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everyday girl!

Well, I have been wanting to do one of these Polyvore things for awhile now! You can create outfits for yourself on this site; its actually kinda fun!

This is my typical clothing style: some cute/comfy jeans, a solid fitted top, a Vera Bradley handbag, LOVE Shoes- especially flip flops, a cute necklace and of course my diamond ring! I do wear earrings every day but I didn't find a pair on there that went with this outfit!

Being a mom of 2 boys, I don't dress up too often! We are always on the go, and I am ALWAYS getting dirty. I don't want to look frumpy so I try to be a bit stylish:)

SO what do you think of this outfit?
Would you wear something like this?
Whats your style??

GIRLY TALK, yay!!

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

Mostly Wordless Wednesday #8: Fireworks!

Here it is... my "pride and joy" KICK BUTT firework shot from our 4th!
Mind you, I have been trying to capture a shot like this for several years now and FINALLY got it! I am pretty sure I yelled" SWEEEEET!" really loud for all the neighbors to hear when I saw this on my digital afterwards!! LOL

Thanks for visiting me on MWW!!

Noelle ♥

ANNOUNCING: Sweets of Summer MINI Swap!!

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Hi my SWEETS! Its summer and I LOVE ice cream!
I want to host a quick, mini swap themed: SWEETS OF SUMMER!
Think ice cream cones, popsicles, sundaes... all those FUN SWEET things that we love to enjoy in the summer! BUT... we aren't sending SWEET COLD TREATS cause of course they'd melt!

Your items can be anything decorative that is a sweet treat, something to make sweet treats at home, SWEET treat designed cards or scrapbook items, something handmade, etc. ANYTHING you can find that would pertain to the sweet treats of summer... use your imagination!

I SAY its a "MINI" swap in that: lets find 5 items for your partner, spend $15-$20! GET CREATIVE and stretch those dollars! FIND fun and useful summer sweets for your partner!

Email me your info:

Name:
Address:
Your email:
Your blog link:
FAVE summer sweets:
Fave colors:
Would you like an international partner?

(My email is: way2tiredmom78@hotmail.com)

SNAG MY CUTE BUTTON and share it on your BLOG so we can get more SWEET girls to join in!!

Also, leave me a comment on this post if you'd like to join in, THEN email me with your info. Please put SWEETS of SUMMER SWAP in the subject line!!

I will take sign ups till next Wednesday, July 15th!! Assign partners on the 16th; then you have till July 29th to mail your swap out!!

GRAB MY CODE now...

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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 ♥