the boys are both listening and watching the two hawaiian monk seals…

inside my favorites include the jellyfish

the huge tank with sharks and grouper. and i do mean huge.

I don’t remember why he made this face, but it makes me laugh… ;)

on the aquarium lawn.  This grass is so beautiful.  I had visions of laying out in the grass for a photoshoot but it was slightly drizzly and they had a sprinkler going, so I just snapped this one shot.

We are looking forward to visiting the aquarium again and again :)

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Joscie, rhymes with bossy.

This is the person checking off the reading list and handing out the incentives…

Ever since reading the Percy Jackson series, Jalen has been really interested in Greek mythology.

Jordan is looking for the books he wants to borrow. although he often says buy, I can’t imagine why?? hee hee.

I am very thankful for our local library.  The librarians are quite helpful and hey, free books? Who knew?!

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Joscie, rhymes with bossy

Jordan got down and dug around for some dino bones… He was having a good time too :)

There was a train ride but Jordan was not interested in riding and Jalen was too big.  I love this view though. :)

I loved the sun shining on the Triceratop’s horns :)

Jalen cracks me up.

Jalen was mimicking this dino… then offered it a sip of his icee. :)

We rode on the monorail to the other side of the mall to see the rest of  the dinos…

We also visited borders where Jalen bought a Despicable Me book. Can I tell you I love the fact that he is willing to spend his own money on books?! I love that I am raising readers.

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Joscie, rhymes with bossy

We also saw a Coast Guard ship come by.  I also noticed that there was quite a bit of activity at the very end of the path where some people were setting up a little canopy and moving some equipment.  I thought maybe there was a function set up going on.  Then a man came by and asked me if I had heard what was going on?  I say, no sorry.  He says, We’re shooting for a new movie, it’s called Battleship and we’re going to be getting the carrier coming by.  So I’m thinking he’s going to ask us to move… and he says, do you want to be in the background?  oh, okay.

Here is the Ronald Reagan:

Can I just say that we were out there much longer than I expected to be out there and we all got sunburned. and my poor poor little fair skinned Jordan really got a burned face. I must have slathered 20 applications of aloe to his red face over the last few days.  He looks better thankfully. Hello, Mother of the Year.  I have declared that we will sun block every time we go outside for more than walking to the mailbox.  But anyway. this is Anthony, he was the PA that was talking to us.  He’s from Lanai, so I asked him if he knew a classmate of mine and he says, oh I know the family but they’re all much older than me. (I’m thinking, hey, we’re not that old, ha ha) anyway.  It was a fun adventure.

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Joscie, rhymes with bossy.

The kids filed into the gym and I could see Jordan’s eyes roaming and his mouth mumbling, “where’s my mom?” and after a few minutes he finally found me in my seat.

Then, he didn’t want to stop waving, it was like a Disney parade. He’s so comical. :)

They sang several songs and recognized the children one class at a time.

We got a group shot after the ceremony.

If you are not from Hawaii, you might not understand the madness of a high school graduation.  People come to the graduation with lei of all shapes, sizes and varieties.  There are crocheted yarn, or ribbon lei, candy lei, goody bags, etc.  It is common to see graduates who can’t even see over the stack of lei.  and yes, this mania evidently translates to preschool graduations as well.  Jordan scored quite a few lei, goody bags, lollipops, a few books… his favorite, i think, is the froot loop lei.

He: “Mom, can I eat this colorful cheerio lei?”

Me: “Yes son, and those are called froot loops”

He: “These are good, can you buy these?”

Me: “No, sorry son, those are pure sugar.”

He: “Okay.”

So starts the summer for Jordan.  Today is a luncheon with fellow fourth grade moms from Jalen’s school, a mom end of the year celebration.  I’ve got to get a move on, but come back again soon, I’ll have a peek at Troy’s Father’s day shirt, my first attempt with flocked iron on material with the silhouette, some pea projects and some minty.  I hope you’re all doing well, thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy.

I got an email from my mother in law that she received the new For the Home idea book by Scrapbook Trends in the mail.  My calendar is featured there, I am so excited!  Be on the look out for that one! :)  I have another layout coming out in a UK Idea book this summer too, I’ll let you know about that one when it comes up.  I also have a new project in the works for DesignHouseDigital soon too! :)  I also got a note that one of my digi layouts is featured on the Kenner Road blog today!

