Our Fab 4th!!

Hi girls! I am showing pics from my LIL 4th of July bash!
I made these cute little flag cheesecakes above, along with some brownies for dessert.
My mom brought cookies and chocolate cupcakes too!
ALL things I AM NOT supposed to eat; but I did and...
gained 2 pounds back over the weekend:(

We had chips, pasta sald, potatoes, crackers/cheeseball, veggies and dip, turkey hot dogs and the regular ones that are BAD for you and turkey burgers! YUM- love turkey stuff!

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APOLOGIES for showing you my FOOT right after the food pics, I know- GROSS!
But I gave myself a pedi the night before and wanted to show off my CUTIE PIE flip flops that CHELSI sent me in my swap package!! Good call on the size 10, Chelsi... they fit GREAT!

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Oooooh! Naughty little Gage got his hands on a Pepsi!
He got away with it though cause he's so darn cute:)

Hehehe! Just wanna squeeze him!

Playing with the pinwheel by my dad...

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Here's my WILD and CRAZY momma, LORI! Go check out her GIRLY blog HERE!

This is Andrew my middle brother being a clown like always!

There's my oldest Gavin after he got back from the lake with daddy!
They got rained out there!!

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Speaking of daddy, here he goes to light some fireworks!
My fave part of the 4th!

Some fountain pics...

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Can I just say that every 4th of July I am on A MISSION to take some cool pics of fireworks in the sky? It took a LOOOONG time for me to figure how to time them out, and the RIGHT setting to use on my camera SO... here they are!

Everyone repeat after me.... "Oooooooooooooooooooooh!"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

"Oooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

"Whooooooaaaaa!"

"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
I saved the BEST firework pic for my Mostless Wordless Wednesday Post; so you'll have to come back on Wednesday to see it!!!!

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Here is my BFF and maid of honor, Valerie with my mom!
I love this girl!!

Here I am with a very tired lil Gage! The humidity got the best of my hair on this day:(

Hope you all had a great 4th too!

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

SCRAPBOOK SUNDAY: Cutest LIL Baby!!

Whew, I am SO tardy posting today! We had a FAB 4th yesterday, slept in, I went to the gym then took the boys to the pool to relax today... so now here I am!

This first layout I am showing is a FAVE of mine! This is my youngest son Gage when he was a baby! I saw this layout idea in a mag. I LOVED this pic of him so much because of how he slept with his little butt in the air, this outfit was also a FAVE of mine! The lion face on his little butt is too cute! I really wanted to focus on the outfit in this pic so I had it blown up into a 8x10, then used my Decorative Trimmer from Creative Memories to cut the waves to seperate the pic!
Isn't it cute??

What a sweet baby boy!!

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This is another cool layout idea that I used only once but want to try again!
I was supposed to cut each photo to measure 3x3 so I would have had a total of 9 square pics on the page, but I ended up with 8 and LOVE how it turned out! Look at all of Gage's adorable little expressions!!!! Oooooohh, I just want to bite those cheekies of his!

My hair looked really good in that bottom center pic! LOL
I am about due for a color, cut and hi-lite again!!!

Since its a holiday weekend, my gal Holly didn't post but check out my doll VICKIE to see her layout!!

I hope to get back on here tomorrow to post our 4th of July pics!!

Have a great night!

Noelle ♥

Happy 4th!!

Oh good! You are finally here! Today I am living in a dream world and in this dream, I wanted to show you what my July 4th party would look like if I had endless resources, time, a babysitter, etc! A girl can dream right?? LOL SO grab a piece of this yummy pie above and follow me outside to the party area:)

Here is your seat; sit down and relax! I know many of you have traveled long and far!

Which one of these silverware settings would you choose?
I love the blue gingham one:)

Man, my green thumb is been working out this summer getting my lovely hydrangea's ready! Oh, and I slaved over this gorgeous banner for hours!
Don't you love it?

Aren't these cupcakes yummy?
They are fat free and have NO CARBS- so I can eat as many as I want!!

Let's go over to my gazebo and chat a bit about how you are!
(Gahhhh, I really want a gazebo in my REAL yard!!)

Now, most of these Sangria's are for BRENDA and I but we'll share with you too!!

My sweet friend HOLLY worked so hard on this adorable garland for me! (hehehe) Isn't she talented?

Krafty Katie made these windsocks to decorate my garden walk area too!

Aren't these the cutest candleholders?

I love these little pinwheels too!!

Hope you all had fun at my 4th of July blog party! I sure did:)

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What are your plans for the 4th?

