We arrived home safe and sound from our Florida trip late Saturday night.  I spent all of yesterday unpacking, doing laundry, sucking sand out of the car with the vacuum, and re-stocking the fridge.  While we were gone I received my August kit from Studio Calico in the mail so I was very excited to dig into that as well.

Today, I plan on spending all day in my craft room so I'll be back to posting layouts and hopefully the beginnings of a vacation mini album this week :)

I'm also participating in August's Photo-A-Day, so here are my photos of the first five days of prompts...

OUTSIDE...

ONE...last bite...

COIN...

SOMEWHERE I SAT...in our car for twelve hours traveling home from Florida...

LOGO...I didn't take this photo (obviously) but I thought it was quite fitting ;)

I hope your week is off to a great start.  My kids go back to school next Monday so we're trying to resume a normal schedule and finish off a few last minute preparations.  I can't believe it's that time again!  TFL!

April's Twelve

Here's my Daily Dozen from Elizabeth Kartchner's photo challenge...

I recently stumbled upon my latest app obsession, Labelbox, the other day.  That's how I got the adorable "washi tape" labels on my pictures.  The app is free, super easy to use, and very addicting :) This app is going to be a very useful tool for my Project Life photos as well!

Here's the rundown on the photos above...

1.  Jubal woke up and was wanting to take some pictures of his room with my phone so I let him and this was my favorite one.  He's not half bad!

2.  I changed my blog look a bit...still trying to keep it free and more "me".

3.  Avery's been eating pb&j a lot lately...I don't blame her, though :)

4.  Avery and I played dress-up with all her plastic jewelry after Jubal went to Pre-K in the afternoon.

5.  I got me some new SC goodies in the mail today...always a plus!

6.  Avery always goes nuts when the boys come home from school.  She can't wait to greet them at the door and then proceeds to drive them absolutely crazy the rest of the day!

7.  Garrison got in a bit of trouble the other day, so I told him he had to spend a few after-school hours in his room this week.  Because of this, he found a long lost activity book that's become his latest obsession.  He's been having a lot of fun with it and I like to join in and help him out when he's stumped...some of those puzzles are really hard!

8.  I also like to check his homework, that is, when he brings it home.

9.  Jubal received his yearbook today and spent over an hour looking at it and pointing out all the kids he knew.  He showed me his "girlfriend" and told me... "She won't let me date her."  I replied, "Smart girl."

10.  & 11.  The boys always enjoy a little TV time after supper and baths.  Tonight, they stayed upstairs and watched Spongebob...not my favorite show, but I enjoyed them being around me while I was cleaning up in the kitchen :)

12.  Avery was wound up all evening.  She made an obstacle course out of all the couch pillows and wouldn't let anyone sit down on it!  I hate it when the upstairs living room is destroyed, but I let her have her fun...oh, that girl...


If you joined in on this photo challenge, you can link it up here www.elizabethkartchner.com and share your 12 on 12 photos.  TFL and TGIF!

12 on 12

Who's up for another photo challenge?  

Let's do it...

Tomorrow...

Be there!  

For more info check out Elizabeth Kartchner's blog at www.elizabethkartchner.com.

Hope you join in on the fun!

12 on Twelve

Yesterday, I joined in on Elizabeth Kartchner's photo challenge, 12 on Twelve, The Daily Dozen on March 12th.  For all the details, check out my previous post :)

Here's a roundup of my Daily Dozen...

1.  My hubby waiting patiently (and nervously!) to get his tonsils removed.
2.  Paying bills...enough said.
3.  I broke out my favorite pair of sandals for the first time this year :)  The temperature topped out at a balmy 74 degrees today!
4.  Avery playing with her makeup while we had our daily spot of tea.
5.  Garrison's prize for winning a drawing at school.
6.  An after-school snack of fresh strawberries and blueberries...yum!
7.  Avery can't go one day without getting a ride on bubba's four wheeler.
8.  Daddy's diet for the next few days.  And probably the kids', too ;)
9.  My hubby trying to take it easy on this warm, beautiful day.  He really, really, really wanted to run around with the kids :)
10.  Getting the mail.
11.  Jubal taking a break from his bike ride to eat a popsicle.
12.  Avery saying "night, night" to the camera.

All in all, it was a "normal" day...minus the tonsillectomy at a very early hour.  I used my iPhone and Instagram for all of these photos and I tried a few different angles for some of them (#1, 2, 6, and 12).
I really enjoy looking back at this little collage and remembering the very ordinary things that happen, the things that I often overlook and forget.  The older my kids get, the more I want to remember :)  I don't want to miss a thing...

On a side note, the hubby is doing fantastically well after his minor surgery of the throat.  He came home ready to eat and even made a business call on the way home from the hospital.  I don't remember being that energetic when I had my tonsils removed.  I just remember a lot of pain.  I told him he better slow down and take it easy today so he doesn't do any other damage.  With the weather being this lovely, it'll be hard to keep this farmer down!

Happy Tuesday!

photo challenge

I was having some trouble posting yesterday and amidst all the updating, cleaning out my cookies, and charging my computer I forgot to post this photo challenge that I will be participating in on Monday.  I hope you join me! 

All you have to do is take 12 pictures on Monday, March 12th.  They can be of anything!  Just start clicking!  The other (optional) part of the challenge is to take a photograph in a new way, like from a different angle or height or using your self-timer, just do something new in your picture taking process :)  This challenge is to help share a glimpse of your life, whether it's a "normal ol' day" or something fantastic that is going on, you'll be glad you joined in!  Then on Tuesday, March 13th, post your pictures on a blog/facebook and then link them to Dear Lizzy and to here, then you will add a link to your photos.  It'll be fun to see what everyone has to share!  Hope you join in! 


Happy Friday!