…isn’t this the life:

And Brother:

It’s the first day of school today for the new year and my little one is starting kindergarten - so not sure what I’ll do all day with out his smiles and hugs!!  Both the boys were  so excited though and I’m sure they didn’t think about me or being home past one second…

This is my favorite photo - I zoomed in on just the boys: goofy Aodhan and Liam looking off…

And another:

But…I do have a lot of projects to finish up and start and hope to have more time to do get things done.

I love it when it rains…it’s refreshing, and beautiful.  We do however or did have swimming plans for today - oh well.  It can rain and poor and we can listen and watch - and relax.

…still getting settled and waiting for Ed to arrive…which should be today finally! we’re getting used to a much bigger town with museums, parks, and zoos and target (very cool).

and isn’t this one too cute - the boys loved it - “look they have dinosaurs” - very cool!

So with Ed arriving and school starting soon - it’s back to routines and work.  I’m hoping to work on some more hybrid projects, too.

I hope everyone’s enjoying the summer.

Check it out - I’m so excited about my new Happy Holidays line with Fancy Pants.  I had a lot of fun with it and there are so many coordinating embellishments - just makes it extra fun!

Still lots to do to get settled, but things will get back to normal soon.  I hope everyone had a great holiday.  We were able to spend ours with family which was so wonderful.  The boys didn’t realize they had so many cousins.

New product will be in the store next week - and a surprise…

Here’s my fav photo today:

mom is here and the boys are as goofy as ever…gotta love ‘em!

…finally had a bit of time to create a new kit - Liberty:

And my little Liam - page created with Liberty Kit:

…went on a road trip to teach a hybrid class yesterday - saw old friends and met new friends…listened to music as loud as I could on the way there and on the way back…2 1/2 hours to just think about things and catch the meaning in some of my favorite tunes - February Song by Josh Groban really stuck with me - the song is about friends and where have they gone - seems like when life is so busy sometimes that everything else fades away (really makes me miss my friends that I don’t get to see very often)…my day to day is pretty routine and filled from sun up to sun down and wonderfully so with my two boys and work…the trip was a nice break from routine. We were treated to gyros from Julie’s life partner - fantastic stuff - thank you Burt (sp?)! My technology professor from WSU took the class, too - very cool!! All around good times!!

Love the store - very shabby chic and beautiful:

Karen and myself (photo by the one and only Shawna - you are too much fun, chic):

Have a great week and if you’re stopping by and reading all this - thanks, and remember your friends!!!

~Jackie

one cool site…scrapblog - you can create a blog scrap style - easy to use and they have tons of different papers and elements to use…there’s some LDD stuff there, too and lots of new stuff in store for you - definitely worth checking out!!

I’m finishing up the hybrid book and will post it really soon!

Have a great weekend…