It's Survivor Time AGAIN......

I absolutely LOVE this time of the year.....LOVE the colors of fall, kids going back to school and MY favorite show, Survivor comes back on....this is the only show that hubby and I actually watch consistently together.....And the Tallyscrapper Survivor Challenges are about to start again, not only does this get me scrapping again, but it's so much FUN!!!! Their will be two teams competing against each other, Fun Challenges and a GREAT prize for ONE lucky person at the end of Survivor. Come on OVER and check it out at Tallyscrapper.com!!!!

I have been so BAD about updating!!!!

Well, its been a month since my last post and ALOT has been going on.

The kids finally went back to school last Tuesday, Danielle into 7th grade and Kaleb into 3rd. I can't even believe the amount of homework the kids have been bringing home this week....Crazy!!! But so far, they both seem to like their teachers.

One of our best friends, Frank came home from Iraq for some R&R for 2 weeks in August!! We had so much fun with them while he was here....Erin could not wait for her daddy to get home, it was such an emotional and happy time for ALL of us!!!! Unforunately, Frank has now returned to Iraq to finish his deployment...Come home safe, we LOVE you Frank.

We went to the bar a couple of times, went to Tucker Lake, which is SO MUCH FUN....

This place is just the coolest, its a man-made lake with lots of swings, slides and just good ol' fun...the kids (hubby's included) had the best time. Plus, their is life-guards on duty...Awesome!!

Danielle and Erin getting ready to go out on the Banana, heehee...their first time, it was hilarious...because the first time they fell off...neither of them could get back on at first...I was afraid they would have to swim to shore, but they managed to get back on.


Kaleb finally went off the swing with some convincing and then he loved it!!

Bill finally managed to do a flip off the swing...Our BIG BOYS!!

Lets see, what else has been going on....Here are my September Kit #1 Reveals using the FANTASTIC Treasured Scrapbooking kit...

My Challenge over at Treasured Scrapbooking is to create an Monochromatic Layout with ONE color....here is my layout for that challenge:

More Reveals for this Kit on Sept. 15th and some NEWS that I can not share quite yet :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Laura

It's my Birthday TODAY!!!!

WOW, here it is again....another year and well.....we won't even discuss my age right now, lets just say, I'm knocking on 40!!!! Had a GREAT birthday, my hubby and two awesome sweet kids brought me breakfast in bed....it was soooo cute, pancakes with a candle on it....they said they couldn't FIT them ALL on the pancake...heehee, lol ;) I had LOTS and LOTS of birthday wishes from all of my great friends online and IRL. Went to dinner at Olive Garden and to see "The Ugly Truth" with my good friend, Beth....OMG, that movie is sooo dang funny!! Definitely NOT a kids movie!!!!

Okay, now on to my Treasured Scrapbooking Reveal for the Fabulous August Kit #2....these papers were absolutely perfect for some pics from the Texas TallyRally last month....Check it out.........I, of course, had to add the corncob photo, since we had LOTS and LOTS of fun in the cornfields and the other two photos are from a furniture store that Cristal, Dolores, Shawna and I found while getting lost...so of course, we had to get photos....



I also got a "The Circle of Friends" Award from my good friend, Aymee....girl, you are just the sweetest....thank You SO mUCH!!!

Here are the rules for the award.
To pick up the Circle of Friends Award, cut and paste the award logo and use it on your own blog.
Nominate 5 other bloggers you feel have become part of your circle of friends.
Here are 5 awesome blogs:


*Cristal (Pinky's)http://blueyecicle.blogspot.com/2009/08/saturday-1st-reveal-day.html
*Brandyhttp://myleftfield.blogspot.com/
*Doloreshttp://scrapperinnewyork.blogspot.com/
*Michellehttp://michelle-scrappingfool.blogspot.com/
*Stacihttp://stopitsscrappintime.blogspot.com/


Thanks for stopping by....Love you guys!!!!
~Laura

Some Sneaky Peeks..........

Another Fabulous Kit from Treasured Scrapbooking, this month I got to work with Kit #2!!! I love the colors in this kit...Check out my peeks.........{full reveal on August 1st}

Texas TallyRally, great friends and good ol' Texas BBQ

I can't even begin to say how much fun I had in Texas

(photo taken by NikkiZ)
....I got to meet some amazing women for the first time and got to spend some time with ladies that I got to meet in SC at the last TallyRally....Love you guys!!! We spent alot of time drinking, scrapping and stripping, heehee!!! (Some pictures will not appear, well...just because...lol)

Here is the Retreat we stayed at in Temple, TX....Rockin'-R-Retreat. Such an AWESOME place and thanks for everything Rena!!!!
It was in the middle of now where, with lots and lots of corn and you can just imagine what some of us did with the corn....just take a look at this corn....

