Summer is officially here!

Okay, maybe only because the temperatures and humidity have indicated summer, but I hope this is not an indication of what this summer is going to be like. We were in the low 90's with humidity. Bleck!! Well we are getting closer to our moving day and I am so excited!! The packing is going good and we are getting alot of the cleaning done now, so after we load the truck it won't be so much to do. We had a good weekend and the kids had fun playing in their pool. Tyler went to the pool on base and insisted he had on enough sunscreen. Well obviously he was wrong. He got burned pretty good and whined all weekend about it. Next time he said he will let us help him put it on. Last weekend was the Air Show here at the base. It was 3 days of airplanes buzzing our house. The kids loved it! We couldn't go on saturday because Walter had to attend the University's graduation. Since he was selected as Service Memeber of the Year he had to walk in the graduating class of Doctor's and Nurses. He had to carry the mace and was the Sergeant in Arms for the ceremony. So proud of him, *sniff*. I will post some pics when we get them. He said he was really nervous. I can imagine he would be.

I have also been busy creating new digi goodies and got a couple of things done and up in my stores at http://www.plaindigitalwrapper.com and http://www.elementalscraps.com

Ch, ch, ch, Changes!!

Oh my goodness how fast life can change on ya!! We decided last tuesday night after much prayer not to move back to Washington State. Then tuesday night we get a call for our ad on our house for rent. They met with our realtor on saturday and loved the house so they want to rent, but even more they want to buy it!!! So the realtor is going to start working on that end of it and said if they won't quailfy right now they should in a few months. Then thursday Walter gets a call at work from the housing office at Fort Detrick which is over an hour north of DC near the PA border. We have been on their housing list for almost a year to get into one of their new 4 bedroom homes. Well they offered us a house!! So we are moving to Fort Detrick at the end of June!! I am so excited. We are going from a 1300 SF 4 bedroom home to a 2100 SF 4 bedroom home and it is in an area where I can send my kids to public school!! We love it up there. It is beautiful and out in the country and near all the scrapbook stores, finally. So things have really turned around for us in just a matter of a week. It is truely amazing what the power of prayer and faith in God can do to your lives. So now I will be busy trying to get my house packed and ready to go. I have barely a month to get it all ready.
I did manage to get another kit done and this one is completely different from anything I have ever done yet. This kit is really along the style of the crafts I used to do. You can find it at http://plaindigitalwrapper.com and http://www.elementalscraps.com

We also had an amazing opportunity last tuesday night to see the Queen of England and her husband Prince Phillip fly out of Andrews AFB here. Tyler and I went and stood in line and waited almost 2 hours to see her. It was amazing and a once in a lifetime opportunity. My pics did not turn out so great as it was night time and with the shutter speed and all the movement they were blurry but here they are.

Oh I slipped.......

big time and have not posted in almost a month, but I promise I have been very busy creating. Life has just been crazy here trying to decide if we are going to stay here at the base we live at right now or if we are gonna move to another base with bigger housing north of DC, or if me and the kids are gonna have to move back to Washington State since we are getting no calls on our house for the sale ad or the rental ad. Part of me wants to go back to Washington and live in my home again and in the town where we knew everyone and people were friendly. East Coast living is so different from what we are used to. No matter what we decide I will still be designing!! First thing I want to share with you is an incredible charity kit I was able to help head up. This kit is to benefit Emma Jo, the daughter of Joedee, owner of Elemental Scraps. She needs respiratory therapy and the insurance company needs $2600 up front before they can start. They have raised part of that and with this kit we hope to help them raise the rest. This kit is over 800 MB of digi goodiness. It is sold either in the whole kit for $15.00 or smaller (over 200 MB each) versions for $5.00 each. You can find it at ES here http://www.elementalscraps.com/shoppe/home.php?cat=266&catexp=266






















Okay now for what else I have been up to. I have got 3 new kits and an element pack done. They are both available at http://www.plaindigitalwrapper.com and http://www.elementalscraps.com










































I have also managed to get some scrapping done. For the first 3 layouts I used Lucy Marino's new kit Moonlight Mist available at Plain Digital Wrapper and Elemental Scraps. This kit is so awesome!! I love the colors.






































This next set of layouts is from my new kits.


















































Oh I forgot, here is another one with Lucy Marino's goodies!!






















Here is another couple of layouts I did using Cindy Simon's kits. You can find them at Elemental Scraps!!



























Last but not least is my 2nd page for the hodge podge challenge. I am behind by two weeks, but I plan on doing them just for myself. I really enjoy doing this challenge.