My husband got me a Cricut Expression for Mother's Day.  He is so awesome I can't stand it!  He spoils me horribly and I love it.  Darin is the best!!

Ok...I've been procrastinating for days and days now about starting a scrapbook.  Last weekend I went on my church's annual women's retreat and for the first time a very dear friend was unable to go with us due to her leaving the area.  I vowed to make her a scrapbook of all the insanity and fun she had to miss out on.  Of course, I've never done any scrapbooking every in my whole life, thus the procrastination.

So today I picked up my pictures from Target and avoided looking at them all day.  Finally, I put Henry to bed (twice, because he seems to come up with new and amazing ways to avoid bedtime everynight) and I got to work.  My husband is out of town for work and I have made the biggest mess all over the living room floor.  But I LOVE what I've come up with!  I'm sure you seasoned scrappers will find my page simple and quaint, but darn it if I didn't crop like a maniac and I'm so proud of myself!

First of all, let me just go on for a minute about how much I love Stampin Up's paper selection.  I love to make cards and I think it was a natural progression to scrapping.  All the colors coordinate so beautifully and I think this first page turned out great!  Now if only I could convince my husband that I really do need a Cricut for Mother's Day...