Sniff Sniff!!!

I love this picture of the two most important men in my life!

I love you two so very much!!!

Paper Dolls Teen Scene

A bunch of us on the Cricut Circle message board came together and created all the dolls on the Paper Dolls Teen Scene cartridge! It was so much fun!
Amazing Renee set it all up and did an amazing job!
Check out her blog so that you can see all that we created!
Thanks so much Renee for doing this!!

Two weeks gone....

After two weeks of being gone, the kids were so excited to see their daddy.

Father's Day gift!

This Father's Day, I wanted to make my dad something for the ranch...a place that the entire family loves visit. The kids love to go ride "their" horses arund the arena and out in the field. I am so blessed that I have such amazing parents!

A new family member!!

We ended up getting a new dog in early November....kids named her Ruby and she is such a lazy dog! LOL She is a great addition to the family and the kids love her so much!!

And it makes 7 years!!

On December 23rd, my hubby and I celebrated our 7th Anniversary!! I love him so much!

Our kids still know how to make us laugh!!

School pics again!

I cannot believe that I have a 1st and 3rd grader! Time is flying way too fast for me! I am so thankful for my kids LOVING their school and wanting to go....and the fact that I get to work there and see all the kids having fun and giving me tons of hugs is awesome!

We are truly a BLESSED family!

This ones for Shelly!!!

My friend Shelly has been at me forever to update my blog!! I have been so horriable about posting!! Are you happy now girl??!! :)

Richard and I took a little day trip to San Francisco so we could walk around Chinatown..we had a great time! It was a beautiful day and we ended it with a fabulous pizza!!!!!

I love this man so much!!

Yep, we are pretty fabulous!! ;)

Beautiful!!

Things have changed in our house....Cayleanna graduated Kindergarten!!! She was so happy about this accomplishment but I truly am not sure how she is going to live without this teacher! I am so blessed at the teachers my children get!! Thank you so much Mrs. S for the amazing year and ALL that you taught my baby girl!

Christmas & A New Year!

Our first Christmas in our new home was so relaxing and wonderful! The kids let us sleep in, were able to open gifts, make a great breakfast and relax a bit before heading off to family!
I am so blessed with all that I have!
Happy New Year to all and may this year bring you all of the blessings that you could ever imagine!

SCHOOL PICS!!

My beautiful babies in their school pics!

I am such a proud Momma!!

My Prince Charming!!

Yep, isnt he wonderful?

And handsome?

And he is all mine!!

Beautiful Belle & Brave Bumblebee

The kids had a great Halloween this year! They enjoyed going trick or treating as much as they did handing out the candy to their "customers"!

Aren't they just so cute??!!??

My SSK Girls!!!

Yes, you read that title right, my SSK girls! This is my group of scrappy girls. Some of us met on a message board or two, were friends in life but there is no doubt that we were meant to be friends!

We all bring something different to the table scrappy wise and life wise...and we have an incredible time together.

I am so thankful for this group of women...life would just not be the same!

And I have to thank my wonderful husband for taking care of everything for me while I was gone having my girls weekned!

Changes, changes, changes....

It seems this family is going through the changes lately...nothing bad! I am getting used to having both of my babies in school and the extra work that takes, working 12 hours a week, being at the school three times a day instead of two and Richard working more and more.
Both kids are playing soccer and are loving it!! Cayleanna scored her first goal two weeks ago and Dominic was so close at two different times I thought they went in and was cheering! Oh well, everyone just assumed I was cheering for him no matter what!
In two short weeks, I will be in Sacramento with my SSK girls!! I cannot wait to hit the Scrapbook Expo with them and then scrap the day and night away. Love those girls and getting together once a year just isnt enough!

My mom's foot is healing after her crazy surgery this summer...I am healed up from mine as well.

We took the kids to Disneyland this summer for the first time. I celebrated my 30th birthday there..only my second time being there! We had a great time but I could so do without the crowds and crazy people running you over. It was good we had the stroller for Cayleanna because she was getting trampled at times.
The best rides according to the kids were the roller coasters! They could not get enough of them and had NO DESIRE to go on any of the "baby rides"! Well, look who thinks they are something!

