what a day!

It has been a really horrible day. I mean, REALLY HORRIBLE. I think I am still in shock at the day that we had in the Wildes household. Oy! It always seems to happen when Andy is out of town and I get no reprieve from the kids and all their FREAKING bickering. Seriously?? Seriously. I had my children 7 years apart, but you would never know it! They "fight" like crazy....one tormenting the other until screeches from the little and laughter from the big is all I hear. Oh. My. Goodness. What a day! I am going to put the older one in her bed and dance neked around my living room. No, not really....but, I should! :)

Can't wait until this day of whines and cries is behind us!

Onto happier times! :) hehe

More Christmas pictures... We always sit down as a family, by the fire, on Christmas Eve and Andy reads the story of Jesus' birth from the Bible aloud. Always such a special time for our family to focus on what we are celebrating!

The stockings were hung all full of treats....

The presents were wrapped and placed with care....

And the kids woke up and stood in wonder as they checked it all out:

I think that picture is my favorite from Christmas day...really. It is. I love how Bayleigh is just standing there looking, but still watching out for her baby brother. And that is just so Layne right now! Bed head. Dragging his lovie everywhere. Standing back to observe. So adorable!! Love, love, love this one! I will cherish it all of my days!

I hope that you had a better day than I. I will be back with more pictures soon!! :) Love to add a little at a time - gives me something to blog about for awhile. heehee

Ohhhhh and check out the kit at Little Red Scrapbook - pure yumminess!! And I plan to indulge myself tonight with it. :)

Until next time...

XO

Let me just preface this post with this:

I spent most of my morning yesterday in the Emergency Room...not because one of the kids was hurt. No. People have asked. Numerous times. No. I was there because the cutie you see below slammed his head into the bridge of my nose during one of his tantrums and made me see stars. And look like I just fought Ali for the belt. HA! No broken bones, just a contusion and a giant headache. In my nose. It's been quite interesting!

And I am finally back with an update in pictures... YAY!! Jacked up nose and all. :)

We have spent most of our Saturdays cheering on our Gators. And Nana couldn't resist christening Layne with his first Florida hat. :) I have to admit, he is pretty stinking cute!


And we baked cookies....LOTS of cookies. All for Santa of course. *wink* Bayleigh loved helping in the kitchen.

Then, we did the annual trip to the mall to sit with Santa. Someone was not a fan. At all. I mean,

crying, screaming, kicking....you name it, the little man did it in an attempt to escape the grips of the nicest looking Santa I have seen. HA!!! Of course, we had to have a picture. Every child deserves a screaming Santa picture. :) Oh and also note Bayleigh's face - that is her "OH MY STARS, what is HIS problem?!?!?" face. hehe

While we were out visiting Santa, we had an elf intrusion!!! Zack (our elf) brought along some of his comrades and proceeded to trash my kitchen and dining room. Bayleigh was tickled and Layne was enthralled by the mess we found. Too fun!

On Christmas Eve in their new Christmas pajamas and sitting with their present of choice. They each get to open one present on Christmas Eve that they pick from under the tree. Love this picture (even though Bayleigh is squinting). Hey - 2 out of the 3 isn't bad!! :)

We have been busy!!! And there are tons more pictures to come of our Christmas festivities - all 3 of them. :)

I am off to apply more ice to my nose and hope I don't get black eyes!

Enjoy this Wednesday and stay warm!!!

XO
C

where did she go?!?!? :)

I posted and disappeared again! That is what the holidays will do to you. We went out of town right after Christmas....came home so that Andy and I could work for 3 days....and then went to visit my family down south. The trip home took 4 hours longer than it should have, but we made it!! I am so glad to finally be home for a good long stretch of time....

Here's what we have been up to lately....

A new baby that comes during the day for me to watch. :)

More to come tomorrow.....blogger is being a pain in the toosh!!

Look for my time in pictures tomorrow....hehe

XO
C

*chk, chk, chk*

Is this thing on?!?!?!

