The Canadian Tenors and ME

I got the tickets to go and see the Canadian Tenors this past week for my birthday in October and I bought the VIP tickets because I wanted the chance to say a lil Hello and get a photo taken!!! I didn't get a chance to say all that I wanted to say, in all truth I am actually quite shy so I am proud that I actually did say some of the things I wanted to!!! First their show was quite amazing and the music was beautiful. It was something to see at the right time to really get you into the Christmas spirit as at this time of year as I really do miss my Atlanta peeps!!! I brought a friend with me, the friend who actually introduced me to the Canadian Tenors so it made this night that much more fun!!! We had front row seats and it was a little intimidating to me because they were bang right there in front of your face. Don't get me wrong I know that they are people too and if I get star struck it's only a little bit!!! The fact that I was so thirsty and having coughing fits and I kept trying to stifle my coughs so not to interrupt any part of their amazing singing made me feel that way too!!! The true reason why I wanted to meet them is that I have a 3 and a 2 year old daughter and one day I came downstairs to see my 3 year old off in the corner singing Hallelujah and it made my heart burst!!! I had played the famous Oprah video with Celine Dion a few times I guess!!! I love Celine too!!! I loved the song Hallelujah even before I heard the Tenors sing it!!! In fact every time I hear it I have to just stop and listen!!! Justin Timberlake did a version of it on the Hope for Haiti telethon!!! I can't remember who he sang it with!!! But for the Canadian Tenors to not only move me through the words and the music but my little girl as well was quite special to me and I wanted to tell them so!!! Now I didn't get to say all of it the way I wanted but I spoke up and didn't let any shyness get in the way!!! I had a great night with a friend too something that comes far and few inbetween for me so it was a nice night out and glad to have shared it with her and hope to get to do it all again with her one day!!!
These guys not only sing but they sing in other languages too and not only do they sing they play instruments too!!! See the whole package!!! I got to talk with Victor and Fraser!!! I talked with Victor first and I told him I had a three year old lil girl who sings Hallelujah and he said he has a two year old little boy who sings it as well!!! I think I told him it means the world to me!!! I pretty much told Fraser the same thing and he said that they get alot of videos of little kids singing it and I am pretty sure I told him thank you because it meant the world to me to hear my lil girl sing it!!! I have loved music since I was a lil girl and in terms of it I am all over the map!!! The only thing I forgot to tell the Canadian Tenors was thank you for the picture and that I hope they have a very Merry Christmas!!! So if you are a Tenor and reading this Merry Christmas!!! Hahaha!!! If you are not a Tenor and reading this Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you as well!!! Take care and Have fun!!!

Just a few of my latest things... I know it's been awhile

Hello my blog, sorry it's been so long since I last came to play!!! Life comes first unfortunately and I am sometimes one too tired mommy to come and play!!! But I thought I would at least update you with some of my latest layouts as I have worked on a few since I last came to visit!!! As always take care and have fun!!! :0)

Cheers to Pink Champagne Cupcakes...Can you say yum???

I'm not much of a drinker, occasionally I will have some bevys and if I do I really like the cheap champagne or malibu and seven...Soooo when I saw a recipe advertised for these fun pink champagne cupcakes on a Betty Crocker Mini Recipe Magazine I knew that the magazine had to be mine!!! My cupcakes don't look as pretty as Betty Crocker's but I was quite pleased with the way that mine turned out as this was one of the first times that I have made cupcakes!!! I once made a batch of these(24 cupcakes) when my husband had some cousins staying with him and by the end of the weekend these lil cakes were gone!!! He said they were so light and fluffy that it was like eating air!!! I thought hey cool as I like to bake... doesn't always mean that I am good at it!!! And who doesn't like to get a little praise now and then, right??? This is a picture of my cupcakes and I will put the recipe to follow. The cupcakes will have a slight champagne taste to it but I think they are good and so does my husband and apparently so does my husbands cousins!!! Now may you be inspired to go and bake up a batch of these cupcakes or another if you like but go and give in to your baking side and Have a little fun!!! Take care!!!

Pink Champagne Cupcakes

Champagne Cupcakes

1 box Betty Crocker Supermoist White Cake Mix

1 1/4 cups champagne

1/3 cup vegetable oil

3 egg whites

4 to 5 drops red food coloring

Champagne Frosting

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened

4 cups powdered sugar

1/4 cup champagne

1 tsp. vanilla

4 to 5 drops red food coloring

Garnish

Pink decorator sugar crystals

Edible pink pearls

1. Heat oven to 350 F (325F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cups in each of 24 regular size muffin cups.
2. In a large bowl, combine cake mix and champagne. Add oil, eggs, and food color. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
3. Bake 17 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
4. In medium bowl, beat frosting ingedients with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Frost cupcakes. Sprinkle with pink sugar and pearls.

