Welcome to Wednesday!

I'm sad to say, we are still not all the way through unpacking.

but, I'm happy to say that Goodwill got about 8 bags full of stuff from us. Spring cleaning feels good!

I'm sad to say that our dishwasher isn't in working condition. {It sprays water all over when it's running. Yeah, that was a fun discovery, not!}

but, I'm happy to say Zoe is doing really well at playing on her own in her room. It nice to be able to have her play by herself while I'm  making dinner.

I'm sad that spring/winter is over. I love me a good rainstorm/blizzard. :)

but, I'm happy that I get to go to Utah this weekend and see my family! And maybe some snow....

I'm sad that I haven't had any time to scrapbook in the past week.

but, I'm happy that I'll have lots of pictures to scrapbook when I get home from my trip though :)

I'm sad that I don't have any pictures to post.

but, I'm happy that you read my blog anyway :)

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

We are currently in the process of moving up a flight of stairs, but it's a lot more work than I thought.

Regular blogging will resume in a few days.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

XOXO,

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.






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.

This is her house. That is Flour.

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.

So my little sister is getting married in a few weeks, and I need a dress to wear to the wedding. I'll be wearing my bridesmaids dress, but I need something to wear to the actual. I've found some that I like, but I need a little help deciding.

This is a story I knew I had to write on the blog just as soon as it happened.

This weekend, my in-laws graciously offered to watch Zoe, as it had been a few weeks since Ryan & I had been out together. We "enjoyed" a nice dinner at Mas, I saw that in quotes because our entire dinner we were right next to the live mariachi band. Yeah, we ate and promptly left. We walked to the car, and once we got to the car, Ryan and I started kissing, leaning up against the car. :::Fast forward a couple minutes::: Ryan goes to open my door and tries the key. The smile on his face disappears and he says," This isn't our car."

Yeah, talk about embarrassing. Lucky for us it was dark and the rightful owner didn't walk to their car in those couple moments. I realize it could have been a lot worse but I haven't been that embarrassed in awhile.

Moving on...

Ryan went with the youth in our ward up to Tahoe to spend the day in the snow on Saturday. Meaning, Zoe and I didn't get dressed until 3 pm, just in time to greet Ryan. ( I did clean and catch up on my shows via Hulu.com though)

Right now I have cookies in the oven because I had an unsatisfied craving for sweets. I love the way they make the house smell.



Gotta grab the cookies out of the oven...

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

This is a digital page I whipped up in about 20 minutes, using Scrapblog.com.
I was getting that itchy crafting feeling, but was way too tired to get out my paper and glue.

Jamie took this picture on Sunday night. The original picture has our friend Amanda in it. (Sorry, Amanda) but I cropped it because it's rare to get a decent picture of Zoe & I. I usually end up deleting the photos because I don't like the way I look in them. But this one I actually liked, so I decided to use it. I will most likely make a paper version on this to put in the scrapbook too though. Zoe loves looking through our "picture books."

I'm still suffering from an undiagnosed sinus infection/head cold. It's not bad enough to keep me down, but just bad enough to keep me from feeling great. Although going to the gym has helped.

I've been thinking about putting Zoe in gymnastics class once a week. Ryan could use some quiet alone/study time in the evenings and I think Zoe would love it. I'm planning on taking her next week sometime to feel it out and see if it's something she'll like. But it's a parent participation class because of her age, so we'll see if I can get a picture...maybe.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Today is March 1st.
I like when new month's start on Mondays, it makes Monday's better.
I also like March 1st, because that means I get 40 more hours on Pandora :)
It means 7 weeks till I get to see my family and my little sister gets married.

Last night, we spent the evening at our friends, the Fairchild's home. The live in the most adorably decorated townhouse. Gray and steely blue walls. White couches, and simple decor. Ooo it was cute! They invited us and the Stauffers for dinner. We had homemade chicken n' dumplings & biscuits. (they're from Mississippi)Yum! The Stauffers brought highly addictive spinach dip and we brought apple cinnamon rolls. It was a good night for food.

The kids were definitely on something though. Crazy to say the least. Except for the 30 minutes we turned on Lilo and Stitch, that was pure bliss. Then the boys wanted to play Guitar Hero/Rock Band, so that quiet ended. But we made it through. Thanks to the Fairchilds and Stauffers, it was a lovely, loud evening :)

I'm waiting to add pictures, until Jamie uploads them to her blog so I can steal them :)

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Ryan & Zoe with play with her camera.
I found these silly pictures while I was uploading this morning.
They must be from the past week or so.
I love the the bed head and the "flash" smile.
I love my little family.