one month and 10 days later you get an update....
i will start with the www.memoryvilla.com 2nd annual crop.
on march 29th i started my drive to peite jean mountian (right outside of morrilton arkansas) was a beautiful drive... by myself time to turn of the radio and enjoy the drive. i of course was expecting the croppers to stay up till all hours of the morning so stopping and getting my 'monster' energy drink WAS A MUST! the poor little girl died when i came to the register with 6 of them...'you are not going to drink all of these? are you?' to myself 'yes i want to run around like a chicken with my head cut off!' but instead she got 'no i don't plan on drinking them all in one setting' DUH! back into the truck to finish my drive. when i got there... of course i was the last dt girl to make it. but jumped right in and was up till 2:15 in the morning getting everything ready. then off to bed! up at 7:15 yes i got out of bed put on undergarments and brushed my teeth and hair up in ponytail. off to finish what needed to be set up... gross but why take 2 showers? my thought... got everything done by 10 and off to look cute... ok as cute as i could get! *wink wink by time the croppers got there i was so excited to see there faces when they got to see everything that was in store for them. MANY surprises, enough door prizes for everyone, great classes, and TONS of fun. day one friday up at 7:15 to bed at 2:45am! day two saturday up at 7:15 fun all day and the food.... well ROCKED! all homemade food with love and care to details. to bed at 2:25am! day three up at 7am and ready for the last day, yes and no. YES because cement floor and my knees and ankles were KILLING me! NO because this year we had 41 croppers, they never got out of thier chairs they were waited on hand and foot. it is so much fun to see their reaction to being pampered. NO i can't go to the bathroom for you! *wink wink but i got to meet some really great ladies and i have attached so photos i ripped off from april. ladies i hope you had as good a time as i did and can't wiat to see you all real soon. got home about 8pm (we stopped and ate dinner and a great mexican food place... with NO margarita's WHAT) when i got home the house was spotless, eric and tucker had worked really hard to have everything caught up so i could come home and well SLEEP!
i will post more on personal issues later.
kisses and huggs
le anne

i'm sorry but do you see that woman over there, bags under eyes, and a really bad hair day, in the getting tight jeans and frumpppppy sweatshirt... she's right over there... oh crap that's me looking in the mirror.
i'm tired, real tired! but here we go with the blog reporting...

1. last week-end tucker's squad won first and class champion! her stunt group got second. i'm so proud of her. my cousin hans and his girlfriend kim came to watch and then took us to dinner at a very cool place in memphis 'big foot burgers' YUMMY!
2. this week-end eric is off to drill and tucker and i are off to oklahoma city... YES to cheer. we have had 3 week-ends in a row and i got to go back to texas next week-end and then off the 17th and the last compitition of the year here in fort smith on the 24th. wow then try outs are april 21 then we start all over again!
3. have been doing ALOT of house cleaning, having a HUGE yard sale at eric's grandma's house on the 16th of march. will be much easier (we don't have a big garage) moving everything to her house and set up and have one big yard sale. when we have one at our house we have to put it all up in the back yard and pray it don't rain, and then i never get it all out of the house. i have been going room by room and eric has been moving as he gets a truck load. we have now filled his truck 3 times and mine 2 times... we have alot of USELESS crap. wish me luck!
4. with the yard sale money we hope to pay off some little bills and get a head start on tucker's school bill for next year.
5. going to order some windows and now that eric's work area will be cleaned out he can get to trimming out our bedroom! hope to get tucker's room, dining room and living room ripped out and done this summer. that lowes credit card will get a work out! again wish me luck!
6. starting back up with the photography starting the 17th all day cheerleaders! and one senior picture setting.
7. scrapbooking... well wednesday night was the first night i have scrapbooked in about a month! have had no time. got tons of stuff to get done... i need a whole day with everything in front of me and get it done. i have the memory villa crop in 4 weeks and then several conventions after that.
8. be thinking of my friend melanie she is having some surgery next week, and needs our prayers.
9. well i guess i should get back to work.
kisses
le anne

good morning -

well here i am blog slacker yet once again! i will begin with the news and then jump up on my soapbox and well you know the b word!

first and foremost i leave tucker with her daddy on monday and i come home to my baby who can now ride her bike all by herself... no training wheels, no daddy running beside her. i cried.