I Hope You Dance And Dance And Dance

F.Y.I. My video does have sound so if you want to listen to it you will have to pause my music!!!Thanks!!! :0) This is my little chica just dancing away!!! As my girls grow up I hope they look back at this and see that they are everything to me!!! Without music or dance where would we be!!! Music is a constant in my life and I hope constant in my lil girls lives!!! It's one thing that I've always turned to whether happy or sad or mad!!! Just like one quote said, it is your pulse, heartbeat, your breathing!!! I am a closet dancer!!! I put the music on, turn it up, and I dance!!! I dance with no one but I trust watching but I am hoping that my girls will dance with everyone watching!!! Don't get me wrong sometimes I still get up and dance openly but not as loose as I would at home!!! It's funny sometimes you catch Illonya at the right time doing her thing and she gets embarassed quite easily, almost to the point of tears and anger because you caught her and I'm trying to instill that it's okay to dance, to sing, to be all that she is because we are nothing short of proud of her!!! Life is one big dance and I hope my girls dance through theirs as if no one was watching yet with everyone watching!!! Big things for my little girls, I'm just a Mom who wants big things for her little girls!!! Now go turn your music up and dance!!! Take care!!!

"We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams."

"A child sings before it speaks, dances almost before it walks. Music is in our hearts from the beginning." ~Pamela Brown

"To touch, to move, to inspire. This is the true gift of dance." -Aubrey Lynch

Dance is a little insanity that does us all a lot of good." -Edward Demby

Learning to walk set you free. Learning to dance gives you the greatest freedom of all: to express with your whole self the person you are. -Melissa Hayden

"Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays." ~George Balanchine

Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythm of your life. It's the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy." ~Jaques D'ambroise

"Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another." ~anonymous

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word. ~Mata Hari

To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak. ~Hopi Indian Saying

You've Got A Friend In Me

Wow it's been a long time since I last posted but it's been busy with sick kids, holidays, moving, holidays, and did I mention sick kids??? I am still around, alive and kicking, just too busy or too tired to be on the computer for a good amount of time!!! I took my little chick to see her first movie today!!! The movie was Toy Story 3 and it was all quite the experience to her!!! She loved every bit of it!!! I knew she would love the movie because we have seen the other 2 about a million times and she has a Woody, Buzz, and Jessie doll just like Andy!!! The movie was also a reminder that kids really do grow up way too fast and I really do feel truly blessed that I get to spend every moment with my girls!!! I love watching them learn and experience new things and while sometimes they may be a little rough around the edges, I couldn't be any more proud of them then I already am!!! Like Illonya right now, any other lil kids in her presence and they are automatically friends to her and I think what a great lil attitude to have, sure some kids might find that annoying but I think it's a great outlook to have!!! No prejudices of other kids and even though I know it's bound to happen, I kind of hope she keeps that outlook but yet knows how to protect herself from getting hurt!!! Because I know that is bound to happen!!! Anyways sorry for my ramblings, I just love watching my girl grow up but at the same time am sad that it has to happen because if I had my way sometimes I would freeze her at 3 or 4 but then again that wouldn't be any fun now either!!! It was a cute movie and then I remembered that I did a layout with my lil girl loving her Woody doll!!! I orginally did this layout from a challenge that was posted on Candy Shoppe Designs(http://candyshoppedesigns.blogspot.com/) but I didn't get a chance to get on the computer and post it so I thought what would be the next perfect day to post it then today!!! Anyways I got to go but you should check out Candy Shoppe Designs as there is lots of cool stuff to see!!! And once again as always Take care and Have fun!!! :0)

A Little Blog Hopping

This is my take on the DirtyFitGirls Blog Hop Challenge!!!
Three Blogs...One Page ( The Blogs and challenges are listed below)

A little background on me: Anyone who truly knows me knows that I am a HUGE Disney fan, (the movies, the characters, the MUSIC) Ariel is my favorite character!!! When I was younger I tried out for the New Mickey Mouse Club ( I sang Debbie Gibson's song Lost In Your Eyes)! Yes the very one that spawned Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and yes Ms. Christina Aguilera whose song is featured on my page and one that I have been wanting to use for a very long time! Why? Because I often wonder about my reflection!!! Thanks for looking and as always Take Care and Have Fun!!!
First Blog, http://sassylilsketches.blogspot.com/wants you to use this sketch:

Second Blog, http://dirtyscraps.blogspot.com/ wants you to use this as your motivation for the page:

Getting dirty is not about scrapping only those bad moments or only the good. It's all about reflection and what YOU think, how your mind works and how you feel. So make this Layout about Reflection, maybe you are reflecting on past mistakes, or reflecting on a past blessing? Maybe it is how you see your reflection in the mirror?We all reflect, don't be scared to get dirty! Scrap your emotions, scrap them the way you want, now go get dirty!

