Oh Happy Day!

Had a wonderful day! Went to church and then worked in the nursery...got to play with some really cute kiddos :)

Went to Village Inn with Vick (Brad went to another church after ours for a school project) and had a particularly yummy lunch ... Fresh Strawberry and Banana French Toast Combo (with a sunny side up egg and some sausage links). Then I went home and scrapped for a bit and made this....

Just for fun. Kinda random. All about how I love to sing!

Took this photo during the week I took photos for a "Week in the Life" album. I really need to print some more photos!

Supplies used: Boxer Scrapbook Productions paper, Bazzill cardstock, Heidi Swapp florals small, Tres Jolie French Kisses button (it is a button from the cutest little jam container, Amanda!!!), Rusty Pickle Swirly Whirlie Chipboard Accents, e-z Tintz Walnut Ink in white, Making Memories Chipboard Shapes Heart, Pressed Petals Chip Chatter "Hip" & "Tall", orange yarn, & a Zig Writer 0.5 mm pen.

I listened to this song over and over on youtube.com while I scrapped. (I think Tina got sick of listening to it!). I really like it even though I have never been a big fan of Bucky... Let me know what you think about it :) Kinda reminds me of the Judds song Grandpa (you can watch the video on youtube.com). Love that song. Old country is the best!

After some scrap therapy and some goldfish eating, I worked on a final review for my Organizational Behavior class. And then took my final (it was an online test) and ended up making a B on it plus my 35 points (because I never missed a class) so I really made like 118% on my final! That means that that I am down to only two finals and a presentation! That makes me super happy!! :)

After I finished my final I watched some TV with Bradley and then hopped online to check my email, facebook, blog, and read my favorite blogs and came across this.

My sister rocks. Totally made my day!!

So cool to see my life in a collage!

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!! :) Only 6 more days till graduation!

BDQOTD: "Following Jesus does not mean you will have no trials. It is the presence of assurance, knowing that God will get you through." 4/29/07

BVOTD: "Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:12-13 NIV (One of my very favorite verses!)

Quiz + Scrappiness

Linda tagged me, so here goes...

7 random and weird things about me...any topic, any category...

1. I love to eat corn on the cob and have big plans to go to the Corn Fest this June... I also plan to run the race so that I can get a Tshirt and a corn on the cob dressed up in a cowboy hat ;)

2. I am extremely sore from running 14 miles in the last three days...it pretty much hurts to move...boy, am I going to miss my gym starting next week!

3. My guilty pleasures are McAlister's chocolate chip cookies, scrapbook time, Dr. Pepper, and those little Neopolitan candies that I buy at the grocery store (you know, from the machines where you stick in a quarter and get 3).

4. I am pretty much grossed out by meat (like steak, BBQ, ribs, etc.) and hate to cook it because I don't like to touch raw meet. It is not that I am against eating meat...it just is not very appealing to me. (I am always sad when we have BBQ for lunch at work!)

5. I have no earthly idea what the Lord has planned for us in the future, but whatever it is, I know it will be awesome!! I am just trying to let go of worry and fear, and let God rule in my life! Matthew 6:25

6. I absolutely love dance dance revolution. I got to do it at a CBS party a few months ago and LOVED IT!! I would totally buy it if I had something to play it on (we don't have a gamecube or a PS or anything like that). I wouldn't need a treadmill if I could get DDR! :) (It would take up a lot less space, too!)

7. I miss living in the corn (somehow tons of houses are not as cute as little corn stalks or empty fields). I miss driving by really friendly people (I wave at people in our neighborhood and they look at me like I am crazy). I miss being able to look out the window and seeing God's beautiful creation (there is something so peaceful about fields of God's creation!). I miss looking up at the sky at night and seeing gazillions of stars (all the lights of the city drown out the stars). I miss the creek (we have nothing like that wonderful creek around here). I miss the quietness and solitude you can only get out in the corn (especially on warm summer nights with fireflies flying around and the scent of the mimosa tree on the breeze). One thing I do not miss; however, is the 30+ minute drive to get anywhere.

I am tagging Vicki, Amanda, MAM, Riss,& Mel!

And I thought I would post a layout I made the other night full of Creative Imaginations goodies... I LOVE KAREN RUSSELL STUFF!! :)

Felt good to create a couple of pages and use some really fun products!!

Supplies used: Creative Imaginations paper, chipboard, stickers, and clip tabs (thanks, Julie!!), Paper Studio white cardstock, and Heidi Swapp chipboard alphabet in whisper blue.