second cheer we will be leaving for memphis this week-end... i hope we have better luck this week-end. last week-end we went to dallas to nca nationals (the BIG one) and tucker's team was against 12 other teams. now mind you i knew this was a big one, and was setteling for the top half of the group 6th or above and i would be happy well we got 10th... i was sad and hard not to show it in front of tucker. the girls did GREAT just against some really big squads and just couldn't hang on! yes i take cheerleading WAY to serious!

well here i am asking myself, what am i here for? i get in these moods alot here lately and not sure why... old age, depression, un-sure of myself??? i don't know! what else do i take WAY to serious scrapbooking and the whole "getting discovered" process! recap - i eneter mm master discovered NO entered making memories idol discovered NO! i came to the conclusion... (with the help of julsies) i should need NO one to judge my work! i'm creating memories for my children and that's that!

and lastly, i need to find peace, happiness, and less stress. i on the search to find it!
love to all
le anne

well i guess if you can't go to cha - send one of your best friends with a notebook! thanks Jenni - Heidi - Elsie! Love You All! i am still am open for dt work! **hint * wink wink

kisses
le anne
aka libby

it's a tag.... from julie amber
list 5-6 wierd - quirky things about you.... here you go!

1. please don't laugh... i'm afraid of the dark. yes i know very childish. but for as long as i can remember, the fear of someone getting me while i lay sleeping creeps me out! when eric is gone i do sleep with several lights on.

2. i to have a pepper thing... i love pepper NO salt just pepper!

3. i can not fly by the seat of my pants.... (eric will be glad i'm admitting this) i hate it when i have a plan.... you know a schedule and something or someone throws something in the plan.... i get HOT! i feel off track, i did all this planning for what? i would live to be the type of person who can just GO and do something wild and crazy!

4. i have a notebook problem.... i love cute little notebooks, journals, anything paper products, i can buy and i know i don't need it - BUT they will never make something this cute ever again! so i buy!

5. i have had the same haircut since highschool - YES folks that will be 20 years ago next year 2008 graduated 1988. Going to get a haircut tomorrow how i don't know, but the fear of doing something diffrent scares the H*** out of me. must be able to go in ponytail and back in clip.... NO weraing hair down. i feel fr the hair dresser tomorrow.

other than that i normal.... ok stop laughing.
kisses
le anne

well i have made you all wait long enough....
not only did we come back with the first place trophy, first place jackets, we also beat ALL the level 1 teams to bring home the GRAND CHAMPION trophy too!
the girls were also featured on www.poteauinfo.com too! check them out!
GO JAGS
kisses
le anne

happy friday.....

so ready to go! go to ok city and see if we can't bring home another national championship. will leave after work and be home on sunday night. i hope everyone has a great week-end.

did i mention i know a cha secret! can't wait for it to come out! kisses and congrads.... you know who you are!
kisses
le anne

let's talk.....

well here i am - thursady and getting reday to head off to oklahoma city this week-end to cheer cheer cheer GO JAGS!
this week has been fairly quiet... really jealous of all my friends you are going to CHA in cali this week-end. can't wait to share my BIG secret about what's going on at this years CHA... stay tuned.

well no one has responded to my #1 post from jan 15 but i love this list from www.kerismith.com so here is my #2 post (this is really #37 on the list)

list all the places you have lived...
birth to about 3rd grade Pittsburg Kansas
3rd grade to about 7th grade Tempe Arizona
7th grade to about 9th grade Pittsburg Kansas
9th grade to age 25 Rogers Arkansas
age 25 to age 30 Fayetteville Arkansas
age 30 to present Fort Smith Arkansas

when i think of all the place i have lived, diffrent people you have crossed pathes with... where are they today? who knows and maybe who cares! sorry live for today and cherish it!

well my photography web page is done and updated check me out www.lifeslittlemomentsphoto.com eric has worked really had on it! thanks honey!

on another note while i didn't make the prism paper dt i did get a teaching job at www.scrapbookmemorygarden.net in april and maybe another too! so excited kristen the owner sounds so sweet. i will give you more details soon!

well wish tucker luck this week and i will post how she does when we return!

het shout out to my mom - Connie friday is her birthday!
Happy Birthday Mom - I Love You!
kisses
le anne

This is what a NATIONAL CHAMPION looks like!!!!
Love You Tucker
Mommy

good morning....
have changed some of my favorite blogs (on the right)>>>
well only two takers on my new found inspiration... well don't i suck! i did get www.kerismith.com book yesterday "living out loud" some wake up calls in that book. great inspiration.
kisses
le anne

good morning blog land

first i want to share what a great week-end we had. we headed off to grapevine texas on friday to cheer cheer cheer. and i'm happy to say we can home through some pretty bad weather, but got some beautiful pictures.... but we can back NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! yes i cried, tucker's squad went up against some great compitition and came out on top! eric got some great pictures of her and i will share tonight or in the morning. GO JAGS GO!

i want to share with you a weg page i found and join in this 100 day adventure with me... www.kerismith.com has opened my eyes to the "little things in life" i ordered her book "living out loud" should be here any day! yea! she as a "100 ideas" list created for scrapbooking or other creative ideas. i have decided to use this list to discover more of the little things in my life. if you print the list off i'm not going in order, i'm gonna do them as i feel they are touching my life. wanna do it with me?

