GIVE-Away WINNER!!!

And the winner of my Beachy 300th Post Give-Away is...

#45 from the Random Number Generator thingy (that wouldn't show up right on my blog!!)...

Tasha (Mommy of 3)!!!

Congrats Tasha!

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I wish I could give you all goodies!
Thanks so much for the AWESOME response to my give-away:)
I've gained some new followers who I hope will continue to read and enjoy my blog on a regular basis; I love to make new friends!
You all have made this year and a half of blogging SO FUN and heartfelt!!

Big hugs to you all!!

Noelle ♥

Wedding WOW!!!

I love when I come across these Wedding Inspiration boards!!
I typically do NOT love orange but am CRAZY about it for our Fall wedding!
The color orange is SO vibrant and prominent in the Fall season as the leaves are turning colors and falling to the ground! The perfectly round orange pumpkins are so great!

My mom called tonite to ask if she could come by to show my some of the floral arrangement she's been working on for our November 14th FALL themed wedding! OH MY GOODNESS... they are BEAUTIFUL!! So rustic yet elegant; I LOVE IT! I was so happy with how they came out and so surprised at the same time because I told her my VISION of what I wanted, and she DELIVERED! We also came up with the way the guys boutonnieres will look too, very COOL!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay MOMMA!
THANKS SO MUCH!!

All of these details coming together is making this time by so fast!
When we made our engagement official in March of 2008; the wedding was 21 months away at that time!! Now its like 3 1/2 months away!!!!

Everything is going to be SO beautiful put together!! I can barely fall asleep at night when I think about it cause I get so excited!!

No jitters here!! LOL

Good night gals!
Hugs,
Noelle ♥

Goodwill Hunting!

Hi girls! I was planning on posting pics of my Sweets of Summer Swap goodies from my pal Tina, BUT... the pics turned out blurry cause I took them this evening and must not have had enough light, so I will retake them tomorrow! She SPOILED me with so many crafting GOODIES!!

The boys and I went to lunch today and did some treasure hunting at Goodwill!
Look at these frames I found above!! I love the JUST MARRIED one; and in a couple months our picture will be in that frame!!! The other one with the daisies is super cute...
and I added a picture of my BFF Valerie and I in it! Cute huh?
Both frames were $2 each!

Gavin found some fun goodies for his Easy Bake Oven! He wasn't thrilled that the things in the bag were PINK but we got some unopened cookie and cake mixes plus all these little pans and such for only $0.75!
Gage picked out a BIG racecar for $0.50 but he left it in the truck!! LOL

I love this little white picket fence shelf for my living room to display some of my lil things!
It needs a fresh coat of white spray paint to spruce it up! It was $1.00.
The vase is very cute and is to add to my new little collection of mini porceline vases; it was $0.50!

Also picked up some of these plain frames for pics, or maybe some crafting frames?
I am going to spray paint them white too. A buck each... they look pretty new!

Spent a tad over $11 and COULD NOT find my $5 off a purchase of $10 or more COUPON... ARGHHHH!!! Oh well, still not bad!

I'll be back tomorrow to post those Sweet Swap goodies!!!

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

DON'T FORGET: Winner will be announced on this FRIDAY for my BEACHY 300th Post Giveaway!! If you haven't entered yet, click on the top button on my sidebar and it will take you to the post where you need to enter!!!

Mostly Wordless Wednesday #9: Mother's Love!

A mother's love includes...

taking idiotic photos with your son then laughing
so hard about them after wards that you almost wake up your other child...
at 10:00 on a Saturday night!!

Bed time is Gavin and I's time to snuggle and be goofy for a bit at the end of the day:)
My BIG baby is off to 2nd grade in a few weeks; time to live it up now!!

Happy Mostly Wordless Wednesday!

Noelle ♥

Idle Chit Chat!

