FREE

FREE

That is my one little word for this year!
I have done lots of things with it already, like a calendar using the word all throughout. I love the idea of FREE.  It was actually my dear sweet husband that came up with the idea.  He thought about free spirit. I am a free spirit. I really don't do things like everyone else. It is the way of the Schaan girls. I think that I will always have a problem with conforming to do the "norm" LOL.  Lets just say that I am not NORMAL! And I really am ok with that! LOL

Beautiful pictures from our anniversary. I am in love and so lucky to be in love. It is going to be a great year!

7 MONTHS!!!

Wow! It has been 7 months since I have written anything. I guess because I have been too busy living! :) That is a good thing.  Seriously good. I have been traveling and having fun with my best friend and love of my life! :)


Here is a wonderful surprise when he came home from Arizona in April.  Love this guy. :)

 

 

Got some awesome kids too! :)

Bethanie graduated...WOW Class of 2012!!!

 

Billy and I in the Atlanta Dugout!

What a wonderful weekend! :) SO MUCH FUN!!!!

 

Branch performing Green Day at Christmas time! :)

He surprised Billy so much! :-O  Let me show you his shocked face!

 

It has been a good year. I have found Joy in many places! I have had more fun and done more this year than I have my entire life. I am so curious to see what opportunities are ready for 2013!

 

Have a great day!

No Scrapping...think living is more important than documenting.

I will get to it again someday, but it is not my focus right now.

 

Have  a Good LIFE!!!!

 

It is too short to worry about the small stuff...

 

Laura

 

My room

I am making this post for my OLDEST friend in the world.  My very first friend.  She is a scrapper and is intrigued by a room for scrapping.  Here are some pictures snapped just now...not too clean but cleaner than most! lOL

Here you go Terri!
Just for you!

A work area with 2 lamps...It has my current collage for the school yearbook on it. :)

 Paper and die cut machines.  The pink boxes have dies.  The drawers on the side hold my cricut cartridges. See those wooden boxes of punches...do you want them? 

 Cricut expression 2 and cricut imagine. Awesome machines.  My Dear sweet husband spoils me to death.  He loves me and I love him.

 Punches and paper.  Do you see the little drawers, all they have in them are sizzix dies.

My desk...another view and that is a Making Memories junk holder! :) (crap holder my husband calls it) LOL

I hope you enjoy my little tour...if you go looking way back in my posts you will see the room before it was this built up.  I have had my blog since 2006 so you can loook back and see us in Hawaii..too :)
Hugs,
Thanks for looking! :)
Laura

JOY

I'm  little bit early for my word for the year.  It is going to be JOY.  I want to find Joy in the little things and have joy in my life.  I am tired of living with depression and how it sucks the JOY out of EVERYTHING!  I am now going to find Joy in everything.  I am going to start by having a bracelet made that says JOY.  When I start to feel down or blue or insecure or just plain ugly, I am going to look at that hopefully turn myself around. It is a start, right?

Thank you for reading I know I have not updated any pictures of myself lately, it is coming. I promise! :)
Finding Joy is how I want to embrace and then remember 2012.

Hugs and thanks for reading.
Laura

Merry Christmas

It has been a long time since I posted.  It has been a rather strange year.  I'm hoping to do more scrapping in the next few months, but I'm still into LIVING rather than documenting.  I have a hard time being able to do both so I think I will live for now and hope for time to document later! :)

Have a wonderful holiday I know I have.  I have been spending time with my husband and children.  It has been very low key and wonderful.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs,
Laura

Happy Memorial Day

Hello Bloghoppers!
Welcome to our Memorial Day Blog Hop!

This is a layout I made for my husband when he retired from The Air Force.
 There is NO cricut stuff...but this is a simple statement of the pride I have in him and the long career we had in the Air Force.
K & Co. paper and stickers
CD's (see'd's) stamps for the military
Thank you stamp is stampabilties

Thank you for looking to day and leave a comment and I will send some blog candy (a box of scrappy goodies) to a randomly drawn person in comments. Just leave a way for me to get in touch with you if you win.
Thank you for visiting today...


here is next in line.

 Kristen - http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/ --You go here NEXT!


You are here from....





1. Michele - http://greengirlscraps.blogspot.com/ ------- You camer from HERE!


2. Laura - http://lauras--piece--of--paradise.blogspot.com/----- You are here!

3. Kristen - http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/--You go here NEXT!

4. Rexann - http://ibecircled.blogspot.com/

5. Jamie - http://www.myamusinglife.blogspot.com/

6. Dana - Paper Memories (http://irwdanataft.blogspot.com/ )

7. Cindy - http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com/

8. Brenda - http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/

9. Roberta - http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/

10. Renee - http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/





Thanks for stopping by! Happy Memorial Day to you!

Happy Mother's Day

I am having a beautiful Mother's Day.  I have a wonderful family that loves me and here are my beautiful Children...

Yes, Mother's Day has some gifts...

An Expression 2 from HSN...I got this a little early so I could play with it during National Scrapbook Day.

A Beatles Itunes Card and I got Yellow Submarine! :)

Bethanie drew a picture of my favorite picture of Rajah.  She used pastels on orange paper.  It really loooksjust like that picture I took of him, smiling and all.

I am so spoiled by my family and the best part is, I am still scrappin! :)  After a QUICK trip to Michaels to get a frame for my beautiful picture of Rajah.  Now, where to put it? :)

Here is the 3d object or Challenge #5 from My Pink Stampers NSD Challenges.  I am still having fun.

This is an altered clothespin.  I had to paint it and then I added a Lion to it and butterfly...This is for my classroom of course! I am Mrs. Lee and we are Lee's Lions. (we really do ROAR) LOL