Did you know

that we've got a pirate in the family?
Ahoy Matey!

We've also got a blood sucking fiend apparantly...LOL

12 Days of Christmas...ARGGGGG

Here's a video of our motley crew singing the 12 days of christmas. Leave it up to the boys to add a little flavor, lol.

Paper scrapped gift

I know it's hard to believe. I've had the stuff to make this since I came back from IN/KY back in August. The picture is my cousin Sandy and me standing in what is left of a carriage trail on what was once land owned by my 5x great grandfather (Sandy's 3x great grandfather).
This is a gift I'm going to send to my cousin Sandy.
The background paper is paper salon. the frame is K&Co. the round stamps are Sandylion clear stamps. the larger journaling block is by Stampabilities. I used brilliance Ink in Cosmic Copper. and I used a Marvy scalloped circle punch. on the two little leaves are the month and year the photo was taken.
Top circle has out names, middle circle says where we are, and the bottom one says, Cousins, Friends, Family Historians.
The quote on the journaling block says "to forget one's ancestors is to be a brooke with no source, a tree with no root. ~Chinese Proverb"
This is relevent for us because we are the ONLY ones in the family with an interest in researching our family tree. It was quite an experience to stand there in that carriage trail, to see what was left of the tracks worn by years of use, and to imagine what it must have been like to live the way they did, to have to travel miles in a wagon on such rough terrain, to be so far from town.

Kevin LO

This is a picture of my awesome brother-in-law, Kevin. I started out with a template by Neverland Scraps (I fiddled with it a little bit). The kit I used is Joy of Life by LaWanna DesJardin (available at scrapbook bytes). Torn and Peeling Alpha by LaWanna Desjardin (available at scrapbook bytes)The font used is Jester.

Digital Layout using Jessica Gorny Products

This is Aidan's younger cousin Anson. Isn't he a cutie? Must be good genes! LOL.

Info about the layout if interested:

I used a template by Jessica Gorny and the kit I used was Country Christmas, which is also by Jessica Gorny.

Fonts used: Pegasus and Myriad Pro

This has also been uploaded to both of my galleries. (listed in the links section)

SNOW!!!!!!!

Why, oh why did it have to start snowing like this? We've gotten more snow over the last 24 hours then we've had all winter put together! We're supposed to leave for a visit to NJ (which, by the way we had to put off from christmas because of work). I don't want to have to wait until summer to go for a visit, then it'll have been a year since we saw them and that is so not cool! We're all hyped up about going, this is something we all look forward to each time a visit comes around. So I just want to say " Lord please don't make it so we can't travel on the roads to NJ, please we need our fix of family time!, Thank You! :)"

Nanny and the boys

Here is my lo for the november quote challenge at www.thescraphabit.com .

The font is CK Holiday Spirit and the kit I used was the October newsletter freebie and template from Alma Townsend at the Scrap Habit.

quote reads

"Other things my change us, but we start and end with family" - Anthony Brandt

Heidi Katherine

Aidan's new cousin born yesterday.
5lbs 12 oz of pure sweetness! Isn't she gorgeous!?!
Congrats John and Valerie on your new baby girl!
Congrats Charlie on your new little sister!