It was a bit hard for me to turn 30...no idea why. Maybe thinking about all the things that I wanted to have accomplished by now but sitting back and "looking" at it more, I am where I am supposed to be. One day I will have my shot to do what I want and to travel where I want to travel but for right now, I am supposed to be wife and mom....

PHEEWW!!!

It has been a crazy week of working on the house....we painted and put up a border in Richard's "man room", put a border up in the kitchen, got paint for the downstairs bathroom, rearranged the living room, cleaned up my scrap room, got all my decorations for Christmas and Thanksgiving arranged, hung up tons of pictures, etc. and ended the week with explorative surgery.
Yes, you heard that right surgery...I was to have a hysterectomy but my insurance thought that it would be better for me to have this explorative surgery to see if my doctor was really telling the truth about what I have....and guess what........he was RIGHT!! So I have to have another surgery....ok, lets pray that the insurance approves me having a hysterectomy..I dont want to live with this adenomyosis anymore.
Adenomyosis is described as: a condition that occurs when the cells that normally line the uterus grow into the muscular tissue of the uterine wall. Its painful and not fun for me or the family to deal with..
My mom took the kids with her for a week so I have time to recover and get a few more things done around the house. I am hoping that I can get into that scrap room and have some fun! ALso, I am hoping to have a date with my husband and go see a movie!

I cannt belive that it as been two months since I have blogged anything! ACK! I got so wrapped up in Dominic's school that I just totally forgot about most everything on the web!
We are finally starting to settle in to the house and staring to get it all arranged how we want...

Dominic finished his first grade year and Cayleanna is going to be going into Kindergarden! I cannot believe where the time has gone!

I have not been able to scrap too much but I was able to get this layout done for National Scrapbook Day...its me and my sis in 1983 0r 84...
Used Sassafrass or this layout!

Easter!!!

Easter was great this year! We had a wonderful morning hanging out at home playing with what the Easter Bunny brought before we headed over to Aunt Candice's house for dinner and more egg hunting.

The smiles on the kids faces, the laughter, the absolute joy written all over them makes all the hard work worth it.

They truly are the best thing about me and the best thing I have ever done!

A new family member!!

This last Saturday we went and got a dog from a man that was just not able to take care of him anymore....

It was love at first sight for all of us and we are all adjusting to having a dog. Dominic is doing great with him and is starting to understand why he had to be a little bit older to have a dog and what responsibility means....

Shadow is adjusting to us as well, it will take time but we very happy!! He is definatly loving all the attention and walks he has been getting!

And what they say about a boy and his dog is so true!!

AAAAACCCKKK!!! I was tagged!!

So my wonderful and talented friend Susan tagged me about a week or so ago and I just now saw it....so I better do it or she will be on me like bees on honey!!!!

Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and randomly tag 10 people (including me). Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real... nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.Have Fun!!!!!Whew... Here goes:)
1. What is your name: Callie Jean
2. A four Letter word: Cool
3. A Boy's Name: Colton
4. A Girl's Name: Cayleanna
5. An occupation: carpenter
6. A Color: cobolt blue
7. Something you wear: cuff links
8. A Food: cookies
9. Something found in the Bathroom: conditioner
10. A Place: Calistoga
11. A Reason for being late: car wont stop
12. Something you Shout: CUT IT OUT!!!
13. A Movie Title: Care Bears
14. Something you Drink: cold water
15. A Musical Group: Coldplay
16. An Animal: cat
17. A Street Name: Creekside Lane
18. A Type of Car: Caravan
19. Something Scary: cougars
20. Ice Cream Flavor: chocolate chip

Now I am tagging:
Anyone!!!! If you want to do it....then do it!
It is harder than you think....just do it!

Someone turned five!!

Our sweet little girl turned 5 this last week! She is so excited to hold up a whole hand when asked how old she is!!!

She was so excited to have her best little girfriends over, her Nana come down and of course pink candles on her star cupcakes!

Time has truly flown by and I am proud to say that I will be that mom that is crying when she drops her "baby" off at Kindergarden....I have truly loved the time at home with her!