At the black sand beach

This is in a little cave next to the black sand beach that we went to near Hana.

Hawaii pictures

well I've been home for a week now and I'm just getting around to posting some pictures. My profile (that Nicki so kindly created for me) does say that I hardly ever check my e-mail or go on line. She wasn't entirely making that up. i am however trying to get online more. Anyhow, I'm going to make this short. Hawaii was wonderful! It is so beautiful there. We tried to do as many things as we could fit in without exhausting ourselves. Maui isn't a very big island but there is a lot to see and do. Some of the things we fit in were....whale watching, snorkel cruise, swimming with the sea turtles, Ulalena (theatre show), Luau, drove the Hana Highway, Drove to the top of Haleakala (10,000ft volcano) and lots and lots of beaches. Well it looks like the blog site is having some technical difficulties and I can't upload my pictures right now but I will try again later.

Spring!

This is what I see outside my backdoor right now. My kids and I went to the park this afternoon and as I was siiting on the bench watching them play an aquaintance asked what was new with our family. I could not think of a single thing. I'm not sure if that's because my life is really just one endless round of diapers, homework, housework and the occaisional scrapbooking session or if I'm just terrible at describing things. After all, yesterday when my oldest asked me what the movie "Forest Gump" was about I said "Uh its about a man named Forrest Gump, and well, it starts when he's a kid and its just kind of about his life..." My husband interupted at this point with disgust and told her "Its about the evolution of american culture as seen through eyes of one man."

Um, okay. So while I can't see through the dirty dishes to describe what's new for us right now, I'm sure there are some deep and profound things going on and I will see them clearly in hindsight. Happy Spring!

Scrappin up a storm

So it's been a while, but I've been working like crazy trying to finish a few projects for my DT and a few magazine calls. I've gotten used to the free magazines and boxes of goodies on my doorstep the past few months, so I'm hoping to keep them coming. Here are a few of my recent projects. I'm making more and more cards, they're faster and no photos to develop, but I still get my creative "fix".
I'm still working on sponsors for the Crop for Kids, getting a little panicky that the details aren't ironed out yet, I Don't like last minute stuff if I can help it, though I've done some of my best work under pressure of looming deadlines, go figure. So I'm off to clean my house, and maybe enjoy a few quiet moments with my new scrapping magazine before the kids come home from school. If I'm really lucky, I might even doze off for a few minutes. By the way, thanks for the cool banner Nicole, well done!

Well here is the banner I'm using to try to figure out how to post one, after two days still no luck :( (On the plus side, this one's not great but banners are fun to make-this is a quick practice)