Dancing with a duck

Brantley is in love with ducks. I know it is crazy and yet he is. We got this silly duck that sings "Raindrops are falling on my head" as a dirty santa gift this Christmas. He loves to dance with it.

Friends with Flair

These are some verse canvases I have in my house. The first one is Brantley's verse. I used the stars that I got when I signed up for my KOM last July. I LOVE them! I have used them a ton since getting them. I love the simplicity of this canvas. The second one has not been posted to my blog yet. It is not Unity but I wanted to get it posted. Have a blessed day and enjoy the inspiration.

Faith Sisters Childhood friend

Stacia was one of my best friends in 4th grade. She was my next door neighbor. She was the one that first introduced me to the Breakfast Club and Grease. We had some great times. Now, almost 25 years later we live in the same metro area and we have not seen each other in Oklahoma once. I have a lot of those "in this time" friends. She really is a neat girl. Also, I used a Unity kit of the month stamp for the journaling that I haven't written yet.

Friends with Flair

I am in love. In love with Unity that is. I have been stalking the blog hop for months. Today I am actually joining. Here you can find the entire list http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/ I found these incredible stamps last May. I ordered this amazing stamp that i wanted to use for my Christmas cards for this year. That would be the Christmas cards I never made. Instead I made a really cute ornament for everyone.
And so, my love affair began. I became a kom member in July. I was able to receive 3 kits before I had to cancel due to the cost of Charlie's surgery. I am hoping that when I get that paid off this next August I will again be able to subscribe. So for now, I will continue to play with my amazing stamps, stalk lease incredible ladies blogs for the cutest ideas, and drool over the new kits and dream of what I would do with those incredible stamps. I used the cute bird from the July kit. I just love it!

This layout is one I did for my DT work for www.faithsisters.com it was late to post. It was for the challenge of childhood homes.

Love Tickets

I read one of my favorite blogs this summer (stacy julian) http://stacyjulian.com/blog/?p=59 and got this great idea from all three of her posts. We have a chore chart for each of the kids. B doesn't use his yet. Chuck loves her. She can earn 14 flowers/butterflies each day. For each one earned she gets a nickel. These are her "chores". For the love tickets she has to go above and beyond. She has to do something that shows her love for someone without being asked. She collects these tickets to turn them in for "things." For 3 tickets she can choose to get a sonic slush, go to the little park in our neighborhood, go to the library, get an extra bedtime story, play a board game or stay up 10 minutes later at night. For 5 tickets she can play her leapster, v-smile or watch an extra 30 minute show. (On good days she only gets 1 1/2 hours of tv. For 10 tickets she can go to the science museum, go to the zoo, go to the big park (route 66), get a snow cone or get french fries & play at McD's. So far, she loves these more than real money. She would rather cash in her tickets for extra time up. If she asks for a ticket she does not get it. She also does not get one every time she does something nice. I want to reward her for showing love but I don't want her to expect something in return when she does something nice. There are some days when I have had a really hard day at school and she is being so obedient and a good listener that I will give her a love ticket. She also gets them quite a bit for how she treats her brother. Today she got one for helping him take his shoes and jacket off and making sure that they were put away. She really is a great kid!

Dt for faithsisters--childhood memory

I loved this challenge. I have no pictures from Japan so I googled and came up with these pictures. I love how it turned out. Check out all the lovely work from my friends too. www.faithsisters.com

Love Days like these

Me: Charlie, How do you know that mommy loves you?
C: You give me lots adn lots of kisses.
Me: How do you know that Daddy loves you?
C: He gives me lots, lots, lots, lots, lots, lots, lots, lots, lots, lots, lots, lots, lots, lots, lots, and lots of showers.