Goodbye Campbell

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We've decided to find a new home for Campbell Dog.

We're moving (just to a different apartment) but we decided that Campbell needed more space and attention than we can currently give her.

She will be missed.

Campbell is going to her new home tonight. Her new family is really excited.

I know this is the best option for all of us but I'm a little sad. Especially for Zoe.

 She is going to miss Campbell.

More words on moving a little later....

XOXO,

Holly & CO.

Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs

I made my first batch of homemade meatballs tonight. I based my recipe off of this one. They turned out great, if I do say so myself. 

I've been working on meal planning for 2 weeks at a time. Day 1 was a success!

(If the new recipes turn out, I'll post them)

It did happen to be cloudy today. Ryan and I took Zoe to the park after daycare today.  I know I keep putting pictures of her up from the park, but there's such great lighting there, especially around 5-6pm, when we usually go.

A baby no more, that's for sure.

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

little gems

I love looking through the pictures on my phone and finding these gems...

this is Zoe with a bear my Mom sent her for Valentine's day.

I had a rough day today. Some happenings at work + a lot on my after work to-do list. I actually decided that I was going to do something right today, so on the way home, Zoe and I took a detour to the park.

She's doing so well at climbing up the slide all by herself. 

I made the Cowboy Cookies tonight, they turned out great. I added the recipe to the box already. 

Well it's 10:30 and I just finished eating my dinner, so I should probably head to bed.

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

Easy Thank You Cards

I needed to send some thank-you cards, but didn't have any, so I decided to make some.



I admit, I'm a really bad card-marker. I scrapbook just fine, but when I shrink the canvas to a 3x5 inch area, I get stumped. I tend to try to add too much and it looks like a cat threw up on it. That's why I don't post many cards I make on here. So I went for a more simple technique this time.



For this project, I used Photoshop Elements 6.0, which is the program I do all my photo editing and other projects in.

I used a digital scrapbooking kit from Two Peas in a Bucket called Toy Box, by Vinnie Pearce

plus some white cardstock & a border punch....

and voila!

I actually made a bunch to keep on hand. I love getting snail mail, so I decided in order to receive I should give first. Using white cardstock, plus a little embellishment like a stamp or rub-on can make a quick, cute card for any occasion.

I didn't even need any glue :)

That's all for tonight. I will be testing out a new recipe for Cowboy Cookies later this week, so I will let you know how it goes. I'm going to use Easter colored M&M's. I hope they taste as yummy as they look.



XOXO,

Holly & Co.

Bless Ms. Liz

Bless Miss Liz....

 

This is her house. That is Flour.

(ignore the date stamp, it's not the right date)

I finally got some pictures from Zoe at daycare. I guess in California, flour is as good as snow.

 

She is a saint and always has the best activities planned for the kids. They normally spend a lot of time outside, but this Winter was especially cold and rainy, so after spending several weeks inside the kids were going a little nuts, so she gave them a big bowl of flour and they went to town.

I'm so glad she took pictures. 

We love Miss Liz. 

After I took those pictures at the park last week, I came home and scrapped these 2 pages. This one of Ethan is one of my favorite ever.

I didn't have any letters that matched and my Cricut was in Zoe's room, so I used some Studio Calico letters as masks with my Distress inks. I love the way it turned out.

The journaling reads, " You can't grow up...not just yet. I need you to be my baby just a little while longer. Every day you are doing more on your own and you me less and less. I love to watch you trust yourself more and learn and grow. But you can't grow up just yet, I need you to need me a little longer."

The journaling was all my feelings after watching Zoe climbing all over the playground without my help. She wasn't scared to climb up the jungle gym and go down the big slide all by herself. She is growing up that's for sure.

  

Our Ward had our RS Birthday Dinner last week and I made rainbow cupcakes for dessert. It took about 3 hours and it was a lot of work but SO worth it. They were happy cupcakes. Everyone can use a happy cupcake! I forgot to take pictures and I'm so sad, because they were beautiful. Maybe I'll just have to make them again to get the pictures.

This week we have a Ward ice cream social so more dessert all around! (Sat, 3pm for all you ladies in the FO3rd ward or surrounding wards :)

I'll be around more this week, hopefully.

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

Lady Luck

With it being St. Patrick's Day, I thought I'd write about my lady luck.



When I was 13, our local Albertson's was having a drawing for a stand-up freezer. Anyone over 10 (I think) could entire. My dad had my sisters and I all write our names down and enter the drawing, he told us if we won, he'd give us $10 for the freezer. We all agreed. I won. I got my $10 and my parents for a freezer, and I reminded my parents quite often, that I won them that freezer and all I got was $10.



I was really into beanie babies when I was a pre-teen. I mean REALLY into them. I used to babysit and accept payment in beanie babies. I'm really not joking. I entered a drawing at the beanie baby stand in the mall, to be one of 12 people who got to purchase the Princess Diana beanie baby for $20. I won and even bought a case for the beanie baby, thinking it would be worth thousands someday. A lady at my Dad's office offered to buy for $200 and I turned it down. Yeah, I was stupid. I think my mom still has it somewhere, still in the case.



In the summer of 2004, I was lucky enough to catch the eye of a cute cashier at the Chipotle, that was near the scrapbook store I worked at. I rarely paid for my burrito and always got a free drink.



Then just a couple years ago, Ryan and I were heading home from the movies, and we stopped at Beverly's crafts. We entered a drawing for a $50 giftcard and we/he/me won.



In November, I entered a contest for some scrapbooking stuff...and I'm a winner.



Just a couple of months ago, I won a pattern for an apron giveaway. Although, I have yet to use it.





But poor Zoe, I totally forgot it was St. Patrick's Day while we were getting ready this morning and sent her dressed in yellow. I better make sure each of my children has a green shirt to wear every year for St. Patrick's Day from now on.



XOXO,

Holly & Co.

Spring is Here!

Tonight we took these kiddos to the park. It was a warm sunny day and it was too hard to resist.

The light was perfect and so were this kids. 

Unfortunately, my camera battery died after like 10 minutes, so I only got like 15 pictures. 

But enjoy these goodies :)

XOXO,

Holly & Co.