a lot of catching up

so i haven't been keeping up with my blog like i should. life gets in the way sometimes ;)
here is a recap of the last couple of months...

WARNING: THIS IS THE LONGEST POST EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
(and i didn't feel like cropping any pics)

thought this was funny...

liz and i last year seeing twilight (for the second or third time)

liz and i last night at the midnight showing of new moon. pretty funny don't ya think!

angie and liz sitting in front of miranda and i

miranda being goofy as we wait patiently for the movie to start.

this is before we headed out to denny's and the movie. miranda felt special because i invited her to hang out with us big girls. i know she had school today but hey you only live once, right? i just hope she passed that test that counts for 70% of her grade ;)

during the first 30 minutes or so...right when edward leaves bella in the woods...some guy in the theater got up and tripped. SMASHED his head! it was really scary. it sounded like glass shattering he hit it so hard. i was torn...look at him and all the police and emergency help hauling him out on one of those boards they strap you down on or watching bella curl up into a ball calling for edward. i know i know, hard decision...no really i hope he is ok. it didn't look good.

this is miranda playing at a volleyball tournament. she has improved so much this year. so proud of her.

here i am a few hours after my surgery. i just had a scope done on my ankle to remove some scar tissue from my soccer injury back in june. so i'm back in that stinky old boot again. i have 2 more weeks to go. i'm still going to the gym but i miss the cardio! i need to run!!!

we had a chance to go to our first nascar race thanks to hubby's work. here are a few pics...

lg and kimber at our "tail gate" party

two of my goofy girls

the stinky boot

lg decided we are newman fans...as she says it "new man"

zz top preformed before the race...it was sad people! i loved them back in the day but they could barely move! and they were the ones to say "gentlemen start your engines". you could hardly hear them and they talked very slow. totally lost the effect.

lg got the part of john lennon from the beatles in her school play. angie saved the day! i waited to the last minute...seriously...for the costume. that is why her coat is a bit small. yes the sleeves go almost up to her elbows! i know! worst mom of the year award that day! but she did great and everyone loved her! thanks ang for hunting down a jacket and shirt :)

this is kimber and her "favorite cousin in the world" she loves her cj! and i must say i'm a proud aunt. he is only in 10th and playing first string varsity!

here is a pic of a childhood bestie. becky and i haven't seen each other in over ten years! this pic was taken back in the summer the first time i saw her. we didn't have much time...along with her 4 kids and 2 of mine but she came to dallas for a work thing last weekend and i went to visit her. dumb me didn't take my camera! ugh! it was so fun catching up. i have missed her so!

this was the official last "byd" of the summer. BDA baby! love my girls! that trampoline has lots of memories ;)

here is the first day of school back in august. i had to just about pull some teeth to get them to take it. they are growing up to fast!

ok, that's enough for now. i have lots more but tired of loading all the freakin pics. i'm working on some scrappy projects i will share when i'm done.

later

two months

is long enough! i will be back with lot of pics and maybe something scrappy if my plans go smooth tomorrow :)

she sits on my desk

i can not believe it has been a year. i am praying for her family today.

will summer ever end?!?!

whine whine...sorry

but summer is hard for me. i need routine!

i haven't touched my scrap area in forever it feels like. it is a freakin wreck!!! don't even want to look at it. maybe if i clean it up i will get some mojo back. i see what karen and the basb are doing and i so want to scrap, but cringe when i go to sit down at my table. i think i will work on that today.

the girls are driving each other nuts! (along with me). since the hubs and i were selfish and took a cruise, there are no extra funds for a family vacation. they really need to go somewhere! we have been piggy backing on daddy's trips to houston. work pays for his hotel and we just sit around the pool all day. better than nothing.

school starts on the 24th, thank god!!! but we are not even close to being ready. haven't bought a thing. oh wait...i did get lunch boxes the other day. it's a step in the right direction, right???

lil miss has a birthday coming up. she has decided to do what we did last year...breakfast with mom at ihop and spending the day with dad shopping. but she added that she wants a friend to sleep over too. we will see...

so many things i need to get done and i don't know where to start....feeling a bit overwhelmed

my poor blog :(

so neglected...i will have something soon. thanks k for the updates.

me and a couple of goofs

it was so freakin hot today...AGAIN!

karen took this pic of us. there is a great challenge here, and a nice reminder :)

but i will have to take another picture because my oldest chick is mia in the pic.

home sweet home

tried loading pictures from cruise...computer is not wanting to load them...grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

lovely...not!

just what someone needs 6 days before a cruise, right???
UGH!!!

sprained my ankle pretty darn good in the first five minutes of the game last night. i think my soccer career is over for now...so sad :(

are you sure it's summer?

it has been crazy around here...whewwwwwwwww

here are some pics from the last few days...

kimber and i went to the "free" movie this morning. i've never seen flushed away, even though we own it...i thought it was pretty funny

this is lil miss kimber having a one member sleepover last night cause her sisters were both gone spending the night with friends

this is my soccer game sunday night...no that is not me...but we are the blue team.

stopping by to see bee on my shopping spree day saturday

this is lg after her morning softball game saturday

this is lg catching at her game friday night

swimming at bee's friday afternoon

lg having a refreshing PURE SUGAR drink thursday.

maybe i'll get some scrapping done soon :)

someone stop me

here is another one...

got sketch 85, i believe.

simple but done :)

SYC

now i remember how i made it through last summer....duh....scrappin! here is one i just did for syc. picture is ick but it's done. i used TWO packages of elsie lola chip buttons :)

random

here is another one for the basb'ers...we were suppose to use a photo without a person in it. i get teased a lot from my family for taking random pics. they are always asking me "why are you taking a picture of that?" well...i really don't know. i just like taking pictures :P

monkey bars, cheese its, glass of soda and my shorts ( i kind of use the pencil lines 135 for this)

that was an easy one ;)

all about me

there is a new challenge up over here.

here are the rules i copied from dawn... what!?! i'm giving her the credit... ;)

"The challenge this time around, is a 'All About YOU'. Yes, YOU! Not the mom, girlfriend, sister, wife, co-worker, etc. that you are-Just YOU. What are YOU like? What makes YOU unique? Create a LO, a project, a mini or what ever you wish. The only requirement is that it is about just YOU. I think you get it now."

this is my layout...

a little something

for my BASB'ers...

my menu :

beverages - big-girl drink - a shaped paper

appetizers - boneless chicken wings - 2 photos

entrees - steak and mashed potatoes - stamping

dessert - chocolate lava cake - bling

i used a sketch from here, a blog karen pointed out to me today.

scrap your crap

here is a layout i did for the challenge over at syc. you had to use sheer embellishments and/or transparencies. i didn't journal because for me it tells its own story. only karen would understand because she was there ;)