sheez...it's been way too long...

first off...so sorry that i haven't been blogging as much.  it's been crazy busy on my end....

...teaching more Zumba, sometimes i have a full week and no days off but most times i at least get tuesdays off.  then i just got hired as a zumba and dance cardio instructor with the alaska club this past november and i start a thursday night class at their eagle river location in january 2015.  i will be dropping my arctic oasis community center gig after december 31.  i had to drop one of my gigs in order to do the AK club one, so i chose this one.  AO was a great way to start my teaching career

...this past september we moved on base, onto JBER.  it was a great decision.  now me and the hubby are so much closer to our work places.  i love living on base, its convenient, not remote at all, safe, clean. just loving it.

...holidays are have come and gone and now xmas is here.  maiya will be with us the first week of winter vacay and flies out on the 29th.  but she is flying as i type this for the weekend to seattle.  (all this flying out is getting expensive and somewhat annoying because she misses some of her taekwondo practices on fridays....5 more years of this...i'm patient..but damn it's putting me into debt, which i am not accustomed to). we got almost all our xmas shopping done, except maybe a couple of other stuff for our girls we have yet gotten.  just sent out our holiday card to friends and family...

...haven't been scrapping as much as i would like and doing my project life...but here are a few that i've done...

i used cocoa daisy kits on all of them.

hoping to get more scrapping time in especially since my birthday is coming up!  woot woot!

well gotta jet and get ready for to teach my Zumba class this morning! hasta luego!

Newport Beach, OR

So grateful for waking up to this view and starting the day right with my family. 

Make up done and ready to go for some brunch...

what happened to may?

wtf?!?!

it's already june!

i never posted anything else since our trip to alyeska.
yikes!

well here i am...
me & my girls are on vacay in WA with fam.
behind on uploading photos again.
i was caught up but since on vacay fell off of it.
and on my project life and scrapbooking.

been so focused on teaching zumba lately...
and taking zumba while on vacay + yoga.
it was time for a break from AK anyway.
nice to just do whateva, sleep in a bit, and do whateva.

so far vacay has been great...aaaaahhhh....

yoga tonight and zumba tomorrow night.
then saturday is our bbq party here at my sis's.
then the next morning we take a trip to newport, OR.
so excited about that.
can hardly wait.

don't know if i'll be sharing any photos since i've been doing it all on FB.

but here's a couple of pages i've done in the past that i have forgotten to share...

have a good one!

alyeska resort...we are here...

spending time with mi familia for this weekend....

but before we headed to alyeska...

did an ihop brunch

anchorage museum...that was so much fun!

alyeska is so beautiful.
pizza and some wine at the hotel.
we went swimming at the hotel's indoor pool
selene had so much fun, we did too.
worked out the next morning, great WO!!!!
stayed in with selene while maiya and jesse went snowboarding.
i got to catch up on sleep...aaaahhhh.
they just got back from snowboarding and we're chill in' before date night.
gonna get ready as soon as i'm done with this post.

love this weekend.

this is... life...

a scrap LO i did this morning using some instagram pix from last yr in cali....

use the cocoa daisy "record label" kit.

tfl!

5#FIVE#CINCO

it's our 5th year anniversary....

used the cocoa daisy february "color swatch" kit.

we have been thru ups and downs in our relationship.
ya gotta have the ying and yang.
without the downs, the ups wouldn't be so exciting.
life would be boring and you really wouldn't learn from each other.
what i love about our relationship is we do argue...
but..
we always make up.
we can't seem to stay mad at each other too long.
i love him.
so happy and grateful we found each other...
especially grateful that we are gonna keep it going...
til we are oldies but always goodies.
lmao!

onto my creative side...

its been awhile since i've created and shared...

all materials from the cocoa daisy kits and some products from my own stash...

here we go (with a couple or 3 of deetz attached)...

just a 6x6 layout for valentine's day...

for 21 years of friendship..

now for cards...

valentine's card for my hubby...

these next two were for baby showers...

baby shower #1...

baby shower #2...

this last one is for a dear friend...

belated happy birthday and for being a new mama-to-be...

love how they all turned out.

of course i had to doodle here and there as a final touch, my signature thang.

it's not complete without it.

lol.

i have one more layout but can't share until this coming saturday...

its for a special special occasion that has lasted 5 years this coming saturday...

stay tuned.