I also thought I would share my design team tryout layout with my gals because I realized I had never posted it...love you girls! :)

In case you can't read the journaling, it says:

Sharing the journey with these girls over the last 9 years has been such a joy. The five of us - friends since high school - Dayne, Mel, Riss, MAM, & Lace. They are stress relief, encouragement, camaraderie, laughter, fun, godly examples. Separated by miles but connected by facebook. Always there for each other. Always excited to catch up. Don't know what I would do without these girls. Always happy to be together.

Supplies used: Cosmo Cricket "Storytime", Bazzill cardstock, Basic Grey chipboard block alphas, Deluxe Designs brackets, Making Memories Jumbo blossom, MM Strawberries & cream paint, Bo Bunny Bodacious brads Sweet & Sour, Color Box chalk charcoal, Doodlebug Design Sew Easy rub ons, Hero Arts stamp, Staz On Ink jet black, Swatch Books Narratives Impress-ons, CK Frayed computer font, Cutter bee curvy cutter (love that wonderful tool!).

BDQOTD: "Until you believe God's grace, you can't receive it. We must receive it by faith." 9/24/06

Just One More Reason...

why I scrapbook.

Gotta love watching Brad and Tina admire my work (an album that I made for Brad for our 2 year wedding anniversary). :)

Will hopefully get some good scrappy time tomorrow! (Will be working on my Design Team layout with Anika and Breann pics!!!) I totally miss scrapbooking right now!!

Also wanted to let you guys know that we are alive...and (I think) successfully making it through our last few days as college students.

ONLY 14 MORE DAYS TILL WE ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES!! CRAZY, NO?!

If only we can make it through a few more tests and quizzes!!

Hope you all have a fabulous and relaxing weekend!!! :)

(I am going to mix it up and give "A Brother Dan Quote of the Day" occasionally) :)

BDQOTD: "If you are not growing in the Lord, then you are simply drifting. Our holy faith is life changing."

What a good reminder...it is so easy to get caught up in life and responsibilities and so many things that are not even important... and forget to talk to God and dig into His Word. Thankfully, He continuously reminds me that He is there with me every day!! :) Gotta love our Lord!!!

Yay for Scrapbooking!

Been doing a little scrapping lately...

I am so loving working on my "All About Me" album. Last night I did three more pages. I made this page on Saturday when Vicki and MAM came over. I have never made a page like this one before with such different embellishments all on one page...quite fun I think! Should do more like it on my 12x12 pages!

Am looking forward to scrap time next week...my last Spring Break ever!

Am hoping to get some time off work to finish Getting to Yes and read Jesus CEO for school. I have so many projects that I need to work on for school. I also intend to clean and organize our bedroom...it is such a mess!! Hate it when the house is a mess!

Am also looking forward to heading to Fort Worth for an old friend's wedding on Friday. We are going to get to visit with Brad's sister Val and her husband Jacob...this will be my first time to see their house and they have been in it for 2 or 3 years now!! I also get to see where Riss lives finally!! And then on Saturday I have another wedding. Should be a super fun weekend/week (once I get through two more tests!)!!

BVOTD: "However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me-the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace." Acts 20:24 NIV

More Scrap Time = Happy Lacey

I got to spend some time in my scraproom last night and made a few more creations. I set Bradley up with pillows and blankets on the bed in my scraproom, Tombstone on the laptop (he loves that movie), and some pizza for dinner and I went to town :) I have made 3 layouts so far this year...I think I am going to track how many scrappy items I make this year. Should be interesting.

The first page I made on Thursday night after my night class. I made it because one of my teachers handed out a sheet to fill out that said "What do you think you will be doing in five years?" and the only thing I could think of was raising babies...I am guessing everyone else wrote things like "working at my dream job" or "making lots of money"...and while I was sitting in one of my other classes everyone was talking about how they couldn't wait to get a job that pays $50,000/year...and I was just sitting there thinking "I could care less about getting a job that pays $50,000/year!"...so I decided to make a page that celebrates my weirdness...

The journaling in case you can't read it...

I get to take classes with my husband.

I have never been clubbing.

I have had the same job for 6 years.

I think more about having kids than getting a job that pays $50,000/year.

The only college roommate I have ever had is my husband.

I have never lived on campus.

It is going to end up taking me 6 years to get my degree.

I spent 2½ years at a community college before transferring to a 4 year university.

I own a house.

I have never had a beer.

I don’t smoke.

I have never done drugs.

I have a retirement account.

I am married.

I have never been to a college sporting event.

