2 Cute/Remember

It's always so nice to get back to my scrapbooking table after I've been "too busy" for awhile. I thought I was too tired to scrap tonight but I sat at the computer and started finding inspiration all over.

This page was inspired by the "Bookmarks" Challenge at Two Peas. You simply go to your list of bookmarked "favorite" layouts and use this week's specified page and layout # as your inspiration. You can see my inspiration page here.

Then, while browsing the Two Peas gallery I found this beautiful layout which led me to the very inspiring Color Combos Galore network.

And yes these are older photos. When I gave myself the freedom to scrap without rules (like not having to do every photo chronologically before moving on to the next) I ended up with gaps in my albums. But not to worry, there are no rules. I can just do them as I feel inspired!

More from Great Wolf

Now that I have more time to blog again I wanted to share some favorite pictures from our trip to Great Wolf Lodge. It was one of those times where money really did buy happiness, and it was worth every penny for the wonderful family memories. Cali keeps saying she can't wait to go back again and the other day we even pretended our living room was a wave pool.

Thankful for YOU

I had the opportunity to spend some time at my favorite craft store sans children this weekend and grabbed a stack of new papers. I used 7 different new papers on this Thanksgiving layout inspired by this LO by April Mensik at pink sketches.

Grow!

I had the rare luxury of nearly 4 hours home alone yesterday while David took the kids on a date to Chuck E Cheese. I happily spent that time editing photos and scrapbooking.


Paper by Fancy Pants, rub-ons by Love Elsie, clear "grow" and butterfly by Deja Views (a gift from my wonderful friend Alexandra). Inspired by a Julie Bonner LO titled "Dreamy".

1 of 52

A new version of the 52 weeks challenge hosted by Karen at Forever in Blue Jeans. Starting the new year with 1 of 52. Here's D and I "shooting bad guys" at Great Wolf Lodge. David had some fun with it on our new Corel Paint Shop Pro.

Great Wolf Lodge

We decided to splurge on a little family vacation while David is home... partly because we only get him for 2 out of 52 weeks and mostly because he has missed out on the last three summers with us. Our kids are crazy water babies and one thing we wanted to do most was visit a water park together. Instead of waiting for this summer we surprised them with a trip to Great Wolf Lodge, which if you haven't heard is an amazing resort lodge with a huge indoor waterpark! Yes, an indoor water park complete with wave pool, kiddie area, tube rides, water slides, hot tubs, etc... When we were ready to pack we simply told them we were going on vacation to a hotel and I snuck their swimsuits & goggles in the bag when they weren't looking. Of course they woul have never imagined there could actually be an indoor waterpark! We loved every minute of it and spent as much time in the water as possible. Enjoy the videos.

Gigaball

My brother Daniel and his wife Stephanie love to surprise the kids with something big and exciting for Christmas every year. Last year it was Kota the Triceratops, and they said they had to think long and hard how to top that one! They did really well with this Gigaball!

With the help of our Craftsman air compressor I was able to fill it up in about 45 minutes, (while the kids were napping on "Christmas") then we sent them outside for the big surprise.

(I didn't' quite get the coloring right when I edited this lat one)