June Wisconsin Scrappers Card Sketch

Sorry, I’m late getting this updated…last week the Wisconsin Scrappers blog’s card sketch challenge was posted.  Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

Summer Kick Off Celebration

Every year, there is a summer kick-off celebration in downtown Wausau.  Local bands play, food is sold, and at dusk a movie is shown.  Andrew loves to pack a picnic and go check everything out.  This year the movie was Shrek.  The movie started at about 9 pm, so Andrew only wanted to stay for [...]

Last day of school

Andrew’s last day of school was June 9th.  He was sooo excited for Summer vacation to begin.  As a result, it was a bit difficult to get some pictures, and the bus was early (I think the bus driver was ready for vacation too!!), so he had to run down to the bus.

WI Scrappers Color Challenge – YELLOW

I had the pleasure of choosing the Wisconsin Scrappers color challenge for this month, and since summer is almost here, chose yellow!
Here is my layout for the challenge:

Birthday Party

Well…we all survived Andrew’s birthday party.  I had 3 first graders and 2 second graders here.  They all ate pizza and birthday cake, then Andrew opened presents before playing a quick game of Hyper Dash before heading to the mini golf course (which didn’t open until 5).  The only “negative” is that everyone always wanted [...]

WI Scrappers June Sketch Challenge

Here is the sketch for June:
Here is my layout:

Sponge Bob

Andrew requested a Sponge Bob cake for his birthday tomorrow…I searched online and found a picture that looked do-able so I gave it a go…here is my version:

When I showed it to Andrew he seemed disappointed…he wanted a Sponge Bob shaped cake…body and all.  I told him to be happy with what he gets!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREW!!

Yesterday, my baby turned 7!!  I can’t believe how fast the time has gone since he was a tiny little baby in the NICU.
Here he is as a baby (excuse the poor scan):

Here he was last night before bed:

He did his Jump Rope for Heart at school yesterday and said he had fun even though [...]

Tall Oaks Retreat

15 of my fellow scrapbooking friends and I spent last weekend at the Tall Oaks Retreat in Minocqua, WI…what a beautiful place!!  I had such a fun weekend scrapbooking, eating, drinking, and laughing.  Some of my friends I had met in person before, but some I had only met online.  It was great to finally [...]