I have never been to Homecoming.

My vehicle is paid for.

I will be married almost 4 years when I get my degree.

I am not a member of any clubs at school.

I spend more time scrapbooking then I spend doing homework.

I saved myself for marriage.

I am married to Brad for as long as I live.

I will graduate with a 3.6 GPA.

I worked the entire time I was in college.

I never took a semester off after I graduated from High School.

Items used for this layout: Cosmo Cricket paper, white cardstock, 7 Gypsies Gaffer Tape (I am almost out of it) :( , big paperclip (I think from Office Depot?), Dymo labeler, Doodlebug Design Sew Easy rub on stiches (love those!), Bookworks Mini ABC's and Numbers (white), Rusty Pickle chipboard letters, and the font is CK Urban (thanks, Vick).

The other two layouts are my design team layouts...I did 10 Things I Love About Mom & Dad. Used some photos of dad I took at his birthday party at Stagecoach Inn last year. The photo of mom is from Mother's Day a couple of years ago of her holding a pink rose. Cute, cute :) Will be updating with those layouts later...

Thought I would give a little update on life too...

Some snapshots from our LAST first day of school!! Here we are by our front door looking "studious"...

and less studious...

He treated me to McAlisters for lunch where we got what we always get (yeah, we're boring)...a potato soup for me with no bacon and green onion & a 12" Godfather for Brad (I get part of his bread)...I drank DP even though it wasn't a DP day (=no DP for me on Friday)...and of course a chocolate chip cookie to share :) YUM!! We also did some furniture shopping but didn't find anything.

School is okay I guess. By far, my strangest semester yet. The classes all seem weird to me. And I have to wait around for like 3 hours every day. I think I will use some of that time to work out at the gym a couple of days a week. My work schedule is going to be crazy because we don't get out of class till 1:50 everyday! and then Thurs I have my night class & Monday we leave early for Bible Study.

I still don't really know what the Organizational Theory class is all about. But I do know that I am in it with Bradley :) We have to do a bunch of cases in there and talk in class (and the class has over 25 students so we have to go around the room...don't like that because the timing is always bad...either someone says your comment before you or they change the subject before it gets to you!). Having Org Theory and Org Behavior at the same time confuses me. Sheesh. How will I keep track of them??

I did not get my fave teacher for my Entrepreneurial class but I did get her for my Org Beh class :) She rocks it! I think that class will be pretty interesting. We have a group project where we find video clips that show org beh...I like movies :)

I really don't like being in the Sales & Sales Management night class without Bradley. It's a bummer to have to take two trips to school (or not be able to ride with Bradley in the morning). The teacher seems pretty cool but 3 hours is just so long. I get sleepy!

We do get a nice lunch break on Mon/Wed/Fri so we will be able to spend a long time at lunch with the Methodists (MAM's church). FUN! Yummy food, too! (Speaking of food...I am hungry!). And! I am going to get to see Perez there I think!! (Side note: She is feeling a bit overwhelmed by nursing school...pray for her if you think about it...she is in class from 9:00-4:00 four days a week with an hour for lunch. When she is not in class she is working or reading and doesn't have enough time to finish her reading every night.)

Waiting for ice and snow here. Luckily we have no trees that can fall on the house (cause our trees are so little!) and we live near the power generator plant thing so if we lose electricity it probably won't be for long (on of the perks of living in the city!). (And a side note to dad...you don't have to worry about me parking my car under the tree and then having to melt the ice off of the door handle to get in and move the car and then end up with a broken door handle! Ah, the memories!!). :)

Not looking foward to doing homework! YUCK! I can't seem to get back into the swing of things...I don't even want to reorganize my binder and add paper to it. Usually I have that done before the semester starts. Maybe I will get a new, cute binder...the purple one is getting old after a few semesters. (lol, I am such a spoiled American! kinda sad.).

Hoping my boy comes home soon. He went to install gas logs at a house near Buchanan Dam. I didn't want him to leave!! I am going to do some more cleaning and probably work on laminating and cutting out CBS memory verses. It's sad that we don't have Bible Study tomorrow night (cause of the ice storm warning...supposed to be icy out tomorrow!). I just love winter...just wish we would get some snow!!!

BVOTD: "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." Psalm 139:13-16 NIV

I absolutely love those verses! How awesome to know that God formed us before we were born and that we are fearfully and wonderfully made?! That is so amazing!! :) Who can have a negative self image after reading that??

Some of my Latest Creations...

