Where oh where...

Has the time gone? I can't believe it has been nearly a month since I posted. LOTS to catch up on but won't be able to do it in this post (I've got to get dinner ready soon).

We headed out east for a family wedding & really enjoyed our trip. We drove through Canada to make the trip shorter than it could have been. Crossing the borders was pretty painless. Answer a few questions, show licenses, & sometimes all our birth certificates. The kids did fantastic for the drive. They really were troopers for the whole trip, especially being such homebodies that they are. This was an adventure we embarked on & I think we mostly enjoyed it. There were a few snags like the wailing (sp?) that Gabby & Braly did after the wedding on the boat & we headed back to the car without Daddy (he rode in the Hummer limo back to the hotel). Morgan had just woke up from a nap & was fairly quiet while Gabby & Braly cried so loud that got lots of interesting looks/comments. As I unloaded the stroller full of stuff into the car I let the kids cry it out to release all their built up emotions from being tired & controlling themselves on the boat for so long & it really was a very long day for them. Then I told them they had to be quiet so I could drive down the mountain & after a few more minutes, they calmed down & both fell asleep. Morgan stayed awake with me jamming to some music (courtesy of Lilo & Stitch soundtrack haha) & then she finally fell asleep. It was about 1 hour 45 min drive back to our hotel. Like I said, long day for all. We changed & packed some stuff up & then went out for another gathering with our Pierce family (minus Steven & Kate since they were gone already & Carol & family since they were unable to make it out east, they'd have an even longer drive than us). Oh the other mishap was the next day when we left Vermont to head to Niagra Falls. Morgan got car sick & was she ever a 1st class trooper. She didn't cry, she didn't fuss, in fact, I don't think I would have known what had happened if Gabby had not blurted out "Mom, Morgan just puked!!!" Morgan even grabbed a wipe & tried to clean herself up while I was wiping everything as much as I could. Needless to say, Morgan started getting the anti-nausea herbal things we have just like Gabby. No more trouble with car sickness after that.

Off to make a quick dinner & get the cookies cooled. The kids & I made them this afternoon as part of our 'play week'. Next Tuesday Gabby starts school so this week is have fun in the Pierce house as well as get some appointments taken care of.

Fantastic Weekend

As you can see by the title, I had a fantastic weekend. I went scrapbooking at the Rapid River Lodge and it was a lot of fun. The Lodge seems to be a well hidden secret and I don't know why b/c it was beautiful and roomy. It's tucked in the woods next to a river that was high from the spring thaw and the rapids were beautiful and sounded amazing. Very relaxing, its just too bad it got pretty cold so sitting outside for long wasn't as enjoyable as it could have been.

I took my computer along and successfully learned how to scrapbook one digital page. I had some trouble figuring out my photoshop program but in the end, it was a lot of fun & I met my goal of at least one digital page. I then worked on my "All About Me" scrapbook and nearly completed it. I have a little more journaling to do but that shouldn't take too much longer for me to complete.

The food was great! We were divided into groups to make the meals and everyone brought & made yummy food. Then there were about a million snacks to enjoy including some amazing carmel chex mix and a pumpkin bread roll. YUM! I plan to get recipes and try to make them myself.

We learned how to make some cards with a Stampin' Up consultant and I was able to enjoy something that many of you know I like to do.....TALK!!! LOL Yup, that was me...the talker. And it was a lot of fun.

Oh, best of all, my Aunt Carol shared a lot of family history with me and I was able to record it in my Family Tree program. LOVED that so much. It's one of the reasons I started scrapbooking in the first place, to share memories dear to me and learn about where I came from and share with my children so they can share with their children and so on.