Bieng a little crafty!

Mike has been grouching at me because I leave my cups with soda and ice on the tables & then it leaves a ring!.. He doesnt blame it on me, but in stead made up a little person that keeps doing it, called "the watered down soda gnomes" he says, well babe, those watered down soda gnomes did it again!.. Crap.. so I decided to get coasters, but they are all ugly! at the store you pay $17 for some ugly coaster with a rooster on it. & you can buy cutes homemade ones but they are $30! thats nuts. Soo.. I am cheap and decided to make my own,

Here are some I made, they work great! they are very cute, just a few little blemishes I am trying to work out. Here is a pic of ones I made Heather (the red ones) and mine the blue ones.

Amy this one is for you :)

You asked for something chocolate, so when I had my girls only, passion party! Which was soo fun! I made these little tarts things!

They had chocolate moose, made from pudding and a container of cool whip! then I put it in the individual sized cups graham cracker pie crusts and sliced straberries for the top. They wre great! easy to make, and I can't wait to make them again! :)

& of course because of the wonderful mom I am.. Here a scrapbook page of Riley eating the remainder of the cool whip :)

Father's day = Family Day

Father's Day Fun! :)

This kid is crazy! :) but he looks pretty cool in those shades!

Gene and Jenny @ Dinner

Three generations of Langen's.

My Favorite In-Law's Chris, Emily, Harlee & Gracee!

Me ( :P I didnt even have time to comb my hair before we went!!.. Oh well ) Mike & Mr. Riley

Mike had to work in the morning, but we had a great night! We went to Red Lobster to celebrate with His Dad & his brother & the family..

Little Confessions....

Confessions

#1... Sometimes when my husband is snoring and I can't sleep.. I kick him so he will roll over, I pretend its an accident and say "oh sorry babe", he rolls over and its quite for a few mins! :)




#2... On my days off, I say there are things I need at the store, just to get a little "me" time, its nice :)

#3... I am addicted to checking my email, eventhough I rarely get anything of substance, usually just generic "Save 20% this week ONLY!" emails, but still I check and I I am usually to lazy to respond right away when I do get a real e-mail from someone.

#4... During the day, all the TV's in the house are on, right before my hubby gets home I run around and turn everything off! so he wont give me a lecture about wasting electricity.

#5.... I buy, fruits and fresh veggies and stuff to make meals! But they usually go bad, because on days I work, the last thing I want to do it cook! or prepare anything,


#6 .... I am addicted to those smut, reality shows, Like Tila Tequila, The Girls Next Door, I love New York, and Flava Flav ( this guy is weird)! & I have to remember to get mike this silly hat he wears.. LOL I bet there is one on Ebay!! , Denise Richards,Living Lohan.. its sad really.. OOhh and the dating reality shows like, Farmer wants a wife, bachelor & bachelorette, and Next


#7.... I dont read to Riley enough, He turns the pages to fast & doesnt really listen so I get frusterated and give up.... grrrr..

#8.... I am nearly always late to work, I say its because of traffic or something, but its really because I am not anxious to get somewhere I will be sitting for at least 10 hours! although I love my job,

#9..... I tell my hubby that I have homework to do, so when I dont want to watch something with him, I say I have research to do instead.. eventhough school is out for the summer :P

#10.... Since I have been working at the Police Dept, I am suspicious of everyone and everything. Because I have come to learn that 90% of people are up to no good. So if someone is selling bikes on the corner, I wonder.. "where they stole those from", oir kids selling lemonade at the park, " I wonder what is really in that lemonade and who's tree they stole them from"....& so on.. Although I still find the goodness in everyone, I am also wondering about alllll the bad things they do to. :)


What are some of your confessions :) We all have them!

Playtime!!

Busy days! I can't beleive how freaking hot it is outside!! & the days are gone before I know it! Here are some of the things we have been doing the last few weeks.

We went to lunch at serrano's & the park! It was so much fun, Riley swng on the big boy swings for the first time! He was full of energy. We went with Aunt Andrea & Nana Linda. Of course I scrapped about it!

Chris, Emily & the girls came over for dinner, I made dinner again! I am getting this cooking thing down!
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I made baked chicken, Garlic potatoes, and steamed then baked broccoli covered in cheese! It turned out great! :)

Then we had ice cream for dessert! The boys made us watch the fight :P YUCK! Those guy's faces after 3 mins of fighting were sooo gross & one guys ear POPPED OPEN! YUCK! EWE! blood all over. Men r nuts!


Here are a few of the scrapbook pages I have been working on.& of course I did them all for free! Although I have bought a few kits I just couldnt resist, but I havent used them yet.





Playtime! I love playtime! Ok... I get tired a little faster then he does though!.
See how much fun a laundry basket can be!!

Here is a few sites I love to go to! They have the greatest digital scrapbooking stuff!
http://digifree.blogspot.com/
http://raspberryroaddesignsct.blogspot.com/search/label/FREEBIES
http://vicki20.blogspot.com/search/label/Freebies
http://munchkinscrapsbyaeryn.blogspot.com/

***Challenge***

*******************Be a part of the challenge!*********************

KIds, Kids, Kids, Kids! Are the reason we get up in the morning, to see their shining little faces look up at you. We clean, cook, (even me lately), get them dressed! (somedays) enterain them, teach them, love them, bath them & by the time our hubby's get home we are tired! Ready for a long bath and a nap! But..yet we still have more to do.