It has been voggy and rainy around Hawaii the past few days.  There has been lots of ponding on the roads and runny noses, itchy eyes, and coughing around the family.  We’re sure thankful that it’s not too bad, I am feeling really bad for all the severe weather in the southeast US.  We took the car into the shop this morning for an oil change, tire rotation, brake check *(I was just sure that the brakes were going bad, but thankfully I was wrong, they are fine).  These are the kinds of things Troy usually does for me, and I was just glad to get it done.  We also stopped off at the Library today and while Jalen checked in to a few resource books in the Library, Jordan and I scanned the kids books and checked out three cute stories about Miss Smith and her Incredible Storybook.  We have just about decided that I am going to homeschool both boys next year.  I am nervous, but excited at the prospect at the same time.  So if you’re so inclined, please pray for some divine guidance in selecting our curriculum and good choices for our family.

I need to fold up some laundry and head to bed because tomorrow is Tuesday and that means time for new digi kits over at two peas in the morning! :)

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Joscie, rhymes with bossy

mystery plant:

Journaling:  Jordan’s class planted some seeds at school the other day.  His teacher did not tell us what kind of plant it is.  Our only instructions were to remind our preschoolers that it is their kuleana *responsibility* to take card of this plant.  We have to take it back to school in a few weeks.  We are enjoying watching it grow!

RAIN – Alphabet RAIN by Wilna Furstenberg

I used Laina’s flower digital cutter files and my silhouette to cut up some October Afternoon paper to whip up this hybrid card :) I added a Making Memories flower, a Prima Flower, a button and divine twine. :)Basic Shapes – Flower #2 by Laina Lamb

another hybrid card from me, this time using Vinnie’s Bracket masks with my silhouette. Patterned Paper, American Crafts, Butterfly die Sizzix, Stampin Up! Kraft cardstock, stamp, small oval punch, memento ink, silhouette, pop dots, glue dots :) Bracket Masks by Vinnie Pearce

I love these bracket masks by Vinnie Pearce! You can use them for digital clipping masks, or import them into the silhouette software like I did and cut the shapes. just a little layout to document how I am ALWAYS early to pick up the boys from school. Patterned Paper, Thickers by American Crafts, Stampin’ Up! Kraft Paper, Pop Dots.  Divine Twine in Aqua. :) Bracket Masks by Vinnie Pearce

Journaling:  I am always nervous about being late for pickups at school, so I always plan to arrive atleast 15 minutes before dismissal.  I figure I can spend those last few minutes reading on my kindle app for the iTouch.  It makes me happy to know that YOU know, I will be there at the end of your day.

I was both inspired by a tone on tone white card or layout I saw a month or more ago in the gallery @twopeas (http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=1595385)and by Laina’s super cute die cut frame shapes. I cut one set of labels in the same white textured cardstock that I made the mini book out of. I lOVE how it came out. I printed a few family shots in b/w and added the title in white vinyl thickers. sewed up with some divine twine. will be sending this overseas to Troy :) Favorite Frames 2 by Laina Lamb

So it’s official! I’m a hybrid decorator over at Design House Digital ;)  and my first blog tutorial/project is up on the dhd blog.  Check it out!

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Personal notes.  This Sunday was Jalen’s first time to be an acolyte in our Church Service.  He has been waiting for a while to be old enough to volunteer and this Sunday was finally it.  We woke up early and got dressed, made breakfast, and finished up our routine.  We were so early, the boys sat down to play and I sat down at the computer to work on some digi stuff.  before you know it, it was 9 am, perfect time to leave and make it with time to spare. I was happy, especially after the last two weeks of running in almost late!  so the boys got in the car and I scrambled to grab my camera, put it into a big bag, although not my usual camera bag. Grabbed a snack for Jordan and a bottle of water *that was prepacked, just had to get it in the bag. then transferring my wallet, Touch and looking for my cell phone. oh and lip gloss. and grabbing my coffee cup. where is that dang cell phone?  Jalen walks back into the house, Mom, are you looking for your cell phone? Jordan has it. ugh! i glance at the clock and it is now 9:20. <sarcasm> GREAT!</sarcasm> there went our lead time. we’re supposed to be at the church already!  so I get in the car, and we jet to the church. Jalen runs in and gets the robes on and Jordan and I are getting into our regular seats… and here they come.  Now let me say, in my mind, the past acolytes have been kids.  I’m thinking Jalen’s going to be looking like a big boy.  I hope he’s not nervous… and they walk in.  The two in the front are a brother and sister and they are highschoolers carrying the candle things… and Jalen carrying the bible, just looks tiny. like a little kid. and the Big BOOK, put up a little struggle with Jalen, but thankfully he did NOT lose his grip… and he takes his seat in the front row and now Jordan notices, hey Mom, why is Jalen helping out up there!  :)  I’m happy to further report that Jordan went to Sunday school with no incident and Jalen performed his other acolyte duties without any troubles.   He gets to do it again one time next month, and I couldn’t be prouder!

