Moose Trail Acres: Photo Roundup

This past week we had our son Justin home from the Navy for a visit. He will be on his way to his new duty station in HAWAII next week where he will join his submarine, the USS Louisville. We also had our son Aaron home for a visit over the weekend and we celebrated his 24th birthday! Also in attendance for the celebration were Aaron’s girlfriend, Amanda, and Grandma B’J. :D While we were celebrating, a few more visitors joined us! Below are photos from this very enjoyable week we’ve just had …

This is our resident squirrel, whom I long ago christened “Chumba Wumba” (technically, there are several squirrels, all of whom I call by this name :D ) – most mornings he can be seen perched atop this old walking stick that is propped between three pine trees in my backyard garden. I was glad to finally snap his picture at his fav spot!

Testing the Ice - Justin outside on an early morning stroll around our place last Sunday before church

Sipsy ran out to say good morning to Justin in the yard

Justin showing me his awesome new jacket! I just love this, & may need to find a girl’s version for me! :D

MMMmmmmmm Cinnamon Rolls! Yep, I baked these yummers up early Saturday morning, & everyone enjoyed having them with dollops of butter slathered on top! :D

Mama Moose … here she goes, following along after Junior (off-camera here). We all loved seeing them pass by out our front window, and my mama laughed over how that moose is taller than her pickup. :D

Dessert Time!! I baked these scrumptious dishes, selecting my sons’ favs: Cherry Cheesecake for Aaron and Coconut Meringue Pie for Justin! :D

Birthday Time!!! Happy Happy Birthday Aaron! :D Uncle Bryan even called just as we were lighting the candles, so Grandma B’J held the phone to Aaron’s ear so he could hear Uncle Bryan sing Happy Birthday along with the rest of us! Awesome fun! :D

Mooses! Meeses! Oh my!! Those beautiful, huge moose both came lumbering through the backyard – some of you may recognize our little pond and my bench. At this point I was cringing as I waited to see if mama moose would step in the frozen pond, and whether any damage would be done to the pond (it has happened in past winters), but thankfully she detoured around at the last moment. Her young one was already ahead of her over in front of our little blacksmith cabin, so mama headed over and joined him …

Definitely *not* small animals! :D

Blessings & happy scrapping y’all! :D

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Happy President’s Day!

George Washington & Abe Lincoln … great fathers of our country! Today we celebrate them and their accomplishments, and the awesome contributions they made to this United States of America that I love!

A BIT OF DIGISCRAPPINESS

On to some digiscrappiness … have you checked out the fun challenges over at SUN? Here’s what’s going on this week:

This week, in The Race Track there are two LOVEly challenges running. Lina of Ldrag Designs is hosting a Love themed challenge requesting that you show us your lovely new layouts! MandiN is hosting an element challenge focusing on hearts. Remember no more points... if you play, you get rewarded! Also, checkout our newest monthly challenge.

INSPIRATION TIME

I just have to show you all some of the beautiful layouts created by the CT at SUN using my kits, you will certainly be inspired by these:

by Jane [Using ScrapIt #2 Template & Herbal Garden kit]

 

by Mara [Using Herbal Garden kit]

by Jane [Using Pink Ice kit]

by Janel [Using Pink Ice kit]

Aren’t those beautiful??

Stay tuned folks … I’ll have another blog entry today full of wonderful photos from our weekend – wildlife visitors, cinnamon rolls, birthday celebration, and more! :D

Blessings & happy scrapping y’all! :D

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Got Pink? . . . New Junque + A Freebie!

It’s the weekend, which means the SUNny deals are already on at Sunshine Studio Scraps! This week I’m bringing you some great digiscrapping junque! (And it’s 30% off through the entire weekend!) :D I’ve spiffed up a couple kits you may recall seeing before – making them better than ever. For starters, how about some PINKness! ;)

Pink Ice

Herbal Garden

I’m also releasing some great templates to make your projects come together quickly. This week you’ll find three 12x12 page templates, and one 4x6 postcard that’s ready for you or your child to send someone a special “thank you”!

And did someone mention a freebie?? Yessirree, I did!! I’ve decided to offer my 2010 Timesaver Printables Calendars+Desktops as freebies for you! Drop in a photo on these 4x6 quick-pages and you are ready to print, or display them as desktop wallpaper on your computer! Just think how happy Grandma would be to have one of these as a desktop with her favorite grandkids smiling up at her! Today I’ll give you January & February’s – you can always use the January calendar as an accent on your scrapbook pages! Don’t forget to follow my blog or join my Facebook fan page so you always know when the next monthly calendar becomes available.

- Click here to download -

Here's a peek at what you'll have by the end of the year if you collect them all!

Blessings & happy scrapping y’all! :D

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