I am cocaNUTS!!!

So yesterday afternoon I got all inspired to do the cocanut mini book of our Hawaii pics. So I started it and kept doing it until I finished because I was so excitied about it I didn't want to stop soooo I didn't crawl up the stairs and snuggle with moose in bed until 4AM!!! wth?!?!! I even skipped dinner! then of course like she does every morning I got a phone call from my mom only a few hours after I passed out...oh I just love her cause once moose is awake everyone is awake!!!! so here's the book...it was so hard picking pics for it because I like so many, almost all the stuff is making memories...the flower page that'ssupposed to be a hibiscus and the pineapples supposed to be shaped like a heart were both hand drawn and i'm no artist my sister got all that stuff so don't laugh too hard ;) i painted the insides of the cocanuts white. I saw the idea in an older issue of scrapbook trends and knew it would be perfect for our trip so while we were in hawaii Andy got me a real cocanut bra!! with the strings and all...so I just took off all the strings and used the existing holes to hold it together so no drillg or anything!!!



















We are off to the river tomarrow yeesssssss! It's gonna be a blast (as it always is!) Hope everone has a fun and safe holiday and remember the reason you have that extra day off!!! toodles!

xoxo
<3, Nicole &Co.

I am a RANDOM scrapper, yes I am!

yes I do scrap christmas pics when it's over 100 degrees outside!!! haha but no really it's been super hot this week here!! andy came home early on wed but we forgot about all the obligations we had when we were planning on going camping (helping my grandma, his sister's college graduation..) oh well maybe next time! but it sure has been nice having him home for 4 whole days in a row!!!! I did though get lots of scrappin done for some reason!!! A whole 7 pages!!! so here they are....






sorry about all the funkiness i didn't feel like fixing it cause I only have a few more hours with my honey until he's gone again!!
hope everyone is staying cool!

xoxo <3, Nicole & Co.

our GIRLY WEEKEND at the river

So the plan WAS supposed to go like this.... andy's flight wasn't getting in until after 9pm friday night so me and moose would ride with my sister out to the river to spend the weekend with my mom and andy would be there as soon as he could from the airport because my dad wasn't going so andy had to help my mom launch the boat and do all the manly stuff...good plan right?!
well andy called me friday before my sis was about to pick us up and told me it was for sure that they had to stay longer because the job they were doing this week was taking longer than expected...we were thinking sat but no I couldn't be so lucky! He wouldn't be home till SUNDAY at 5PM!! I has instant tears because for some reason this week was the worst of all...I thought it would get easier with him being gone but it's been worse! And the best part is that he was home for less than 12 hours before he was gone again, he worked over 90 hours last week and was so tired! poor guy! so we went to the river and it turned into a girl's weekend! we launched the boat and all without any help from boys! Moose found a new friend, our friends out there got a new puppy (rex) and him and moose became instant BFFs! they were so cute! they slept together, played, drank, they were the cutest. moose was even putting his arm around rex when they were snuggling! Moose also swam for the first time!! he loves the boat and was so good, he met 2 little kids at the cove that kept feeding him sticks!! haha they were too funny! so we came home sunday afternoon and andy was home a few hours later and we just BBQ'd and hung out and andy wanted moose to sleep in our bed last night because he didn't get to spend enough time with him, those 2 together melt my heart! but after all that GOOD NEWS! the job he's doing this week should be short and he might get to come home early!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed cause we decided to go camping at the beach this weekend if all goes as planned.....we'll see!


xoxo
<3, Nicole & Co.

YAY for my lil brother!!

So my lil brother has been stationed in georgia doing nursing school for the army and he just took his last test and PASSED! hoah! I know I couldn't believe it I mean my brother a nurse?! I am proud of him and all but I still wouldn't let him come near me with a needle! I dont care how many soldiers he patched up in iraq!! No but really I love him and miss him and hopefully I'll make it out there in june for his graduation! It was strange how I was doing this layout when my mom called and told me about him......
so with memorial day coming soon I hope everybody takes the time to remember all of our troops past and present for what they do to make this country the best place to live and just because you don't support war doesn't mean you can't support our troops!! remember they never ask to go to war!!!! but all of them have somebody that cares about them so remember that while you spend the weekend with your family that there are so many out there that aren't with theirs so you can sleep safe at night. We're packing up to head to the river right now to see my mommy so I wanna wish all the mommas a happy mother's day, it really is the best job in the world so have a great weekend and
I have to go take my baby so my mom can see her grand-dog <- that's what she calls him! crazy I know..she spoils him so much I can only imagine when we have human kids!!! haha here's a pic of them at our house on christmas (moose was only 6 weeks and the cutest baby ever!)
xoxo
<3, Nicole & Co.

I LOVE WEEKENDS!

I really do! weekends use to not matter because when you have a job that requires you to work on weekends fridays never had the same meanings as they do to the general population...but now with andy traveling for work mon-fri leaving me and moose here alone we look forward to friday nights when he comes home! I used to cook dinner every night but now it just seems pointless because i don't know how to cook for 1 and I hate leftovers so i eat crap or not at all...no i don't have an eating disorder i LOVE food as you can see from pictures!
So this weekend we mostly just hung out around the house... I moved my scrappy room around and love it soooo much better! i've been spending so much time in here (and so has moose cause he has to be in whatever room in the house i am!) and i needed a change so i made the tables tall again...they are ones from ikea that are adjustable... mostly because moose keeps getting his nose in all my projects and i can't keep him out because theres no lock on the door and he's a smart boy and can open all the doors in the house ( i know!! scary!)
then on sunday we went to the park and had a picnic then walked around the lake...it was such a nice day! i'm sure andy would have preferred to be on a boat at the river but that'll be this weekend!!
i havn't taken pics of the new and improved room but i'll post those later, but here's some pics from our day at the park! oh and one more funny one of the baby! as i was saying he follows me around and has to be in the same room well his new love is the balcony off of our master bedroom...he loves it because he can see all the neighbors dogs and everything else, so i was getting dressed and it was really quiet which is never a good thing! i peaked out the door and he was sprawled out like he was tanning on the lounge chair! such a stinkin cutin! i took a good picture on my cell phone and had to sneak down stairs to get the camera to capture the moment!! haha i just love that baby!!!! hope everyone is doing well!


xoxo
<3, Nicole & co.