Scrapping the Music - We will Rock You

I finished a layout for the Scrapping the Music challenge this week. I had the perfect photo! I used a distress frame on both photos to give it an Urban feel. The large photo is printed on the white textured background cardstock to enhance the grunge look.

I got the PP from Michael's just for this challenge (American Crafts).
The urban butterfly is from The Angel Company.



Journaling reads:
We are the Highlighters, the mighty, mighty Highlighers. Here's Cheryl and her friends, Maiah, Sarah, and Sammy, playing in the charity soccer tennis tournament.

Chris's Birthday weekend

Dad, Tell mom we can't make it for lunch Sunday.

NOTE about sports this coming week:
Chris is sports-less this week... no soccer games and no track meet.
Cheryl has:
Team Bob game on Tuesday night.
AYSO game on Saturday, at 12pm at RSM Intermediate - Track
AYSO game on Sunday, at 2:30pm at Melinda Park

Galaxy kick-off at 12pm SUNDAY!!!

Happy Birthday, Big Guy! It's a BIG family weekend. We started out with a fun dinner show at the Norwalk South East Japanese Community Center, and ended Sunday with a birthday party for Chris.

Look at all that GREAT food!

After that my mom's hula group did several dances, the ukelele band performed, and the taiko group.

We even won a raffle prize!

Weekly Sports Report

Starting with Chris... He had two games this weekend. Saturday's game they won 4-2, Sunday's game they won 1-0. I only saw the Saturday game. It was exciting! Chris started again, and he played hard!

Cheryl played two half games this week. Tuesday, she went to play with Team Bob after her biology class. She got there in time to play the second half. The game ended in a 0-0 tie. On Saturday, she played the first half of her game, so we could get to the hula show on time. The team ended up winning 2-0!

Happy Birthday Chris!

Yesterday was Chris's 16th birthday. It was busy day for us. There wasn't a single moment of the day where all four of us were home and awake at the same time, but we still tried to make it a special day for Chris.

Chris and I were the only ones awake and home when he left for school. Cheryl and I had dentist appointments in the morning, then after that we made a sign, picked up balloons and a pizza and took them down to the High School. Cheryl snuck into the school during lunch, put the sign up by his locker and presented Chris with the balloons and pizza in front of his friends. I had to wait in the car because I couldn't get in, and frankly I was a little worried about Cheryl being able to get out. But there was no problems, and Chris was very surprised... and yes, he did share the pizza with his friends.

Chris had his first track meet after school. He tied his PR in the mile (5:18), and had a great run in the 800m (2:23). In the photo you can see Jim and Cheryl sitting in the stands just above Chris's head. I wore Cheryl's old track sweatshirt and I snuck on to the field to take some photos.

Cheryl had to leave for school before Chris got home from the meet. Chris opened presents from me and Jim, and opened the present from Cheryl after Jim went to bed. We had store bought cupcakes and sang Happy Birthday to him twice.

Happy Birthday BIG Guy!
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Weekly Sports Report

We had a good soccer week!

Team Bob won this week! Cheryl assisted the first goal, giving a nice through ball to Jaime (the forward). Then she scored the next goal... she was called offsides, but if she was offsides, it was very close. By half time, the score was tied 2-2. Team Bob has 8 subs, and it helped in the second half as the other team got more and more tired. Team Bob WON 6-2! There are no photos of Team Bob. Cheryl said that I'm not allowed to bring my camera to the adult league games (it's too embarrassing), lol!

Chris's team tied 2-2 against Laguna Niguel. Laguna Niguel has an advantage over other cities in that they have an artificial field. That means that they have been practicing for three weeks, while the other teams have been rained out for the first two weeks of the season. Chris started today in mid-field! His first start in years! He took three shots on goal (two on frame) but none went in.

Next week:
Chris has a track meet on THURS (his birthday). He's slated to run the 800m and one mile.
Chris has a soccer game on SAT, noon at Melinda Park.
Chris has a soccer game on SUN, 11:45 at World Cup.
Cheryl has a Bob game on TUES night. She may not be if her class gets out late.

Scrappy Birthday!

Scrapbook Deals 4U is celebrating their one year anniversary this month... and to celebrate they are hosting a month long crop with great prizes!
Come and party with us!

The Season Begins...

This week is the first week of Spring soccer.
Cheryl plays on two teams: an adult co-ed team (BOB) and an AYSO team. Her adult team has to have at least 4 women on the field. Unfortunately, only two women were there at the start of the game, so the team had to play two players down. By the time the other two women showed up, the team was down 0-2. Cheryl played the whole game and she played hard... she ended up taking the skin off the back of both of her heels.

Cheryl's AYSO game didn't go any better. Cheryl can hardly run with her ruined heels. This team also ended up losing 0-2.

Chris was amazing today! He played defender and stuck with his mark like glue... and he never got tired. His team ended up WINNING 3-2. The two goals scored by the other team were when Chris was out.

Cheryl's next BOB game is Wednesday night. Her AYSO team has a buy next weekend. Chris's next game is Sunday, 1:30 at World Cup.

Truth or Dare!

Here is my layout for the newest challenge over at SD4U. Everyone had to pick two numbers correspond to two lists. The first was a list of techniques, and I got paper piecing (perfect for me!). The second was a topic. My topic is "My Worse Habit."

I asked my family what my worse habit is, and they said it was my obsession with the Internet... so, here it is, a paper pieced layout about the Internet :o)

Journaling reads:
The Internet was introduced in 1990, I started using it at work in 1996 and at home (via modem) around a year later. From then it has grown from a curiosity, to a valuable tool, to a necessity, and now it's become as obsession. I have to check email, update facebook, interact with message boards, and hop my favorite blogs DAILY... multiple-times a day. It's become my diversion while Jim is watching TV or playing video games. Now I'm hooked... I'm addicted to the Internet!

Scrap-lings

I learned about Scrap-lings from my friend Mara's blog.

See the Hero Arts blog for a full explaination about Scrap-lings.

Typically they are only 1.25" wide. I made mine wider 2-7/8" x 5-1/2" (that's a sheet of 8.5x11" cut in 3 strips). I don't know if it was the tall skinny size or my new toys, but these were so much FUN to make!

I used my new cupcake stamp set and my new border punch:





Then I made some matching envelopes... large enough to mail (3.5"x5.75")



And packaged them up in a pretty box for a nice gift:

Who's that baby?... answer...

It's Jacob!

Starbucks Chocolate

My favorite relaxation is a cup of coffee with: a chocolate brownie, chocolate chip cookie, chocolate chip granola bar, or fudge. YUM! Coffee and Chocolate... could it get any better?

YEP! Chocolate from Starbucks!!! The Mocha Dark Chocolate is soooo gooood... Dark chocolate with bits of coffee beans... just heaven!