4.30.2010

Updated MMS Blog

I just updated the MMS blog with some Mother's Day gift ideas. Here is a link or just keep reading below.

Great Gifts for Mother’s Day!

I can’t believe that Mother’s Day has already snuck up on us! For the mother’s in my life I have created a tradition of giving them an empty scrapbook and then for every holiday/birthday I give them new pages to fill it with. With MMS it makes it so simple. I’ll I have to do is create one page and I have 3 books filled (mine, my mother’s, and my mother-in-law’s). There are tons of great designs and templates to choose from in the shop – make sure you check them out. Here is a page I did last year for Mother’s day. I used A Mother’s Life from the Ette’s and Company.

Another great gift idea that I think any mother would love is a brag book. I created some brag books for Grandparents this last Christmas and they were a hit. Simply take a template pack and you already have a starting point for a book. Here are some sample pages from the books I created. I used the Grandparent’s Brag Book from Miriam Lima. Once your book is created simply use the book option to have them printed. However, if you are like me and wait to the last moment to get things done, there is another option. Simply create your pages in a landscape format and print them as 4×6’s at your local print shop. Then go to your local store and find a cute 4×6 picture album and WHOLA!

Don’t make it complicated. Keep it simple and focus on the pictures and you can create an amazing gift in a flash!

Happy Scrapping and Mother’s Day!

Brooke:)


4.13.2010

Ok so I never do this, but.....

Ok so I saw this thing on the new Circut Cake and I am intrigued. I don't think I would go out and spend the money on it right now, but I wouldn't mind winning one. So that is what I'm doing. I am posting a link for you to see what I'm talking about. I'm sure I won't win, but it's worth a try - right! :)


4.10.2010

Intermountain Cup Race in Hurricane - 1st Place!

While we were down in St. George for Easter, Drew has a bike race. He did amazing - again. He took first place by almost 2 minutes. Drew you impress me more and more each day - way to go. :)

Easter

We had a great Easter that lasted a couple of weeks. We celebrated the week before at Nana Lulu's house with egg coloring and an egg hunt and then went to St. George and celebrated down there as well.

Nikki, Conner, Ellie, and Sam after coloring eggs at Nana Lulu's house. I think it's impossible to get 4 kids to look at the camera at the same time.
After the egg hunt at Nana Lulu's house. Nana never disappoints - she always has way too much. :)
Ellie at Grandma Darcy's coloring eggs.
Sam thought he was supposed to color his hands not the eggs. :)
Our little 'poser' at Grandma Darcy's egg hunt.
Easter morning - Sam was so excited to get his Mighty Morphin Mix and Match. I'm glad the Easter Bunny didn't disappoint. ;)
Ellie just wanted to eat all of the candy.
Drew said that this 'pooping' bunny got us the parents of the month award. The kids thought they were hilarious.
Ellie Easter morning - so cute.
The kids made it impossible to get a great pic Easter morning. This was the best one I was able to get. At least they are both looking at the camera. :)

4.09.2010

Ellie's Surgery

Ellie was amazing today! She had to get tubes and have her adenoids removed this morning. She was great when we got there at 7:15 this morning. She even interacted with the nurses and other staff more than normal - not her normal shy self. I knew that she was going to freak out when they took her away from me so we opted to give her a drug that would calm her. She got very 'loopy' and couldn't even sit up by herself. The Child Life Specialist came and gave her a doll to color and tell her about her surgery. It was so funny because she was getting so 'loopy' at that point that she could hardly color by the end. I laid her in a wagon and she was wheeled off to surgery. It was very fast - probably only 30 minutes or so. When they brought me back in she was just waking up and was just clear upset because she had an IV in her foot. She does not like things on her feet and the IV put her over the edge. She was hysterically screaming and crying up until about the last 20 minutes before we could take it off. She only calmed down because we gave her a dose of Lortab. Once we got the IV off her foot she just wanted to go home to see her Sammy and eat! When we got home she ate a whole can of soup and some cereal and then slept for about 3 1/2 - 4 hours. When she woke up she was doing great. She eventually started chasing Sam and trying to jump up and down (she was still a little 'wobbly' from everything). Ellie was an angel today and her sweet little brother was so concerned and made sure his sister had everything she needed. I have the cutest kids ever! :)

Ellie playing before she got her 'calming' drug. :)
After she got her 'calming' drug and her new dolly! :)
A very upset girl after surgery because of that darn foot!
The cause of the trouble! :)
So Sweet!
Ellie and her amazing daddy!