Pumkin Patch & More...

OK, just wanted to post a few pictures from the pumpkin patch

last weekend. It couldn't have been any more beautiful that day!

Carter and I stayed home because I've been busy painting the

house, but the girls went with their aunts and cousins and had

the best time as you can see from the pictures. Since Carter

wasn't there, I'll throw in my new favorite picture of him too.

Time Management

Alright, I need some help planning and squeezing every

moment out of each day. I find that by about 6pm every

day I am getting frazzled because evenings are crazy

around here. So, to help organize all of our schedules

into one place that I can even take with me on the go

(because with Becca's sports the schedule is constantly

changing) I created a cute little calendar that I can

throw into the diaper bag (which also serves as my

purse because I can't stand carrying two bags and a

baby) and have with me anytime I need to check it

or add to it. Of course it needed to be cute and decorative

so not just any old calendar would do, which is why I

made this for Emma's Paperie Color Challenge (pink for

the month of October). Click over to Emma's Paperie to

check out other cute PINK projects for this month.

Busy, busy, busy...

Oh busy & tired me!!! Everyone kept telling me that Carter

would be my easiest baby yet...not so much! It's not

that Carter isn't a good baby (he is), but everyone thought

that I would have so much help with my two older girls

and it didn't quite work out that way. With all of the

homework, and school events and projects, and shuttling

Becca to and from volleyball games and practices every

night, and being up at 6am every morning to get the

girls ready for school, and Steve working 3rd shift...

it's definitely not as easy as everyone thought!

Anyway, I've been pretty good about taking lots of pics

of all 3 kids, and I have new pictures of Carter's first

smiles. He is now 6 weeks old and smiling at all of our

familiar faces every chance he gets. He also will copy

us saying "ohhhhh" it's sooo cute!!!

I just wanted to share my new favorite pictures!

Some New Cards

It's been a little while (about 5 weeks...hmmm, the same age as Carter)

since I've been creative, so I just needed a quick project to get myself

back into the swing of things. So, what's quick and easy... CARDS!!!

I made a couple new ones and just thought I'd share.

I'm painting my daughter's bedroom this weekend and probably

my scraproom while I'm at it so look for pics coming soon of my

hopefully organized and freshly painted scrapbook room.

Celebrity Collage by MyHeritage

I totally knew that Leelee Sobieski would be on here...

it's definitely those Polish noses!!!

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Dynasty - Roots

Sunday's Church Fair

As you can see from the pictures, last Sunday was

a gorgeous day and the girls had a ball. My mom's

church held a free fair for the entire county and it

was amazing! Tons of bouncy equipment, games

and free food...you can never go wrong with

my kids and free food! I got some great

shots of the girls playing, and even

one with Carter even though he

slept the entire time.

Thanks for the invite, Mom!

First Day of School Pics

Not the best first day of school pictures I've ever taken...

that's for sure!!! I even missed Becca's picture that

morning and had to snap one as she was coming home

from school...but I have a good excuse.

We had just brought home Carter (2 days old)

the night before the first day of school!!!

Becca's bus actually picks her up at 6:55am and I had

Carter in my arms and didn't even think to get my camera out.

By the time Emily's bus rolled around the corner at 7:40am

I was a little more prepared. Carter had fallen asleep so I was

able to think straight and grab my camera to take a few photos.

Since Becca started middle school this year, I'll have no more

pictures of them heading off to school together... I'm really

going to miss that!

In honor of back to school time

here's a layout that I made with pitures of

the girls from the first day of school last year.

Thanks for stopping by... have a wonderful day!