Day 3 - We worked during the day, but got to spend lots of time playing at night. We went back to an old familiar routine, had dinner and FHE with the Fairchild and Stauffer families. Yummy food, good company, kids playing, what more could you ask for?

Day 4 - Not as smoothe as day 3. Zoe and I took a trip to the mall that turned into a nightmare. Another cut toe on the other foot. Two potty accidents in two different stores. It's a shock we even had time to buy anything we were so busy with traumatic experiences. But the evening ended with girl talk, ice cream and coke, so it turned out ok. Oh, AND I got to eat at my favorite Mexican place, Mas! Thanks to my in-laws :)

Even though I'm on vacation I wanted to share a quick card that I made. It's a money holder card on the inside. I'm thinking I'll use it for my 15 year old brother's birthday in November.

We're heading down to the Bay area tomorrow to go see cousins and visit some fun places. Look for pictures to come!

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

We made it!

After 12 hours + 3.5 stops + lots of movies, we arrived safe and sound.

The majority of our drive is through the Nevada dessert, which is usually hot and not so fun to look at, but at sunset, it improves slightly and turns a beautiful golden color.



Today, we're laying low, hanging with Ryan's parents and awaiting a gourmet meal cooked by my father-in-law. I miss having 9 am church. It was nice to get up and go, and then have the rest of the day to spend together.

On a scrappy note - Over at Paper Issues, there's a new theme up, Learning Curve. My projects are HERE & HERE.
I'm linking up some older projects, as school hasn't started yet for us (still on summer vacation) but you can bet you will be seeing some First day of school layouts from me around the 12th when Zoe and Ryan both start school.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

We are moving again. Yep, again.
We are crazy. We are moving in 15 days. 10 of those days we will be on vacation.
We are crazy.

But, we're doing what we need to do. Just days ago, Ryan & I decided returning to Rexburg to have him finish his degree there was the right thing to do for our family.  Yesterday, he searched the tiny town for a place our family could call home, thankfully he was successful.

We'll be returning to the 5 square mile town, with smiles but sad hearts.
Utah has been good to us this summer.  I am especially sad we're missing the state fair. I was *really* looking forward to some deep fried twinkies.

But, on the bright side....I'll be back by my favorite cupcake shop!
I'm still got 20 flavors to try and photograph.

Leave it to me to be scrapping when I should be packing.
Like I've said before I have a really hard time scrapping event photos. I don't know if it's the pressure of doing justice to the wonderful memories or if I just prefer the everyday stuff.

I haven't done too many pages of Zoe's 3rd birthday. We had a pirate party, complete with eye patches. I'm so glad I took a photo of everyone in the eye patches, it will bring me smiles for years to come.


Have a wonderful weekend and friends on the East coast, stay safe!

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

I've been reviewing all our pictures from summer, trying to figure what I haven't scrapped yet. I found this sweet picture of my sister Natalie, holding my niece Eliza.
Jenni, this page is for you.
This page started out totally different than it ended, but I love it just the same.

I made some cards last night, using new AC NightFall, with some odds & ends from my stash. Those, along with a tutorial will be up on the blog in the next few days.

We're gearing up for our trip to California next week. We're going back to Sacramento to visit Ryan's family + some friends. I petitioned to throw a day trip to Santa Cruz in the mix, since our last planned trip there was foiled by illness. I'm hoping we'll get to visit our old favorite yogurt bar, and my fave Mexican place, Mas, but those are further down on the list than several people we know and love :)

Have a great weekend!

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Well Almost. :)

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

I'm so excited about this page.
I went to Archiver's on Friday and picked up some new Amy Tan stuff.
I adore these thickers, and I got to use my bee stamp from my March Studio Calico kit!
I was so excited to have a legitimate reason to use the stamp!

These pictures were from the first time Zoe tasted honey sticks at the Highland Fling. We had so much fun tasting the interesting flavors.  Pink Lemonade was the weirdest flavor we tried, but they had all sorts of flavors at the booth; black licorice included.

I can't believe August is half over already, it's gonna be time to start shopping for school supplies soon. I have always enjoyed that ritual every September. Zoe will hopefully be starting preschool and ballet in the next few weeks. I'm excited for her to be back around kids during the day. I pretty sure she's entirely bored with us and ready for some peer interaction on a daily basis. I'm just excited for the photographic opportunities.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

There's a new theme up at Paper Issues this week, Let's Ride.

I posted about our little 24 hour trip a few weeks ago. I thought it was a perfect fit for the theme.

Head on over to the Paper Issues blog and link up your projects!

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Hello friends.
I am feeling a bit under the weather this week, and therefore have spent a lot of time in bed or on the couch.

But I thought I would share with you some yummy recipes I've made as of late.

PRETZEL BITES

These pictures were too much fun not to scrap right away.
 I pulled out a kit of papers from last year full of bright and happy colors!

Zoe had so much fun at the Highland fling, she keeps asking to look at pictures of her, "butterfly face."

Today I gave blood so I'm feeling a little tired, but the arrival of my Studio Calico August kit perked me up!

I'm now scrapping away some of my favorite pictures from the summer!

Happy Tuesday!
XOXO,
Holly & Co.

There are few things better in life than seeing old friends. Truly, I love it!
Yesterday we reunited after 8 long months with the best next door neighbors ever!

The Stauffers were in town for a family wedding, and thank goodness they had a few hours to spare with us.
The kids had such a great time together. Alone there was an incident with a tooth, but overall it was a great time.

We took the boys to our splash park and a good time was had by all. Jamie is an awesome burrito wrapper, so I took advantage of their lack of motion to try and snap a group picture. These are my attempts.

Ryan made his 'famous' tacos and guacamole for dinner and we tried a new recipe for dessert, Coca-Cola Cake..........YUM! Absolutely delicious. HERE is the recipe.

Thankfully we are going to get to see all these visitors again shortly when we take our trip out to California, we avoided tearful goodbyes this time.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.