yes, scrappy sunday is back! not by popular demand, but because i felt like it today. 🙂

thanks for all of your sweet words about cate and lucy…some of you asked why “bennett” and if it was a family name.

bennett is my mother’s maiden name. my grandfather was harrison bennett. if we ever had a boy, he would have been harrison bennett howell. but alas, it was not to be. HEE!

my grandfather passed away when i was in college and i loved him dearly. i wanted to honor him regardless, so we used bennett as a middle name.

kind of funny how it worked out…catherine bennet (one t in her case)  is the mother from pride and prejudice- a story full of girls. 😉

also, many of you wondered which baby will be which? well we have no idea. catherine bennett was a name we were going to use if the baby was a girl (back when we thought it was just ONE baby). so maybe cate will be the first? we will see, we have some time to think about it!

okay. onto the “scrappy” part of sunday:

 

patterned paper- studio calico, karen russell narratives (scallop), k and co amy butler (blue)

fabrips, stickers, rubons- studio calico

buttons- JBS

twine- studio calico

punch- bubbles by EK success

pen- american crafts

title: right now i miss

journaling reads: falling asleep with you by my side. i’m never scared at night when you are here. watching entourage with you. it’s not as funny when i watch it alone. holding your hand, parental back up, your sarcastic comments, the way only *you* can make me laugh, your culinary skills. YOU. i miss my best friend.

hope you have a beautiful sunday…we cut a link off of the deployment paper chain today and that started the day off right!!

xoxo

below are each of our names, with the meanings of our names.

underneath, i’ve summarized the personalities of everyone, as i see them!

james carr

someone or something that takes the place of another/fighter

he is: brave, strong, fiercely loyal. inpatient, kind, tender, fearless. adventurous, unapologetic, stubborn, sweet.

 

stephanie elise

crowned one/consecrated to God

she is: creative, sensitive, kind. emotional, loyal, high strung. extroverted, faithful, nurturing. talkative, sarcastic.

 

harper elizabeth

harp player/consecrated to God

she is: energetic, sweet, determined. particular, sensitive, verbal. curious, tenderhearted, funny.

 

sadie caroline

princess/beautiful woman or song of happiness

she is: defiant, wild, tender. cuddlesome, prickly, loud. big hearted, gutsy, nervous.

 

catherine bennett (she will be called cate)

pure/little blessed one

&

lucy claire

bringer of light/clear and bright

i pray they will be: healthy, kind, faithful. loyal, loving, honest.

i know they will be: loved, fought over :), held non stop, fussed over, nurtured, blessed.

**giveaway still open below!!**

Good morning, ladies!

I wanted to take a second to share my layouts from Studio Calico’s August kit, Summer Camp.

I used the Main Kit as well as the Footpath Add-on.

 

the second layout i’ve done about the two sweet peas!

i used an entire sheet of the JBS butterfly stickers on this, and i’m fine with that. Ha!

i also used the ek success bubble border punch, one of my current favorites.

i think this color of cardstock is my new obsession. it’s bazzill cinder, i think april said.

 

oh, i love this one. it’s SUPER simple, but i love it nonetheless.

i love the graphic look of those hambly rubons and girls paperie letters for the title work.

“mama”…it’s who i am right now. and i’m okay with that!

journaling reads: mama…it’s who i am these days. and i’m holding on to that tightly b/c soon i’ll be “mom”.

the photo behind the photos is this really pretty exclusive SC ledger/woodgrain paper, (it’s the b-side of the cloud paper!)  but you can’t really see it in the photo.

 

look at that wild child. she’s been going NUTS in the tub lately and i wanted to document her adventures. 

can we please discuss how much i love orange and aqua together??

the “water drops” are the sassafras flowers from the main kit. i cut the petals into drops and used the dots from the thickers to accent them.

i also used the fiskars wave punch and bubble punch here.

oh, these were SO fun to make!

hope you have a beautiful day- i’m off to the maternal/fetal specialist to have my in depth ultrasound (they will really evaluate and measure everything, make sure everything is okay). i have these every few weeks, and alwyays get a bit nervous, please say a prayer for me!

xxo

i’m sorry but it has to be said. i’m over you.

it’s too hot. and humid. and sticky. and don’t you know i’m pregnant??
everyone knows pregnant ladies don’t like the heat.

i’m so ready for fall.

for cool breezes and falling leaves and pumpkins.

and for my husband coming home.

for long sleeve shirts and jeans,

being able to be outside for longer than 30 seconds without feeling like i’m going TO FAINT

now if i could spend my summer this way?

 

i might feel differently.

but there’s no way i’m fitting in there with my girls. no way. the neighbors do NOT need to see that.

moving right along…

almost 21 weeks

 

 

feeling so much better. so much more energy,

craving limeade and chicken burritos.

speaking of limeade?
this:

is the best limeade EVER. evereverever.

i digress…

wearing sundresses or shorts every day, b/c it’s too dang HOT for anything else

watching “i didn’t know i was pregnant” obsessively (sidenote: are you KIDDING ME??)

wanting to name these baby girls…if you talk to jimmy can you PLEASE tell him

TO JUST GIVE INTO THE DANG NAMES I WANT ALREADY??
GEEEEEESH.

happy sunday.

back tomorrow with a giveaway!

xxo

s

Hey everyone!

Hope you had a beautiful weekend.

This weekend was…strange. I don’t know. There are always these lulls/slumps during deployments where I just feel super isolated and lonely. We’re in a slump right now.

The girls have been crying and asking for J almost every day (first time we’ve dealt with this ever). The other night, at bedtime, Harper was crying and saying “daddy” so much that she pretty much started hyperventilating.

I asked her what was wrong, and she told me that she especially missed J at bedtime because he always tucks her in and tells her special stories.

Ugh. I hate that. *I* can handle it, but I feel bad for their little hearts. I think about how much I miss him, and then I imagine that same longing in their little bodies…

As a soldier’s wife, your job is to be strong. You hold the family together. I’m a pro at keeping my game face on. But that doesn’t mean you don’t hurt inside when your children hurt.okay. no more talking about this.

Moving on…we had the 75th Ranger Regiment  family day this weekend. It’s a great opportunity to go experience a bit of what J sees and does!

There wasn’t much for my littles to do, but we did get to do

face painting (harper asked a guy if he could paint a camo butterfly and i was laughing SO hard):

obstacle course…harper kept saying her sparkle shoes were falling off and sadie was a MANIAC. the guys were laughing at s b/c she was out of control:

 

 

 

 

there were also stryker rides, but the line was a bit much for us. i really wanted the girls to do that, though!

other than that,this weekend was pretty uneventful. we had a “dinner date” and went to church on Sunday.

oh, and i got in a little more creative time!

here’s another look at Jenni Bowlin’s new line, Family Tree.

This is a mini piece I made for the booth.

It’s mounted on a piece of JBS chipboard (maybe 6×6??)

The papers, vellum butterflies, and chipboard butterflies are brand new. The chipboard butterflies are brilliant! They are the exact size of the butterfly stickers from Jenni’s last release. There are also chipboard banner pieces to match the banner stickers!

Okay, that’s all I’ve got today! Hope you have a wonderful day!

xxo

s