Oh....Grandpa...

Recently my family decided to start a new Christmas tradition. With the economy being what it is, we all agreed that it was silly to spend tons of money on each other. So we agreed to place our names in a hat and exchange gifts through the "Secret Santa" method. Well, the first year we did this, we all knew that whoever drew Grandpa Jack's name, would have an interesting time. Our dear grandfather made a list of ridiculous gifts just so he could get a response out of all of us. But, little did he know....he was in for a surprise himself. On his list, grandpa asked for hunting lessons from Sarah Palin. (Good grief...) So my mom and my brother worked together to create him a Sarah Palin Christmas! In the pictures, you can see that he really enjoyed his surprise. For Christmas that year, he received a fur hat covered in moose antlers and a photograph of Sarah with her "signature" at the bottom.

This year, he asked for private singing lessons from Susan Boyle, but my husband was not as creative...so he just bought grandpa a new coat! :)

The bottom line is; sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for!

A Winter Scrapping Session

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a great holiday! I recently spent some time downstairs in my scrap room, (getting scrapbook supplies for Christmas definitely helped!) and instead of scrapping recent pictures from this Christmas, I chose to scrap some photos from winter of '08-09. The layout that I have uploaded is of a small trip that Michael and I made to Chicago to see some friends. We had a great time. Michael and I both love Chicago in the winter, especially when the lights are on the trees and everything looks so festive.

With that said, I have a mission for myself. I am going to try and post some of the layouts that I have recently worked on. They range from family to friends, but they are all from '08-09. For some reason, I am in a nostalgic mood and I figured that scrapping some old photos will be good for me. Make sure you check back tomorrow....I have a Christmas layout of my grandpa Jack. It's hilarious!

EEEEEK! Time flies!

Apparently the last time I wrote anything on my blog was around Halloween! Wow. Time flies when you are busy! Unfortunately, I have a busy day ahead of me with Christmas cookie baking, present wrapping, house cleaning and grocery shopping....BUT, I wanted to put a picture of the dogs on here! Taking a picture of them together can be a pain, but we managed to get one.

I have tons of stuff to share, so I will try to be better about posting to my blog! Have a great Tuesday everyone and I will "see" you soon!

Happy Halloween!!!

Molly and Toby would like to wish everyone a Happy Halloween!

Eat lots of candy and have a good time! :)

You Know You're a Spoiled, Rotten Beagle, When...

As you already know, the name of my blog mentions my two darlings; Molly and Toby (our beagle and lab.) However, I haven't given them much of the spotlight lately. This layout is from a Halloween scrapbook album that I did a while ago. I was looking through it and I saw this page with Molly when she was still a tiny puppy (and when she liked to have her picture taken AND when she would wear dog clothes...she's much too prim and proper for that now)

So in honor of fall, Halloween, and spoiled Beagles everywhere...I have posted this scrap layout so that Molly can have her 15 minutes of fame. :)

Uh Oh! Halloween is Around the Corner!

So, it's pretty obvious that fall is here. The leaves are changing and the air is cold and it just smells like fall. But the other day, it hit me. Halloween is around the corner! That means our 3rd annual Jenks Halloween Party is around the corner! EEEK! I'm not done with pictures from the last party! So....I did some scrappin! I have tons more to do, but I had to share this Layout that I did. The picture is not the best quality for some reason...but the Layout is of some friends and family playing a game at our last Halloween party. The chipboard letters and some of the little accents on the page are in glitter, but its kinda hard to see. :)

Enjoy...and get those costumes ready!

Crazy Duck Ride!

On the first weekend of September (Labor Day Weekend) my friend Amanda and I went on a little vacation. It was a girl's only trip and our destination was the Mall of America in Minnesota. We did make it to the Mall of America, and in fact, we had a great time. But before we hit the state of Minnesota, we stopped in Wisconsin. I had been to the Dells as a kid with my family, but Amanda had never been before. Our mission was simple; stop in the Dells for a quick lunch break, and then continue on. Yeah....

Our quick lunch break turned into a 6 hour afternoon in the Dells, where Amanda and I got on one of the famous Wisconsin Dells Duck Rides. Maybe it was the tour guide who drove our poor "duck" about 50 mph around steep curves and over hills...or maybe it was the fact that he hit the gas pedal and we dove straight into the water, soaking only ME, but Amanda and I laughed hysterically while we toured the Dells.

If (and when) Amanda see's this, she will not be happy with the picture I posted of her...but I couldn't resist. Her face explains it all. We have decided that we must take a trip back to the Dells...and we'll bring the guys this time. :)