These are a few cards I have been creating this past week. This uses the new Paper Pack That's Amore from the Spring 2009 Idea Book by Close To My Heart. The stamps sets are the December Stamp set of the Month called Heartrob and the September one called Annotations.

I said I would post more this week..since I am off and all, BUT I find myself playing with my boys and all their new toys. It is fun.. I never had any of these types of toys. My family growing up was all girls and the dolls and such were all we had. But ACTION FIGURES, airplanes, legos and V-Tech is almost too much. We have played and hung out for 3 days now.

But don't worry I have also be creating and scrapbooking like a crazy person as well. I will take pictures and post them later. These are a couple of pictures of the boys playing with their toys.

Oh Christmas Tree..! It was fabulous looking this year.. The boys were at the absolute Perfect ages, and their excitement was contagious. They got everything that the asked Santa for which was awesome that it was just one thing each..Caleb an Ironman and Josh a Power Ranger. Of course we couldn't resist getting them more than what they asked for but we did so within reason. I will post more tomorrow.. I hope you had a great Christmas.

Merry Christmas to all of you!! I hope yours is going well..obviously not if you are checking the blogs...! Just kidding.. I have one more house to go to before my holiday is up. Have a good evening and enjoy the gatherings.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!

Last Day of School for 2008!!!!! Today was my last day of work till January 5th 2009!! I have been giving final exams to all of my students and watching them squirm in their chairs waiting to see how their grade was effected. This year was by far my favorite with all the good grades I was able to give and all of the smiles at the end of the semester. Many of my students were on the bubble from a B to an A or a C to a B...so that was enjoyable to watch their excitement when they figured out they made the grade.

I recieved lots of gifts this year as well. Normally as a high school teacher we do not really get much but this year the freshmen class was ery giving. I got giftcards to St. Louis Bread Co, and Borders. I recieved lots of baked good and chocolate ...yum! and even some Bath and Body Works gifts. It was a good year... I would say. So I made them some hand made Thank you cards today from the scraps of my Feb club pages that I am putting together. Enjoy!!

The boys recieved a Marble Works toy at my grandparents house this weekend and they are in love with it. They haven't stopped playing with it since they recieved it. I literally had to yell at them to stop so they could eat and take naps. Caleb is my little engineer so this is asweome for him. Josh is my King Kong so 75 peices is right up his alley as well.

They also recieved from Great Grandma and Grandpa (Caleb)Iron man with a Car and (Josh) a Hulk and a Truck. They both love these items as well. Caleb as a matter of fact asked Santa for a specific Iron Man (which Santa is bringing)...but now he says and I quote "This is my Iron Man I don't need another one". I was stunned by this..since Santa has already put the time in to make and get this other one for him. SO let's hope he is just as excited.

We went to the Ram's game this past weekend. They performed as everyone expected..they lost!!! But we got the tickets for Free and we parked for Free and I love hanging out with my husband when it is all free. It was really nice to get away and just have some time the two of us. I even ran into someone from high school and she sat right behind us.. so that was fun going down memory lane with her. Well it is just a few more days till Christmas and I am getting excited about how the kids are going to react.