im back from hawaii. i totally miss you. and i totally missed my blog. i brought my laptop, but didnt have internet in the room, i had to go to the *wifi hot spot*,, too much work, im sure you understand. :-) so many fun announcements going on,,, so after i share my fun family photos from maui, please read on, ive got important goodies to share with you.

*first up, because im feeling emotional and a tad bit selfish,,, {it comes when im stressed},,, my birthday is coming up,,, the 16th of august i will oficially no longer be in my *ahem* late twenties, but full fledged into my thirties {oh my}!!! so, my girls and i are celebrating with a little scrapbook party that im so excited about. we will be spending the day and well into the evening scrapbooking photos of my life,,, from birth to, well, whenever. i get to keep the album, and all those pieces of art that my girls have made for me. im so, so, so excited about that. and because my best friend is the sweetest, cutest and pretty much shares my same train of thoughts, she thought itd be an amazing idea to offer this up to my friends and loved ones i have met here, in blogland. i feel so connected and drawn to so many of you, so she if offering to extend my birthday wish and ful-fill my album with bits and pieces that you have all created for me as well. so, you can email her for all the final details, or go to her blog here if youd likey to add to my cute little album {not to be rude or anything, but id loooooooooove it if you did,, like a lot, a lot i would, it would mean the world to me for my birthday}, you can email her at mnbarger@yahoo.com and she will give you more of the details, as well as some photos of meeeeeeeeeee!! honestly, what an amazing birthday gift. thank you nely for putting this together, and thank you to those of you thatd like to participate!!! love you long time!!!

*next,,,, our ninja in the spotlight is a doll. love her. she and i were on the dream girls design team together and she always blew me away with her talent, her resume is a mile long including designing for my little shoe box and purple cows. you gotta check her out, {if you dont already know her},,, shes amazing and oh.so.sweet. thank you again, tanisha. {hugs}

*yesterday was mine and ricardos seven year wedding anniversary,,, {oh my}. we had such a sweet and low key day, it was magical,,,

*i missed my puppies a lot, a lot when i was in hawaii,, logan was so happy when he saw me he peed!!!!! theyre so perfect, i want another bulldog,,, and a mastiff. loves.

*there is a rad promo going on over at pariscreativity.com. for every $25.00 you spend, you get free shipping on your order,,, how rad is that?? they have a totally fun travel line that i cant wait to put some of my hawaii pictures to good use!!!

*i love etsy a little bit more and more every time i log in. if you have a favorite etsy shop, do share!!!

*i have new music, arent you happy?!?!? ;-)

love you, miss you, love ally

im off,,, to hawaii,,, ill miss you a lot, a lot. promise. :-)

the pink ninjas newest prompt went up wednesday,,, *roots* what cha got?? what kind of roots are you rocking?? this picture of the five of us from my family was taken summer of 2008, right before my baby brother took off for the navy. crazy that its been two years already. and today, is his birthday. happy birthday to mitter man!!!! here are my direct roots, my immediate family. *these are my roots*

us lollipop girls have done it again!!! and miss cherry lolita gave us a bit of a hall pass,, just do what you feel. pretty rad prompt,,, so you gotta play along with us on this one!!! have you ever started a layout, stoked about the feel, love the way its going, totally inspired by it,,, then?? bam!! distraction after distraction, after distraction. day, after day, after day,,, before you know it, your ideal layouts for shoved off to the side and forgotten about. i sit down to scrapbook, and ive lost the fuel for the original project, so i start a new one. i do this a lot. so, since i could challenge myself however i felt, i challenged myself to actually complete the creation i started. thats that. here is my take on the *do what you feel* challenge,,, *miss joy*,, that me,,, at about two or so,,,

everything {minus the bling} is from addicts kits,,, mostly the *thrift shop junkie* kit, but also the *carousel* kit,,, oh, and the *wind it up* add on kit,,

also, dont forget about the addicts blog hop,,, you have till saturday to enter the give away,,,

its time again,,, another pink ninja addicts blog hop,,, with rad give aways!!!

here is my sweet contribution and creation i made using *sing for the moment*. ricardo and i have been married almost seven years. our anniversary is right around the corner. crazy huh?? so, i thought a precious wedding photo would be fun to scrap. so here she is, *5 july 2003*,,, so sorry about the crumby lighting,,,

for all the rules, go here,,,,

for the newest challenge over at candy shoppe designs we scrapped birthdays!!! yip~peeee!!! i love my kids birthdays ~ a lot, a lot!!! here is my little man last year, for his fourth birthday,,, maybe before next year, ill scrap his fifth birthday!!! ;-) i hope you play with us!!!!

dont forget about the pink ninja addicts blog hop,,, scroll down for details,,,

life. isnt it bizarre?? even more then that, its crazy that although you and i may not have met in really life, i miss you. i appreciate you and i think of you. honest. i miss my blog too, and well, to be completely honest, at this moment, im drowning in life. i cant seem to catch my breath and the surface seems so far away. im not sad, im just behind. on life. and i cant catch up. i hate this feeling. for example, this blog make over i was finally able to apply to my blog, ive been holding on to it for almost two months now. i was so stoked and excited to share my new grab button and my new spring and summer re-vamp,,, i just havent had time. i havent scrapped but one layout in over a month. i want to, i just.dont.have.time. i hate this feeling. to top it all off,,, my darling girl baby thought itd be cool to mis-place my adapter thing-a-ma-jig to upload photos to my mac, so, until i find that,,, *sigh*,,, so this is whats new with me. its kinda fun to share, because i dont get too personal here. so here we go,,,

*i love my bestie more then ever. we.are.perfect.together.

*i got a new bike,,, so stoked and i cant wait to break her in and get her a woven basket, streamers and a bell. cant wait.

*i cant believe it. i havent introduced you to my new man. hes perfect and adorable,,, his name is logan and im in love.

{my mom was lucky enough to puppy-sit a few weekends back and, well, they had a great time. i think my mom wants them back} :-)

*school is out for summer. t-ball is over, and so is dance. {thank God}. im D.O.N.E.

*my girlfriends and i from my little mans school put together a competition for *the biggest loser* i won. :-) i was, $120. richer,, but its all gone now,,, {it went quick} i love 28 pounds in two months.

*im leaving for hawaii in less then a week, {which is why i took the biggest loser so seriously} ;-)

*we got two new kitties, and one is perfect. the other, not so much, but theyre both cute. one is sitting right next to me right now,,, {dont tell my hubby, he doesnt want them in the house}, but he is so sweet and purrrrrrsssss & puurrrrrrrsssss,,, i love him. i just caught the kids putting him in a plastic toys r us shopping bag. they said they were pretending they were going to take him home. needless to say, they got a major talking to, sent to their room and im guarding this baby with my life now. they are young and dont understand the seriousness of plastic bags yet,,, well, they should now, after today. please no mean comments,,, i think i made my point clear. i did my mom duty. poor baby kitty, but hes fine. like i said, hes a rad kitty.

*the beautiful miss lynnette named a kit after me. im so honored. and the best part?? well, its rad. totally perfect. its fun being a lollipop shop girl.

today is the first day of summer break. i helped out in my sons classroom all three days this week. when i was in school, the last few days were my favorite, so i couldnt resist. i figured today would be a perfect day to share my blog make over. even though i have so many goodies that i have put together for my personal etsy shop, {as well as an adorable make over for that baby}, well, i just cant get em both done right now. and of course, my make over was done, once again, by the ever so talented and patient D. i adore her and her work. shes awesome.

thanks for reading my blog. lemme know what you think of the make over. and have a magical day,,, love you.