Here are a bunch of layouts I worked on the week! The one with my three little lights I just love how it turned out, and I just love that photo of them. I remember taking it in January and they were just laying on the floor giggling so hard for no reason, started making me giggle! I used a new kit I got at Funky Playground Designs, "Gabs" by Laura Skathi.

We are already real hot here and Gracie was out back playing while the boys were at school this week. She really loves the pool, the bathtub, the sink or really anything else that has water! For this LO I used another kit from Funky Playground Design by Laura Skathi, "Iphaligio".

Does she take your breath away or what? All I can say is wow! And that she is my daughter! We were on the train ride at the zoo when I took this picture! She was having such a great time and loved the train ride, her first time! For this LO I used a kit by J. Makotinsky called "Tiny Jewels" at Little Dreamers Designs.

This picture of Coop cracks me up! Please note that he wanted the focus on his milkshake! All I can say is that milkshakes have a special power over all of us in this family! Not one of us can resist one! For this LO I used Background yellow paper and brad from "Bounce" by Shabby Princess, lined paper by Angela Niehaus, word strips from "Being Me" by Weeds and Wildflowers, black stamped alpha by Michelle Coleman from Little Dreamers Designs, blue font DJB Stacey, journaling font 'fine hand'.

This Lo is for Zachary so he knows just how proud I am of him! He has worked really really hard this year and his grades reflect that! We are really just trying to install good working and studying habits in our children and truth be told we no longer get the battle of can I do it later? We have consistently enforced homework right after school rule and now it is a habit! Any way Zaky, great job, so proud of you and how far you have come!

So we continue to be real busy. Tonight we are going to our farm team baseball game. Yeah! Hopefully Gracie will have a better time than at her first ball game last year! Coop is going to a birthday party/sleepover, he is so excited! Monday Troy and I are getting away for awhile with friends and I look forward to that and then next week we start over and do it again!

Snugglers

Coop and Gracie are just so sweet together. They always lay on the couch and watch cartoons with one another! They make me smile! Coop is such a great big brother! For this LO I usedPoetique Piquture designs by Lorie Davison "Beep Beep Bug", Font Snap ITC and Segoe Script

We have been crazy busy the last week and I guess it will stay that way till school is out. Thank God only 17 days of school left! I really think I am more excited for summer vacation than the boys! I have always looked forward to break where we can just be together and do what we want! Not all the nonsense of trying to please everyone at school! So last weekend I took the kids down to one of the parks in the city and we rode the bike trails all afternoon! We had a great time and plan on going to another park with trails next chance we get! I was very relaxed, no cars to avoid, just other bikes and people walking! Gracie absolutely loves going for a bike ride and asks to go everyday. I usually take her for a spin around the neighborhood and she is happy with that! She also likes to ride her trike to get the mail now that she has figured out how to steer!

credits: template by Simply Yin and paper and elements by Weeds and Wildflowers "Follow Your Bliss"

I think this is just a stunning photo of Gracie! Just look at her, her beauty takes my breath away! For this LO I used Weeds and Wildflowers "Being Me" This is one of my favorite kits!

Infield

Yea Zaky, way to go! After many years of playing in the outfield Zachary has gotten his chance to play in the infield! Last week at practice Zak arrived early and jumped into the shortstop position. He was doing really well and his coach was like, "where has this kid been all season?" Zachary earned the position and started there on Saturday! He played well! Hopefully he will continue to improve and keep his spot in the infield!

Credits: Everything from "Minor Leagues" by Lucky Smith @ Elemental Scraps, font DJB CindyS