Sweet Baby & Zoo Safari

So I finally did so scrapbooking layouts.  It has been awhile since I did any of these. 

I signed up for Scrapbook.com's July's Scraplift the Peroson Before You and I lifted Bubblegirl. This is of my sweet niece and me when she was 4 days old. When she was born, she got an infection and had to go to the NICU for 2 weeks.  It was scary seeing her in there, but she pulled through and is a happy, high energy little 3 year old.  I love this little girl so so much!

Materials Used:

Making Memories: pink scalloped pp

Echo Park: green crisscross, little heart, purple striped (title), and yellow scallop; stickers

Die Cuts with a View: blue journaling strips 

Prima: Flowers

This is from last October when we went to the Omaha zoo for a little family day trip. Baby B was really excited to go. From what I heard, she was a little impatient waiting for me to get off of work. I used a sketch from Becky Fleck's  PageMaps 2 book.

Materials Used:

The Paper Studio: kraft cardstock, red cardstock (under the animal stickers)

Bella Blvd: teal crisscross pp, yellow/orange circles pp, flower pp, gray dotted pp, pink flower pp

Bazzill Dotted Swiss: teal cardstock (under the animal stickers)

Doodlebug Designs: animal, title stickers

Little Yellow Bicycle: pink letter stickers

I hope everyone's weekend is awesome.  This weekend was my town's summerfest.  We had a parade yesterday and I walked along side my employer's float.  It was a western themed float.  It was super hot, but really fun.  Last night, they also had an Amazing Race and I had to sit at one of the stops and make sure the teams finished their challenge.  It is just like the show.  The teams get a clue and have to figure out where they have to go and then they have a challenge they have to complete.  I was at stop number 3 and their challenge there was one team member had to eat a whole can of Spam and a pint of ice cream.  We only made them eat half of both because I think all the teams would still be there trying to eat that stuff.  Ick.  It was fun though!

4 Simple Goals...

Elsie over at A Beautiful Mess is doing a 4 Simple Goals Before 2011 challenge. She is challenging anyone who wants to do this to make 4 simple goals that will make your life happier on a daily basis. I know that I need to try to improve my daily life so I am going to be doing this!

My 4 Simple Goals are :

1) Create more. Either it be scrapbooking, drawing, painting, sewing, whatever it is, I need to sit down and just create and let my mind wander for a bit and not worry about all that is stressing me.

2) Exercise atleast 3-4 times a week for 20-30 minutes. I need to get into a healthier exercise routine and I have access to a wonderful wellness center but I don't use it. I need to get over my fear of other people looking at me while on the treadmill.

3) Smile more. Plain and simple, I need to lose the scowl and smile!! :) :) :)

4) Budget/manage my money better! This one is huge for me. I would like to move out of my parents house sometime soon so I have to watch my spending habits so I can make this one work!!

Go over to Elsie's blog and join her 4 Simple Goals challenge.