Hey girls! No fancy pics today, just some idle chit chat! I had to finish up my online class today, go get a drug screen (aka... pee in a cup) for my new job and meet with our fave photographer today to discuss what types of pics we'd like for the wedding. My hubby to be had a half day at his DAY job so we hung out together all afternoon! He ran errands with me and we had lunch at Panera. It felt like the "old days" before we had kids ♥ We were playful and joking with each other; we talked without interupption and made fun of each other; it was PERFECT! Gosh, how I miss those days so much sometimes:( It actually was a PERFECT day! We picked the boys up from his moms, who watched them while we did our running around; came home made dinner and ate together; the kids were good too! Its days like today that make me sit back at the end of the night and thank GOD for what I/we have:)

Tomorrow, the boys and I are gonna hit a GW or 2 for some treasure hunting... great for rainy days like the one we are having now! I hope to get to the gym too; its been really hard to go the past couple weeks with hubby-to-be's CRAZY work schedule and the lack of babysitters that we have. I have about a month off from school now till the Fall Semester starts; I hope to get completely caught up in the boys scrapbooks cause I know as soon as I get some wedding pics, I am going to want to begin our wedding album ASAP!! Lord knows, I've waited sooooo long!!! (LOL)

What are your plans for this week??

Noelle ♥

What I sent my Summer Sweet Swap Partner!

Remember this SNEAK PEEK I showed you a couple days ago?

Well, my friend and Sweets of Summer swap partner Tina got her package from me on Saturday so now I can show you all what I sent her!!!

I found these 2 adorably sweet towels for her, at a local supermarket here!!
Front view of them...

Back view... aren't they the best colors?

Found this SUPER cute card on our trip to Ohio and thought it fit PERFECT into the theme!

A pack of super sweet ice cream cone stickers for Tina to craft/scrap with!

Can't send real ice cream to California but I found these yummy Baskin Robbins soft candies that came in ice cream flavors! YUM!

A set of Ice Pop Makers that look like umbrellas and some Kool-Aid to make the Ice Pops with!
I thought this was something fun for Tina to do with her kids!!

And lastly this Neopolitan Ice Cream Bar Soap that came with a wash cloth!
I found it on an Etsy shop!!
Tina said its almost too cute to use!!
I love the pink and brown!!

My goodies should arrive today or tomorrow; and I CANNOT wait to see them!!
I am off to try on my wedding dress again today! This will only be the 2nd time I've put it on!!
And then I am having the girls over to scrapbook tonight!

Hope you have a great day!

Noelle ♥

Scrapbook Sunday: Pregnancy Album

Welcome to Scrapbook Sunday!
Today I am showing off the "My Pregnancy" album I made when I was pregnant with my youngest son! I SO wish I had been into scrapbooking when we had our oldest son, cause I would have done one of these albums then too:(

Click to enlarge and read the darling poem on here...

This pregnancy was a very SPECIAL and SCARY one!
I had miscarried twice previous to this one. They both happened within 7 months; it was so scary! I had a high risk pregnancy with Gage and we decided it would be the last time we'd have another child:(

Here I am at 3 months... I POPPED early!!

Because I was high-risk, we had 4 or 5 ultrasounds to keep track of his growth.

Its a... BOY!

Here I am at 6 months! I felt REALLY good being pregnant, some nausea; of course at the end I wanted to die and you will see WHY in a few more pics!!

The gal to the left on this pic below is one of my future sister in laws; our boys were like 7 weeks apart! It was fun being pregnant with her:)

A growing boy...

Here I am at 7 months at my DUCKY themed baby shower!

And... here I am on April 15th; at 39 weeks!
This was the day before I got induced!
My BELLY was HUGE!!
My poor back could hardly take it anymore!! LOL

As you can see, this was a very basic-ally decorated album!
I just wanted to keep track of my belly's growth during my pregnancy and to keep notes that I'd look back on and laugh about one day when the stressful pregnancy was over:)
I look through it now and get sad cause it seems like just yesterday that my little Gagie was in my belly and now he's 2!!!

