This one is for Dawn...

On Karen's Blog.. (click on the right), she had bumper stickers for her poodle, and then one for Gretel... well, Dawn is a cat person.. BIG TIME.. so I went to the link that Karen so nicely added for me (which I am not sure how to do yet), and saw this one, so I thought I would add it for a laugh!!!

shawn

Duck, Duck, Tooth...

DUCK.... DUCK...

Hannah was so excited today! We were getting ready to go to dance class, when she yelled, "There are ducks in the back yard!"

Sure enough, we have 2 ducks living in the back yard! In the corner there is a fenced area that is filled with leaves, and the female duck was in the middle, I am guessing with a nest! I hope that no one bothers them, and we will soon have a little duck family! I wonder how Grets will like that!

TOOTH

One of Hannah's "fangs" is now history! When we got home from dance tonight, she pulled the little sucker out! One down, one to go...

Wonder what the tooth fairy will leave tonight!

shawn

Scrapbook

I found the instructions on how to make this little scrapbook somewhere.. I think probably Splitcoast... anyway.. I have been working on it for about 2 weeks.. not that it was hard, actually it was very easy, but the finishing of it was the difficult thing. I just didn't know what embellishments I want to use.. so that is why it is blank on the front. When I figure out what I want to put into it, I will do the "self adhesive die cuts" or something on. But for now, I thought I would post what I got done..

shawn

sorry that the photos are dark, but it's overcast and rainy out today.. so it is hard to get enough light on the pictures.

Dragonfly Case

I saw this card on Chic n Scratch blog and had to case it. I love the little dragonfly! EASY to make, so quick and cute.. I am all on that one! I made it a tent card, which I don't usually do.. but I thought it turned out rather cute!

I needed a thank you for "Grandma Sharon" from Hannah. She dropped off her belated birthday gift and a belated Easter gift on Friday, and I am a stickler for Hannah writing thank yous within days of getting gifts! So, I thought a butterfly would work, too! so I made this one! Same idea, only the wings are a bit different to make it a butterfly! So this will go out in tomorrow's mail with some nice wonderful words written from Hannah!

shawn

Hannah picture with the new camera

Well today it was pretty nice outside.. Hannah went out and was playing in the driveway after the ballet.. I captured a couple pictures with the new camera.. You can really see her "fangs" in these.. I think that a visit to the friendly orthodontist is in order!

shawn

New Camera

Well we got our anniversary gift for each other early this year.. since our anniversary isn't until May, it was really really early. We needed a new camera, our old one died a few months ago, Pat got one off EBAY, but to be honest, it sucked. You could only take about 6 pictures before the batteries would die.. Thank god we had rechargeable one. So tonight we went out and got a brand spanking new one.. It's a Nikon COOLPIX.. has all these really neat features that I am sure I will never understand how to use. Pat assures me that I will be able to download pictures easily with this camera.. we will see.. There are a lot more megapixels on this one, so my pictures should be better.. let's hope! Stay tuned for new pictures!
shawn

A Little of This, A Little of That

I realized that I hadn't posted in awhile, and well.. I felt guilty.. so here are some pictures...

This is a picture of the snow we got the other day.. on our deck, I measured 3" at 4:30 pm.. it was still snowing hard, and I know that we had a lot more after that..

These are my orchid plant. I have had it for 18 years. My mom sent it to Pat and I for our 1st anniversary.. It was from the same grower who I got my wedding bouquet flowers from. I had over 100 phalaenopsis orchids in my bouquet. I am always excited when it blooms.. and the flowers last for a good 2 months or more. I am always amazed that it hasn't died in all this time, with all the moves and all.

As I was taking pictures of the orchid, Gretel the Greyhound was right there.. I think that she wanted her picture taken too.. so.. But look at her.. how cute can you be?? (I think that she wanted a treat really...)

Hannah and Pat playing Guitar Hero.. I think that Hannah won.. or at least gave Pat a run for his money..

shawn