I've lost my Gall!!!

Bladder that is! Sorry had to have a little fun with it. I have had issues with it for years and a little over a week ago had a really good attack that put me in the emergency room. Well explaining what was going on to 2 four year olds was an adventure, but I think they got it. We were in the drive thru at McDonald's before my surgery and was ordering the kids lunch and just me a drink, trying to explain to Skyler why mommy couldn't have any food. So when we get to the window to pick up the food, Skyler tells the lady, don't give my mommy any food only a drink! I almost died laughing!! So this last wednesday I had surgery to have it removed. I cannot say I am sad to see it go. I am recovering and hope to be completely back to normal within a few days. It was a fairly easy procedure that only took an hour. It left me with 4 little incisions that hurt pretty good, but that is better than a major surgery. I was even home the same day as the surgery.
For other news I am no longer selling at The Digi Shoppe. It got closed and we were sad to see that happen but I did manage to get picked up at one of my dream stores, Scrapbook Bytes!!! So you can find my digi goodies there and still at Elemental Scraps. Oh and I am no longer selling at Plain Digital Wrapper. It was just time for me to move on. I've added many new and fun things to the store since some of my posts here on the blog, I will try to catch up with all of the goodies. I also have a new Christmas kit coming out tomorrow at Scrapbook Bytes and I have 3 others in the works and 6 or 7 color schemes for more!! Yes it is my favorite time of the year. Oh ya almost forgot to mention I am making fonts now!! Anyhow enjoy the new digi goodies and if you like something please leave a comment. LOL! *Note to self, quit waiting so long to update blog with products so you don't have an incredibly long line of photos to add!!

Fall has arrived, finally!

Well as you can see I have let my poor little blog suffer. We have been busy with family visiting and touring the many areas around here. Walter's Mom and Dad came out to visit for 3 weeks and we had a blast. We were so sad to see them leave and really wished they lived alot closer as we enjoy being around them and spending time with them. We ventured out to Gettysburg one day and wow, that is one amazing place. Here are some pics from that.













































We also went to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia one day. It was my first trip to West Virginia. It was GORGEOUS there!!! If you are ever in the area I highly recommend a stop there. Here are some pics from there.









































On the last weekend we went down to Solomon's Island for some crabbing and sight seeing. The crabbing was a blast. We got almost 2 five gallon buckets full of crabs and boiled them up!






















We also got to see the museum and go on a harbor tour for free. It was so much fun. Just too hot. We were in the 90's with humidity, in October!! Yuck!! But the sights were so worth it.


























































One afternoon while we were crabbing Skyler caught his first fish. He was so excited and so proud of himself. We put it in a bucket with water and he proceeded to sit down next to it and talk to it. Everyone that walked by he told them he caught a fish, they would smile and say how fun, then he would instruct them to come over to look at it. He was so proud. He told everyone it was his friend!! When the fish stopped swimming and was well belly up, he got upset. We had to tell him it was sleeping. He asked if he could take it to bed with him that night and when we got back to the trailer, he took that bucket and carried it off to his bed. Of course we had to explain to him this would not work. We told him we would put it outside. So that night we of course had to get rid of it and they next day he asked for his fish. He was so upset when he saw it was gone. Just broke my heart. Here is a pic of him with his first fish and a pic of the sunset that night.




















While Ben and Kathy were visiting us. The celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. The day before their anniversary we went to the Washington DC Temple and did sealings with them. It was such an incredible day and a wonderful spiritual experience. I am so glad we were able to share that with them. Here is a pic of them together at the Point Lookout Lighthouse. Also some other pics from Point Lookout.



























Oh ya, forgot to mention. Ben and Kathy bought me this teddy bear that I had fallen in love with. It is HUGE! The mama bear is holding 2 baby cubs, it reminds me of my 2 little ones. Skyler thought it was his and had to take a nap with it the first day. Here is a pic of that.















Well I will have to post my scrapping update later or tomorrow cause this post is way longer than I thought it would be. Hope you all stayed awake through it. Have a great day!!

Family Day Road Trip

So with it being a long weekend and the weather has been incredibly beautiful here in Maryland (little humidity). We decided to venture out today and explore some areas we had not been to. So we loaded up the Suburban, turned on a movie for the 2 little ones and headed west on I-70 towards Hagerstown. We climbed our first mountain here in Maryland, for those of you on the west coast please don't laugh to hard at this part. That's right, a mountain here in Maryland and when we hit the summit it said 985 feet!!! Yep you read that right!! I really tried not to laugh, but well, where we come from, that is just a hill. It was a beautiful drive though and Walter and I are really beginning to enjoy the area more and more. We pulled off at the outlet stores in Hagerstown and browsed around for awhile. Boy the damage I could have done there!! From there we headed north on I-81 towards Pennsylvannia. We stopped in Chambersburg, Pennsylvannia for lunch. The kids were starving by then and loved their lunch. We headed out again, full tummy's and giant chocolate chip cookies in hand and this time headed east on 30 towards Gettysburg. The drive was so beautiful!!! The towns were small and it was rolling hills, farm land and forests. We drove through downtown Gettysburg, which I immediately fell in love with!! I can't wait to go back in a few weeks and hit all those fun, home decor stores I saw. After leaving there, we jumped back on 15 towards home, but took a side detour at Thurmont to find a covered bridge. I have been waiting to see one and take some pictures. So here it is!!






























There was a nice little park there so we let the kids out to play for a little bit. They did not want to leave when it was time because they were having too much fun. Here are a couple of pics of them playing.



























Now to some digi scrapping news. I have finished a new kit and hope to have it in my store at http://www.elementalscraps.com/ by tuesday. I really loved this color swatch and couldn't wait to create a kit with it. Hope you like it. Well until next time!!