slice of heaven

I was finally brave enough to spend the night at my twin's camp on the lake. Yes I will admit, I am not the rough and tumble crunchy kind of gal. I like my water in pipes and a toilet to flush. 

But part of me really wanted to wake up at the lake and to enjoy everything about camp. I am glad I did. So amazing. Totally get why my twin loves being there during the summer.

A M A Z I N G !

We went up Monday after I arrived at her house. Her girls had gotten the truck all packed up so it was easy to throw my stuff in the back and head out. One hour later and we were there at Boyd Lake. So peaceful... minus the throng of kids that were splashing in the warmer than warm lake water. But even they were totally relaxed.

Tuesday morning I awoke to find a heavy layer of fog on the lake. It was much too early for this chickie to be up so I failed to get a picture of the lake. I guess my brain doesn't function at 5am on the lake. When I woke up later, it was to the soft dripping of rain in the camp. I think that was even better than the sun the previous day. Very calming.

I took some pictures and I must say, this is one of my favorites. The drops were sliding off of the pine needles and the rain was hitting the lake. Perfect!

I'll leave you with this shot while I figure out what to share next. Stop and enjoy the rain.

wet egg hunt

I did manage to scrap a couple of pages last week. Of course it took me pretty much all week to get it done since I was working on getting both of the kids rooms picked up and ready for them when they are done hanging with Nana and Papa.

This sketch is from May 2011 Pagemaps. I saw it and knew I had to use it for something and since the Easter pictures were hanging on my desk, I used them.

Here is my take on that sketch. I used all the bright colors since Kira's coat is just as bright as the papers! Same reason for using all those butterflies... they are in her coat. This is when she did her egg hunt at the Rec Center. I used DCWV Spring Stack paper for this layout. The letters were attached to chipboard and then I put glossy accents over the top of them to give them the wet look. Thought it worked well for the title!

I can see that sketch being used more over the years. It is a great one for all the layouts I do with tons of pictures!! Thanks for looking!!

I need to get the second page to Alex's Egg Hunt pictures posted too. I think it is still on my camera. Maybe tomorrow... after I get back from Kelly's Roast Beef!! Yup we are headed down to Peabody, Massachusetts and we don't even have Alex with us to get a haircut. Hubby has some business down there so I am tagging along for the lunch. yummy... roast beef. See you then!!

easter egg hunt at rec center

oh the joys of having an egg hunt in the pouring rain!! Because of the lovely spring weather we are having today, the games were brought inside. At least the Easter Bunny stayed dry. The rest of us got soaked!! But it was all good.

We were standing in line to get our picture taken with the Easter Bunny and I asked Alex if he wanted his picture taken and he said yes. Then I told him he could stand next to him and he said no. He wanted to sit on his lap!! Talk about happy mommy moment!! He climbed right up and smiled so nicely.

We brought our own peeps to the egg hunt!! LOL Here's my parents trying to keep dry and looking like a couple of peeps. I love it!! It certainly made it easier to spot them cuz you know it's not good to lose the grandparents at the egg hunt. The kiddos would not understand.

Here is Alex before his big hunt. We were hanging under the gazebo waiting his turn. He was so excited him and daddy went out to wait in the rain for his turn.

Here's Kira waiting for her turn. She came out with us to help encourage Alex to do his best and get as many eggs as he could. Which he did. And so did my little miss.

Glad to be home and dry. At least for a few more minutes. I'm heading out to Walmart to pick up our Easter cake. I'll post pictures as it will have E.B. from the Hop movie on it!! woohoo!