!!

 Next on my list are two layouts I did with a  kit from Jumping Jelly Beans called Key Lime Pie!  Again, I used pictures of Jonah on both of them!  He's such an expressive little boy!!  :)  You can find the kit here:
Key Lime Pie. 

Jumping Jelly Beans also released another kit this week that I used for a layout for Sarah and the other layout is of my Amy.  The kit is called Spunk of energy and can be found here:  Spunk of Energy .  It is full of great colors and fun embellishments!!  :)

The last layout I'm sharing today is another layout of Sarah when she was just a baby.  Now she's a big almost 4 year old!!  October is her birthday month in fact!!  She's still a bundle of fun and giggles.  And she's still just as beautiful as she was when she was a baby!  The kit I used is called My Sunshine that you can find here: My Sunshine from Pixelily Designs.

 I almost forgot!!  Did you know that Ruby Lane opened up a store at Scrappity Doo Dah this past week??
She's going to start some great new features on her blog on October 1st, so drop by and sign up for her newsletter so you don't miss out!  You can find her blog here:  Ruby Lane Blog!! 
 Thanks so much for looking!!  Come back soon!!

I've been busy scrapping!  I only have TWO layouts to share today, but tomorrow I'll have a lot more--Tomorrow is release day for a few of my designers!  One of the layouts I'm sharing today is of my granddaughter's birthday party.  She just turned 5, and she's adorable (of course!)  She gave her mom strict instructions about her party.  She wanted Chicken on the bone (chicken legs) and a two tiered cake!  Gina, of course, obliged!  The cake was adorable!  She had little pet pals on the top for decorations.  Hopie loved it!!

I used a sweet kit called Birthday Wishes from Laurie's Scraps that you can find here:  Birthday Wishes
and also a freebie template from Jennilyn called Rainbow Road.
The other layout I have to share is of when we visited Colorado in October of 2006!  We were so surprised with the amount of snow we had while there!  It was great fun, and we all had a great time playing in the snow.  I used the fun winter kit from Misty O"Brien called  Let it Snowflake that you can find here:
http://funkyplaygrounddesigns.com/store/product.php?productid=22777&cat=0&page=1
and the matching Alphabet that you can find here:  http://funkyplaygrounddesigns.com/store/product.php?productid=22779&cat=0&page=1
and a template by Beth Swann

That is all I have to share today! Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope you'll come back soon.

I forgot to post one of my layouts from yesterday.  As the layout I shared yesterday, this one is also made with the collab from DigitalScrapCafe called A Little Something .  This layout shows some of the fun my granddaughters have at the beach!  They live in the San Diego area, and visit the beach weekly!  San Diego is such a beautiful area, and the beach is one of California's gems!  And the girls are so special!!  I only used Megan's photos this time, but all the girls enjoy the beach!!

Thanks for stopping by! 

The layout I'm sharing today was made with the fun September Collab from  digitalscrapcafe.com called A Little Something.  This collab has everything, including the templates!!  These photos are of  Hopie's birthday, and everybody was taking photos of her.  She is as fast as greased lightening, so trying to get a good shot of her is really a chore!!  I'm hoping that when I see Hannah, we can compare shots, and exchange some! 

Now on to some more fun things!

I'm participating in a BLOG TRAIN for the next few days!  It is associated with DigiScrapCafe.com and we all made some BRAG BOOK pages for you!  We used the great Collab kit A Little Something from our fabulous designers at the site.  It's a great kit with LOTS of stuff to play with!  You can find it here:  A Little Something  
and here is a preview of it! 

And here is a preview of my pages with the links!! 

http://www.4shared.com/photo/Jd0u5_I4/Brag_book_page_1.html
http://www.4shared.com/photo/jJCqb2HA/quickpage_2.html

You can find some more goodies by following the rest of the train!

DSC - http://www.digitalscrapcafe.com/
Pom - http://bkkpom.blogspot.com
Doris - http://tempusfug.blogspot.com/
Deanna - http://scrappygram.blogspot.com/   <----You are here!!
Loni - http://tincancanoe.blogspot.com/
Åsa - http://sondra-scraps.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by!!  Have fun! 

The weather here in the Southern California desert is just glorious!!  It is cool and a little windy!  Earl has been working on the car all day.  (Our GOOD car.)  I should explain, our GOOD car is a 1994 GMC Jimmy!  It has almost 100,000 miles on it.  Our other car is a 1991 Chevy Metro that has almost 200,000 miles on it!!  THAT is the car we drive all the time around town.  He used it for many years as his car-pool car.  It is his baby.  He loves that car!!  The Jimmy escorts us to church once every 6 months or so, and carries us on vacations, and any other trips we go on.  Every once in awhile, like now, it just needs some TLC, and some normal upkeep to keep it running well when we do chose to use the car!!

While he's been working on the car, I've spent the day doing some Creative Team layouts.  I can share two of them with you today and one I did yesterday.  The rest of them will have to wait until the kit is released!  :)  If CT work has a downside, it's just that.  You can't post the layouts you've labored over until the kit is released!  Sometimes by the time the kit hits the market, I forget how excited I was about the kit because I've been working on other ones in the meantime.

I'll start out with the layout I posted yesterday.  It was made with a charity kit to benefit a little girl in the Philippines that needs surgery.  Mandy King was one of the designers that volunteered to work on this kit!  It is called Bella Grace, and can be found here: Bella Grace
The layout is of my granddaughter Sarah.  She's such a sweetie!!  She'll be four in October.  Time flies so fast!!

I used a kit by Pebbles and Ruby Lane called Summers End for the next two layouts.  The first one is called Pumpkin Time.  You can find this cute kit here:  Summer's End.  I also used a template by Jen Maddocks!  She supplied the template for the Added inspiration challenge at Digiscrapbookmania.com.  This is a layout of Abby a few years ago when we visited a pumpkin patch close to where they lived.  We stopped in after church that morning and let Abby pick out a pumpkin.  Jonah and Noah are the focus of the other layout with this kit.  For this one, I used a template from Bella Gypsy.  Did I say I love templates??

 That is all I have to share today--hopefully, I'll be back soon!  Thanks so much for stopping by!!