Mini album...

I've started a yearly tradition for my Maw's birthday, for the woman who has everything except more time with her grandbabies, making her a mini album from pictures of our yearly beach vacation.

I made this mini in 2 hours (not including the pasting and drying time or journal/picture printing) using scrap chipboard and yummy fabric from charm/jolly packs that I get from Fat Quarter - they're cut already, pinked, better yet!

Here it is:

Now I'm off to the po to mail it, thanks for takin a peek!

***I've had to people ask where pictures are of my new 'do, I'll take one when I fix it - ya know how it is when they style it for you and you just don't love the look (but love the cut!)?! She used a flat iron on my hair (Haley's balking - hehe!) and I've never used one before (I know, I'm like so behind in the times!), didn't really like how it looked. So picture of new hair coming soon!

Monday minutes...

Just some pictures of what we've been up to:

Alex and I went to the Autism Speaks Awareness Walk in Shakopee. It was great, very moving and fun for Alex to play with other kids who are special too- wonderful for his mommy as well, since there were no parents to look at you funny when you kid walks around playing with his imaginary friends and double bonus for me, there were "big kids" there who actually wanted to play with Alex rather than making him "the kid we'll all run from", who thinks it's a fun game, but breaks mommy's heart. A wonderful event and day:


A great afternoon for me, sipping on a Route 44 Strawberry Limade (we finally got a Sonic - it's about 20 minutes away, far enough for my behind not to suffer too much, but close enough to get my Sonic fix!) while watching UT Vols play football. It would have been even better if the Vols hadn't shamefully lost to those stinkin Gators:


The deck is finished, now it's just waiting for Andy to stain so we can buy some furniture and have a deck party!


I've made a few baubles lately:





I'm off to scrapbook a little bit - making some mini albums for birthday gifts, so I guess I better print off some pictures first!

Oh, treated myself to a hair cut today - I say "treat" because I go to an Aveda salon - holy moly, they pamper you there. It's the most relaxing hair cut I've ever had and just love the girl who cuts it, she's from Plano, TX, so she feels my pain about MN winters!