Wordless Wednesday

More Pictures of our Vacation

This year the ocean was absolutely wonderful, the water was warm and the waves were small. Doesn't this picture just look so peaceful....

....and some boogie boarding fun

Our favorite thing to do is take a stroll on the beach at sunset.

Where have I been?????

Bad, bad blooger.....it's been a long time since I have been on here. Life has been busy. Last Sunday we got back from vacation, we had a fabulous time. The Outer Beaches is our favorite place to go and we haven't been there for two years, so it was really nice to go back and relax. Sitting in the sun, boogie boarding, taking walks and naps is the extent of our vacation and we enjoyed every minute of it. It was kinda sad to come back home and get back to reality. I have some awesome pictures too, which I will share.

So what's up with me you ask, well my baby is crawling. Who told her she was aloud to grow up, I can't believe it. She is into everything and yesterday she even pulled herself up and then fell back down quickly, but still...I wish she would slow down a bit.

I haven't been scrapping lately, just too busy, but my scissors are still in use. With the prices of everything going up I have decided to cut coupons and I am having fun too. It's like a game to try to get something for nothing. My favorite site is Money Saving Mom and Freebies 4 Mom,there are few others and I will link them at the side of my blog. These ladies are a wealth of knowledge when it comes to coupons and freebies. I am in awe of them and I am trying to learn everything I can. To feed a family of 6 can be quite expensive and with the tips on couponing, plus where to find coupons, I have actually started saving money. I am also loving CVS, and their ECB Bucks, learn more about CVS and ECB's here. I'll post pictures of my buys and total savings weekly.

Now for some pictures of our vacation, I love to do family photo shoots and the beach is a perfect backdrop, put everyone in white shirts and you have the perfect family photo.

Not so sure she likes this sand stuff....
Isn't she the cutest, I can't wait to do a layout with this picture.

I have alot more pictures, I just printed 182 from Walmart and still have alot I didn't print so I will post a few each day this week.

Hugs
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Happy Birthday to Me!!!!

It's my birthday, another year older and wiser, I am not so sure about the latter one...but I am older. I remember when I thought someone in their 30's were old, but I am here to say that 33 is not old, I might have a few grey hairs (that's why they made hair coloring) but I am definately not over the hill. LOL Guy went to Lowes yesterday and got me a swing for the back-yard, so now me and Aly will have a place to sit and watch the kids play. Bryce wants to take me out for ice-cream tonight, his treat...isn't he the sweetest. I even got some money, I think I am going to save it though, I have been contemplating getting a new camera. I love my Kodak EasyShare, but I want something better and have been looking at the Canon Rebel. So if I start saving I should have enough by Christmas.

Everyone is finally feeling better, praise the Lord. So today I need to clean and start packing for vacation. I can't believe we leave in 4 days....

a picture of my blessings!!!!

hugs
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icky sicky

It has not been a great weekend for us, we all had the stomache flu except Guy. Yes even I got it, I felt so horrible on Friday that I had to call Guy at work and he came home to take care of Aly and Nate. I am so happy we got it this weekend instead of next weekend, that would not be a great vacation.

Weigh-in Monday well I am happy to report that I am down 20 pounds since February. Whoohoo, I am now below my pre-pregnancy weight. I did have cake yesterday, my mother-in-law made it for my birthday, so I couldn't say I don't want it. Just a small piece and it was oh so good. I absolutely love peanut butter melt-away cake...yummy.

The kids are almost done with school, only 3 more days. Bryce has 6th grade graduation on Thursday, hard to believe. Everyone is more than ready to be done, and mom is soooo ready to sleep-in and no packing lunches.

You know I can't end a post without pictures, so here are some layouts I have been working on. Two of Miss Aly.....



have a great day and hugs
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Going on a camping trip

Our first camping trip of the season, whoohoo. The kids are so excited, they can't wait. I still need to pack and make some food, but hey we aren't leaving till tomorrow so I have plenty of time. It looks like the weather is going to be fabulous, thank goodness, because the past few days here have been cold and rainy. We are still running our furnace in May. I am looking forward to the relaxtion and spending time with my family, who we don't see very often. Nate is excited he is going to see his Angel. These two are such good buddies, they just love each other to pieces.

Doing well on my no carbs for 2 weeks, I stepped on the scale and yes I know it isn't Monday, but I just wanted to see if those nasty pounds are dropping off and they are, so far I have lost 6 pounds. I am not even craving sugar, but I am sick to death of egg-beaters, I can't wait till I can eat some whole wheat toast or oatmeal, only one more week. I can do it and the it's definately worth it.

Okay so I have been scrapping, I got a kit from Polka Dot Whimsy, have to say I love Michelle's kit, it was packed it's a mini-album kit but even after the mini-album is completed I still have a ton of products left to do about 7 layouts and maybe a card or two. I did get the mini-album done and it's so cute, it called All Mine and I love it. Next week I'll take pics of it and upload it. Here are some of the layouts I did over the weekend. This is a kit from My Kits and Pieces

So I had to get Bryce a baby picture for his yearbook they do a from diapers to dipolma for the six-graders and here is a pic of him at 3 weeks, now he is 12. Wasn't he just the cutest thing eveh, I am a little bias though.


Be back on Monday and have some great pics of our fun-filled weekend camping. Have a great Memorial Day and be safe.

hugs,
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Holding me Accountable

Since I have had my baby I am so frustrated with my weight, if I lose a pound or two I just gain it back. Tomorrow Guy and I are starting a no-carb diet for 2 weeks and then slowly adding the good carbs back in. I have been reading Jillian McKeif's book and I want to add more vege's and fruit into our diets, but first I have to get myself off of sugar, I am totally addicted to it. If I eat 1 granola bar I eat 3, and then I get so mad at myself. So I am going to blog everything, hopefully this will keep going and honest. My goal is 35 pounds, and I'm not going to say how much I weigh until I hit the goal. I don't want to be a skinny-minny (though it would be nice) I just want to be healthy and not be disgusted everytime I see a picture of myself. My weigh-ins will be Monday and I'll let everyone know how much I am down. Feel free to leave me messages of encouragement, because I need all the help I can get. (This is to my 2 viewers, and one being my mom...LOL)

I scrapped this weekend, whoohoo!!! I love just sitting down and creating, I got 11 layouts done and a card. I haven't scanned anything yet, but I'll get to that tomorrow and upload some. You know I can't leave a post without some pictures, so here's one Aly--look at this girl she is going to be mobile before I know it.

Look out world because here I come....

Here's our Mother's Day photo shoot, I wanted to get some pictures outside, but the weather wasn't cooperating.
Later - Gators
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