New Blog

If you are looking for more recent posts please go to my new blog www.katrinahogan.typepad.com/family and there you will see new videos of Makayla as well as family updates!

Great Stampin News!

I just became a Stampin Up demonstrator! I am really excited about this and cant wait to get my kit so I can begin having workshops!

I went ahead and got one of the Stampin Up websites so anyone can order from the internet at any time. You dont have to book a show to order and the great news is that you will still earn hostess rewards from shopping online! You just cant beat that deal!

More exciting news to come in a few days...

What is wrong with me?

I cant seem to remember I have this blog and that I should be updating it weekly if not daily! Its a good way to retain information! Especially with my brain that doesnt like to retain any information...sheesh

Well I hope to spend the next several weeks updating my blog, showcasing my newest layouts/cards and just get this blog to moving. So iffn I dont post for a week or more someone come lash me with a wet noodle ok!

Today Makayla and I went to the zoo with Shelley and Jennifer from our homeschooling group. We had a great time although it was pretty hot! I of course loved the bears and big cats but Makayla of course loved the HORSES (is there any other animal to her?) and the cows. She had fun watching the chimpanzee's playing outside.

The funniest part of the day was when I took her to the bathroom right after our picnic lunch. I took her and an put her on the potty and she sat there for a minute and nothing happened. I asked her if she was going and she said no... she was trying. Then all of a suddon and quite out of no where she says... "heaven to Betsy... I dont have any tinkles!" Now I ask you can you imagine a three year old stating this? I nearly fell over I was laughing so hard. It was a great day and fun was had by all!

Im Vowing to get better at this...

As I have said many times in the past I am a horrible blogger. I am vowing to get better... hopfully soon but just in case... dont hold your breath ok!

Today was a great day. I am the full time sub at our church during the summer SonCamp which is a lot of fun! Its hard work being on my feet all day chasing after 10 kids but its also fun and rewarding!

The Scrap Shanty is doing well and is as active as ever. We are having great fun with challenges and games! I cant believe how many new members we have gotten lately and love seeing all of them! If you are a scrapbooker please stop by and join in the fun with us!

I did manage to get a layout done last week for a challenge on the Shanty! So thats about it for me today... maybe more to come later? We shall see!

WOW! Ive waited wayyyyy too long...hehe

So I knew when I got this blog I would be a bad blogger... what can I say? At the Shanty we were challenged to update our blog. Here is my feeble attempt at doing just that!

Yesterday was a glorious day here in Texas. After spending literally two months couped up in the house becuase of illness... we decided to head to Sunset and visit Roberts family land. We always have so much fun getting back to nature. While there we saw a mama deer, about 20 or so hogs, butterflies, birds, squirrels and the biggest lizzard I do believe I have ever seen in my life!

We had a wonderful picnic, took walks and Makayla even planted some wildflower seeds with her Nana! The Iris are starting to bloom as are the hyacinths. The daffodils had already bloomed and were finished for the year. Spring is definately in the air there!

Here at home the bluebonnets are starting to make their appearance... a little late this year. I know we wont be so lucky as to have them as thick as last year but I am hoping to get some good pictures of Makayla in them! I would like to get Devin in them too but he seems to be AWOL most of the time.

Devin has wheels thanks to a collaboration of his Mom, Grandma and Papa! I am simply scrared to death to let him have those kinds of freedoms but I guess I do have to let go at some point or another right? He is enjoying his freetime and I am enjoying an argument free existence... well at least for the time he is away!

Well I think thats all for this update! Maybe sometime in the next six months I will update again! hehe

Some Exciting news!

As everyone knows I am a member of the design team at the Chalet. However, Laura, the owner has decided to do away with the Chalet. I am so honored to have been on the design team there and thank her and all of my team mates for a short but fun time!

The exciting news??? SHE IS GIVING ME THE CHALET! woohoo! So I have teamed up with my good friend Carrie from Oregon and her good friend Kim from Washington and are designing a fun place to scrap called the Scrap Shanty! We are putting on our boots and getting back to some good ole down home scrapping again!

So be sure to stop by and say hi to us at www.scrapshanty.com!

Fun Happenings at the Chalet

Be sure to come by daily as there is something new for you EVERY SINGLE DAY this month!

I started the Scrap Scurry game on Wednesday and it lasts until next Wednesday. Rack up your points, get some layouts done and win some prizes. Whats more fun than that?

There is a chat tonight and challenges listed almost daily!

I posted an original sketch that I designed and challenged everyone to use it. Im so impressed with what I have received so far! Keep them coming girls!

ALSO new, new, new SKETCHES for you every month on the first! The design team worked really hard to create sketches just for the Chalet members so be sure to stop by, check them out and print them off. We would LOVE to see your creations using our sketches!