UPWARD BASKETBALL

This past weekend was busy but fun....

First thing Saturday morning both boys had basketball games....we love these games even if they do get us up and out before 8 on Saturday mornings...
Grant's game was first and he is not quite 7....

I think these were the only two times he touched the ball in the whole game...lol....and I got it both times.  I'm not saying that he doesn't enjoy playing the game....because he loves to go and he likes to try and shoot the basketball (when he can get to it), but he just lacks that drive and aggression that Garrett plays with...for example...the coach pulled him out of the game(they have to sit out some because there are more players than spots to play...) and was he watching the game or cheering for his teammates while they played?

NOPE!

I love this shot....his coach is all involved in whatever was happening on the court, and there's Grant...staring at something...not quite sure what...lol...that's my baby boy...gotta love him. 

Grant's game was over at 10 and we had to wait 2 hours for Garrett's game to start at 12...so we went to Waffle House and had some breakfast, and then made the obligatory Wal-Mart run...funny how in a small town if you have an hour or so to kill, you just go to Wal-Mart...

Watching Garrett's game is a little different for me...I love watching Grant play but with Garrett it gets a little more intense...I actually get into the game and I have to watch myself so that I'm not yelling at him, or the refs, or the other players the whole game...yes, I will admit I am quite competitive and have been known to yell during a little league game...yes...I am blushing while admitting that to you...

GO, GARRETT!!!!

That is my #33 making that basket...

Garrett is alot like his Dad....very aggressive, very driven, and determined to get the ball even if he breaks a bone (his or anyone else's who might be in his way) while he is doing it....

Defense?  Let me just say....Garrett takes his defense SERIOUSLY!!!

I think his motto is, "FOUL, SHMOUL"

Whatever it takes to keep his guy from making a basket, he'll do it...in a couple of years that will have him riding the bench when he fouls out...and trust me,....that will be in the first five minutes of the game....

I can only say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE being a boy mom and the more sports...the better!!!

More Scrappy Fun!!!

So I have been scrapbooking alot lately and I am loving how it gives me so much emotional and mental therapy while I just create to my heart's content....

I entered a challenge on scrapbook.com.  The challenge was to choose a single word that you wanted to scrap about and the word I chose was Happy.....so here is my creation

I also have some more pages for Garrett's baseball album....here is a layout about Uncle Matt taking him out for batting practice...

And this last one is one of my favorites....it is Garrett in his batting helmet and I wrote to him about how much he had improved this season...

The journaling reads:  G, this season I watched you transform into an amazing baseball player...In the field you played short stop...and man, did you play short stop...Every game my eyes would fill with tears as I watched you lead your team to victory after victory....and your batting?  WOW!!! We could count on you every single time to get a hit and get on base...You amaze me!!

I have some photos of the boys playing Upward basketball to show you...maybe I'll get that done tonight...but for now?  I'm gonna go scrap some more!!!

Baseball Mini Album

One of the scrap projects I am working on right now is a mini album for the baseball season that Garrett made All-Stars.  It was such a fun and wonderful season that I wanted to preserve those memories for him.

This is the cover page and gives the team name, Sterling Pharmacy, and gives the team roster with names and numbers.  This was such a fun team.  Garrett is third from the left on the front row....

The second page focuses on the two coaches, Ryan and Pat Hall and Coach Scot Simmons who worked with the boys in the dugout. They were a great team and really tried to teach the boys about baseball and life in general while still making it fun.  This combination must have worked because Sterling Pharmacy was the AA Dixie champs!!!
I will post more pages from the album as I complete them. I had so much fun with these pages....I LOVE the 8x8 format and can't wait to do more mini albums.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

Today was my 3? birthday....ok, ok....I'll tell you.....

Here I am in all my 38 year old glory...no photoshopping or editing....It was a really great day...except for the cold and rain.  I went to Monroe to shop a little...here are a few of my fun goodies I got today....

These tops were from Maurice's...I LOVE that store....and I needed some new, pretty, girly tops....

