Well I have a large post to share today, some eye candy and some family photos, so ready whatever interests you! LOL!
C.C. Designsis having their release tomorrow! 😀 I have shared several samples from this month’s stamp line up over the last couple of days. So scroll on down my blog.
One of the latest and greatest sets is byAmyR called Fresh Flowers. Its a very pretty set with some solid and open line art, with some sentiments too!
Here is what I got when I combined AmyR’s Sympathy Sentiment set, with her Fresh Flowers from this months Release, along with her Butterflies from last month (I love that set :D)
I thought it was just so pretty and elegant. I didn’t want anything overdone.
My colors are Sweet Blush, Ruby Red, and Ripe Avocado.
I stamped the floral image onto sweet blush cardstock. Then I cut away the border around the flowers.
I knew I wanted the butterfly to appear behind the flowers. I loved the clean and simple look.
The sentiment was stamped on sweet blush as well, and punched out with a large oval from SU! I also used a SU! Labels die.
Make sure you check out theATS Blog for more samples, and your chance to win this set!
Well it was a full weekend here at the Meader home.
It was full of things to do as we went to our town Annual Hot Air Balloon Rally!
This is a view on the field as they blow up some of the balloons
(note I really need to read up on HOW to work my awesome camera! LOL!)
It is really cool to see them all go up. I love seeing them blow up. They are HUGE inside. Me being terrified of heights, you couldn’t PAY ME to go up in one, even tethered!
I look forward to this event every year, since I met Jason. There are some great benfits to the type of “community” you have when living in a small town, where everyone knows everyone 😀 I really enjoy all our small town activities.
Here are the kids, fooling around for the photo, as we watch the balloons get blown up
The kids LOVE this event too. Its just a really cool thing to expierience.
Here is one on lift off
Poor Jay, he was laying on the ground at the park! LOL! So, he got this shot! LOL! He has to either stand of lay down for at least the next week!
I had my niece Gabby for the day. She is almost 6 months old, and getting so big!
She is in 12 month summer clothing! She just cracks me up too. He has quite the personality.
She looks so much like my brother! Its really crazy. All my kids look like thier father, so I don’t know what having your own child, look like you feels like. That being said, since he looks like me, people we ran into, that I hadn’t seen in a while, thought I had another baby! LOL! And saying how much she looked like me! Um, NO! It was hilarious though.
She was SOOOO good the whole day. You’d never know she had a double ear infection! She is just the best little thing. I enjoy her so much. She like a 4th child to me 😀 She is at such a fun age, when they start making all kinds of sounds and imitating things you do. I could just squeeze her! (OK I do! And between the kids and I she is kissed to death! LOL!) The kids just fawn all over her. I can totally understand why people go for that 4th! LOL! That isn’t a hint that I’m ever having anymore, I’m just SAYING! We fixed that from ever happening again. All my friends have “babies” so I can get my fix!
Speaking of “babies” here are some more photos of MY babies 😀
Note: End of the HOT HUMID day at the Balloon Rally! I look tired, and hot! And I was 😀
Here are the girls eating lunch
Then again, while the balloons go off
Another end of day messy photo! LOL!
Noah and Amber going down the big slide
Here is Alexa and her funny look she always gives when I want to take her picture
I have kids wear a Whistle around their necks, in case they get lost in the crowds! They are really good about holding hands, and sticking together, but sometimes people push through you and you just never know! I also wear a back pack and make them hold on the stings if my hands are full. We have like a little people train. They are all PERFECT ages to do stuff with. I am really enjoying them more and more all the time.
Here is Amber and her whistle. I cannot believe my “baby” turns 5 in less than 2 weeks!
Noah taking a drink of a yummy fruit smoothy.
Looking at this photo I can easily see what he will look like at 17! LOL! Makes me a wee bit sad.
This is Noah on the Sizzler
The girls and I can’t handle the fast spinning of this one, so he went alone!
He has lost 5 teeth-so he has a toothless grin!