1. go for a walk. draw or list things you find on the sidewalk. (this is the real #1)

for me... on new years day eric was doing some work and tucker and i just wanted to get out of the house. was just cold enough to where a sweatshirt and feel the brisk of the cold air, but yet be comfortable. as we walked along tucker enjoys running (she didn't get this from me *wink) so we would run a couple of blocks and then walk a few blocks. in all of her 7 years of life i have always reached out to hold her hand, (i don't know if this is bad, but for me was still moving) along this walk tucker reached up and took my hand many times, and simply said "i love you mommy" or "your the best mommy" and "mom this is alot of fun, cause we get to see all that Jesus made for us" tucker has such a heart for Jesus and all of His works in this world. suddenly we were looking for bugs and how every tree was diffrent, and how can a flower come up through the sidewalk... you know the little things. but yet to God they are so big and He put them there everyday for us to enjoy, and in the crazy world we call life... we are short to enjoy them somedays.

well there is my #1 now your need to take a walk and discover, then leave a link to yours on your blog or email them to me, i would love to read them.

much love
le anne
aka julsies libby

struggles, trials, depression, anxiety, and way to much on my plate... what to do... pray, pray alot.
will be back when i can be cheerful

good morning & happy new year!
i must say i'm sorry for the blog lacking! crazy crazy life!
grab some java and sit for a while... that laundry will wait! *wink

the bulls headed off to lawrence kansas for the Christmas holiday and had a wonderful time with my mom and brothers and their wifes. got to go downtown and eat lunch and my favorite little restraunt chippolte home made burritos! yummy! got to go to my brothers house (jerod) and see his new shop... he lives in the country and was so nice to get out and breath some fresh air and relax. yes my mom took care of her little girl, pumpkin pie, ramen noodle salad, fresh cookies, and dr pepper (thanks trevor) i didn't gain any weight either. Christmas day we drove to pittsburg kansas to see my nannie & popo and my aunt melinda & uncle carl from michigan. had a wonderful time. tucker and dakota got everything they asked for, i went to the three gifts per child, just like Jesus got from the wise men.

new years eve was a party with the other cheer parents, had a great time and eric and i tied for the newlywed game 10 questions and we only missed one, but so did todd and krystal. we both got some creative gifts! *wink

well speaking of new years.... do you make resolutions? not me they useally get broke! so i decided to make little one, achieviable ones so here you go....

1. be a better wife - more supportive and understanding.
2. be a better mother - more patience, understanding, and time with my children.
3. be a better friend - one who sends cards and calls when one of my friends really needs me.
4. be a better buisness woman and photographer.
5. devote more time to scrapbook.... and for me!
6. finish getting my house in order, clutter free.
7. loose 10 pounds by my birthday (may 23) i willl give you more on this later!
and the most important....

8. make myself happy.... with the resolution it will take great faith and obedience, and prayer. but i'm willing to sacrifice and take baby steps to reach happiness! some already know what the main ingrediant to happiness is for me! so please pray!


i took a huge step and entered the www.prismpaper.com dt contest, should find out end of january.... wish me luck.

well must get a little work done. see you soon!
huggs OO and kisses XX
le anne

this little girl is screaming from the top of the pyramid 'i can do a backhand spring'
that's right on december 6, 2006 tucker did her first back handspring by her self. then she had this look.....



tucker we are so proud of you, for all your hard work and dedication.. mommy and daddy

toooo funny - eric with tucker's wig on from halloween (she was daphene from scooby doo!)
giggle giggle

CUTE!! Yes this is what "CUTE" looks like! Tucker at Hot Springs Jam Fest!
"Drop it like it's HOT" ssssss
So Proud Of You
Love Mommy

hhhhheyyyyyyy that's how we roll.....




