Fourth of July Pics!

Here are some pics from the Fourth of July!

These pictures of corn are out by Jason's parents house.

This is Kya, Joe's youngest.

Another one of Kya.

This is a flag hanging from the barn at Jason's parents house.

And finally, Jason and Cassidy. Moments like this show me how good of a dad Jason would be....he truly loves kids. :)

Answers

Ok, here are the answers to the questions.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Five years......let's see, hopefully a mom, would love to be living in the country somewhere. Realistically, we would more than likely still be in this house, but the bathroom and kitchen would be updated and so would the outside of the house. I would be working part time. I see myself much happier than I am now, and actively attending church and being content with my life.

In Ten?
Ten years, wow. By then I would hopefully be a mom, as long as it's in God's plan for me. I hope to be living in the country somewhere by then. Either outside of Roch, up north by my family, or even out of state somewhere. As long as it's the country I wouldn't care. By this time I would be either a stay at home wife or mom. Jason and I would be close to completely debt free (house is the only think I'm thinking that we would be paying on still). I would be active in church/community doing volunteer work, enjoying my time.

What do you like best about your current job (or previous jobs).
Let's see...what do I like best about my current job. I love creating PowerPoint presentations, signs, fliers, documents, spreadsheets, doing anything creative like that.

What milestones are you waiting for? (I look forward to each day but usually because there is something coming up that excites me, but at the moment, I'm in a lul and each day seems the same...)
Right now, I'm looking forward to taking off next Thursday and Friday and staying with Jason in a hotel up in the cities. Last time we stayed up there, we really reconnected and had a blast. I hope that we do the same there.

what kind of cookies are your favorite?
I love my homemade chocolate chip cookies, but I also love Molasses cookies and Snickerdoodles. Wait, does dough count? I much prefer cookie dough to actual cookies, LOL. :)

I have been struggling with my rubons lately. Is it the brand that makes the difference or do you have any tips to get them to come off any easier? I have a tool just for rubons, and have even used those silly sticks. Maybe it is just me! LOL
I LOVE rubons!!! They are my favorite scrapbook accessory and I have a TON of them. I really like the Doodlebug and Basic Grey rubons. I have found that if they are older, then they do tend to crack or chip and are harder to use. Also I CAN NOT get the Heidi Swapp rubons to work AT ALL. I find that the brand name ones work better, what brand are you using? Personally, I have bought a tool and find that the popsicle sticks work better for me. Let me know if I can be of any more help. I want you to love rubons as much as I do!!!

How hard is one of those tools to do eyelets and grommets to use on paper? Looks cool ~ just scared to try! LOL
It really is easy! I LOVE the cropodile, but it can only go in paper so far. For doing eyelets anywhere on the page, I like the Silent Setter by ProvoCraft. It's easy to use and best of all quiet and requires no pounding. If your scared to try it, practice setting some eyelets on a scrap piece of paper. Eyelets are cheap. :)

What song did you post the video to?
The song was "Stand" by Rascal Flatts. I think that is my theme song right now. :)

That was fun. :) If anyone has any more questions, especially about crafting/scrapbooking ask away. I would love to answer them. I love talking about scrapbooking, LOL. :)

Money Creek 2007

I had so much fun camping at Money Creek. Nothing like sitting around the camp fire, swimming, and simply enjoying the outdoors. We had perfect weather too! It was in the lower 80's during the day and at night dipped down in the 50's. Perfect sleeping and cuddling weather. I seriously got the best sleep I have had in MONTHS. I already want to go back and camp. :)

Here are some pictures, actually, more than likely a lot of pics, lol. :)

Jason and I were the first ones there. This is what the campground looked like. It was so nice and peaceful setting up when no one was around. Once all of Jason's family got there, you couldn't even see down to the end, or 3 sites over. There were at least 2 tents/campers on each site.

NOTE: You can click on any of the pics here to make them bigger. :)















Jason sweeping out the tent. :)














This is what happens when Jason puts it together. ;) Notice how crooked it is. ;)


























This is what it looks like when I say to attach it to the picnic table, since it's flat underneath. Ma, this came in so helpful!!! We loved it and I have a feeling that we might see a couple more hooked up next year there. :)

























Marie, my mother-in-law. "I can get cell phone service up here!"


























Jason and I thought this was hilarous. It's on the tag of the chairs that we use.















Cooking Jiffy Pop over the fire.

Finished results of Jiffy Pop.

Janell, my sister-in-law cooking real popcorn over the fire.

Marie holding the finished results. That popcorn was SO yummy and good.

Setting up Smores stuff on my lap for Jason. Yes, that is 2 peices of chocolate on there. There was a hilarous story there, me being all goofy again. Since I know that everyone will keep bringing it up, I may as well share it.


I didn't know how many pieces of chocolate to put on Jason's Smore, so I asked him. He said two pieces of chocolate. At that point, I had broken off a row (3-single pieces of choclate) and had it sitting on the graham cracker. Since he said 2, I broke off another row of chocolate and set it on there. Jason started laughing, and everyone joined in, saying no, "2 pieces of chocolate not 6." Of course, you had to be there for it to be funny, but it was hysterical. I couldn't stop laughing.

Jason starting marshmallows on fire. :)

Campfire.

Jason being silly. I love it!!

Joe, my brother-in-law.

Me, coming out of the bathroom. Yup, hair tossed up, no make up on. I loved being "all natural" all weekend. Didn't look the best, but LOVED it.

Joe and one of his kids Bryanna.

I LOVE this picture!!! This is Logan, who is my second-counsin-in-law, I believe. He is just adorable!!

Beach Stuff.

This is Cassidy, Janell's little girl.

Jason's family has been going to Money Creek for decades. They used to dress up all the time and have a parade. This year they decided to do the parade again, only a few people dressed up.

Jerry, my father-in-law. Roger, Jason's Uncle. Pat, Jason's Aunt. Ben, Pat's son, Jason's cousin.

Matthew, he is Haley, Bryanna, Jacob, (& Kya who didn't go camping with us) half brother.

Campfire.

Bree-Bree sitting by the campfire, almost falling asleep.

Bree-Bree again.

Cassidy, showing off what she won. Someone did the dice game and fishing game for the kids and brought prizes.

Jacob, another of Joe's kids, sitting around the campfire.

Cassidy fell asleep sitting on Janell's lap.

Me again. I only had a couple pics of me taken. I was behind the camera the whole weekend.

The guys getting set up to play Texas Hold 'em. This was a 16 person tournament. After some of the people got kicked out, we started up another tournament at another table. The buy in was $10 each. Jason and Justin taught Tiffany and I to play earlier that afternoon and we decided to play. Jason ended up winning 1st for $60 and I got 2nd place for $20. I couldn't believe I stayed in as long as I did. It was a ton of fun and I want to play again, lol. :)

A picture of our little area.

Bree-Bree coloring.

Cassidy

Bree sitting on my lap.

Haley, one of Joe's kids.

Haley and Cassidy

Justin & Tiffany, my brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

Tiffany & Jason

Justin. We celebrated his 30th birthday.

Jason opening a present for his birthday, which is coming up next week.

And finally, Jason and I packing up.