Scrappy Layouts

I thought I'd go ahead and post the layout's I've done over the last couple weekends. I don't have as much time in my crafty world as I'd like but I still go visit :)

(on this page the yellow part flips open like a book page)

Bubbles Baby!!!!

We had some serious bubble action in the tub last night, I gave Mikayla the wash cloth with the body soap on it (cucumber melon to be specific) and she washed up, then after awhile she asked for the jets to be turned on....(she's been nervous about the jets to date) we had bubble mania from just that small amount of soap!! It was a blast, I love love love making my little girl happy :)

This face cracks me up :)

Do you see the fishing pole on the right side of the tub.... under all the bubbles are at least a dozen plastic fish to catch ;) along with a mermaid, cow and a sail boat.... LOL

Soooo happy!!!!

Swim Fun!

Here is our little sea creature :) Such FUN times!!!!

Jonathan jumped right when I snapped the picture.... oops!! LOL such a funny picture....

School Days

Well the first (and a half) week of Kindergarten is over, Mikayla is doing really well, we are going through our "normal" adjustment period (she needs some extra attention when changes take place). The teachers at her school are awesome, they really take good care of her and totally seem to understand she needs a little extra TLC right now, if her track record holds, we'll have one more week of adjustment then be back to normal. I've decided that change is hard for little people. She's doing good though :) Here are some pictures from this morning, I love love love her uniforms, she's very into tucking her shirt in now, yesterday she did it all by herself at school, I was so surprised when I picked her up.

Here she is seeing what's for breakfast hee hee...

OH WOW!!!! 1st Day of Kindergarten!!!!!

I have a LOT of pictures to post but first things first... here is my baby on her first day of kindergarten!! Can you believe it!!!!

She was mostly excited, except we were off together all week last week so there were definitely tears shed about how much she's going to miss me and she'd rather go to work with me. She was very brave this morning, we got to school and I took her to where we usually go (of course took pictures with our favorite teachers in that room) and then moved on to the "big kid" room - she was holding my hand SOOOOOOOOO tight, and then when we went in there all the really big kids (that are there for before school care) were right in the doorway...she was holding me even tighter!!!!! Then one of her little friends was telling her that she has lipstick in her back pack... that was a GREAT distraction, so I was able to scoot out before she could worry that I was leaving. She is really excited though, she's excited to learn to read more words and do more writing (direct quote from her "as long as they don't make me work too hard"). She was also excited about her new school dress, next week we're back to uniforms....


God willing she has a great school year!! WOW!!! My baby is in Kindergarten.....


She LOVES posing for me these days!

Always time for twirls....

She's actually in her class room here :) it was a bit too hectic to get pictures with Mr. Wilkes...but rest assured I will!

I took this through the window.... such a big girl now....sniff sniff

Vacation time!!! (Grizwald Family Vacation)

Let me start by saying we DO NOT pack lightly...... We decided that we wanted to go camping, well it's way too hot in Texas so we're going to drive north to Arkansas (we've been there two previous times and love it there).... it's not humid and while it's hot in the day, it cools off at night... so off we go :) We did day excursions all over the area and had a great home base for night!!!

Here is little miss waiting on dinner to cook on the fire. I love camp cooking!!! There is nothing like it! (we do bring our own grate to cook on.... just in case you know...)

Here is our site - this park was AWESOME!!! I can't wait to go back

My little poser.

We started every morning with breakfast and a dip in the lake before hitting the showers!

Right in Hot Springs is the "Mountain Tower", this is actually on top of a mountain, it was fabulous up there!

Another quick pose....

Sun rise and sun set..... SPECTACULAR!!!!

We brought the bike....we're going to use it (and we did - a lot)

Amazing scenery...... love the roads there

Here is a "sample spring" from the real hot springs, the water is heated beneath the surface and comes out at around 147 degrees. Here is Mikayla touching it, it really is hot!

More pictures mom....really?

I think this is the most AMAZING picture ever! Michael pointed over the edge and took the shot.

Fun stops along the way....

Nice cabins we are going to stay in next time so that we can stay at more than one place :) and it's way too much work to set up camp/break camp, move and set up again...cabin camping for that for sure! We already have the next two parks in our minds!

Some fun signs.... it was fun just taking pictures of them... they still make me laugh.

not sure what nimrod thought of this one.....

We had an absolute blast... we have however decided that camping in 99 degree weather isn't necessarily the best or most comfortable idea... next time it will either be cooler or in cabins... LOL I can't wait to go again!!!