*screaming and jumping up and down*

GUESS WHAT?!!!!! I was hugging Jas last night in the kitchen, and happened to glance over at our tree; and I see this sitting under it....!!!!!!!!

.....At first I just asked what it was because it didn't even register... Then, I was just in shock!! I mean, I thought I might get that for Christmas as a combined gift from Mom and Dad and Jas or something, but he said it wasn't a Christmas present because he had promised never to go over our limit ($50)... So, he had just gotten this for me early so that I could have awesome pictures of all the Christmas stuff!!!! I still feel guilty about it, but I'm really happy!!! Take a look at my new toy!!!!!! It's a Canon Rebel XSi!!!!

New Page :)

Here's one that uses mostly Holiday on the Rocks from A5D:

Today, Kylie had her school Christmas program, and she got to be in the "stampede" at the beginning with her "horsey pole". The morning was rushed getting her all ready for the big production, but it was all worth it because she looked so cute!!! Over to the right, you can double click to see it larger... This is the last song, and you can't really see her very much, but the teachers are funny and the little dance cute....

Challenge in the English Corner...

And you could win a $10 Gift Certificate to CATSCRAP!!

Here's a link to the challenge.

And, here's my example page (click for credits):

I don't very often get my hopes up for things going a certain way anymore; but, last night, I did... I was picturing how fun it would be to watch the kids put up the ornaments while listening to music and smelling Christmasy smells.... We would take our time and just enjoy it. etc.... Note to self... don't expect kids to do things the way you envision them.... I was setting up the atmosphere, and Kylie just kept wanting to light the tree up.... Then, Ari wasn't really interested in putting up the ornaments that I handed her (with my little stories about who they were from). Jas fell asleep. Kylie dumped the boxes of the nativity out.... And, I found an ornament that Grandma had given us.... Well, put all that together plus a few other things, and it equals tears... So, last night wasn't all that I had ennvisioned... I still need to learn to always just go with the flow... :)

A Song for Moms...

Lynne-Marie from Catscrap shared this with us, and it
was just so true... The Mom Song

Here's my page using the new collab from Cathrine and Lily

available @ After 5 Designs!! Great for everyone who's having summer right now or maybe anyone who just wants to pretend that their not freezing!!

Ok, while trying to finish this post, I hear the dog starting to hurl in the other room. So, I race to try to get him out in time, but find that I didn't quite make it.... Then, when I go to let him in after thinking that I was done cleaning up the mess, I discover some on the Venitian blinds... He must have coated those in his effort to get around them on the way out! Uh.... YUCK!!!!!

Using Syrin's new Christmas Kit and stitches and Vinnie's new Templates and various other Catscrap goodies.... (click on LO for complete credits and links to products)

Using Creashen's new Uptown Kit @ Catscrap (clickable LO)