New Years Resolution

Part of my "New Years Resolution," was to make lil love new curtains and pillows for her room. My mom bought her a new duvet cover for her birthday and she and I went and picked out material for curtains, and pillows-it was a ton of fun-the great part was I made the curtains, four pillows, and a cover for her nightstand all for $25- I was really excited and she loves her new room.
I am going scrapbooking tonight for the first time in a long time with Stacie and Amber-going to work on Valentines Day cards- I can't wait-
I think we are going to watch the superbowl at home-and other than that just doing stuff around the house this weekend!
I hope you all have a "Happy Friday!"

Finally some pictures!!!

Okay Kaylene they are finally here-we took our annual Valentines pictures tonight and here is what my little love dressed TT up in. Griz pretty much likes her. When he wants to get away he just climbs to the top of the couch. She cannot get there "yet." My little love, loves to dress up her TT-she got a lot of cute things for her hair from Auntie for Christmas, and she got a gift card to Petsmart and she bought clothes for her. Tonight was interesting with two kids and two dogs taking pictures-it was a lot of fun actually-I had to bribe the kids with a Hershey's Bar so I can tell they are getting out of the excitement of taking picture days-They had a blast with the dogs-and pretty much forgot about the candy bars-
This weekend was a lot of fun-we went skiing both Fri and Sat- little man didn't have school on Fri-
My dad took the kids on Sat afternoon so that Ike and I could ski-He actually took them ice-fishing and my lil love caught the first and only fish!! She was excited.
My skiing day wasn't so good-we were skiing on the backside of Discovery and I was going to get on the chair and somehow my ski caught an edge just as the chair was picking me up-it ripped my legs back and my skis both came out from under me-Ike said I was lucky they came off or I would have been pulled under the chair and probably knocked out-needless to say that was the last run-my legs should have been stretched out a couple inches. We had a lot of fun skiing together, we don't get to do that often. I hope you all have a great week.

yes I am still here. . .

I am so sorry-I have gotten calls that I am MIA-I have been gone on vacation and them really busy with work and end of the year stuff-
A lot has happened since I last posted-we added a new member to our family. We finally got TT-I will post pictures later. We went to Maui for Christmas for 9 days-and then I have been really busy completing a few scrapbooks-working-and taking care of the family.
I also cleaned out our horendous (sp?) hallway closet full of things that were cluttering it up and you could barley open the door-I should have taken before and after pictures-I am slowly working through the house cleaning out things. Little Man's room was a huge project. See he is just like my mom-(the both keep EVERYTHING!!!) I think pack rat is a genetic disorder that my son has inherited. Everything means SOMETHING to him-papers from school, projects from preschool, and old little trinket toys-let me tell you I went to town while he was at school last week. We have been busy at work with the new year-and the kids started swimming lessons two times a week, and oh yes-through skiing in there-and helping out at school. I am not trying to justify my absence-just say I am sorry and I promise I will get better! I hope you are all having a Happy New Year!! I will post pictures soon!

Lisa's Blog

Lisa's Blog
Here are a couple samples from the Kit of the Month!!!
Go Griz-only two more days until the National Championship-
Okay I seriously had another one of my mornings again. We usually wake up at 6:30 to leave at 7:30-at 7:11 my lil love says mommy-that sound is driving me crazy! It is my little love talking about the alarm that went off at 6:20 and was still going off!!
After I wake lil man up and get everyone going-I go into the bathroom(I showered the night before and I put these new little hot rollers in my hair) well I took them out and oh my it looks like I had a standard poodle sitting on my head-my kids were laughing so hard-lil man said, "mom you aren't going to my Christmas Concert like that tonight are you?" (I think I will do this to him again when he is 16-and really show up like that)-
So needless to say we made it out the door(without my cell phone and baby Jesus-for the Christmas play) but that is alright I have all the kids, mine and the Hollenback kids(who are now laughing at my hair too) The traffic was horrible and we were late to school and to work by about 15 minutes(I think my boss is going to fire me-if this keeps happening.) I can't believe how tired I have been-I think it was due to the lack of sleep and 15 dozen cookies I made the night before!!! I hope you all have a great night!