This challenge is to get you to remember what you love! Take your camera's get all doll'd up and set your timer. Take some great pics of yourself! With things you love, or love to do, or just of you! Take those pictures you want your daughter to have of you when she is your age! Showing how vibrant & beautiful you are! En-list your hubby to help! Post some of your favorite shots on blog! This is suppose to be a fun challenge! & all about you!
I am going to try to curl my hair and take some cool 50's shots! those girls always look sooo glamorous!

I know I know, he is a boy! :)

But Riley had fun too! I was painting my toes, and he wanted his painted to :) Then later...he wanted them painted more.. while we weren't watching! OOPS! But It cleaned up ok. Oh those little moments! That make you scream, then laugh..... (hopefully)

It's 2:30 in the morning!

Ok, thats my usualy schedule, but I was sooo tired at 10:30 I was going to go to bed! Until.. I started Digital Scrapbooking! OMG I have been on the computer for hours! I made my first page, It was soo much fun! & & & You can get them printed, or put in a book at shutterfly.com! I am so excited that I know how to do this now, It took along time to download, and find all the free stuff on the web, fonts, papers, buttons, riboons ect..

But it was worth it! Here is my first page! Lt me know what I could do better next time, Yay!

Here are a few more pages I completed, I cut the paper down to 8x10 so I can get them printed from walmart for $1.98 a piece Which is alost 6 bucks cheaper then the other guys who print "scrapbooking pages" I just download them as photo's,

they turned out amazing! I am so happy. Cool new hobbie! & cheap too!

Up 2 lately.....

This is a dorky pic of me, but.. the kid & cake are nice! :)

Riley had his 2nd birthday! :)

I can't believe they grow up so fast! Its amazing..
We had a little party at our house :)

It's the first time allot of our family and friends got to see our house! :) The kids had a great time playing on the swing set.

The cake was awesome! Made by my friend Trina at work, she has so much talent!

It was fun, but I hate being so busy I dont get to spend time and talk to people. Or eat!,


Speaking of eating, my hubby is right now getting his picture taken at some pizza place in Chandler! He and his friend jason ate an entire 24' pizza by themselves, & most people can't do it, so he got a t-shirt and his picture on the wall. I always knew my hubby had talent, I just wasnt quite sure what it was till now :)


On Sunday we went to Elmo Grows Up! Which is a stage show, It was super cute, there were hundreds of kids and 1/2 the amount of adults, the whole theater was full of laughing,screaming, singing,shouting and crying. it was crazy! Riley loved it! :) It was expensive though! Definetly once a year treat.



Potty training!! OH MY OH MY! What a challenge. he seems so interested somedays, and others he is not into it. I am not pushing him.. mostly because.. I dont have time.. Maybe when school is out & I can spend more time on it.
But here are a few super cute pics, of Riley... being just like his dad :)

What have you done for me lately??

Ok, I ask my husband this question allot! But... lately I have been asking myself this question... What have I done to improve the world?? Help mankind?? Make a positive change in my community??...
Global Warming, Poverty, Starvation, Crime, Waste, ect.. the list goes on and on.
I look at my child and wonder what the world will be like in 25 years. When he is in the prime of his life... With the world in the shape it is now!? what will his generation be responsible to fix, that we broke!
PICK A CAUSE! This is my journey over the next few weeks.. I am going to start making those small choices in my home. In my home, we have changed all of our lightbulbs to energy saving compact fluorescent lightbulbs. They are not that expensive and they last 7-10 years!! they will actually save you money!

I am calling tomorrow to see if our trash service has recycling bins.
http://images.oprah.com/images/world/enviro/green/action/green_checklist.pdf
Here is a checklist you can look at to see if you can make a difference in your home. Every little thing helps! :) I am also going to invest in those re-useable bags at walmart! :) That way.. If I get 8 bags, keep them in my car, maybe I will buy less when I go to the store! If it can't all fit in the bags, I dont need it! I am also going to stop wasting! I have realized that we have allot of waste in our house and I am going to make the effort to reduce the waste.
Go here to find out more about living green! Making our world better for our childen in the future!
http://www2.oprah.com/world/enviro/green/green_main.jhtml

Here is another cause I feel so strongly about! FILL THE CUP,
http://www.drewbarrymore.com/philanthropy-wfp.html
http://www.friendsofwfp.org/site/pp.asp?c=7oIJLSOsGpF&b=4051201

Join Drew Barrymore in helping the World Food Program feed millions of people all over the globe every year. WFP has a dream: to feed 10 million more hungry school children in Africa by Thanksgiving Day. A gift $50 will help fill a child's cup for a year, and that dream can be realized.

Even a small donation will go a long way. It takes just 25 cents to fill one of the Red Cups that WFP uses to give hungry kids a school meal. This food will not only feed bodies, but also minds, and will help transform lives. Help us Fill the Cup.
I made the donation! Will you??