Ali Edwards Carousel

I got this photo carousel idea from Ali Edwards site. Basically I divided it into 4 parts for the 4 members of my family. Each person has a section and I included baby pictures all the way up to present day pictures. I think it turned out really cute. I have it in my kitchen for everyone to flip through.

The Ice Storm of 2009

It took me 2 hours to figure this background out but I love it! It is from House of 3 http://www.houseof3.com/. A new site by Heidi Swapp, Janet Hopkins, and Rhonna Farrer. It is mostly digital stuff but it is really cool.

On to the ice storm! It was terrible! We lost electricity for 3 days. That is not very long considering some people lost it for much longer. I will NEVER take electricity for granted again! I wouldn't have made it 100 years ago. I am soo thankful for my heat, my refrigerator and freezer and mostly my lights at night. I think that is what I missed most is having light at night. You see I am a night owl and I do lots at night but with no light it is boring! I wanted to go to bed at 8:00. Thanks to my little hand warmers (that hunters use), I was able to stay up and read a book with a little book reading light. I had those little warmers in my hands, my bra, and even my socks. They are great little things. Who knew? I even slept with them. Anyway we survived, but we lost 5 trees and had lots of limb damage. Thankfully none hit the house or the pool. We also lost everything in the refrigerator and freezers. We are blessed because it could have been much worse. Everyone is safe and that's all that really matters.

Kelly Goree Creative Escape Layouts

I am finally getting around to finishing up my projects from Creative Escape back in September. These layouts were from Kelly Goree's class and I really love the way they turned out. I have learned so much about Photoshop Elements lately that it is fun to play with the photos and not be scared to death you are going to ruin them. I can change them up a little and then print them out in the exact size I need them for the layout without all that triming. I'll post the other projects as I finish them. Have a wonderful day! I'm going to scrap!

Lauren is Engaged!

Ryan asked Lauren to marry him on December 7th. One of her friends handed her a piece of a puzzle that told her a limo was picking her up that sunday afternoon. The limo took her to the Kappa Sigma house where some of his fraternity guys sang her a song and gave her another piece of the puzzle. She got back into the limo and the driver gave her another piece of the puzzle and took her to the spoofer stone at Ole Main on the Fayetteville campus. (Secretly the limo left and came and picked up our family and Ryan's family and brought us to Ole Main.) Ryan was waiting for her with candles and he got down on one knee and proposed. He even had engraved glasses with the date for them. They made their way back to the limo and opened the door and we all surprised her. She cried. They got in and we went to The Power House where Ryan had arranged for some food. Some of their best friends met us there and we had a little party. She was very surprised and cried many times that night. Such a happy day and we were so glad we could be a part. There is no date set yet. Ryan wants to go to Law School and Lauren still has to get her Masters.

Scrapbook Addiction Christmas Expo

I had a fun time at the Christmas Expo and made 3 good projects. The teachers were all really prepared and the projects were so "stinkin" cute!! The food was good too. It was really nice that it was in the middle of November because it got me in the Christmas Spirit early.

Thanksgiving

All of our relatives from Mississippi were here this Thanksgiving. We had a great time and after Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday we went out to Gaston's to take the annual picture.

Refinishing Hardwood Floors

We had our original hardwood floors refinished in November by Chad and Matt Hershberger. They did a wonderful job!!! They look better than they did when they were brand new! The only problem was that me, John and Seth had to live out of our bedroom for about 10 days with 2 dogs and 2 cats. Oh My! I didn't even have use of the kitchen. One night Seth said what do you do if you want a drink? I said you get in your car and you go buy you one! The last picture is of the sealer they use and how it has dried on the can after so many uses. I couldn't resist taking a picture because I thought it looked cool!