Montana Grizzlies | Griz Football, Grizzly Basketball, Griz Forum and Pictures

Montana Grizzlies | Griz Football, Grizzly Basketball, Griz Forum and Pictures
Now it is onto the SPIDERS!!!! Go Griz all the way!!! The game starts at 6:00 sharp on Friday night! Cheer on our Griz to a National Championship!!
Really cold here today-in the minus degrees and the wind is so cold. I am off to a cookie exchange at my friend Molly's house and then to do payroll at our office for the remaining of 2008-I cannot believe it is over!! Then my lil love has a birthday party to go to tonight! Busy day ahead!!! Hope you have a wonderful week and are enjoying the holiday season!

Kit of the Month - Creating Keepsakes

Kit of the Month - Creating Keepsakes
It is finally here! The kit that I designed for CK Media-Check it out-it is so cute-I love the paper that came with it too!
Oh yeah-if you haven't heard-the griz play tomorrow night against James Madison -at 6:00 sharp!! Go Griz-
Have a great weekend-I am working on stuff for the big b-day party tomorrow and for cookie exchanges!!!

Hello world meet TT

It has been so busy-I am sorry I haven't posted-thank you for those of you who still read my blog and there is nothing there!!!
The pictures are of my lil love and Griz walking today-she loves him so much! For her bday we surprised her and let her pick out a new puppy, she chose a girl (of course to even out the score in our house) and she named her TT. She will be ready the first part of January. She and Griz have such a great time, and she really takes good care of him. He usually runs all around the neighborhood-so I wonder what was going through his little mind while she was walking him around in circles in the cul-da-sac (sp?) I have also posted a picture of TT. She is 4 wks old and 1.7 lbs.
Lil man got the experience of a lifetime when the man who sits next to us at the Griz Games had passes on the field. He asked the kids if they would want to go-lil love said she will go when she is six-I think she thought that she had to run out of the tunnel with the team (gosh I would be scared too, I think I would get trampled!!)
So the boys went down and got to watch everyone coming through the tunnel-his four favorite senior players came over and gave him a high five and a hug-Rob, Colt, Colin and Andrew!! The Griz are down to the Final Four and they play the James Madison Dukes on Friday night at 6:00-I was watching them on the internet and they look tough-But I have complete faith in our team and know we can do it!!! GO GRIZ!!!
The last picture is of our Christmas Tree upstairs-real downstairs and artificial upstairs-!!!
Today I spent most of the day baking and making carmel corn (yummy!!!)
I hope you are all having a good holiday and remember to tune into ESPN 2 for the GRIZ / DUKES game Friday night!

A Great Weekend

We had such a great weekend-One of my favorite this year! The Carrie Underwood Concert was amazing. We didn't realize how good our seats were until we got there. They were right next to the stage-in reaching distance-It was so fun-especially when she sang-"Paradise City."
Last Thurs we had our annual griz dinner and the kids had a blast-they had never met Tyler Corwin or Chase Reynolds before and so they were way excited-my friend Krista tied up a bunch of Griz blankets and we gave them to them. We had steaks and twice baked potatoes and they were yummy-
The griz game on Saturday was awesome! I went and got our playoff tickets today-My little love stood in line with me for an hour and a half to get our tickets!!! I cannot wait until Sat-but there is a lot of shopping to do before then!!
Sunday was Church-then the kids went to a family friends house to play and Ike and I went on a date to Breakfast at Pauls! That evening we went to see Santa and Laurie Lanes Studio-She takes pictures of the kids with Santa-and 5 x 7's are only $10-When we left there my little man said-thanks for bringing us there mom-!! It was much better than the mall!
I have been making little recipe christmas treat books-This paper is using the PAPER-TREY ink line of paper and I love it! I hope you all have a great week and a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Busy Bag Lady. . .

I go through these "spurts"-sewing, then card-making, then scrapbooking-I probably should add house cleaning in there somewhere-but why it's over-rated anyway right???
These are a few of the bags I have been sewing latley-
Griz have their last big regular season home game against the cats this weekend! It should be a ton of fun! My husband and I are going on a date Friday night-we are going to go to Red Robin for dinner and then the Carrie Underwood Concert after that-It should be a fun weekend! Can't wait-and it is only Monday!

Tis the Season. . .