I made these a couple of weeks ago when I had a day off work...I organized my scraproom and made 3 pages. That is a lot for me because I am such a slow scrapper. I am working on letting go of my perfection in scrapping! It just feels so good to create something! :)

I've been wanting to make this first page for a long time...I absolutely love this photo of Brad and me from our first dance on our wedding day. I am loving the Kraft Bazzill paper I got from my boy for Christmas, too!

Items used: Bazzill Kraft paper, Heidi Swapp journaling spot, 7 Gypsies 97% Complete stickers "Wedding", Deluxe Designs chipboard Plain Jane Decorative accents, 7 Gypsies "Naked" sticker, Making Memories defined "remember", & Zig Writer 0.5 pen.

This page is about my good buddy Melanie...and how I've missed her since she went to Peru.


Items used on this page: Bohemia paper, Bazzill Kraft paper, Cricut "George" Lettering, Creative Imaginations Narratives by Karen Russell sticker, Bohemia barefoot "Beautiful" frame, Crystal brads, and a Zig writer .05 pen. Oh, and the ribbon is from a Choxie candy bar package :)


The last page is about me and fave cousin Perez...


Items I used for this page: Daisyd's paper, 7 Gypsies 97% Complete "Gratitude" and "Time" , Daisyd's carstock die cuts "Remember", "You Are", and "Family" (LOVE THESE!), 7 Gypsies Gaffer tape Ruban Gaffer (I need more of this! Julie, are you ordering more?), Cricut "George" lettering, Basic Grey Wholy Cow rubons, Zig Writer .05 pen, Deluxe designs chipboard Plain Janes Decorative accents, & Making Memories rhinestones.

BVOTD: "As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." Isaiah 55:10-11 NIV

Missing Tia...

Just thought I would share this layout from the last time Tia came to visit...

One of the things I love about having a blog...the journaling for this layout was already done because I blogged about it! :)

It was a really quick layout which is out of the ordinary for me! The Stampin Up stamps matched the paper quite well I thought! I love the ribbon...I got it at the Scrapbook Expo in Austin...fun colors! I love the Karen Russell tab too!

The journaling reads:

May 19, 2006
We are dog sitting tonight... meet Tia the chihuahua... she belongs to a dear family that we love SO MUCH!... the Warden family… We have already had a great time together today.

We like to sing her the "t-t-t-tia" song! :)

We laid around and surfed the net for a bit...then we made Tia our "delivery dog"... we took a trip to GFAP and she left with a fan club telling her goodbye... they were all very impressed with how calm she was... we went on two deliveries with Tia on her throne (pillow)... she seemed to fall for Brad quickly... she would frantically search for Brad when he would get out of the truck...

We took her into Target in my bag…her first ever trip to Target! She seemed to enjoy the trip. We were surprised no one bothered to kick us out...

Brad went into Chick-Fil-A to get us some food and she cried and cried (for the first time and she had been with us for a few hours!)...she kept watching for him and putting her feet up on the door so she could get high enough to see him...when he finally returned she was happy as a clam (yes, clams are happy)...
Not sure if I should be concerned or not...but he called her "his girl" earlier...should I be worried??? This little dog is replacing me slowly!!

Now I am sitting with Brad and Tia on the sofa eating some Chick...we are about to watch "Tombstone"...everyone enjoyed our outings today and we are all ready for a good night’s rest. I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship…or puppy love…whatever you want to call it…


Just thought I would share :) Have a fabulous day!!

Layout from Saturday Part 1...



Had a lovely night scrapping on Saturday with Alicia...made a canvas with one of the pictures that I took of David and Breann last week...and two layouts.

I did one layout with a picture we took on dad's birthday this year. I got to use some of my favorite Karen Russell paper, stickers, and rub-ons...super fun!

(I added this picture using hello...Dave, you know blogger-can you help me?? I can't get them to upload using the blogger page...I have no clue what I am doing and I am getting really frustrated with this!! And I know that your computer is set up at the new house!!)...

Girl's Day Out

My latest scrapbook pages...it is from an outing with Mom and Vicki during my Spring Break. I made it last night. (What do you think, Amanda? Did I incorporate the purple in nicely??). I got to use the cool circle MOD paper that I got a long time ago!...and some of the new stuff I got from the Jenni Bowlin June kit!! :) I loved all of the stuff in the kit! It was so fun making these pages!





The journaling is handwritten underneath the four pictures (they flip open):

Hanging out with Mom & Vicki...

What a blessing they are to me! I love that we have the opportunity to spend time together. On this particular day, I was on Spring Break and Mom and Vicki were able to take some time off. We went shopping at Goodys and laughed so hard that mom was crying.