I am going to document my week along with every other scrapbooker on the planet… hee hee!  I really enjoyed the last time with Ali, so I figured why not?

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Joscie, rhymes with bossy

There are so so many more goodies that I haven’t even gotten a chance to work with yet, but I wanted to share these two cards.

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I so love Jen Martakis’ April kit, especially the scratchy looking papers in yellow and gray. I used Laina’s Borderlines 5 to cut the bracket edge on Jen’s papers in my silhouette. Hybrids are so easy in 8.5×11, I printed my journaling right on my background paper.  The alphas are thickers, the corduroy brad is from stampin’ up!  and those little legos are stuck on with mini glue dots ;)

and in other exciting news, today my layout was featured over at the clubcreatingkeepsakes.com blog in the gallery :)

I picked up a few cute digital cutter files from Laina Lamb again this week, so I’ll be working with those…

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more exciting news: I’ve been invited to join the designhousedigital.com Hybrid Creative team.  I’ll be making a few hybrid projects a month and posting them over there and here.  I’m super excited to be working with those lovely creative peeps over there!  I’ll let you know when my first project(s) are up!

and a few last bits on the personal front.  I have been wanting to get my hair cut for quite a while now.  It’s been long and quite a hassle. I swear it would take me atleast 20 minutes to wash, condition and rinse all that hair. Not to mention all the hair I have to vacuum up around here.  I was also inspired by Megan to just get it done and donate it to Locks of Love.  You’ve probably heard of the organization, they accept donations of hair to make hair pieces for children who have lost their hair whether through alopecia or cancer or whatever situation.  I took the boys to the Navy Exchange to get their hair cut today and I thought I’d stop by and make an appointment to get my hair cut tomorrow while they are at school.  When I walked into the salon, they had an appointment, so i let the boys watch Veggie Tales Jonah on the touch while I got my hair cut.  Who knew I could take them with me?! Atleast now I know I’ll be able to get my hair cut during the summer (no school usually means no appointments for me).  So the girl that cut my hair was super super sweet and she measured the hair to make sure it was long enough… and it was. She cut off 12″ and then proceeded to give me a new look.

Thanks for stopping by! Come back again next time when I’ll have more scrap to share and some pictures from the preschool fieldtrip series ;)

Love Love and Blog You Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

Miss Mint’s Chocolate Bunny Papers, Miss Mint’s Chocolate Bunny Elements, Miss Mint’s Bingo Cards-Easter

Journaling: the boys got dressed up in their shirts, ties and shorts to celebrate the Children’s Easter Party at the Church.  Jalen helped hide eggs for the hunt while Jordan moved up in age groups to hunt eggs with the 5 and up group.  He came in second place finding 15, barely being nudged out by a 7 year old who found 17.  It was a fun time and they both looked so stylish.  March 2010.

a Hybrid Easter Card :)
Miss Mint’s Chocolate Bunny Papers, Miss Mint’s Chocolate Bunny Elements, Miss Mint’s Bingo Cards-Easter

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Love Love and Blog You Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

I wrapped his presents in kraft paper and used one of the cardstock pieces that i cut as a mask to spray blue glimmer mist 5s on the top of one of the boxes. I used blue graph patterned Japanese masking tape to seal them shut.  :)

I created a hybrid card with some minty goodies…

and when he came downstairs, we sang over what else? a breakfast croissant! it was perfect actually, we got the large croissants from Sam’s Club and these had a teeny tiny little hole, just the right size for a candle.

Here’s our big 5 year old:

When Jalen and I were discussing where to hang up the 5s, I asked him, do you think we should hang it over his seat at the table? and Jalen decided, yes, it will look like he’s kind of a King.  so that’s what we went for :) The funny thing is that Jordan thought at first that it looked like a web and he was afraid to sit under it. Once Jalen told him it meant he was the Birthday King, Jordan seemed okay with it.  I took them down from the dining room the next day and they are now hanging in his room. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Come back again later where you might see some 2peas projects, some glimmery goodies and some pictures from the big island and flat jackson’s visit.

Love Love and Blog you later!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy