Big Sale at Scrap Matters

What a weekend we had. It started with Hunter staying home from school on Friday because his stomach hurt. I'm pretty sure that was just because he was overly tired, though. The kids started their extended school day on Monday to help get rid of 3 snow days. That means they get on the bus shortly after 7 and don't get home now until a little after 4. By Wed I could really see the effects it was having on them, so Thur they were in bed by 7 already. I get to look forward to one more month of this, but I guess it's better than having to go the second week of June. They lost on vacation day in April (teacher inservice) and the school year did extend by one day. Now just have to keep our fingers crossed that we don't have anymore snow days. Anyway on Saturday the kids went to my parents while Paul and I went in to get our taxes done (yuck :P). When we were done I went to my parents to have supper there because they were having my grandma over to celebrate her birthday with her while Brian was home. Paul had to come back to town to work on the truck and trailer, so he could leave on Sunday. Just as we sat down to eat, Hunter got sick. :( He went and laid down on the couch and fell asleep, so I waited to go home until he woke up again. Seemed like it was going to be a one time thing.

Unfortunately that wasn't the case. At 3 am I woke up to Michaella standing next to me telling me she threw up on the steps. I quickly sent her to the bathroom. Got the steps cleaned up and went to check on her only to find out I had to clean the bathroom, too. When everything was cleaned up Michaella said she was feeling better, so sent her back up to bed with a bucket. Not more than 10 minutes after I got back into bed Kailee woke up. And you guessed it she had thrown up, too. This time I made Paul get up, too, and help me. Got her, the crib and carpet cleaned up. Got back into bed and within minutes she did it again. Thankfully most of it was on her blanket, so it didn't take much to clean it up. Again got it cleaned up and into bed only to hear both Michaella and Hunter upstairs starting again. :O Moved them downstairs to the floor with buckets. Michaella & Kailee ended up getting sick one more time before we were finally able to call it a night. By Sunday morning, Hunter and Kailee were feeling much better, but Michaella was still feeling pretty icky. They all pretty much just laid around on the floor and couch all day. Even got all 3 of them to take a 2 1/2 hour nap. Today seems to be much better. I'm so glad this was a weekend that Paul was home because it would not have been much fun taking care of all that on my own. Not that it was fun doing it with him, but it would have been worse.

Since the last time I posted I got a couple new CT spots! Woohoo! :) First I'm now a member of Sya's Blueprints CT. Love her templates! Make sure to check them and her great collab kits out at Scrap Matters. Speaking of Scrap Matters...I got a guest spot on the CT for July!!! I can't wait! I told Paul he had to take all the kids in the truck for the month, so I could spend the entire month scrapping. lol. Unfortunately he didn't quite go for the idea. ;) I also got a one kit guest spot for another great designer at Scrap Matter, but I have to wait a little bit to tell you who that is since the official announcement hasn't been posted yet.

Have you seen the awesome date elements that Andilynn Designs has put out recently? They are so neat. Check out Dates Matter Vol. 3 on my layout below. The square comes in 3 different variations and each section is customizable. Love the fact that you can thrown a little bit of journaling on it. If you want a chance to win it make sure to head over to Andilynn's blog and post a comment. The kit I used on it is Trixie Scraps' new collab with Madame Wing, Daisy Crazy. Aren't the colors of the kit just absolutely cheery and so full of spring fun? (which I am so ready for :) ) It was so much fun to work with.

So much fun stuff going on over at Scrap Matters this week! First up is the HUGE clearance sale going on. Make sure to stop by the shop and check it out. Many of the designers have items at 50-60% off! Below are Trixie Scraps' and Sya's Blueprints' ads. If there is anything there you want make sure to grab it now because on March 14 they will be gone forever.



Today is also the start on another great Quick Page Exchange. This month we get to use the adorable kit So Big by Man in the Moon Designs. It's perfect since I have so many of Kailee's baby pictures to scrap yet. They say that the more kids you have the less pictures you take. I know that is definitely not the case here. lol. I have way more pictures of Kailee than the other two combined probably. The joys of having a digital camera. :) I can just keep taking pictures and not have to worry about the cost of having to print them all.

And last but definitely not the least in any way, make sure you make your way over to the Scrap Matters forums on Thurs night to participate in the great speed scrap being hosted by the wonderful Tracy of Trixie Scraps. :) It starts at 8 pm EST/5 pm PST. Check out the beautiful participation prize she has created for it.



Like I said a lot of fun things happening over at Scrap Matters, so make sure you come and check it all out. :) Until next time...

HAPPY SCRAPPING!!!