Sketch #146 Reveal!

We went to Knott's Berry Farm with Ryan, Darleen and the grandkids.  There is this truck ride called Rocky Road Trucking Company.  The adults can ride in the back and the kids drive the truck in the front.  They have these really annoying honking horns that the kids just love to honk.  UGH!!  The grandma, she didn't enjoy the horns so much, but the joy on the kids faces made it all worth while!

I used sketch number 146 as my inspiration at Let's Capture These Sketches.  Come play along, I would love to see what you create!

Sketch #144

Check out this picture of Anthony and Mandre Jr!  Jillian took it one day at Disneyland while they were waiting in line for Star Tours.  It was the perfect photo for this week's sketch at Let's Capture these Sketches!

Let's Capture These Sketches - #142

I love this picture of Michelle and Anthony.  We were down in San Diego, hanging with Gino and Bree, and we went to this pumpkin patch.  You know Anthony does not like to have his picture taken but this one is sooo cute!

So this layout was inspired by this week's sketch at Let's Capture These Sketches.

Come play along and link your layout here!

Mandre as Captain America page 2

So I decided that I needed to add more pictures to this event.  We needed to see Mandre's cute face underneath the mask!  I used the sketch provided at Artful Delight as my base inspiration.

Table-runner for Frannie

Last month I participated in the Quilt Run here in Southern California.  One of the stores had this really cute fabric all ready to become a table-runner and I thought it would make a great addition to Frannie's home.  It arrived yesterday and she loved it!  (Shh - don't tell her but it was super easy. I used a method called the 10 minute table-runner- Google it for yourself)

Mandre As Captain America

Mandre was Captain America this past year for Halloween.  Check out that stance!  Isn't he the cutest!!  And I found this Captain America paper and stickers and it made the perfect accents to my layout!  I also used a Cuttlebug folder to emboss stars on the red cardstock and I embossed dots on the little pendents at the top of the page.

I found this new site - Boys Rule Scrapbook Kits and they have sketch challenges throughout the month.  This layout was based on their July 6th Sketch. 

Sketch 140 - Let's Capture These Sketches

Cousins - Together Again.  David recently got married and Gino was there supporting him.  I snapped this photo as they were waiting for the official photographer to get to the boys.  I love this photo of the two of them - Together Again!

And this is the sketch I used at Let's Capture These Sketches - Sketch 140.   I used the Lost & found Two Breeze Everywhere paper line along with some Prima chipboard letters and little LillyBee letters.  If you noticed the monochromatic -ness of the layout, it was for the My Minds Eye July challenge.  I love the way it came out!

Sketch 137 - Reveal!

 My latest layout features Arianna in the Springtime!!

I used sketch 137 at Let's Capture These Sketches and the Basic Grey Kioshi line!  Give this layout a go and link your layout here.

Just Colorin'

Doesn't Mandre just have the most amazing eyes!  I shot this picture of him Just Coloring back in February and used the current sketch up at the Basic Grey site to scrapbook these pictures.  The paper line I used is the Oliva line.

Those Palm Trees

I have hated these palm trees for the longest time.  Oh I liked them when we first put them in. (Palm trees on left side of the yard).

(Trees on the right side of the yard) I don't know how many times I told Patrick that I wish he would yank those palm trees out.  Mandre was over for Mother's Day last month and I was mentioning how much I hated those palms.  He said I might like them if we had them trimmed up.  (Deja vu - Frannie, didn't you say on more than one occasion that I needed to trim those trees?)  Well today I had enough (after filling yet another round of holes the pups dug) and placed a call to have someone come out and give us an estimate.

I also had them give an estimate to top off and shape the cypress trees out front (as well as the small trees I had planted along the side of the house that out grew the space).  Having someone else do this was so worth the price.  Not only did Freddy (Freddy's Quality Tree Care (714-630-1578) come with a crew of 4, they did a fantastic job of cleaning up all those palm fronds and carting them off!

 Here are the trees on the left now.

 The trees on the right.

And the trimmed up cypress trees.  I think I have gained an additional 6 feet in the back yard.  Now to get some fill dirt and grass seed.  Sounds like a project for another day.