Our adventures

My mom came out  to visit in April for her Spring break! 

It was awesome!!

We did so much while she was here.

We went to the California Academy

of Sciences.

Where we saw  the rainforest!!

 I loved seeing the rainforest because there was so many different colors and butterflies.

There was this one butterfly that was brown on the outside and 

when it was flying it was a beautiful blue.

I kept trying to get a picture of it.

Next we went to the Aquarium   

This was amazing too!

there was a lot of different animals I had never seen before and didn't know they existed.

Allie loved watching the fish  swim bye.

Then we went and watched the penguins get feed!

I was so excited to watch them get feed that I totally forgot to 

take pictures of them. I was so bummed when I got home and was 

looking through my 
pictures  and realized I forgot to get them.

Mom, Allie and I went to a lot of places and saw some family later that week.

We drove to Vacaville, CA and Sacramento. 

We also went to Pixar were mom got to go on a tour!!!

The last day she was here (Saturday) we made Banana Nut bread and Zucchini Bread!

Then we made homemade French bread a put together a Lasagna for 

our Easter Dinner!!!

Best times, in the kitchen with mom!!!!!!!!!!

These are just a few scrapbook pages that I haven't posted yet! Enjoy

 

I need a change!!!

I need a change of pace and some friends that I can hang out with and talk to!!! I get bored at home. LOL When Allie was about 4 months old we moved to California for my husbands job. I don't know anyone out here. James works an awful lot and is really just home on the weekends (it seems like it). He gets up and leaves for work by 8 and doesn't return until 7 sometimes he stays later. The only thing we do together is eat dinner together if he gets home by 7, do chores on Saturday and go to church on Sundays. I have met a few sisters at church, but most of the people in our ward are older. We are the youngest couple! Also most of the kids in our ward are much older than Allie. I have made one friend that lives in the same apartment complex and is in our ward. Other than talking to her I stay inside and mind my own business. I wish there was more younger moms like me around here. I am a little depressed because I get no adult interaction. I always feel like I am talking to the wall, mostly because my little girl doesn't talk yet. I know she is listening but it's not the same!!!!! It is always the same old routine. Get up, changed diaper, feed Allie, take shower, eat for myself, change diaper, feed Allie, play with Allie, Allie takes a nap and we start back again with change diaper..... then its dinner time. Cook, clean up, watch TV, go to bed. Get up in the morning and do it all over again.

I do some scrap-booking when I get a chance or I have a page I want to work on. (not very often) I need some ME time, not me and Allie time! But when does that ever happen? Hardly ever, I don't want to go anywhere because we are poor. The only times I get me time is if I go grocery shopping on Saturdays while James stays home with Allie or I go to a scrap-booking workshop once a month if we have the money for me to go.

Card!

Front of card

Back of card

I made this card for my brother and wife for their Anniversary! I loved this card I didn't want to let it go. LOL
I hope they like it.

CTMH layout and one of my own!

Toes!! And a birthday card.

page 2

Page 1

Birthday card!! I was very proud of this card!!

Few more cards

My very first card!!

I made Rylee (my niece) a birthday card!! I think it turned out pretty good.

Scrapbooking continued!

 All of the layouts above I created myself. Again still not knowing really what to do and working with the tools that I had.

 I did most of this layout myself but got some of the idea from a book that was given me.

 These pages I made at a Close to my Heart workshop.

After going to the workshop I purchased some embellishments that would help decorate my pages. So I used some of the techniques that I learned at the workshop to make these. I think I am getting better. But I have to keep working at it.

My new found hobby

This is when I just started out. I had no idea where to begin. LOL