I Love Your Smile Contest by EllaPublishing Co.

So here's my first digi layout using Photoshop without an instructor walking me through each step. I know it isn't very elaborate but I like it all the same and I'm proud to say I did it all on my own. It's a great start! Plus, I couldn't help but use a pic of Morgie. She's such a Sweet Pea in this one that she really does make me smile!

Toy Story....here we come!

I don't think it is any secret that Braly LOVES Toy Story 1 and 2. So when I heard that they were releasing them back in the theater in 3-D I knew it was something we would have to do as a family. I was hoping that our theater would have it here but alas, we will be driving 1 1/2 hours to Marquette on Saturday to catch the 12:15pm double feature of Toy Story 1&2 with our fancy 3-D glasses to make the experience even more interesting. I'm sure I'll have to try to convince the kids to leave their Toy Story toys at home but I'll settle for at least leaving them in the car. I'm praying that Morgan is totally interested in watching both of these movies on Saturday & doesn't need to run to the potty a million times causing (probably me) to miss the movies. I'll admit it, I really enjoy Toy Story and can't wait till the 3rd one comes out in the theater too. I'm anticipating the release of the 3-D versions on DVD/Bluray for the holiday season. Shhhh...don't tell Braly, if I'm right, he might get them for Christmas. Then he won't insist on watching one of them every time he visits Grammy Cheryl & Papa Blaine. Or maybe he will still want to watch it all the time. He may have been doing it long enough now that it has become his tradition. Guess we'll eventually find out.

Silly Sleepy Boy

Tonight we spent extra time brushing teeth since Gabby & Braly had dentist appointments today & brought home all the fun 'new' goodies like toothbrushes, floss, & kid toothpaste. (not that we didn't already have a cabinet full of this stuff but they got 'new' stuff that they insisted on using & brushed for awhile.) It was finally not a fight to get something like 62 teeth brushed. (Gabby is missing 2 teeth but has all her 5 yr molars in so I think I counted them correctly in my head.)

Ok, so teeth were done & it was time for reading to begin. Braly has just started the Book-It reading program & is supposed to read for 20 mins each day. Gabby is supposed to chart at least 15 mins each day of reading so I read the last chapter of Mary Poppins to Gabby while Braly started doing some reading on his own. Then I headed into Braly's room and read 2 Scooby Doo beginning reader books. Adam is working the pre-load tomorrow so that means he'll be going in to work at 3am so he was in bed reading his book. So you get the picture, everyone is reading to settle down for the night. Not sure how it happened but all 3 kids ended up in our bed with Adam so he could read them one last book. I told the kids they all needed to go into their beds to sleep because they are getting so big that it is getting harder for me to move them back to their beds when they are sleeping & I have to carry the dead weight of their body back to bed. Gabby is the worst, not because she's the biggest or anything but because I have to practically throw her onto her top bunk & I'm a mere 5'2" which doesn't seem to help me out much. I'm sure you're laughing picturing how that takes place right?

So while I was trying to get Morgan to sleep Braly snuck his way into mom & dad's room & was laying under the bed. I might not have known this if Gabby had not mentioned it as she was coming into the room to climb into bed. After Morgan was sleeping I headed into my room to see if Braly was still hiding under the bed & I had a great laugh. he was laying under the bed sleeping. ROFL I should have ran to grab the camera & captured it because it was quite humerous. I told Adam that Braly was under the bed & he practically said "no way!" Guess Braly did a great job sneaking tonight. Adam pulled him out & I carried him to his bed & tucked him in but I still have the image of him sleeping under the bed in my head & it is FUNNY!