I ♥ Faces Photo Challenge: Pets Only

Behind this adorable underbite lurks the most atrocious dog breath ever...

This is Rufus. He's a 100 lb. Dogue de Bordeaux. We love him lots... just not his breath.

Drive-by layout posting...

Just a quick post to show off one of my most recent layouts:

Click here for credits.

OK, now I'm off to bed so I don't fall asleep in church tomorrow! LOL!

A brief but powerful lesson in government...

While I don't like to dwell on politics too much, this is, in my opinion, too powerful to not share.

“Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.” - Edmund Burke

8:47 am...

So it's 8:47 am (obviously, since that's my post title.) We just got back from walking the girls to the bus stop. This is their first time riding the bus this year. Hannah was sort of "meh" about riding... she rode the bus to school before we moved here. Taylor, on the other hand... QUITE excited. Hopefully it goes well and she remains as enthusiastic about it as she is now. Anytime I can save myself the effort of strapping the two littlest girls into car seats, I'm happy!

Anyway, I digress. We're back home, and I ask Lexi what she wants to do. I'm expecting a "play dolls" or "play on the computer" type of answer. Instead, what I get is "make lunch." Seriously... these girls are bottomless pits!

Momnesia...

I miss my blog. I really do. I think I'm going to have to rejoin the blogging world. Mainly because I forget so much about the things that happen daily with my little girls. I'm going to have to start writing everything down because I swear I don't remember what happened last week. uggh. I have momnesia.

While I try to remember what happened yesterday, I'll post a few of my most recent layouts:

This one (about my bathtub... yes, I actually made a scrapbook page about my bathtub!) was made with Sharon's most recent kit, Serenity. LOVE the colors in this kit.

Credits here.

This one is of Gabby with her cool shades on. She loves her sunglasses. She calls them her eyes. She will actually say things like "Need eyes, Mommy" to me. Cute. This layout is using Joana's Simply Girly kit.

Credits here.

A big thanks to Carol and Cheryl, for the encouragement a while back to come back to my blog. Thanks, girls... even though I'm a little late getting started again!

Busy living...

Rather than resolutions, I've decided to join the One Little Word movement. I spent the entire last year of my life pretty much in survival mode with Caleb being in Afghanistan and me being the sole caregiver to four little girls and two dogs. I don't want to live like that anymore. Actually, I don't want to live like that ever again. It sucked. So now, my word is LIVE. I want to actually live every moment rather than just holding on and hoping I don't fall off the end of my rope.

It's easier now that he's home. He's been home for about three weeks. I probably should have blogged about it, but I was busy living. =)

I could have blogged about my one little word earlier... closer to January 1st, but I was busy living.

I could have made a list of resolutions that I'd follow for a little while, and I could have actually posted them on here, but I was busy living.

I could link you up to my 365 gallery, but I've been so busy living and taking photos of it everyday, that I haven't gotten them off my camera yet. Maybe tomorrow.

You catch my drift.

It's an exciting time for me, for sure. I've got lots of exciting things to share, so stay tuned. I'll post them when I'm not so busy living. ;)