We went to Cotton Patch Cafe for lunch (in the mall)...we ate the best
rolls in the world and had some good conversation.

Since mom had never been to Starbucks before we decided to make a trip to introduce mom to the Starbucks experience. Mom ordered a cappucino and when she got it, it was so bitter she couldn't drink it. We added some sugar but it didn't help. Finally, we asked the Barista and she suggested adding vanilla. It did the trick. Mom was pleased with her first trip to Starbucks. I'm not sure when we will get her to go there again...she doesn't like to cross 31st Street to get there because of all the traffic. When I told people that she had never been to Starbucks before, no one believed me! It is 2006 and mom had never been to Starbucks! Crazy! Insane! But now she can say she has been there. :) I got a Java Chip Frap and Vicki got a Strawberries and Cream Frap. To top it all off, they even spelled our names right on our cups! :) That doesn't happen very often. I was really excited about the picture of mom and Vicki. It is super cute!

I am so very blessed to have the free time to spend making memories and bonding. It reminds me so much of shopping trips as a kid...spending time together, chatting, laughing, just being happy to spend time with each other. Now it means even more to me since we don't get the chance to go out very often.

Vicki decided to put a cowboy hat on while we were in Goodys...I couldn't believe she actually posed for the picture! What a good sis she is!

All in all, it was an awesome day full of laughter and smiles. I hope we have tons more of them throughout the years!

There is nothing better than a girl's day out! :)

More Artwork :)

I utilized my scraproom (and new chair!) last night and made a frame with one of my favorite pictures from Easter...my little (second) cousin Emily. She is too cute :) (I went back to Target and bought more of the frame kits the other day.) The kits are super fun, affordable, and easy to make! :)

I also made a shadow box with some keepsakes from the wedding. I am thinking about making more of them because I still have some other stuff I would like to display (rather than keeping it in my hutch for another three years). Hobby Lobby has shadow boxes half off right now! Not to sound like a commercial but really, what a deal! :)

One day I will be ready to scrapbook the wedding...it just seems very overwhelming to me right now. So here is the shadow box I made...it has the front of our wedding invitation, a picture from the wedding, and the bride & groom bears that sat on the cake table (thanks Dayne for the groom bear!) :)

I've gotta go get ready for work...have a wonderful Saturday, everybody! :)

A New Addition to My Scrap Studio...

SOOO excited about this! I am not really a standing scrapper though I have had to be for the last year or so. I saw this chair at the Container Store (one of my favorite stores!!!) a long time ago and wanted to get it but wasn't sure if it would work at the desk Brad made or not (we put a laminate table top on top of two cabinets).

I got Brad to take me there tonight and we ended up going home with this wonderful chair...he says it is ugly but I beg to differ.

He wasn't too pleased with the instructions that came with the chair but we figured it out :) He had to sit on it to make it all fit snuggly together. (I think he looks a like a model in this picture!).

It is really cute and comfortable too! :) It spins (always a plus!), has a pneumatic lift, and rolls across the carpet!

All in all, it was a wonderful evening. I got to eat mama's trio and yummy bread from Macaroni Grill and even checked into getting some exterior paint for the house at Home Depot. And you can bet your money that I will be enjoying my new chair well into the future! :)

A Few Scrapping Projects...

that I have been working on lately...

I got some good scrapping time in on Saturday night at the lss with Amanda, Vicki, and Julie (and the always funny Patti and her goat Tinkerbell...I know, that name rocks!). We ate a lot of candy and laughed a lot!...

I decided to scrap some pics I had of Brad with Granny...feeding the cows and having lunch at TeaLicious (they have the best peach tea ever!)...

Had a wonderful weekend...DID NOT want to head back to work today!! But since we closed at 5:00 instead of 6:00 I had some extra time (really I worked till 5:30 so I got an extra 30 minutes) and decided to go shopping at Old Navy and Target.

I also bought some frame kits from Target tonight...made some for my graduating CBSers and for Perez and Josh (I figure I am safe since they don't read this thing..)

I really loved the kits though...thinking about going back to get some more.

I should probably head to bed so I can get some sleep...early morning tomorrow!!!

My Latest Scrapbook Page...

I decided to relieve some stress (& procrastinate studying) and scrapbook tonight...

I always enjoy time in my scrap studio :)

It is a just for fun page...

A moment in time...

What Brad & I were thinking and doing at exactly 3:45 p.m. on March 30, 2006 :)