Tomorrow lil Gage and I are gonna stay home and cook out for my parents, brother and maybe a couple friends! Brian and Gavin are going up to my future in laws cottage to swim and jet ski. I HATE the lake water and Gage doesn't know what to do with himself out there; so I thought we'd stay home and chill at bit:) It will be kinda sad to not spend the holiday as a family but it will be much more enjoyable for everyone; the big boys can play at the lake and we can hang around at home. I am picking up some fireworks for my dad to light for us, cause I am a scaredy cat! LOL I'll take some pics and post them next week!

I'll be back for Scrapbook Sunday!

Have fun and be safe!!!

Noelle ♥

Spoiled by Swaps!

This summer I have participated in 2 red, white and blue themed swaps!
My package from Chelsi arrived today and wow, she knows my likes!

Above there are 3 magazines she sent, supposed to be 4 but my mom ran off with one of the bridal mags before I took pics!! Thanks MOM!

Chelsi sent me: Martha Stewarts Wedding mag, Martha Stewart Living, the brides one my mom snatched and Family Circle! You know what's funny... I sent Chelsi a Family Circle mag too!

I got 8 of these fun patriotic tumblers for us to use at our cookout Saturday!

She sent me a block of notepaper, a set of cute blue coasters, a spatula, this Adorable patriotic towel and pot holder set-- can you tell I ♥ kitchen items!! LOL

I also got some white "floursack" hand towels, an Eco-Friendly shopping tote, a huge pack of Scunci headbands (funny thing... I bought myself some of these today too cause I wanted some SO bad but I'm taking mine back cause the ones she sent are better!!!), a pomegranate lip balm too! (I sent her a lip balm too!!) and these cute toe dividers for when you do a pedi- I also sent her some, in red though!!!

I LOVE this Welcome Friends sign which she said was an early bridal shower gift for me, what a sweetie!! And these 2 red candlesticks!!

And... some cutie flip flops with polka dots!! I too sent her a pair of flip flops!
We both love our flip flops!!

I LOVE doing swaps so much! Chelsi and I have become buds because of this swap and have lots in common:) I will post pics Chelsi's swap package from me tomorrow; I don't think she has linked hers up yet. Thanks Mammarazzi for hosting an awesome RWB swap:) So glad I joined in!

TGIF tomorrow girls!! Yahoooooo!

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

Swap Surprises!

Today a fun package arrived on my door step!
It was from my swap partner, Ember; in the Very Vintage Fourth of July Swap!
It was a BIG and heavy box that I excitedly tore into:)

On the top was a patriotic scarf that my lil one immediately claimed because he is very patriotic and has an obsession with flags! (lol)

Inside was:
some blue twill ribbon for crafting and some neat red, white and blue dish towels...

Wrapped in the towels was a bag of watermelon candies! Yum:)

I loved these rustic wooden hearts to hang!

Some more ribbons in red...

I LOVED this little vintage looking box, that was heavy too!
I opened it up and found another, then another....

And here they all are! Nesting canisters! I am in love;)
Sorry the pic is blurry but they had apples on them, which is what my kitchen is done in!!
I have already filled the 3 biggest ones with cupcakes liners and cookie cutters that I had in my cupboard! These cute canisters will go on top my fridge now!!

Some scrapbooking goodies....

And my very own 1st ever vintage kitchen apron!! Its so cute:)
I will model it soon and post a pic!
Love the blues on it!!

I loved this red, white and blue doily too!

Hmmm... wonder whats in this package wrapped so neat?

Eeeek... polka dots on plates!! Ember, I SOOOO needed some new plates for the kitchen; these will be perfect for snacks and to feed the boys! She even gave me 6 of them!!

There was this cute orange crate; I need to think of something to do with it... any suggestions?
Gage had to check it out too!

This neat old HOPE sign that I hung in my living room!
I like this because I try to "HOPE" that each day will be better than the last!

The sign was wrapped in this little afghan too:)

This was my first real taste of seeking out Vintage Finds at a big antique mall here locally and I did have a fun time too!

Ember got my box as well, so if you'd like to see what I found/made for her...
click HERE.

Hope you all had a great day!

Noelle ♥

Mostly Wordless Wednesday #7:Stud Alert!

This is my soon to be 8 year old son, isn't he SO handsome?
He knows it too!
He is such a bright and funny boy; one of a kind too!
I'm lucky to be his momma ♥

Thanks for visiting me on Mostly Wordless Wednesday!

Noelle ♥