Some of the AWESOME ladies that I got to meet IRL...Love you guys :)

Dolores, Cristal and Shawna

Brandy and Wanda


Christi, Staci, Rachel and Nikki

Wanda and me

Shawna, Me and Dolores

Me and Jen

Brandy and Nicole

the one and only Christine...love you girl ;)

Ashley, Nikki and my girl, Bre ;)


Dorothy and me...OMG, look at her margarita glass,
so awesome and she made it.

Pam and me......Pam's hubby also came and spent many hours cooking up some good ol' texas brisket for all of us.....All I can say is...........AWESOME, LOVED it ;)




I can't believe its been almost 2 weeks since I saw all of these awesome ladies....I miss and LOVE you all!!!!!!

"The GANG"
Texas Tally Rally 2009

The Treasured Hunt 2009...Our Biggest Contest of the Year

WOW, I can't believe it's been a year since I participated in the Treasured Hunt, but it was so much fun and its here again.....Check it OUT....And to be eligible, ALL you have to do...is UPLOAD your favorite layout........

It's here - our biggest contest of the year - The Treasured Hunt! This will be a six week contest. To enter, upload your very best layout into the Treasured Hunt gallery-Eligibility Entries category by 9pm (EST) Friday July 31st. The Design Team will vote and the top 25 entries will move on to compete in the contest. Following is the timeline of the contest:

Eligibility Round - deadline Friday, July 31th - 9pm (EST) Sun Aug 2 - 25 contestants announced

1st round Tues Aug 4- 1st challenge announced Mon Aug 10 - deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

2nd round Tue Aug 11 - announcement of 20 contestants moving on/2nd challenge posted Mon Aug 17 - deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

3rd round Tue Aug 18 - announcement of 15 contestants moving on/3rd challenge posted Mon Aug 24 - deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

4th round Tue Aug 25 - announcement of 10 contestants moving on/4th challenge posted Mon Aug 31 - deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

5th round Tue Sep 1 - announcement of 5 contestants moving on/5th challenge posted Mon Sep 7- deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

6th round Tue Sep 8 - announcement of 3 contestants moving on/6th and final challenge posted Mon Sep 14- deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

WINNER ANNOUNCED - on or before September 17

After the 25 contestants are chosen, weekly challenges will be posted on Tuesdays and entries must be posted in the appropriate challenge gallery by the following Monday at 9pm (EST).

Pages will be judged on photography, creativity, originality, relativity to challenge theme and overall design. Winners for each round will be determined by the Design Team and myself.

Please pay close attention to the requirements of each challenge! Ask questions if you need clarification! Any deviation from the challenge requirements listed will result in disqualification. This is only to be fair to those who follow all of the requirements. We ask that all entries be posted only to the Treasured Scrapbooking gallery until the end of the contest or elimination.

PRIZES!! (Now to the good part!)
GRAND PRIZE: Prize Package worth over $250 of scrapbooking supplies and a $50 gift certificate to the Treasured Scrapbooking store!!

2nd prize: $40 Treasured Scrapbooking Gift Certificate

3rd prize: $25 Treasured Scrapbooking Gift Certificate

All submissions must be original designs. Layouts submitted for any round of the contest (except the original eligibility entries) must be posted only in the TS gallery until the end of the contest or elimination and must not be published, posted or entered in any contest, in any magazine or on any website until the end of the contestant's participation in the contest. Exception: layouts may be posted on your personal blog.

You must be an active member of TS to participate in the contest. Don't worry newbies...this doesn't eliminate you...as long as you actively participate in the forum/gallery once you join, you're good to go!!

I am very excited about this contest and can't wait to see all the awesome entries! Good Luck everyone!

*note: number of entrants moving on in any round may be adjusted due to number of entries.

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I have a couple of reveals for the Awesome Treasured Scrapbooking July Kit #1....check them out....

Wow, where has the month of June gone already....

I can't believe its the last day of June already....and Summer is just about 1/2 over. So much going on right now.....I can't believe that the Texas TallyRally is in 9 days...YEP, 9 DAYS!! Woohoo, I'm so excited...I can't stand it. But man, do I need to get my 35 Atc's done for the rally and I need to get them done now. I did finish up a few projects for the Rally, one is a "shhhhhh" project and the other is the cover to the Album Christine is getting us all for the Rally...Check it out....


Danielle and I went out of town last weekend to Ryan's(her "boyfriend" and my godson) Birthday party, Bill and Kaleb stayed behind, because kaleb wanted to attend one of his friends bday parties...so it was kind of nice, being just her and me for the weekend!!! Danielle had a blast hanging with all of Ryan's friends and playing air-soft in the woods with them all!!

And let me tell you, one of the boys playing airsoft guns had the set up with a full guillie suit...it was so cool. And of course, Pam had to try it on and of course, I had to get pics ;)




So what else has been going on...lets see, I have alittle sneaky peek from the Treasured Scrapbooking's July Kit...I'm in LOVE.....

The FULL reveal will be up tomorrow!!!
Also, did this layout for a Challenge over at Treasured for July....

More will be up tomorrow, so come back and have a lookie....
Later,
~Laura