Then the girls on the spinning dragons
They liked that one.
The fave was of course the Bouncy House! I got photos, but they aren’t very good.
So there you have some highlights from our day. We spent some time with our friends that day too, which was nice and fun!
Now I know summer is close to an end. Funny yesterday was sweltering HOT and HUMID and today and cool and rainy! Go figure. Gotta love New England weather.
Well that is all for me. Time to recover from a hot summer day.
Till tomorow……
26 Responses for "Fresh Flowers and Balloon Rally"
What FUN! day out! Your kids and niece are so adorable and looking like they were having a blast! Great share! You must be having fun with your fancy camera taking pictures of them. Kids are the best subjects 🙂
Oh your family is just adorable! Thanks for sharing all the wonderful pictures and stories with us. I really enjoy reading them… And hearing about how you were thought to have a 4th is really funny, because you and your brother DO indeed look very alike!
That being said… Keep up the wonderful work with your timeless templates too! I am still admiring the many things that you have done with your many templates in the past and I can’t wait to see your newest creations!
Awe! Thanks for sharing these…the kids all look FABULOUS — and oh so CUTE :). Glad J was up to going out for the day! It must be awesome to see all those balloons…maybe we’ll have to plan a trip to NH next Summer 🙂
Your card is fabulous — that goes without saying of course — but didn’t want you to think I forgot 😉 Have a wonderful day my friend!
Lauren, what great pictures. Looks like the perfect family day.
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Lauren…what beautiful pictures! Your kids are just too cute! Thanks for sharing :0)
Looks like you had lots of fun! What a beautiful family you have! 🙂 TFS Hugs, Mona
WOW! I’m so jealous! That looked like so much fun! You would think that is something they would hold in big town- would love to see something like that one day. I’m scared of heights but I would make someone drag me in one just for the experience. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for sharing the family day pics! When I was little we had hot air balloon days in my little town. I loved to go and see them rise up over the plains and then the glowing in the evening! SO FUN! AND love the card today. It is always to hard to put a sympathy card together that says just the right thing. Your card is perfect. Thanks for the great inspiration.
Beautiful children, Lauren! You have been blessed! You are a blessing to so many as well! 🙂 Great idea about the whistle! I’ll have to remember that!
Hi Lauren,
Sure looks like you had a great time. Wehave a local baloon rally here in Mexico in October. It sure is beautiful when you se all those baloons inthe air.
Your childen are BEAUTIFUL!! You are truly blessed.
Lauren,
You have such a beautiful family! You do so many fun things with your kids and all of your DT stuff – I don’t know how you keep up! Your card is so pretty too! 🙂
~Tori H.
Lauren
The same type of Balloon festival comes our way in a few weeks – I can’t wait thanks for the awesome preview! The kids a re just beautiful!
love the pics and the card. my baby turns 10 on Aug 13th too, she is growing up too fast and is an avid crafter like her momma….i have to get better at trying to scrapbook the memories before they have kids of their own lol
Looks like the kids had a blast at the balloon rally. I’m glad you were able to get out and have a fun day with them. Remember to get some rest yourself or you’ll get sick too my friend. Love the card.
What wonderful pictures. This sounds like such a fun event to go to. Great idea on the whistles…..I like that, but I’m afraid that Ava girl would blow hers all of the time!
Hi Lauren, Love all your pics. Thought I would give you another idea that came in very useful to us when our kids were young. We had gone to Disney when our children were the ages of yours. We told them if we got separated to stop and stay exactly where they were and NOT to move and we would come back and get them. Well, lo and behold, leaving a show, one got separated from us with all the pushing from the crowd leaving, and as soon as we realized it, we back tracked and there she was staying put. It only took a couple of minutes, but had we not told them to stay put, we both would have been walking around looking for each other and it probably would have taken forever to find each other. Not to mention the stress that would have ensued!
I love that card, and the way you trimmed the focal image!
Thanks for sharing the pics of your family- it looks like they are having a blast!
Diane
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