I know, I know....lots of people wondering if I have fallen off the planet. No, not the planet, just the blogging planet. :) I had to take a much needed break to deal with lots of things going on in my life. LOTS of things. More about all of that later....

But, I am alive and doing very well!! A new lease on life, so to speak. hehe So ready to welcome in a new year and a new "season" of my life.

I hope that you had a very Merry Christmas! We have all been sufficiently and opulently spoiled. :)

I will be back later tonight with a recap of our Christmas and the past 2 months! 2 months?!?!? Really?? Wow...I promise to be better about keeping in touch. :)

Check back in later!

XO

well, boo to you!

Yay, my favorite time of year has finally arrived!! :) I just love the fall season....it brings cooler temperatures (usually) and lots of fun family times.....including Halloween, pumpkin patches, Thanksgiving, visiting family, and then Christmas! Yay!

Wanted to come and share another layout with you. This one was done with all the Scribble Scrabble papers and my first time using mist. *gasp* Yes, MIST!!! :) Man, those are so fun and addictive! Just love squirting it and watching the color spread across my paper. I guess it feeds the OCD in me. hehe

Featuring Inspired Blueprints Sketch #29.


That is the new birthday themed line by Scribble Scrabble. Really great colors to use for either boy or girl pages. :)

I hope that everyone is getting into the Halloween spirit. We have mass children overload in our neighborhood tomorrow. Bayleigh will be a mermaid and Layne will be a little pumpkin. We are getting excited....going to have a nice cookout and have some friends over...then, hit the pavement and the kids will load up on TOO much candy. Mommy might have to help "alleviate" the candy burden. hee

We are off to the pumpkin patch this afternoon - so that I can get the good photo ops and pick out a good pumpkin for the kids. My favorite!!!

I will be sure to be back with some updated pictures of the kidlets. It's been awhile....

Have a happy Friday!

XO

driving by :)

So, I have been MIA. AGAIN!!!! Our wonderful, loving, playful kitten *insert snarl* knocked a ceramic house off our mantle and broke our computer screen. That left me without the laptop for about a week and a half now! Of course this happened on the first day that Andy went away for some military duty. It always happens that way.

Thanks to Ebay and a wonderful church friend, our laptop is fixed and I can now breathe a sigh of relief. And feel connected to the world again. hehe

During my hiatus, I have been busy scrapping. I have completed about 11 layouts and 4 cards over the course of 10 days. :) That is HUGE for me. I am such a slow scrapbooker. So, so proud of myself and it feels good to get some stuff done.

Had to come and share my sneaks for the October LRS kit. I had a blast creating my pages and cards this month. :) And of course, I had to get all the beautiful addons to add to my stash and create with this time around. Surprising, huh? *wink*

Enjoy - I will be back soon with the full deal!! YAY!


Until next time...

XO

really?!??! really.

It's been nearly a month since I posted?!?! Yes, Christie, it has. Time to get over it and get back to posting. heehee

This has been quite a month to say the least. I won't bore you with all the pitiful details...because it seems like we have been swallowed up by the snowball of bad luck. I am hoping that we are finally at the bottom of that hill. HA!

Layne has a little cold, with some coughing and a runny nose. No fun...poor little thing. I am hoping that he starts to feel better soon though! AND that he doesn't pass it on to me. That is the key!! I just can't afford to get sick...

Not much scrapbooking going on here lately. Just been in a slump - I am sure with all of the stuff going on around here it's no wonder. :)
I do want to share a layout that I did for Inspired Blueprints last month though.

All of these papers are from the new Scribble Scrabble Lullaby of Birdland collection!!! LOVE the colors and so happy that I got them to work on this boy page. :)

I am going to go outside and enjoy this nice cool day - finally some fall air! We have been sweating our tooshies off the past few weeks with temps in the 90s - so I am glad to have a breath of fresh, fall air.

Enjoy your day!!

XO

pure chaos!

Since my last post, pure chaos has erupted in the Wildes home.

