Homecoming & Pumpkin Patch

We had a really fun weekend going back to Ida Grove for Josie's wedding (another post!) We went a day early so we could help cheer on the Falcons for Homecoming. The parade was fun! You know, we love parades. We went with Ron and Tricia (aka Papa and Grandma) and met Ryan's grandparents (aka the "new" papa and grandma) and Jodi, Ellie, Malia, Jamie, and Blake (my friends and their kids). Hallie and Ellie loved getting lots of tootsie rolls!!

Friday night was the big game. It was lots of fun cheering along with the crowd. Hallie really got into it! "Go big black!!" However, shortly after the halftime performance of the band I found her asleep on Grandma's lap! Guess she was cheering too hard!

Saturday morning we went to Sheila's for breakfast. (for those of you who don't know... this is a local restaurant that has the best cinnamon rolls and hash browns with cheese!! not to mention we can feed our whole family for like $15!!-- and that is ordering drinks and extra sides and the whole works!) Then we played at the purple park before Ryan and I headed off to the wedding.

Sunday morning we had Ladwig family pictures. Shortly after we packed up and headed back home. We stopped in Jefferson at Ryan's favorite pizza place-- Pizza Ranch (where he gets chicken and fake mash potatoes-- I am afraid I will never figure out what they see in this place) :) Then the Ladwig families stopped at Deal's Apple Orchard/pumpkin patch for a hayride and to pick out a pumpkin. (this is a tradition of Ryan's "Grammie")

And now... we are back home watching some Sunday Night Football and trying to recover from all of our adventures!!

28 days of Reminisce...

Okay, here it goes... I have been working on different scrapbook projects for almost month using Reminisce products. This is a design team call for a paper company. It was fun playing with all the different papers! Look for a few of these as classes.... I'll be teaching in Oct, Nov, and Dec.
Enjoy the show... (some still pictures below)

Also, wanted to include my Halloween Laughter book I made for the blog contest.

Here are my projects and layouts individually:
{The slideshow is fun, but if you want a closer look at some of the pictures I have posted them. Just click on them and they will enlarge.}


First, I love this picture of my girls and wanted to do a page with it. So out came the Girly Girl collection. It is so fun. The rub-ons are great and I was able to use them like doodling up the left side and for the title.




Next, is all about me!! When we saw this paper at CHA I fell in love! It is called Live Out Loud-- so cute!! It is totally me... bright colors, cute sayings, fun patterns... LOVE IT! So, I figured the book had to be about me ;) I have also had this acrylic album for a long time and finally decided to use it. Here are a few pages, all the pages are in the slideshow at the end-- be sure to check it out.




Third, here is a coupon holder I found at the Dollar Spot at Target and thought... "hmmmm, I am sure I can find something to make with this!!" So, I turned it into a photo holder. I take a TON of pictures, as you all know, so I plan to stick my favorites in here. There are little tabs I made for the different major events through the holidays. Again, I think the rub-ons were my favorite. I LOVE layering all the stickers and rub-ons and making little clusters with all the fun embellishments.



Here is my star book (from scratch) that I taught at NYOBC (not your ordinary book club). I made another using Reminisce paper and embellishments. Turned out super cute. I would love to have embellished a bit more, but this is a class and we will be limited on time.



Here is a picture of Hallie and Reese's Autograph book for Disney. I love the Disney line! I have lots more scrapping to do with our Disney trips! But here is the cover of their book. (They got lots of compliments on their book at Disney!)



And last, but not least :) Here is my U of I page. We had such a fun night with Jess and the parade and everything I had to get a cute page made! (I used Hallie's pom poms that she got to make mini poms on the page!)

Farewell to our Friends

Just wanted to let you know Hallie has said goodbye to our "froggies" and Tyrone the turtle. The froggies went into my flowers and Tyrone got released down by the creek. Hallie was pretty sad, but kept saying they were going to find their families. Hope they come back and visit next year...