Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful fathers/daddies out there! I may be a little biased but my children have been blessed with the most amazing father in the world. And I have been blessed with a husband who shows his children, most importantly unconditional love.

Happy Father's Day to the man who:
- never complains about getting up at 6:00 a.m. on a Saturday to take Brendan to hockey
- volunteers his time on parent council at school so that he can be a part of our children's
education.
- shows our children that hard work, family and love is what you truly need to be live a fulfilling
life.
- stepped up and coached Olivia's soccer team this year because without a volunteer, her team
would fold and she couldn't play soccer this summer. And he would not let that happen. It took
him about a minute to hit the "reply" button to offer his help.
- does housework, makes dinner, helps with showers and school lunches and so much more
without even thinking twice.
- affectionately calls Olivia his Princess Poohbear and in turn, gets a whopping grin every time
from his girl.
- who knows when we need a hug
- is my own personal human calculator
- works the hockey bench door when he notices the coaches are shorthanded.
- despite being a little tone deaf and somewhat uncoordinated, doesn't hesistate to play along
with Olivia and learn/practice her dance moves.
- brings home little surprises every once in a while which are so thoughtful and completely
unexpected.
- works from home a few times a week so the kids can sleep in if they want and go to school
much later than when I take them to daycare.
- loves him family.

I could go on and on but I think you get the idea. :) Happy Father's Day to all the real men who know what it takes to be an amazing father and who would do anything for their children.

I love you Joe.
xoxo

My poor neglected blog!

...though something has to give. It's crazy busy time at work, Joe is playing baseball, Livi is playing soccer once a week and Bman has soccer 3 times a week plus hockey for a few more weeks. Busy = Yes! Some things have naturally been neglected. Like my blog!

Just popping on quick to post some layouts that I've done in the last little while. Hope you enjoy!

Yes - that's actually me in a layout! Don't be too shocked. I find it so difficult to scrap me and I'm my own worst critic!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Some new layouts to share

Thanks for the visit. Have a great week!

Some Thrift Shop & Brook

Feeling a bit under the weather but wanted to post a couple of layouts I did lat weekend. Used the delicious Brook Collection from Crate Paper for this one:

This layout is about the amazing weekend we had a few weeks ago - Olivia did her First Communion and Brendan's hockey team won the championship. Definately a fun time!

This layout is about my girl on her special day. I used October Afternoon's Thrift Shop. Seriously amazing paper. I'm in love with that line!

I'm off to veg and watch American Idol. It's almost Friday............. :)

I Think I'm in Love....

....with this piece of paper:

From October Afternoon's "Fly a Kite" Collection - called "Ice Cream". Well, I'm definately willing to scream for it. It might not be healthy but.....what can I say. This piece of gorgeous, colourful paper excites me. Coming to a scrappy layout near you very shortly. :)

Life is busy, hence my lack of posting lately. It's busy time at work, kids are in their activities, etc and I haven't been scrapping much. Going to take some time tonight and really get into a page. Perfect way to de-stress.

Besides the usual kid stuff, we had a pretty exciting weekend around here last weekend. Olivia did her First Communion. She looked beautiful, she was wonderful and we are so proud of her. Pictures to come soon. On the same morning, Brendan and his amazing hockey team won the championship final and took first place in their division. It was beyond amazing. These boys were middle of the pack all year - like in 10th or 12th place. They played their hearts out all playoff long and rewarded with being the champions! The score of the final game was 1-0. I think the parents were more stressed than the kids! The best part - Bman got a breakaway and hit the post but his defence partner picked up the rebound and popped it in! His first goal of the season. The defencemen don't score a lot of goals in this age bracket so it was super cool to see Brendan and Craig get that goal. I love how proud the whole team was of themselves and it was so well deserved. They'll get a banner to hang in their home arena and were awarded medals. Pictures of that to come soon too. :)

Off to find some photos to go with that delicious piece of paper goodness.......

Thanks for the visit.

What the heck.....

I was really inspired by the sketch contest posted over at Jillibean Soup Blog so I thought I'd give it a try. I've always really enjoyed their paper lines. Definately need to get me some Egg Drop Soup from their new release. :)

So here's the sketch and my layout based on it:

Thanks for the great inspiration JBS! :)

I'll be back soon with an update and perhaps some layouts. (I spent last weekend in Montreal to go see Bon Jovi in concert. SOOO amazing! More on that to come)

Thanks for the visit.

Subtle Hints...

You could say that I've been getting a few. Friends telling me that I should post this or that on my blog when I tell them about something. So here's the post my Peeps! Some pictures of Olivia yesterday during an impromptu photo shoot and 3 new layouts. (The Dear Lizzy one is looking a little icky. Will have to take another pic and repost soon.)

Thanks for stopping by. I'm going to post an update on us in point form. I just really want to get it down but not a ton of time to post (kids are outside! so nice to have daylight at 7 pm!!):

- Brendan was in a hockey tournament last weekend. They played hard but didn't advance. However, they did beat the first place team in their league. Bring on the playoffs.

- Hockey playoffs begin!

- Brendan made the U9 Competitive Soccer team!! Go Bman! Go Hornets!

- Olivia is doing her First Communion the weekend after Easter.

- I found a beautiful dress for said Communion at a killer deal that made her eyes almost pop out of her head. I did good. :)

- Olivia is playing U8 soccer this summer. Go Dragons!!

- Me and my best friend are headed to Montreal this weekend for a girl's weekend! This includes seeing Bon Jovi in concert baby!! woot woot!!!

- Work is busy. Note to self: win lottery.

- Joe is gearing up for baseball this summer (he gave up soccer so that he'd have more time to take Bman to his competitive soccer...amazing dad)

- we are good! and healthy! and busy!

- bring on summer and flip flops :)

Thanks for the visit.