What a 4th!

We had such a great time for 4th of July! Matty wasn't at all scared of the fireworks this time; he even made it all the way around the edge of pool without any help. And we discovered that the pool is the only thing Sofia seems to be afraid of; she even started to cry when I dove into the pool! On the otherhand, Matty was very impressed by my diving prowess :)

I wish I had taken some 4th of July pictures, but this was the first year I didn't. We started the party about 2 hours later than we usually do, and then our first guest didn't arrive for another hour and a half!! I'm really disappointed, because I've got tons of the Rusty Pickle 4th of July paper, so we may have to do some holiday staging!

Matty, Sofie, Grandma and me had a blast at the Exploratorium on Tuesday, followed by fantastic sundaes at Ghiradelli Square. We had planned on walking across the Golden Gate Bridge, but spent 3 hours at the Exploratorium, and ran out of time. Matty's favorite part of the Exploratorium was either the Alice in Wonderland room (where your perspective is totally skewed by the odd shape of the room), or the cone you drop marbles into, to watch them swirl down the hole. Sofia seemed to like anything involving lights!

Working, working, working

Well, I'm finally almost finished with my twenty original layouts!! Just journaling for three more, and done!! I couldn't have gotten them done today, without John getting the kids out of the house; and Paula was dying to see the kids anyway, so everyone was happy! But, it's only been 8 hours, and I'm miss them tons already!!

I can't wait to be done with these pages, because yesterday I bought the new 7 Gypsies matchbook box, and it's going to be a blast to put it together!!

Fun at the park

Tonight after dinner we took the kids to the park, I wanted to get some pictures of the kids to finish up some 12x12 layouts. Sofie's love of going down the slide provided some fantastic pictures, I can't wait to scrapbook them!!

Summer vaca!

It's been so long since I've had time to blog!! Matty has started summer vacation, and he's having a blast not going to school!! He's really sad that Mr. Hibbard is not going to be his teacher next year.

I don't have any new pictures on this computer yet, but hopefully I will soon!

Yeah Expo!!

Expo was fantastic! The vendors were okay, Embellish and Rusty Pickle were there, which were the highlights for me. Everything else was just okay, nothing to get really excited about; there was no one with 7 Gypsies, that was a huge disappointment!!

The Moms and I had the best time, getting away from the kids, and being able to scrap at will :) We finished almost all the class projects we started, and decided it's unnecessary to bring every scrappy item we own! Gingy and I had at least 3 bags apiece, and honestly touched none of it while we were there.

It remains to be seen if I will go to Expo in San Jose, I think it's time me and John had a weekend away ourselves :)

Two kids in a tub

This is my favorite time of the evening....my kids are playing in the tub, so I have a few minutes of peace, and still get to hear them play and giggle (which is my favorite sound in the world!!).

Just 4 more days until Expo, and a weekend away with the Moms! I can't wait for a whole weekend of scrapbooking, gossiping and playing. It will be interesting to see how the dads handle the kids all weekend :)