Swimming

These are a few pics from our trip to the pool....A big adventure for us, since we usually just put the wading pool out in the driveway for the little ones. So after packing the van full of all various "stuff" needed for little kids to swim we head off. It was a very hot day, but the pool was freezing, I made it up to my knees and was thinking I needed my down comforter to warm up, I know I'm such a wimp. But when Rose began to turn blue, we decided to move them to the kiddy pool. Now that was perfect. Anthony had fun playing with the other kids in the pool, Yahaira could walk throughout the pool which she thought was the best! And Rose she just hung out in her floaty thing, every now and again she would pop the cover on the valve and start the darn thing deflating, which generated much movement in Kevin or I too quickly fill it back up. It was a game for her, obviously the fact she was sinking was no concern to her. This child is a thrillseeker....I see a future Valleyfair lover in the making.
on some scrapbooking notes: Saturday I picked up a kit at Picture This/Scrap That in Fairmont. They are running a designers club for three months beginning in September. You pay 30$ for the three month commitment and each month you receive a bag of supplies with which you create a page, card, mini album wall art...Completely up to you, the catch you can only use what is in the bag no other items aside from adhesive and cutting tools may be used. You return your entry to the store, where all entries will be judges you stand the chance of winning a gift certificate to the store. They are beginning with 9 kits, so I figured why not? I feel like lately I'm in a rut, using the same colors, same styles, same companies so if nothing else this will be a good thing for me, just to experiment with new and different styles. There were still kits available, if you are interested.
I recently ordered some new page kits. The person I ordered from has a blog which I read daily, great organizational tips and scrapbooking hints. Her daughter and her work together to create these pages with personalized dolls on each layout. They did some sets for me last spring, the one of Cassandra prom dress was amazing, the details were incredible. They just introduced a new line for babies and toddlers so I ordered a few sets...Well they have the two MN Twins sets I ordered, up on their website go here if you want to see them http://rockester.blogspot.com/ on the left side is a "flickr" banner if you watch it scroll thru the two I ordered are the baseball, MN Twins layouts 1 is for Anthony, the other for Yahaira, they even included her little hair scrunchy, how cool is that. All layouts are customized to the picture you send. I can't say enough about the quality of work and attention to detail....I loved the previous ones they did, and can't wait to see the rest of the ones I ordered. If you click on the layout as it scrolls by you can see a larger version of it.
enjoy the rest of your weekend...
Debbie