* Our little kitten got sick
* Bayleigh started school
* I started watching a new baby
* We have been dealing with some "issues" as a family
* I have been doing a lot of introspection
* Many other things......

I will cover more of all of that later....but, for now, I need to finish with the pictures from our vacation that I never posted.

Without further adieu...

Jumping in off the boat to get cooled off a bit:
Layne and Daddy - this boy LOVES the water - he is such a little fish:
Layne and Mommy on the boat:

My friend Jenn came to visit for a night and got to enjoy some time in the water too:

Getting cleaned off in the spicket outside the cabin - I *will* be using this as blackmail later in his life....GUARANTEED!:
Snack time:
We also enjoyed some s'mores and lots of sun and water!! :) We had a great time and can't wait to go again next year.

Hope that you are all doing well. I will be back tomorrow with some more about what's been up in the past few weeks.

Be sure to head on over to LRS though - the kit is up, along with all the addons. You won't want to miss out on any of it. It arrived on my doorstep and is taunting me right now!! I have a few things to do before I can actually dig in. And I can't wait!

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

XO

getting to it!

So, I am finally back to update with some vacation pictures from a few weeks ago. :)

I went on a woman's planning retreat for my church, so I wasn't around Friday or Saturday...totally forgot about that! We had a nice time and got lots of new ideas and inspiration for the year ahead. So excited to see what we will be blessed with in the coming year.

Alright, back to vacation....hehe We went to Camp Blanding - which is a Florida National Guard installation just outside of Starke, Florida. They have cabins to rent right on the lake. We always bring our boat and it stays in the water for the entire week that we stay there. It is just fabulous - the nice slow pace, the water, the sun, and the uninterrupted time with family.

This is our view (panoramic):
Heading down to the water:
Bayleigh and Layne in the water (and enjoying their favorite past time PICKING ON each other *rolls eyes*):
Big man in the boat - I love the look on his face as he stands in the bow of the boat - so accomplished and proud (hehe) Too big for his own britches:
My two babies:

I just love this picture of Bayleigh - she looks so grown and beautiful!!! Sun kissed girl:

Their fish from their nightly excursion to the big dock to fish and bond :) :

On the boat, Layne in his favorite place - the live well with water flowing in...teehee:
The hubby and kiddos driving the boat:

I will be back to post more tomorrow!! I didn't want to put you in picture overload. hehe Figured this was enough for one post.... *giggle*

Off to do some more disciplining and refereeing!! Oy, I can't wait until Monday - back to school and our normal routine. *whew*

Have one fabulous day!

Until next time....

XO

the full shebang!

Thought I would update with all of my August LRS creations! I had soooo much fun with this kit - I'm not gonna lie. That Basic Grey June Bug is drool worthy! And all the wonderful embellishments, stamps, ribbons..... = MAJOR YUM! :)

A layout about Layne's birth day. I hadn't yet done one for the big album! :) Looking at these pictures made me really teary! I can't believe how tiny he was.
Some close ups of my paper rolls:
A layout about the sweet, sweet relationship between my mom and Bayleigh. Just love this picture from the 4th of July. I also did this one for the OLW challenge - "sweet." (and it's being featured as one of their favories right now!! yay!!)
Ahhh, look at these pictures!!!!!! Oh my heart hurts looking at these....this is Bayleigh at about age 2.5. *sigh* She never left home without that "pack pack" when she was this age. Packed to the brim with all sorts of random toys!!
This last layout is just a page documenting how crazy my life was at that moment in time!!! hehe I thought I would be committed - really. I did. Straight jacket, anti-psychotic meds, COMMITTED!! Layne would scream, Bayleigh would screech..oy! So, had to get this one down on paper. I really will miss this one day....not today. But, one day. :)

Look at these handmade flowers by Sara (owner of LRS) - there were 4 in the kit! Sooo pretty.
And lastly, a card set I made.
That's all for now - it's picture overload today!!! :)

I will be back with some recaps and pictures of our vacation.

Enjoy your Thursday!

Until next time...

XO