Matters of the Heart

Happy Valentine's Day!!

I hope you are enjoying those that you love the most!

I especially had a day dedicated to the heart...I had a checkup appt. with my cardiologist today.

He doesn't need to see me again for a whole year!!!

Normally, I am on 6 month checkups, but he thinks I am doing so good that he has put me on the yearly schedule.  My heart is extra happy (and healthy) today!

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In honor of Valentine's Day, I am going to share a layout with me and my sweetie on it!

Trisha from Sketch Inspiration was so gracious, and asked me to complete a layout to showcase using one of her amazing sketches!

Wow, that girl has talent!

Sketch Inspiration posts new sketches every Sunday, and if you play along, you could win the prize of the week!

You must check it out!

Just wanted to share a fave layout of mine! 

Seriously, that boy's smile brightens my day, everyday!

Thankful Turkeys and Scrappy Friends

Here is a photo of Graedon showing off his thankful turkey.

It's not exactly like the Martha one, but the kids had fun making them.

It's so great to hear what they are thankful for.

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I have the best scrappy friends. 

Here we are on Friday evening for our Thanksgiving dinner scrappy date.

We hadn't been able to get together since May to scrap, so this date was long overdue.

I am so thankful to have these amazing women in my life!

Upcoming Fall Crop-Don't miss it!!

Inspired to Scrap is hosting it's first online crop, and you are invited!

Join us at www.inspiredtoscrap.net/forum to join in on the free class, some great challenges, prizes and most of all, inspiration to get some scrapping done!

The Fall Crop runs September 30th-October 5th!

Hope to see you there!

Only 10 more days until Christmas!

Can you believe we are only 10 days away from Christmas?!?!

Bring on the hustle and bustle of the season!

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Are you a fan of freebies and giveaways? Then I have the one for you!
It's like an early Christmas present!

My friend Char, has a very generous scrappy giveaway up on her blog. You must check it out! It ends today, so head on over! Leave her some love!

Blessed by great friends

I have awesome friends...no really, mine are awesome! :-) I had several friends call and check on me while Chad was gone. I also had some great online friends who chatted with me and left me words of encouragement to help past the time! I love you all for that. Thank you so much! Chad is now home safe and sound, and my family feels complete again.

Another great little perk are my scrappy girls. Over the years, our little once a month get together to scrap, eat and just socialize, has now become my best friends. I don't know what I would do without these girls in my life. I've laughed and cried with them. We've celebrated babies, holidays and birthdays together. We've ate tons of food, supported each other's shopping habits, and of course, scrapped tons of pages together. :-) This weekend was no exception. Ashley, the pretty blonde, hosted us at her new home for the weekend (isn't it beautiful?). I had a great time, and I think they did too!

I don't think we got too many pages completed, but we shared our stories and our pictures. There were tears and laughter shared as well. There is just something about laughing a crying when a group of ladies get together, isn't there? I had a great time, and I am so very grateful for my girls! Love you guys!
Smile ladies!

LOAD Challenge

Looking at my title for this post, I think it could come off as a laundry challenge. Well, eventhough I could use a good laundry challenge to get caught up and stay that way, that is not what "LOAD" means. It stands for "Layout a Day" challenge, and this is my first time participating in such a challenge. I have signed up for Lain Ehmann's LOAD challenge for October, and I know I am crazy to think that I can get 31 layouts completed in 31 days!! I am going to try! There is also a great Flickr group that you get to post your layouts to as well as a discussion board. I am just ready to be inspired and get back to scrapping on a regular basis. I have missed it. Below you can find my first layout.

This is Graedon at Cocoa Beach this past June. I walked down to the beach and found him in my niece's ball cap just playing in the water. He didn't have a care in the world.