Happy Thanksgiving! ;)

One more time!  We had such a great weekend!  Kurt had the day off Wednesday and he took Wilson and I out for lunch and to do a little shopping.  I had planned on doing a lot of pre-Thanksgiving cooking, but we didn't have room in our refridgerator to store anything, so I was off the hook!  :)  On Thursday everyone helped cook dinner and there were only a few arguments about who got to pour what into the bowl.  LOL!  For the first time in a LONG time I didn't do Black Friday.  I usually go to Toys R Us and by the time 11 p.m. came around I was just not in the mood to get up and go shopping.  Maybe next year!  I did get a lot done online, so I just have a few more things to get.  The rest of the weekend was kind of lazy, and JUST what we all needed!  I'm so glad we took the time to do that, though, because today has been nuts!  We had a great morning, but we got in the car to head to school and it wouldn't start.  Thankfully we live close enough to school to walk, or sprint, as the case was this morning.  We made it with 5 minutes to spare - woohoo!  LOL!  As we were calling AAA the termite inspector pulled up in our driveway.  I had to apologize to him and ask him to move because the tow truck was on the way.  (I felt terrible, because it had started pouring rain and that meant he had to be out in it longer.)  He asked if he could take a look - luck would have it that he was a mechanic for 13 year before becoming a termite inspector.  He found the problem right away!  Apparently the battery post was loose or something?  So he was able to hold things together long enough for me to get the car started and Wilson and I just drove it to the shop.  He really saved me!  If he hadn't done that we could have been waiting for hours.  The girls are out of school early on Mondays, so I was really in a panic!  So this day after Thanksgiving I'm not only thankful for my wonderful family, but also for the termite inspector!  :)

This weekend I had some more time to Use My Two Peas Kits, so I did a little more scrapping.  I had so much fun getting to work with this kit by Jen Martakis! It's called Nuts 4 U. I am in love with that adorable little squirrel! I started the page with Carina Gardner's PhotoCuts Frames v. 4. I love how all of the pictures are layered and shadowed! I love the whimsy of the yellow frame in the Nuts 4 U kit, so I used the Photo Cuts Frames kit as a template and layered the gold frames where the Photo Cuts frames would be.

I've been wanting to scrap a picture of my sweet nephew William for awhile. He's such a cutie!  I used the Nuts 4 U kit here too, as well as as the Photo Cuts Frames.  I also used these great Adorn Shaped Page Masks and Tia's Spool of Stitches - those come in so handy!

Ok - if you've made it this far, thanks!  :)  Happy Monday!

Use Your Two Peas Kits Challenge!

Hi Everyone! Happy Thanksgiving again! :D

I am so excited to host this week's "Use Your Two Peas Kits Challenge!" Just make a layout, card or other project using 75% Two Peas digital kits either free or purchased by next Tuesday night - December 1, post it in the Two Peas gallery, and check the Member Challenge box labeled - you guessed it - "Use Your Two Peas Kits Challenge!" ;) Also be sure to share your layout in this thread on the Digital Message boards (Use Your Two Peas Kits Challenge 11/25 - 12/1). Here are two of mine for this week featuring the Holiday Twist Borders kit by Holly Brooke Jones, and also using Holly's Elegant Snow Photo Masks, and Crystal Wilkerson's kit Falalalala . "Use Your Two Peas Kits Challenge"s are a GREAT way to jump into digital scrapbooking for those who have never done it before. They offer so many amazing free kits and tons of great tutorials and faqs. No question is too simple to ask on the message boards either - I am blown away by the amount of help and support everyone is willing to offer. Give it a try! I look forward to seeing all of this week's projects!

(PS - if you want to be surprised when you get our Christmas card in the mail, don't scroll down.  ;)  )

happy thanksgiving!

how bad is it that i only update my blog around the holidays?! lol! that's about to change, though, because soon i'll have a lot more to blog about. i was chosen to be part of the digital creative team for two peas in a bucket! i am so excited to help contribute more to the scrapbooking website that has been such a huge part of my life for so many years. i know it might sound strange that a website is a huge part of my life, but to me it's been so much more than just a scrapbooking website. through it i've made life long friends. not all of us even scrap anymore, but we still all email each other daily and get to see each other in real life quite often. now i'll be getting to know even more wonderful women and i'll get to showcase some of the new digital scrapbooking kits from my favorite designers at two peas! i'm really excited to be a part of such an amazing team!

Happy Halloween!

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Originally uploaded by holly k 123

we had a great time and got TONS of candy, despite the drizzle. we celebrated for a whole week starting with a parade and a magician through our neighborhood association and finished with trick or treating on saturday. we carved pumpkins saturday morning before watching the hawkeyes. they didn't get to celebrate halloween at school, but anna's class did have an "egypt day" party with treats, games and crafts. this was the first year wilson remember halloween from the year before, so he was so excited!

we had more excitement on saturday and sunday. uncle andy and aunt diana had their baby!!! little will was born sunday afternoon around 2:00. he weighs 9 lbs. 1 oz.! i can't wait to see the precious little man! he's so adorable!