Lots to do, so little time

So I am still looking for a new house.  Trying to find the perfect 5 bedroom, which there have been a few I liked but so many keep popping up and I am trying to find the best one to fit our situation. After talking to a friend of ours we decided to get a house together this way we can get something the size we need that is more expensive that will take the dogs too.

Natalia, my 3 year old, reached a big accomplishment! Over the last few weeks she has been working so hard but she now knows her ABCS, she can recognize all 26 letters upper and lower case!

OH! Also wanted to share, I have another baby! July 23 we ended up with a puppy! She is about 6 weeks old and is a Beared collie, border collie, blue tick coon hound mix, and is absolutely adorable! Her name is Maci. Maci Panda! (Jessa, my 7 year old, named her!) Here are a couple  pics of Maci! 

 The last picture is of Maci and our red-nose pit lab mix Bella. She has kind of taken to baby Maci as her own pup! It is so cute. All the kids love her too!

On that note, I better get off of here and get some more stuff done. I will  post more later as I do have digis I am working on!!

Another layout...Or Two...or FIVE!!

Hey all, just sharing another few layouts. I am finding alot of inspiration in her 7th birthday photos. I am also realizing I am having a hard time with my baby girl growing up. She has grown so much in so many ways over the last year. It's unbelievable! I am so proud of my little girl. Anywho.. Here is my layout. It's digital. I am loving Sweet Shoppe Designs Kits lately. So of course I used one of them. Sweet Shoppe Designs Spoonful of Sugar. Awesome kit that I enjoyed working with!

I also did do a paper layout.. Again, it's of little Miss Ashley. 3 of my favorite photos of her from 2 weeks to 2 months. I used a sketch from Simple Sketches Simple Sketches. 

Here is a layout I did using a sketch from 52 weeks 52 sketches. This is of my grandparents (left) and family that were visiting from Italy.

I also used a sketch from 52 weeks ... This is of the house my grandfather built for my grandmother after they got married in Milton NY.  I spent most of my childhood in this house and wish it was still in our family. The stitching around the circle was hand done.

Finally the last one, me in 2nd grade.  I have found alot of pics of me in my photo box that I want to scrap so you will be seeing alot more layouts of me as a child :)

Well that is all for tonight! I am gonna go finish watching my show!   Hope you enjoyed my layouts.

Happy Birthday Jessa!!!!

Oh my! Yesterday was such a hard day for me! My baby girl Jessa turned 7 yesterday!! She is growing up so fast it is unbelievable!  I am so proud of my little girl! Growing in leaps and bounds and totally overcoming her Autism. Autism doesn't have her, she has Autism and that makes her who she is!

Any who.. Here is my layout that I did with a picture of my official 7 year old!!! Isn't she beautiful!

• I used Paintshop Pro X5
• Sweet Shoppe Designs - Spoonful of Sugar Kit
• Photo is Copyright Serafina Photography

 I love the way it came out! It's clean, and simple! I have some things to do today, but I do have more pics to use and scrap with. So once I am finished and I have some more free time I will definitely be scrapping today!

Well I am off for now. Blog more soon!

Been A LONG day!!!

Hi all! Been a long day here, and yet some how, I am still up!

So my 13 year old daughter, Ilanna, is currently in New York, visiting her dad. Today it was decided that I will be driving up to PA to pick her up. So I am leaving July 31 to go to Pennsylvania. Jessa, Ashley, Leandra, Rosie and Bella will be going with me. We will be staying at my moms house for a few days and then returning home.

Ran some errands today, and cooked yet another crock pot meal.. Sausage and potatoes. Ended up making them into delicious sandwiches! Finally got Bella trained to the point where she can walk with out a leash when we go outside. She IS leash trained but it is good to know if she follows us out the door, she does not go more than 3 feet away from us, and the minute you say Bella, HOME, she goes right to our house.

I did get some more scrapbooking done today.! Go me! This is the most scrapbooking I have done in a long time!!!

Here is a layout I did using photos I did for a 2 week old photo shoot of my little Ashley! I still can not believe my little Ashley Elizabeth is 1 year old!!

Here is the second layout I  did. My Jessa! In just 2 and a half days she will be 7!! UNREAL!!!!

This is one of several cards I through together to let some friends and family know we have moved and to give them our new address!!

I am so tired, yet I am not sleepy enough to fall asleep. I do think I am going to maybe go  out for a walk.  I will be bringing my  Bella with me! Rosie is  already sound asleep on Natalias bed WITH Natalia! LOL 

Tomorrow I do not really have much going on. I am thinking about trying to update my blog a little (info that I have on it). Other than that I will pretty much be lounging around with the kids. 

Well I am off, hope you all have a good night!

Finally Moved!!

Hey all! We finally moved into the new house!  We have had a few minor set backs but nothing too bad.   Here are some pics!!  We got a new livingroom and diningroom set. Here is Ashley lounging on my swivel chair.

Here is Natalia asleep on the new sofa 5 minutes after it was delivered and set up.

We also have two new additions to the family. Bella & Rosie!

We adopted them from a rescue.  Bella is a 7 year or  Red Nose Pitbull.,  Labrador retriever mix. Rosie is, if I remember correctly, a 4 year old beagle, bulldog, pit mix. Both girls are so sweet. They absolutely love  the kids, as the kids do them and they fit right in with our family.

Here is my livingroom before my new furniture was delivered.

There are more pics to come later. These are just to start.

I have been doing some scrapbooking lately.

Here is a layout of Ashley when she was first born.  Some papers from a paper kit I purchased with a gift card that was sent to me for my birthday to  Hobby Lobby from Lauren.

A layout of my grandmother and I , the pic from July 1989

Another layout of me from my hood from July 1983

I think I am getting my groove back.

On that note, I better get going . I will definitely be blogging more now that I have internet at the new house.