Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

I occurred to me that I only shared the disaster my sweet daughter (and when I say sweet, I mean slightly destructive) made of this page. Remember this?

Luckily I was able to salvage it by carefully peeling off all of the stickers. You can kind of still see where they all were but I consider that a little added texture. :)

Then I added some of the labels back on realizing that maybe she was on to something. haha. I needed lots of spots for journaling how much she loves that silly book and crafting at Co-op and how many cool and creative things she gets to do there. So there ya have it. Saved.

I Made It

I am officialy a Rollergirl of Central Kentucky!

Can I get a what, what? (insert happy dance here)

And after agonizing thought and deliberation I've also chosen a derby name and number....
Henceforth I will be know as.....

or #777 since there is a junior skater with the #13 already.

You can call me Lucky...

or

"Magically Malicious."

Does it get any better?

No. No, it does not.

I start fresh meat and endurance practice on Wednesday.

I still can't believe this is really happening.

I can't wait to jump in with both skates.

Babies First Flight

When I saw this cloud paper I knew it had to be paired with photos from Dezi's first flight....

I sorta feel like this page is missing something, but I'm not sure what. Ever have that feeling?

When I went to see my sister in California I had quite a few issues flying. My initial flight was delayed and then cancelled with no available flights to replace it... postponing my trip an entire day! (such a heartbreak) Then we drove over an hr to Louisville the next morning at 5am to make the first possible flight. Then we were delayed again in Dallas and again on the way back home.

We even sat on the plane bound for Lexington parked on the tarmac for over an hour. waiting. ugh. not fun. But I have to say that little Dezi could not have been better. He was a total trooper through it all. phew! Definitely worth documenting that.

Canon Selphy CP900

I told ya'll I'd give you a Selphy Printer review and here it is! I first found out about this printer by reading Elizabeth Kartchners blog. She even did a neat little video showing how it works. (Yes, I blog stalk her... yes, I admit I kinda wish I was her... she's pretty cool.) Anyway. I'm always on the hunt for the latest and greatest camera/printer gadgets... and when I stumble on something portable, efficient, and good quality I jump for joy.

The Selphy hits all three marks and is pretty cost effective, in my opinion, as well. It runs at about $74 for the printer and then $27 for enough ink and paper for 108 4x6 prints.

I was also totally thrilled when I learned that you can use the Selphy wirelessly. In other words an Instagram crazy person like myself (1473 photos thus far. Follow me at Elz10) can place photos from my camera roll (from my iPhone) into this little app (PicFrame at 3:2 ration) and then viola, sized out and ready to print (using the Canon iEPP app).

See here, my phone telling the printer to print....

The printing itself takes seconds.... and it's fun to watch too. The paper goes back and forth layering different colors on top. It's pretty quiet, easy to use, and looks cute on the shelf in your scrap cave...

You can also send multiple sheets to print at one time...

Look at all the fun I'm having playing with sizes. I love that I can print out any photo, any time I want with such little effort...

Overall I say: BUY IT! (All the cool kids are doing it... you know you want to. and It's easy to use... a monkey could do it... especially if that monkey has her husband set up the wireless part.)

Birthday Bonanza

We have a lot of birthdays this time of the year. That means I am eating waaaay too much cake (diet fail. I'll talk about this later.). It also means lots of snapped photos and birthday layouts.

Can't get enough of the October Afternoon Birthday line, Cakewalk.

These are all photos from last years celebrations... since I just made these I guess you could say that I'm "behind" in scrapbooking. Luckily for me I don't believe in being behind. I don't scrapbook chronologically... really what that means is that I scrap whatever I want whenever I want... guilt free! So if I feel like printing out a ton of recent photos to work with I will do that... or if they sit on my computer un-edited for the next year that is ok too! I kinda love that anything goes approach to scrapbooking. This is supposed to be fun, right? A celebration of it's own. I love a good celebration.... and cake mmmmmmmm. cake.

Flooding The Big Four-Oh

Lordy Lordy, look who's forty.....

Hottie is not a guy that is big on celebrating his birthdays (for the rest of us he really doesn't mind going all out, thank goodness... that's what I need (want).). He never has been. So when his big day was on the horizon I began to wonder how to make it special without throwing a big party (which he would have loathed) or covering the house with all black and "over the hill" stuff (which he may have just plain killed me for).

I decided to ask all of his family members from around the US (we are spread out from coast to coast) on board for a card shower.  Everyday for the two weeks leading up to his Fortieth (I have no idea how to spell Forty-eth. Fourtieth? oh well.)  he would receive greeting cards from family. Each one sending four cards. 40 cards total.

The mail looked like this....

I must say it was a pretty awesome way to celebrate him without "celebrating." At first he was taken aback thinking his Dad mistakingly sent him two... wondering why his sis would send a card a whole week ahead of time but appreciating that she remembered (since he never sends her one)... then they started flooding in and he was like.... "HUH?!" He even asked me, "is it like, a thing now to send someone multiple cards for their birthday?... like a trend?" haha.

Eventually they began to pile up and each day he would count how many he was getting from each person.... "I got one from my Mom today, and one from her dog Fred... so that's three total from them...." etc. It was pretty cool to watch him light up every time he saw the stack of mail.  Today after lunch I swear he practically ran to the mailbox to see if he'd have some more waiting....

If you have someone that you want to feel truly special on their birthday I would highly recommend a card shower. Nothing beats it...all those cards flooding in from loved ones... it's just plain cool. I hope it made his 40th (so that's how you spell it!) one to remember.... that and having so many candles that we almost set the cake itself on fire.....(sorry babe, I had to)

I'll leave you with one final image. It just so happens to be my most favorite all time photo of the birthday boy....

... and now you see why I just refer to him as "Hottie."

Happy Birthday babe. I know you don't need bloggy professions of my undying love (and you probably don't need me telling the internets over and over and over that you are 40) but I really do love you.... you are the most wonderful man I have ever met.... and I hope you felt just the perfect amount of  birthday acknowledgement. (and you said no gifts so all you get is a mountain of cards and this crappy blog post... bet you can't wait til 50.)

I Can't Believe It

Today my baby girl turns four....

I'll never forget the day she was born. There she was all pink and healthy and oh so chubby. All I kept thinking was, "I got my girl."

There are no words to describe how unbelievably lucky I feel to be her Mom. I get to be the one to tuck her in at night, to brush her hair, to sing with her at the top of our lungs in the car, to teach her how to be kind to others, color with her, dance in the rain with her, tickle her everyday and beg for kisses... I get to hold her hand and walk her through this life..... what a blessing that is because she really is something special. (and I'm not just saying that cuz I'm her Mom.)

I can hardly believe she's four. What is it about being a Mom that makes you want time to stand still but fast forward all at once? (uh. yeah. she literally just yelled, "Mom, will you wipe my butt?!" from the bathroom.) Oh well. I will soak up each and every moment with her today, and on Saturday we will party... bounce house style. Happy birthday baby girl. (You'll always be my baby.)