I got two tanks and this really cool scarf at Old Navy....it is another of my favorite shops.  I also got some new workout wear there but didn't figure you were interested in yoga pants and sports bras :)

These were my Target goodies.  Yes, I know lots of shopping but really...you can't beat Old Navy and Target's prices so I really wasn't all that bad.  I got alot of stuff for not all that much money...

And of course I couldn't let the day go by without some fun scrappy stuff....these are my first Copic pens and thought I would see if I liked them since I journal so much on my layouts.  I went to lunch with Ryan at my very favorite restaurant, Ernestos. It is a fabulous mexican place in Monroe.  We ate and then I came back to Ruston and picked the boys up from school. 

Here is Garrett with the sweet card he gave me.  They all sang happy birthday to me this morning and gave me cards and a cool new scrappy tote that will be awesome when I travel.

Here is Grant with the two cards that he picked for me.  The one with the kid and the finger shoved up his nose does represent Grant's obsession with picking his nose (God, please let this one pass quickly.) 
Ryan has promised that I can buy something for our new house for my birthday present and I am trying to decide what I want.  We will be going to dinner...hopefully I will get a pic of the two of us tonight.  I feel very blessed and I did have a great day!!!

Scrappy Fun

So, up until this past weekend, I had not scrapbooked one single thing in over three years....that is really very sad.  I used scrapbooking as an emotional, spiritual, mental, and artistic release.  It helped me through an extremely difficult time in my life.  But, I let life, busyness, and sad to say, depression overtake me and I created no more.  I have wanted to for awhile now....but I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to do it anymore...that I had somehow lost my ability to create...some very good friends encouraged me to try....and I am so glad they did....here are a just a couple of layouts that I completed this past weekend.....

This one is about how I was in denial about his eyes and eyesight until he started having to tilt his head forward to keep from seeing double....I'm so sorry, my sweet boy.

And here is another....

This one is about the wonderful relationship that Grant and PawPaw have had since he was a little baby.  We love you, PawPaw. 

Creating these layouts was so much fun and reawakened in me the desire to create more and more..I do have more layouts that I created but no time to post  them now so we will leave those until tomorrow.

All I can say is WOO HOO....I GOT MY SCRAP BACK......

A New Year and A New Resolution

Wow....is it really 2011?  The last time I blogged it was 2008....three years that went by without me documenting our ups and downs, our successes and our failures.  That makes me so sad.  My boys are growing faster and faster every day and I have resolved in this new year to record as much of our lives as possible....the good, the bad, and the ugly.  I have also reawakened my passion for preserving our memories through scrapbooking so this blog will marry our lives with my scrappy creations and we'll see what we get.

I titled this blog Rock, Srap, and Roll because we are soooo busy.   We run from this activity to that practice to school, to work, to homework....but I LOVE every minute of it.  I wanted this blog to reflect our lives and lifestyle and hey, its how we roll....

I want to start by showing you a few pics from our Christmas and new year....

This is my Garrett with his cousin, Ava....he thinks she is the cutest baby God ever created and has told me several times that he wishes we could give Wes and Leah (my brother and sister in law) Grant and keep Ava in his place....and really....look at this pic.....

Can you blame him?  She is pretty darn cute.....

On New Years Eve we went to some friends' house and enjoyed an afternoon of fun, food, and fellowship...the boys had friends there....oh...maybe I should mention that they were the only boys...all their friends were girls....but they weren't complaining :)

Here is my baby, Grant with his good friend Ryleigh.  They have been friends their whole lives and love being together...I call him a baby.....geez....my baby will be seven years old in a month.....sigh....look at how adorable he is....

Needless to say, he gets away with alot more than he should...simply by giving me that sweet (and right now, gap toothed) smile....here he is holding a smore of which I think he ate at least four.  Still didn't make it until midnight though...even with the help of chocolate.

I have missed blogging and recording my thoughts and feelings.  I have only made this one entry and already I feel infinitely better.  This year is going to be about enjoying my family and making as many wonderful memories as possible...although...even the not so good ones will be recorded here...only because writing helps me to process any and all problems and situations....so...until next time....go and make your own wonderful memories...I'd love to hear about them.