you'll be home for Christmas.....if only in my dreams.....missing you with all my heart....

15th weigh in on the optifast program at Great lakes weight and wellness

Merry Christmas eve everybody....and as my favorite online big girl Ruby would say...Who is crying in this video? sorry didn't expect the emotions to kick in over a pair of jeans....

Grandma's buying...

for the 2nd year in a row....instead of buying gifts my grandma takes the entire family out to dinner as her gift...So this year she invited Chris too..so here we are on our way to Flat Rock, Michigan...I think we had about 20 of us there...here is Chris,Tonee' and my dad and mom..
and me and Sommer...

down at the other end..was my brother and michelle and lil' mikey between them, and that's my uncle on the end...who is my age..

and of course mom here hamming it up for the camera...she has learned what you need to do, to make it in the scrapbook!! ha,ha..

and the minute alyssa ed showed up Sommer stole her away!!!

now my aunt is giving a speech...about the christmas eve party....that's grandma on the left and my mom on the right...don't they look excited??!!

need to post my youtube video....need to grocery shop, pick up a few last minute gifts, hit the gym...and teach Chris how to play Euchre by tomorrow night!!! ahhggg......

brrrrr.......

Okay I am freezing my balls off......(okay I don't have balls...but if I did they would be frozen) I guess today is officially winter..and it feels like it too.....Wanted to show you some of the new goodies I picked up from Scrappy Chic last week...some were in my kit and some may have fallen into my basket?? it happens!! but I got some of the new american crafts teen paper...with these bright 80's feel colors...and then I seen these heidi swapp alphas..in these cool colors like a hot pink and this blue is just gorgeous...I wondered why I was drawn to this blue...as I am sipping on a optifast shake..it's the exact blue has my packaging on my drink!!! and then I feel in love with this mirror album from heidi swapp!!! and you can buy clear pages to add to it!!!!
so I wanted to use the mirror album right away....could'nt figure out a good way to take pics or scan..this scan does nothing for it.......

you can see the mirror a little better here, besides my butt in the back ground, but at first I thought it was gonna be like a cheap fakey mirror..but it just seems so real.....I love this album!! if I haven't already said that...and it's going to be at Scrappy Chic...probably drop it off this week sometime..so if you are in the store I hope you will check it out...the pics don't do it justice..

so I had to figure out what to put in it.....so I decided to fill it with pics of the photo shoot..we did this fall....and use my american crafts paper...and between each page is a clear overlay page....

sorry pics are so awful....just couldn't get it to cooperate!! Well hope everyone is had a good weekend...weigh in tonight!!! light as a feather...light as a feather....hee,hee...

P.S.-wanted to thank Robin from Once upon a memory photograpy...for the amazing pics..!!!

Wii fit

well the snow storm I wished for....definetly came....it is beautiful..but I have to admit I barely made it out of my drive way yesterday, kept hearing Ed's voice telling me to turn the wheel and then push the gas....turn it the other way...and give it gas!!! and finally I got free......so that I could go scrappin' with jeniece..and we actually got a couple pages done....and plus I almost finished my heidi swapp mirror mini book....it's pretty simple but I really like the way it turned out....I will take some pics today and probably post them tomorrow....supposed to get together for a big family dinner tomorrow.....looking forward to that.....hope to hit the gym this morning..and then scrap the day away....hey the house cleaning can wait til' tomorrow...right???

snow storm

took these pics of the kids.....they went out to build a snow man but the snow was too..light..so instead they had a snowball fight....Tonee' said for some reason Sommer and chris enjoyed throwing snowballs at her a little too..much!!!

but I was glad to see them go outside and play together....now I am up early...trying to see if Sommer has school today...it doesn't look to bad out there right now...but I guess we shall see....I would love to get snowed in for the weekend..

Yesterday..I headed up to scrappy chic to pick up my design team kit, and shop for a "abc" swap I am doing with renee....Oh you should see the cute mirror album..I got!! I am working on it..right now...it's so cute!! but anyway..so when I headed out that way....I decided to see if there was a snap fitness in the area..and there was....so I slid in there for a quick workout, I love that you can go to any snap fitness..comes in handy.....I think I am almost done christmas shopping....oh and I stopped at Jcpenney yesterday....I have a new clothing goal too....they have the cutest levi jeans there..but they only go up to 24W...I want those..I did pick up new pair of jeans...and they were a 26W...felt so good!! Okay the news is starting gotta go......

Santa Claus is coming to town.....

On tuesday...look who we got to see!! yes sir....Santy Clause....himself...and this is the closest I've came in years to getting a picture of Sommer with Santa...and probably my last too....the grief group I go to gave the kids this christmas party and then I made sure to horribly embarras sommer by getting my picture with santa too....I told Santa it's been a loooooonnnnggggg time since I've sat on santas lap....he said oh it could'nt of been too...long!! love you santa....
and then everybody got a present (sommer got a gift certificate for toys'r us) she was VERY happy.....and then everybody got to pick a stuffed animal.....these ladies that run the program are amazing......

Well we are covered in snow...and I am loving it!!! and it looks like more is on the way....Sommer is hoping for a snow day tomorrow.....!! looks like she could get her wish.. Off to pick up my DT kit from Scrappy Chic today...wanna have that baby in my hands incase I do get snowed in this weekend.....