If I didn't drive my family and friends crazy I would start Christmas stuff in June-well maybe I do start some stuff in June and it gets stuck in the Monica Closet-but I just started bringing it all out and getting ready for the big day-December 25th!
I love Christmas and everything about it. Our kids are at such a fun age-both still love Santa and can hardly wait-though we have to get through both of their birthday's before Christmas-they are really excited for the season.
These are just a few projects I have been working on. The little stand is a photo tree that I found at Pier One on Sale for $10-I made a bunch of simple Christmas cards and ran ribbon all the way up the stand. Someone could send these cards and then display the ones they get on the cute little red clips.
Holiday Treats are cookbooks that I have made.
It was so cute, last night Ike and I were sitting in the kitchen and our little love says while looking over her chocolate milk carton," I figured it out - the chocolate milk comes from the brown cows!!!!" How could you argue with that! The lightbulbs were a flashing and we couldn't rain on her parade.
My hunter men didn't get anything this weekend-bummer-they gave it a good try and will try again this weekend!
I hope you are all enjoying the end of the Fall-Winter is soon approaching in these parts anyhow! Have a super week!

Does anyone need a good dentist????

Ike threatened me with my life with this picture but I just could not resist-It was so fuuny-when he had his Billy Bob Teeth in and goofy glasses-He looks like a great dentist right? Especially for kids- Actually he just won an award a while back for the Missoula Independent's Dentist of the Year for Missoula-so we are all really proud of him and our great staff!
We have been so busy with Halloween Parties and Football Games-I am sorry I haven't been very good at blogging!!! I hope you are all having a great week!

Fun Halloween Idea

We are going to do these Friday for my little man's Halloween Party-instead of glue you use pins -stick pins and push pins to hold the felt in!! I have tried glue before on Pumpkins and it really dosen't stay very long!
Last night we carved our pumpkins I will show you a little later! Have a great day!

The Corneil Family Benefit

Tragically in April Tracy Corneil died at her home. She left behind her husband Dave and two boys Conner and Riley. She was part owner of the Scrapbook Hideaway in Missoula. This weekend we had a fund raiser for her at the Target Range School. Lisa Bearnson and Stacy Julian volunteered their time and efforts to come and teach a couple of scrapbook classes to help raise money. What a great event for a great cause. I had a lot of fun with Lisa and my friends and laughed a lot! We hiked the M hill today with Gina and it was a beautiful day to be out!
Ike took the kids to the cabin and lil love stayed with Nana while the boys went hunting this morning! Thanks to everyone for a great weekend!

I should still be cleaning but I am sick of the way my blog looks-I love Stephs doodles but I need a new header? The title I am stuck with-I am going to brainstorm this weekend-hopefully next week I can work on this more-Have a great weekend!

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Moms 60th Birthday Surprise

On Friday we had a surprise Birthday Party for my mom-she was so surprised-She infact told one of her best friends,"I know my kids are going to forget my birthday this year!" Well we got her! In the picture is my entire side of the family-brothers (2) and Sister -and all the grandkids-The other picture is of just siblings and their spouses-It was a lot of fun to get everyone together-Then Sat was soccer and the Griz Game-and Sunday was the last day of soccer.
The other pictures are a couple of my favorite things-I love FALL-This is a picture I took this morning when I was driving down Higgins Street - It is so beautiful-the colors are amazing. The other is a picture of one of my rod iron baskets I got in Spokane last weekend at Mel's Nursery! They will be so fun to fill with all kinds of good things for the holidays-The little pumpkins are from Benson's Farm!!
I hope you are having a great week!
Lisa Bearnson comes this weekend for Tracy Corneils benefit and I am so excited to see her!!! If you haven't signed up yet-please do so it is for a good cause!!!-All the money raised will go to Dave and his two boys!

Can you spell I NEED COMPUTER HELP

Okay I know that there is no picture on the screen but click on the red x and it will open the site for you to go to the web-page and then go to Girls Volleyball Raise Funds-good luck!

I am getting a block from the news that won't let me link this site so you have to type in the address that I have listed and then at the bottom of the clips you need to choose-"to raise funds for. . .
Sorry for the inconvience-
Go Griz they won today by a big margin!