The things you don't see in the big city

Well, I got to go to a crop at church last night and work on some more of my 6x6 family scrapbook. I actually got about 5-6 pages done. I will try and post them tomorrow if I have time. We are picking Nikoline up at the airport at 9:32pm. She starts her journey here at about 1:40am on Thursday so she will have a very long day with 4 plane changes. I believe she will be going from Oslo to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to Minneapolis, Minneapolis to Denver and then Denver to here.... Wow! That is one long day....

So I was working on getting my supplies together to go to the crop last night on Sunday and I heard a strange noise outside... I got up and looked out the front window and saw something you sould never see in the big city....

I took the picture too late to see the horse out in front pulling the carriage/buggy that was also pulling a trailer. There are Amish south of here and we see them in town occasionally. The kids love it!!

I will try and get some of the pages from last night scanned and uploaded tomorrow!

August 14th

This is the day (really night) that Nikoline will be here!! I am so excited!! It is a good thing she will be here for 10 mos. There is so much to show her of this little piece of the USA we like to call Colorado!!

We will have to go clothes shopping for school and will probably make a run up north to the outlet malls and stay at my Sister-in-laws.....

We are all so excited!! And, did I mention we are sooooo excited?!? Whoohoo!

I have to post this picture. This was taken by Kandid Creations in last November and she is awesome!! If you want to contact her to have pictures done let me know - KC is not in business anymore but the gal that took the pictures lives in our old neighborhood and still does pictures!! She is incredible.

We are Getting EXciteD!!

I got my first e-mail from our exchange student, Nikoline, who is coming from Norway! This is what I get for not answering the phone when I don't recognize a #.... she has been trying to call us for a couple days and we didn't answer :(

So, now I have to wait and see if she calls back 'cause we still don't know when she will actually be here!

We know it will be soon 'cause school starts in 3 weeks from tomorrow!! I will have 3 kids in High School this year and 2 in elementary!! I still get 1 home with me :)

I will post more later and update all the new news from Stampin' Up!! Convention was over yesterday and there is a lot of new stuff to show and tell!!

6x6 Family/Friends Scrapbook(s)

I finally made time to sit down and start my 6x6 family scrapbook. After this is caught up I will start my 6x6 "Friends" scrapbook! You know all those little photos that friends give you of their kids and their families - especially at Christmas time? Well, with the 6x6 scrapbook I have a place to store those pictures and journal so I don't forget over time who they are! Not that my memory is going or anything like that!! I have quite a few to go but it has been fun getting started!

Back from a trip North!

Well, we went back to for a long weekend and had fun! A birthday party, shopping and a wedding Saturday... Church, kids visiting friends, and stamping with new product for me and also I learned to play Guitar Hero for the first time on Sunday!! Monday was a visit to the hospital which ended up being a little frustrating but it was followed by swapping SU product with an other demo and lunch at BK (don't have one in the valley) and then a pedicure (which was badly needed) then over to Apryll's to make brownies (and more GH) and then her Body Works home party! More foot pampering!! and then Monday was over and we were on to Tuesday..... Checkup for Jason - not 100% yet on the hearing but very close.... then picked up Jason's friends, last order from Suppers, picnic lunch in F/C and back on the road home. I have 3 new cards posted using some of the new "In Colors" that will be available next month!!!! and 1 new stamp set "Sock Monkey" which is very cute!! The sock monkey is my own creation. The other two cards I CASED at my friend Linda's house and I don't know who to give credit to but I really liked the cards - enough to recreate them!!

We have been here 4 weeks as of tomorrow... I still feel disconnected. From friends, life, everything. I have always had a job to jump right into when I have moved in the past so my days right now seem almost meaningless. I have never been "just a mother" so it is really a hard adjustment. I do need to find a job and get my SU business going again if possible. But, for now I am still unpacking/settling in the rest of our household that finally made it here last Sat about 4am.

I haven't done any stampin either. It is always more fun for me to stamp with someone.... hoping I get some creative juices flowing soon....

Happy 4th of July!!!