And last but most certainly not least, http://scrapfit.blogspot.com/wants to see some ribbon and some silver to represent reflection!!!

Thanks to all 3 for the challenge and for introducing me to other great blogs out there as I am just getting into this big wide world of blogging!!! Thanks Again!!!

A Big Shout Out To My Girls, LJ and Nanas!!!

A photo in Honor of my little chica learning to go on the potty, I am so proud of you girl!!! Rock On, My Girl!!! Rock On!!! And I can't give a shout out to one of my lil chicas without giving a shout out to the other!!! You the best, Nana!!! You the best!!!I love ya girls!!!

Dear Illonya and Liana,

Mommy wants you to know how so very proud I am of you both everyday!!! You are a beautiful little two almost three year old and your sister beautiful at 1 years!!! You mean the world to me, and I want you to know it!!! You are my joy, my light, my valentine's day!!! Illonya I am so proud, you are so smart and learning more and more each day and Liana you are coming full fast on your sisters heels, you don't talk much yet perhaps you will be my quiet one but you are loving to run and climb and climb and climb!!! You are the greatest little peeps a Mom could ask for and I wanted you to know!!! I am thankful everyday that God has blessed me with the both of you, so very thankful!!! You two are my biggest dreams come true!!! So thank you my girls for filling my life with the greatest joys!!! You girls rock!!! You rock, You rock, You Rock!!!

Okay I Had To Do It!!!

I keep seeing these fun little card sets popping up all around and so I had to do it!!! You can find a template on Pinky's blog (http://blueyecicle.blogspot.com/2008/07/fun-lingerie-cards.html)
She has lots of amazing works to look at!!! These were way too cute not to do!!! I made this one for my husband for valentine's day!!! I think he might get a little kick out of it!!! Thanks for looking and as always Take Care and Have Fun!!!

I Wanna Talk About Me

Well since I have been working on a whole lot of me pages lately, I had to dig out my All About Me album( I think I might need to go album hunting because the one that I have now I am not feeling it) which has been a long time because until recently I haven't scrapped in a really long time and when I opened it up I saw this page!!! It reminds me of why I love scrapbooking so much!!! It is a creative outlet to tell my story the way I see it, pages upon pages of life lessons, happy moments, and even the sad ones and if ever something should happen to me, my girls will know how much I loved them and what life was and is to me!!! Well enough of my ramblings, have a great day!!! Take Care and Have fun!!!

Guest Designer at Dirty Scraps... Woot Woot!!!

The 3rd challenge at Dirty Scraps was all about Broken relationships!!! I wasn't quite sure what I was going to say was broken so I worked on two layouts!!! Wow Thank you so much Pinky for deciding to feature them both! I am honored!!!My first layout out is titled Broken in this Moment and features a poem I wrote after my 1st miscarriage and is a layout about how I let moments break me and make me withdraw in when I should really try and let go and move forward which I am really trying to do, because I have two beautiful girls who right now deserve their Mom at her very best instead of one who sometimes just feels so broken!!!

My next layout is titled, As Broken As It Gets and is a layout about the brother that I have who is in prison! I wasn't sure if I was going to let this layout go or not but I am came to the conclusion that while you may judge me by the words that come from my heart or by my brothers actions, I am simply just wanting to be free of this heavy heart and this heavy mind and become better at being who I want to be!!!

