Working Mommies!!

I just wanted to give a shout out to a few of my friends that have their own businesses! My friend Carmen has started a new organizing business. Guess who was her first client -yep me! lol! She does a fantastic job and is super non-judgemental. She works alongside you to clean up areas. So far we have worked on our garage (huge job) and the boys' rooms. Here is her business card. If you live in the Portland area, give her a call!:

My friend Carrie started PaperTrunk over a year ago. PaperTrunk offers awesome 2 sided scrapbook papers, 12" border stamps, chipboard circles, and new jots! Check out her website for more information! She also has just recently started designing blog headers, etc. You can check her etsy site out here: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5349846.

My friend Leah has her own photography business and does a great job! I am hoping to work in some fall family photos! If you want her information, email me!

Another friend of mine, Mindee, has started a company called Boogie Wipes with a partner. They have got some fantastic marketing and exposure! The wipes have saline in them to help with runny noses! http://www.boogiewipes.com/

I think it takes a lot to be a mom as well as a business owner! I know from personal experience how challenging yet rewarding it can be!!! Oh yeah and if you are new here, I have a scrapbooking business, http://www.personalscrapper.com/! lol lol

Way to go girls!!! I am proud of all of you!

MY BOYS ARE GROWING UP!!

Wow - I am really really slacking on the whole blogging. I know why! I have just been living life! I haven't pressured myself to sit down and blog. Instead, I have been super busy being soccer mom :), business owner, wife, friend, daughter, granddaughter, etc. etc.

We had a fantastic summer! I have so many memories (and pictures!).

Tonight we went to Andrew and Cameron's conferences. I am super proud of my boys. They always get great reports from their teachers. Its not just the doing well with schoolwork but working well with others & being helpful! They both are math whizzes too!

Our new friend - Lion Cub!

** I wrote this post in August but it never posted - lol**

We have had a great relaxing week! Here are a few highlights from our trip to the Game Park. We got to hold an actual lion cub. He was soooo cute and playful. The boys also got to pet a black panther kitten! I can't wait to scrap these!!! It is so nice to have so much family time. I will always treasure this!!

GOLD BEACH.....

We are having a FANTASTIC summer! Instead of planning a vacation far away, we have chose to do lots of weekend trips in the RV. It is relatively inexpensive (except when we add in some extras like a jet boat cruise!

We got to go camping for 3 nights with our friends. Wow - what a great time we had! Some
of the highlights included:

• Fishing in a pond
• Playing on the beach for hours
• Riding bikes, playing football, playing dominos
• JET BOAT cruise!!! This was awesome! We saw wildlife and got to get wet!
• Campfire at the beach with smores & hot chocolate
• Lots of good time with 3 GREAT families
  

Together there were 18 of us (8 adults, 10 kids). Here are a few pictures from our trip:

Summer...Seattle...and more

What a week we had last week! This summer has again been a family-fun filled summer. I know we have created so many memories that we will all remember for years to come (of course I have documented these with TONS of photos!!! I will slowly catch up on here someday.

For now, here are a few pics from our quickie trip to Seattle! What a blast we had!

Happy 6th Birthday Cameron

6 years ago today, this little guy was born:

Here he is now: Wow - it has already been a month since I blogged! I have been super busy with my family (thats a good thing!!). When school starts, I will be on a more normal routine. Today was a special day though, my son is now 6!!

He is such a great kid! He is a very helpful and thoughtful! We have a lot of fun together! He has no fear - it is amazing he hasn't got hurt more! He is always game to go on the biggest and scariest rides (although his height limits him sometimes). He loves to build legos and this summer has really learned how to swim! He even passed the swim test at camp last week - Woohoo~ I am so happy to have Cameron in my life. He is so special and we love him so much! He is very close to both of his brothers. The older boys are pretty much inseparable and Cameron can always get Ezra to laugh. Thank you God for giving me these boys!!!

Happy Birthday Cameron!

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY TO MY BIG BOY!!

Love this unedited picture of him from Saturday!!

Wow - How did it already get to be 2008??? My little boy is now 8 years old! Time is flying! He is such a great kid and we have so much to be proud of with him! He is a lot of fun to be around and has really had some big belly laughs lately (which of course get us laughing). He does such a great job at school and is super respectful to his teachers! He is a great big brother! I always know I can count on him! He really just loves life!

This past month I was super excited for him to make the local all star baseball team. He was selected and it was a lot of fun to watching him at the tournaments. He loves baseball!

Andrew at 10 months old:

MIA

Sorry I have been gone spending time with this cute family of mine!

Oh and for the record, most of the list below is still on my to do list - lol!!! I'll be back soon!

MY FIRST MAY POST!!!

WOW - where did this month go??????? Anyone else feel like their life is flying by?!
So if you are wondering where I have been (crazy, hehe), here is an idea of what the next 2 weeks have in store for me:

• 
  1 Teacher Memory Yearbook for kindergarten
  1 High School Graduation Scrapbook project with Jenny (2 books actually!)
  1 All day field trip to the zoo on Friday
  4-6 baseball games
  June kits to be put together & shipped to customers :)
  June kit website updates
  10+ loads of laundry to do (as of today) - and no I am not exaggerating, my living room floor is covered!
  1 messy house to clean
  Bills to pay
  Shopping to do
  1 Camping Trip this weekend (I am very excited about it)
  Homework to help with.
  Chase after Ezra and his dumping of legos, blocks. animals, cars and of course things in the pantry!

Wow - lets get this week rolling! I have had several days of headaches - I think it is from stress. I do have some family stuff going on right now that I won't get into details about. But pray for my grandpa who has Alzheimers.

I will leave you with a few photos...

Playing catchup!

Where have I been for the last month? After Ezra's birthday, he was sick for a couple of weeks. It was a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG month! He is definitely doing much better now.
The boys have started baseball and we have 4 games a week until early June.
Here are some recent pictures:
New Haircut:

Ezra & Barney

The Boys & Their Lego creations: Cameron rght before the home run!

Enjoying Life....

EZRA TURNED 2 TODAY!!!!

Wow - the years are starting to fly by. EZRA IS 2 TODAY!!! What a little miracle this guy is! He has brought so much joy to our family! He has quite the personality already!

He loves to dance

He loves to talk! He says so many things

He loves to give hugs & kisses

He loves to play with his brothers!

He loves blocks, cars, books and his dog Oscar

He loves Barney & Elmo

He yells & throws tantrums (but not too often)

He loves to SWING

He loves his "school"

He loves to jump on the trampoline

He loves Snacks and Chocolate

He loves MILK the most!

He helps with laundry and dishes (in his own way)

He really seems to love his life! Just like we love him!

Thank you God for giving us these 3 boys!!!! These pictures capture a little bit of his personality:

Catching up by photos!!!

Easter with my boys!!!
Special times with their cousin Gabby and Uncle!

Oscar is getting so big!

Spring Flower!
Cameron and Issaic on Easter!
My nephew Alex!
It rained on Easter but that didn't stop us from doing an Easter Egg hunt!

My BABY is turning 2 on FRIDAY!!!