New House

Well we did get settled into our new house here at Dyess AFB in TX. I know that I have been neglecting my blog, but we still have things to unpack and organize. We are now in a 4 bedroom house which is wonderful now that Cody and Clay have separate rooms. This gives them their own areas to get away from the twins and each other. Our house is very nice, but only has 1 car garage and not much storage. Needless to say my truck has a home outside since our garage is full of stuff. I hope one day to get out there and organize it a little better. The back yard is lets say extremely small. When we moved it it was all dirt so I did throw down some winter Rye grass seed to get something to grow. That way I could hopefully keep some of the dirt out of the house.

One other thing that is strange is that the back of the house is where you drive up to and come in. If you want to use the front door you must find the sidewalk (which is 2 houses down) and walk around all the houses til you get to the front door. I know very weird! The only person who really sees the front of the house is the mail man since our mail box is on our front porch. Oh well they do say that back door friends are the best ones to have.

I have attached some pictures of the new house. Enjoy!

 Kitchen

 Dining Room looking out to back yard

 Living Room

View from Living Room

 Front Door

 Hallway

 Twins room

Twins Closet

 Hall Bath Room

 Hall Tub and Toilet

Storage Room AKA Scrap Room

 Hall Closet

 Clay's Room

Cody's Room (Smallest Bedroom)

 Master Sink area and tub and bath are in a separate room

 Master

 Master Closet

Laundry room

Well that is it for now. I know that was a bunch of pictures, but I wanted to show everyone what our new place looks like!

Cantrell Chrismas

I have been trying to get caught up on some of my scrapbooking. I am so far behind. I wanted to do a 1st year album of all of my kids. Well, I am still working on my oldest 1st year album and I am only at his 3rd month. I have a lot of work to do. As some of you may know I have 4 boys so getting time to craft is not easy at all. My last 2 boys are twins so they keep me on my toes.

Here is a layout that I did of Clay's 1st Christmas with the Cantrell side of the family. On this layout I used the CTMH book Cherrish to get the layout design. I also used some of their stamps and some Bazzil cardstock.

On this circle I used some ribbon to cover the circle to give it a unique look.

Time to move again!

Well Uncle Sam has decided that it is time for us to move to a new base. We will be moving to Dyess AFB in Abilene, TX. Things here are starting to get crazy before the move. One good thing about moving is that you are forced to go through  all your stuff and weed out the things that you don't need anymore. Right now our garage is a total mess. We have piles of trash, piles of things to give away, and piles of things to donate.

Another great thing about moving is that we will be moving within 3 hours of family. We have not been that close to family in 13 years. I am so excited to have my kids be able to get to know their extended family. Growing up my extended family was always together even though we lived about 7 to 8 hours apart.

We only have about 2 1/2 weeks left and time seems like it is flying. I am so ready to say bye to North Dakota and hello to Texas. The weather is gonna be alot warmer and no heavy snow to shovel. I will miss the snow, but not shoveling the driveway. Although you do get a great workout doing the driveway. I do plan on crafting sometime this weekend to finish up a few layouts and some cards. I hope to post those next week. Til next time!

Cody's Birthday Card

Cody's 8th  brithday was on 18 September so our house is very busy for September. I made his card using SU cardstock and designer paper. I also used the robot stamp from the Stamps of Life. Click on Stephanie's link (to the right) to the Stamps of Life and check out her stamps. AMAZING!

We wanted to give the boys something that they have wanted for a while. As you guessed it we got both of the boys a new guitar. Cody is left handed so finding him a guitar was not easy. We had to order it so that is why the card is an I owe you card. The guitar didn't make it for his birthday, but arrived just a few days after. Cody seems to love his new guitar and we hope to get him lessons soon.

Clay's Birthday Card

Well I did make Clay a birthday card  and used some of my new Close to My Heart Stamps. Clay had his 12th birthday this year on September 16th. Wow how time flies. I still think that he should still be a baby. I also used some Stampin Up cardstock. I think that the designer paper is from Cosmo Cricket and the inside stamp is from Stampin Up.

More Blog Candy

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Layout of my 1st Baby

I know I know Clay is no longer a baby. He will be 12 later this month, so you can see that I am waaay behind on my scrapbooking. This means that Cody, Dustin, and Dylan's books are not even started. What a bad mom! Oh well I don't have much time to play in my sanity outlet. I did seem to play yesterday and I am so happy! I used the Close to my Heart book Cherrish for the layout ideas. In this book it give you the recipe for the layouts by telling you how many papers your need and how to cut them. Enjoy!



Here is a layout using CTMH papers and Bazzil cardstock. I also used my Cricut and the Doodle Type cart.

Here is another layout using Bazzil cardstock. Don't remember where I got the other papers. I also used some CTMH stamps and ink along with some TAC stamps.

Ok this layout uses some amazing paper. I used the Wausau Pearlescent Cardstock. This paper has a wonderful shine to it. I also used some SU stamps and ink. Not sure what happened to the photo, but my camera has been messing up. Guess that I need to take it in.