Lara Payton's new kit

I managed to get one layout done today with one of Lara Payton's new kits. She made a two part Christmas kit, that can be used for more than Christmas!!! That makes me really happy, cause then I can play with it to! LOL Gosh I love the ribbons she has in it! Going to play with it more later...either today, this weekend or next week if I can squeeze it in between cooking for Thanksgiving.

I used some photo's for this layout that I took when we went down to Kansas last year, to help my DH's brother move...well brother, and nephew and nephew's girlfriend and daughter. These photo's show them taking a break to eat and watch Husker football....something they can't miss! LOL If you will notice in the photo of my BIL that is a little bit under the frame at the top, one of our Doxie's is sitting in front of him, hoping for food! LOL I thought that was cute, and so had to put that photo in there not in the frame, as I would have had to cut her out to fit the photo in the frame, and still have my BIL in it. Actually she is also sitting on my DH's lap looking right at me as I take the photo, so she has red eye, or in her case they look kinda blueish....makes her look like she is a devil dog, or something, I left them like that, cause at times she has been a little on the devilish side!! *giggle*. Not sure it will show up in the smaller version as much though.

Anyway, don't you just love those ribbon flowers? And she has some other ribbons I still hope to use in the kit...or actually both parts of the kit. Kit Credit: A Vintage Season 1 by Lara Payton

We went into town and got the rest of our Thanksgiving Dinner supplies today. There was a three day sale going on at the store, so I wanted to get in on it. I got the fruit for one of our traditional fruit salads...got really green bananas, so they won't be black hopefully by the time Thanksgiving gets here. I have to remember to get the turkey out of the freezer this weekend and put it in the fridge to thaw...I cook it early, because I like to enjoy my Thanksgiving, and its hard to do, if you have to cook everything that day....and take the extra meat off the bone. Oh and I got several boxes of our favorite brownies because they were less than a buck a box when usually they are almost $1.40...I put them in the freezer, so I'm sure they will last for several months that way, we don't have them lots, but can now and then. I do hate spending full price for them! LOL (I know, I'm such a cheap skate!) Anyway, I'm glad we are pretty much ready for the baking for Thanksgiving!

I still have to pin my DH down on what kind of pie he wants, we looked at mincemeat, but its really expensive, so guess he will make do with a fruit pie or something. (the mincemeat was over $7 a jar! And it looked like a small jar to me, so probably would have had to have two for a pie...I couldn't believe it!) He would have been the only one eating the mincemeat, cause while I always liked my Grandma's green tomato mincemeat, it didn't actually have real meat in it, and I'm not sure I could handle a REAL mincemeat pie. Course I'm sure he would love the fact that he got it all! LOL Oh well someday, when we want something extra special....and have more money to spend, I will get him some. Its been a while since he had a mincemeat pie. I just can't see spending $15 for a little ol pie right now....even $7 something is high, when you have to go home and make it still! Course that could just be my cheap side talking again! LOL

Ok, I guess that's enough rambling on the food subject! I need to get some things done around here anyway! LOL Guess I will post this layout around later! Have a great weekend everyone!!!