My journal reads this: This is a picture of my brother and I!!! Yes this is the brother that I have who is in prison! So if you are reading this and you know me, even if you don't know me, me and my family are not defined by my brothers actions! It is what he decided to do in one moment that would put him there! If you are wondering that one moment has nothing to do with me but that one moment would definitely break this relationship and throw all trust out the window! Take note that in no way, shape, or form, do I agree with what he did at all!!! AT ALL!!! I tried to be supportive of my brother though but not the way that you might think!!! I just mean I wouldn't want to be stuck in that place all alone, so I would take the phone calls, the letters, and I would even go visit him a few times which really creeped me out because you have all of these inmates with family and friends all squished together in one room! So this relationship is broken and no matter how hard one might try and get it back it will always remain broken. There will always be a strain or tension there and once you lose trust with somebody it is very hard to get or gain it back, if at all possible! The letters have stopped coming, the calls don't come anymore because somehow my phone started blocking them, and I don't remember the last time I went to visit, so for me this relationship is As Broken As It Gets!!!

With these Girls... I am Forever Changed

This is my second challenge for the Dirty Scraps Blog(http://dirtyscraps.blogspot.com/) in which you scrap a pivotal point in your life!!! I chose my pivotal points to be the birth of my girls although I believe life is made up of many pivotal points!!! When it comes down to it these are the two moments that I had been waiting for all of my life and the two most changing, as of now!!! I'm in the process of trying to change myself, so that I may be better for them!!! Not that I am not good for them now!!! These girls are my greatest joys!!! So this week I didn't get real Dirty or go too deep but I think my small amount of journaling says enough!!! Thanks for looking!!! Take Care and Have fun!!!

My journaling reads: In one moment you whole life can change! Isn't that crazy? I believe life is made up of many pivotal moments!!! These are the two most beautiful and important moments of my life! Sometimes change is good!

Cool stuff that I used: sketch from pagemaps(http://www.pagemaps.com/), Prima Paper from Nursery Tales( Shimmery Pink and Glitter Diamond), Small Floral piece from DCVW Once Upon a Time Stack, Jolee's Boutique Together Blossoms, EK Success Cherry Blossoms, EK Success Alpha Mod Script Black for title, Small letters for daughters names Daisy d's Sweet Baby Jane Rub On Transfer Book

This is me...

So my friend put a bug in my ear about a blog that was just starting up called Dirty Scraps founded by a woman named Pinky and when I went to the site and saw her first challenge I knew it was definitely a challenge that I wanted to do!!! The challenge was to scrap one of your peeves and then in turn put what you have learned from it!!! This challenge was somewhat liberating for me as I truly scrapped what was in my heart, sometimes I forget how to use my voice and this woman Pinky made me dig deep and express myself in the best way I know how, creatively!!! My page's intent is solely to get what I needed to get out of my heart so I can move forward and is in no way shape or form meant to hurt anyone!!! That is what was in there and it just needed to come!!! This is the first scrapbook page that I have done in a very long time as my two year and one year old keep me very busy but a big Thanks to this woman named Pinky because that was something I have needed to do for a very long time, just get what I needed to get out!!! So here is the blog and my take on her first challenge!!! Take Care and Have fun!!!

http://dirtyscraps.blogspot.com/

The Apple Of My Eye

So I have been trying to organize my scraproom and I have a pile of scrapbook pages that are just waiting to be finished, so tonight I went in a picked this one out of the pile!!! It was done, all I needed to do was add a photo!!! It is a picture of my little chica, who isn't so little anymore!!! Two and a half years old and already too big for her britches!!! Hahaha!!! I love this photo and when I heard this song, I knew I had to use it!!! It is the sweetest kids song, sung in the sweetest little girls voice!!! My photo isn't that great so I will type the words for you and try and link you to the song on the internet!!! This is definitely one of my favorite pages and I even have part of the recording on my scrapbook page, so that makes it even cooler for me and hopefully for her when she grows up and appreciates it!!! Thanks for looking!!! Oh and I apologize for the picture quality, I'm still new at all of this!!! Now the words to the song:

You're my Honeybunch, Sugarplum, Pumpy-umpy-umpkin,

You're my Sweetie Pie,

You're my Cuppycake, Gumdrop, Snoogums-Boogums,

You're the Apple of my Eye.

And I love you so

and I want you to know

That I'll always be right here

And I love to sing sweet songs to you

Because you are so dear!!!

http://hotcupofcoffee.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/apple-of-my-eye-cuppy-cake-song/

Happy New Year!!!

I just wanted to say that's it been a million years since my last post but I am hoping not for long!!! New years to me signify new changes and a fresh start and I am going to try real hard to be a new and better me!!! Which means I am going to get my behind in gear and do all the things that I have been wanting to do but have had no time or lack of energy to do!!! I will push myself harder and I will move forward!!! And I will bring cool stuff to my blog, watch and see!!! But for now Happy New Year and may you find the change and new start you need to find in you!!! Take care and Have fun!!!