Thanks Janae, some ark building, and scrapbook love.

Yesterday was a catch up day! A huge thanks to my mother in law for watching Noah all afternoon since he likes to “help” with laundry and dishes and then it takes me four times longer to get nothing done as it normally would.

Is anyone else experiencing massive amounts of rain where they live? We began our day with a 5 mile run before the monsoon. I told Noah he better get to working on a family ark for us because our street is almost flooded. He’s out there hammering and nailing away as I’m typing. The neighbors already think I am nuts so don’t worry about that.

I came inside from grocery shopping and all I could think of was how I needed hot chocolate ASAP because even though the low was 60 degrees here in Houston yesterday, I got soaked and was freezing! How do people with real winters that have actual snow and rain function out there? You are my heroes.

I just wanted to take a minute and thank my blogger friend, Janae, for really appreciating the scrapbook I made for her little girl Brooke! She was actually the first blog I ever regularly followed and she really inspired me in some hard times. It was a small way to give back to her.

My love for scrapbooking began when I was at

ERC in Denver. My mom sent me some supplies for a baby scrapbook to pass the time. It gave me something to put effort into, it let me express my creative side, and it felt like I was making something that I would treasure forever. It was so hard to be there away from family, and I dreamt about the day I could put real pictures of my baby into it. I soon realized I was making way too many pages than I could use (Joe said no to the “one baby for every scrapbook” proposition I threw at him, something about it’s not financially responsible blah blah blah…) and started gifting them to people I knew who were expecting.

Now, I make them in bulk! If you or someone you know is expecting a baby and would like a personalized baby scrapbook email me and we can work something out! There’s something really therapeutic about putting your heart and soul into a gift you know will mean a lot to someone.

Dinner last night was phenomenal. I tried something a little different. Lean turkey sausage, whole wheat pasta, olive oil, and ranch seasoning. Joe and I are both excited to have this again!

I wanted to wish my husband a Happy 2.5 Year Wedding Anniversary (I know you already got my gift so I don’t need to tell you what I want… And also a HAPPY HAPPY 29th BIRTHDAY to the woman from whom I inherited my passion for running, chocolate, nursing, and those cute engineering boys AUNT JACKIE! I love and admire you so much

Question:

Are there any crafty things you enjoy? Tell me about it!