I PROMISE that next week on SS, I will do a post about my TOOLS!!
Check out these gals SS posts too: Vickie and Tasha!!
Please leave me a comment, if you did a SS post today and want me to link you up!!

Thanks!
Noelle ♥

Sneak Peeks/Scrapbook FUN!

Hi sweet girls! Oh am I grumpy today!! I was up super early to attend a CPR/First Aid renewal course this morning for my new part time job! I know, who wants to get up early on a Saturday!! UGH! I am so sleepy and feel yucky today:( But, I'm not gonna dwell on that! I am gonna show you some of the fun things I have been working on this week with some of my FREE time:)

The pic above is the cute wrapping of one of the items I sent my pal Tina, for the Sweets of Summer Swap that I am hosting!

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These 2 pics below are SNEAK PEEKS of something cute and girly I made for SOMEONE who won my Pay It Forward giveaway awhile back:)

Cute huh??
I cannot WAIT to show the whole thing off to you!!

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I admit it, I am a SLOB!! At least when I am creating!
I have a hard time keeping my supplies organized!

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This past Spring, I hosted a Easter Swap and my friend Katie sent me this Spring Memories album that she put together for my package!

I was SO stoked to sit down the other night and FINALLY put some pics in it, add more stickers and do a bit of journaling!! Yay! Gavin was playing at the neighbors house and Gage was playing, watching Caillou and enjoying some M&M's so MOMMY could have some TIME to CRAFT!!

Here was the first page in my little brag book!
Katie added all the pretty papers and some stickers too!

I was so excited that I found some tractor stickers and GUESS WHERE?
At GOODWILL!!

My fave time of the day... BED TIME!!
Please tell me I am not the ONLY mom that feels this way?

I love this Easter layout with the boys egg hunting!

Messy ice cream faces!

The first warm day of Spring at the park!

First day of sprinkler play this spring!

My hanging baskets that I planted with impatients this year!

My babies and I on Mother's Day!

I love filling this album with some of our favorite Spring Memories!
As I was doing it, I thought about how "summer" is almost over:(
Gavin goes back to school in less than a month, pretty soon Fall will be here and then the wedding! Time goes by SO fast; its almost scary!!

Take sometime today to ENJOY the MOMENT; cause it all goes BY TOO FAST!

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

If you still need to enter my giveaway, its on the post below this one!!!

It's TIME... for my GIVEAWAY!!!!

Hi girls! I am SOOO excited to share my 300th Post Give-Away with you!
I have been blogging for a year and a half now, and have met some AWESOME new friends!
I have had some really crummy days that were brightened up by your sweet comments and thoughts! You are all my SUNSHINES!!

My giveaway theme was BEACHY!! Its summer and I love the beach; its relaxing, fun and ya get tan! I still need to get to the beach though this year! LOL

Here is what you can WIN!!!

A super CUTE and SWEET and GIRLY beach towel; covered with SUMMER SWEETS...
a cute white shell bracelet,
a set of Bodycology Coconut Lime Body Lotion, Shower Gel/Bath Soap and Body Mist...
and a set of 20 cute summer scrapbook paper mats with a set of beachy/summery stickers to match!!

ALL OF THESE CAN BE YOURS!!

Every girl needs their own cute beach towel, even if you are just goin' to the pool...

Gotta have some cute supplies to make some cards or scrap those summer memories of yours!

I LOOOOVE this scent! Lime and Coconut; very light and refreshing!!

A cute shell bracelet; to be stylish and beachy!

How do you win this loot??

Leave me a comment on this post, and tell me a fave beach memory of yours= gets you 1 entry in the drawing!

Post about it on your blog and leave me a comment with your link= gets you 2 EXTRA entries! (Take the button on my sidebar!)

Being a follower = gets you 1 more entry
(You must leave me a comment, if you are a FOLLOWER too)

SOOOOO... thats 4 chances you each get to win!!

MY DRAWING will be next FRIDAY, JULY 31st!!!!

Good Luck to all the BEACH BABES that ENTER!!!

~Noelle xo