Rexburg Snow Day! {In Pictures}

XOXO,

Holly & CO.

Sketchy Thursday 1/27 Sketch

I've been watching the Sketchy Thursdays blog for sometime now, but had yet to participate. I had a bunch of cupcake photos I wanted to scrap and had no idea where to start, until I saw this!

Totally got my mojo back!

Here was this week's sketch.

Here's my interpretation...

I didn't mean to really do Valentine's day colors, but it just ended up that way.

Thanks for looking!

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

Tired of Waiting

This afternoon, Ryan and I were cleaning up the house a bit and discussing some scheduling issues we've had and Zoe wanted a snack. She kept asking over and over and I told her to sit on the couch and I'd be out in a few minutes to get her something to snack on.



Ryan and I finished cleaning and talking a few minutes later and we came out to the family room to find this little sleeping beauty. She had put herself to bed on the floor.

She slept like that for a good hour. Zoe hardly EVER falls asleep anywhere but her bed or in the car. I was shocked she just laid down and fell asleep. She must have been really tired.



I've got a couple layouts to share.

I've lost a bit of my mojo lately. I made these to hopefully jump start my creativity.

Waiting for some new kits to arrive, hopefully that will aid in some new inspiration.

We're looking forward to Rexburg Snow Day tomorrow. Hopefully we'll have some cute pictures to share when we get home.

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

~Tasty Treat~

{Warning: If one of your New Year's Resolutions was to lose weight, diet, or eat healthy, 

this post may de-rail you for a moment or two... }

I discovered a gem here in Rexburg, just after I walked through a really cool alley way. 

(Only in Rexburg would an alley way be not scary. I'll come back to the alley way another day)

 It's called The Cocoa Bean Cupcake Cafe.

They have 39 flavors and they change them daily. 

I asked the poor sales girl about 50 questions.

I'm sure by the time we leave here, we will have tried all 39.

This time we tried....

Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake

and...

Party in my Mouth

This is definitely a treat to share, these are JUMBO cupcakes.

For perspective, here's the cupcake queen, just waking up from a nap, surprised with a treat.

The cupcake is about as big as 1/2 her head.

(Don't you love her ensemble? Polka dots and a cherry dress!)

I'm so excited that I've started to find some cute places like this to keep me entertained in our tiny town. Walgreens was getting a little mundane :)

I can't believe January is almost over. Whew, it's kind of a relief. I think we're finally getting settled. Hopefully no more big changes for awhile.

Happy Thursday! 

Go enjoy a tasty treat!

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

Take a closer look...

If you take a closer look at this picture, you will find....

-A tired mommy in sweats at 5:00pm

-Zoe in a princess dress

-Zoe with homemade sock puppets on both hands

- Zoe wearing a princess crown made by Aunt Jenni

- Mommy's bangs need to be cut

Zoe wearing some of Mommy's make up

- A few people who are sick of being inside

Also, we discovered than Ryan has some sort of food allergy. Last night, he had a couple red bumps on his arm, took some benedryll and they went away, he was fine.

Well, this afternoon, he ended up with hives all over his chest, arms and back.

We're not sure exactly what he's allergic to, but we've narrowed it down to something in the green juice he bought at the store yesterday.

Thankfully, the benedryll took care of the hives and they are going away now, but it gave  us quite a scare to see him covered in hives today.

Well, I should get to bed....

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

It's almost Friday...

is my mantra this week.



This week has definitely been tougher than the past 2.



I have to remind myself, we're still adjusting. Over and over. Lots of changes.



We will get into a routine. We will make new friends. We will get used to our new budget. We will eventually love all the time we get to spend together. We will be blessed for doing what it right. We will love to living walking distance to church and the temple. I will become a good cook again. We will still see our old friends and family.



I'm spending a lot of time on reciting this list above, in my head.



Flipping our world upside-down has been like lifting a rock will lived under for so long and it's exposing every one of my weaknesses. I'm sure that's one of the reasons we're here, but having them exposed all at once, is so overwhelming.



It's been a struggle to not find self-doubt around every corner.



When I call my Mom on a hard day, she quotes my late grandmother, "You come from from pioneer stock!"

 A helpful reminder that I can persevere and be made better for it.





Just in the short time I've been writing this post, I think I've found a new mantra, "Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel." Yep, there is it. I love blogging, it's so therapeutic. Between blogging and scrapping, I think that covers a good portion of what real therapy would.



Speaking of scrapping, a few more layouts to share.



 This first one is my favorite of the bunch.

If you've spent any time with Zoe you might know that she has a great fake cry. Very believable and sometimes even tears. However, you can spot the fake cry instantaneously when she immediately stops and says," I'm done crying, I'm a happy girl now!" with a smile and a devious look in her eye.

This layout design was a lift from another scrapbooker. I loved the squares with the chipboard flowers on them so I replicated them and added even more than the original.

I've already done a cousins page of this photoshoot, but I wanted to do another one with some of the non-smiling photos. 

Well it is almost Friday. Ryan has his first big test tonight, so we'll probably end up back at Arctic Circle tonight.



XOXO,

Holly & Co.



PS. Part II of the project I am working on was a success, D.I. had exactly what I needed. Just a few more finishing touches and I'll be ready to share :)

Monday Monday Monday

We got some good news early this morning, Ryan's brother's visa went through and he was on a plane today to Mexico to start his mission there. He had been sent to the South Salt Lake mission while he was waiting for his visa. Ryan got to talk to him briefly this afternoon, he ws excited and I'm sure relieved to get out of Salt Lake and onto warmer climates.



We were lucky today, we saw the sun today for the first time in over a week. It was nice to see it peeking through the clouds, although, I'm pretty sure we'll see snow tomorrow. I'm hoping there will be some this weekend. I found a really great sledding hill up on campus today, and I'm wanting to try it out. Zoe hasn't ever been sledding, but I'm pretty sure she'll love it.





I finally got started on a little project that I've had in my head for several weeks. It's not completed yet, but here is phase 1.

I'm heading to the DI tonight to hopefully get phase 2.

I've got some layouts to share but I'm still waiting for my battery charger, so those will have to wait.

Anyone else already thinking about Valentine's Day? Every year Target has the cutest stuff and it makes me want to decorate my house in hearts. Good thing I live 25 miles from a Target now :)

XOXO,

Holly & Co.