this is a pic from the austin trip... we are on the roof top at the iron cactus! place ROCKS! (from left to right)lesley (treva's roommate) me, april, and her cousin treva! chillin with some killer tex mex and drinks! thanks treva for the tour of austin!
le anne

my new friend stacy sample (cute one in black shirt) stephanie and me! ck in tulsa!
kisses le anne

good morning to all...

well the ball went fine and so did the scrapbooking at sbg & more! i will not have pictures till the first of december. i will post when i get them.

leaving in the morning for hot springs for tucker's first cheer compitition, i will post tommorow night and let you know how they do!

i have had a very bad week and dealing with some very stong personal issues, i hope that in some situations that i'm over reacting and all will work out.

i must get back to work!
kisses
le anne

43 minutes and as the say in the Marine Corps.....

OUT!!
see you all on monday!
kissi kissi
Happy Birthday US Marine Corps
Semper Fi
le anne

ok i know i'm posting twice in one week... get off the floor! *wink

while yesterday was a crazy day for Tucker and i, we got to spend it together! So here's what went down...
7:15am dr. harper (orthodontist)
8:45am dr. johnson (dermatologist)
the up town to go get hair product's (they were out, wasted trip) to snug as a bug for new cheer item (all boxed up, for holiday market, wasted trip) then off to tan, then to mall shoes @ warrens, check! bra @ victoria secret's, check! off to find jewlery, NO tucker wanted to shop and i could not fing what i thought would look good with my dress and the girl at the store NO HELP! to dillards to find jewlery, i guess i was not dress nice enough go no one to ever offer to help! gave up left mall. ran home got tucker's cheer stuff around and picked up stuff that i needed to be delivered! went by and picked up fabric that i ordered from eric's uncle tom furniture store! LOVE IT!!!
12:00pm lunch with mel and mia @ el lorito's had a wonderful time! thanks mel
1:30pm eye brow wax @ salon 1801 with suzette
2:10pm dr. laster (eye doctor) new contacts and found a SUPER CUTE pair of glasses i wanted, but have not ordered... YET! *wink
3:30pm coach staci (tucker's private tumbling lesson)
4:10pm le nails -manicure for tucker full set of nails and pedicure for me!
eric had to come and get tucker for tumbling class 5:30-6:30 i then left le's and went to pick her up, picked up dinner on the way home. cleaned house and got stuff ready for cheer tonight. and then i sat down and watched CSI NY off to bed.

my day... CRAZY
but what is so sad i didn't get a third down of what i needed to, before eric and i leave for the Marine Corps ball tommorow morning... yes it will be a long night.

still cleaning out the house and feel better about it, making head way. i don't see a yard sale in my future soon, so i think to start fresh and to make my house look festive for the up coming holiday season... i will be boxing up yard sale stuff that i have strung through the house and stick in garage. i want to put up Christmas trees and decorations. so i hope to get busy on that soon.

cheer season is upon us and the traveling starts next week-end off to hot springs arkansas then the next week-end to tulsa oklahoma then we have a couple of week-ends off for the holiday the start back up the first two week-end in december. love it, have had a little drama at cheer lately and hope it will work it's self out!

tucker had a great halloween, i will try to get pics up the first of the week! till then off to do some work!
huggs OO kisses XX and love
le anne

well good morning...
blog-versary winners are
courtney & julie win a RAK!
and the grand prize winner is MONICA!
yea - monica get me some pictures girl!
courtney & julie i will get RAK out to you soon!

well i know i have been a bad blogger so i will do my best to catch you up on me!
grab a java or you favorite drink.....

eric and i are doing fine - have had some big struggles happen to us over the last couple of weeks, BUT with prayer and faith I know God has a plan for us! house cleaning out is going well... still have tons of scrapbooking supplies for sale and lots of kids clothes, southern living at home items, and you common house nick nacks, i can't have another yard sale TAPPED out only two a year here in fort snore arakansas. so call the house and come by... i mean BUY!

went with my dear friend april to austin texas last week for scrapbook expo and had a great time, with a few struggles we put a smile on our face and made it through the tough times. i have never been to austin before and i will say i want to go back! 6th street ROCKS... i saw way more than this ol country girl has seen in a while. for example "leslie" a man who from what i gather has alot of money but lives on the streets to reach the community has ran for mayor of austin twice and cam ein second both times... well i saw him at his prime mini skirt, fur covered boots, hot mama top and jacket... and a thong yes you heard me right... cute butt there leslie! I have found the BEST food "Iron Cactus" place ROCKS! i got to meet aprils super cool cousin and she took us to all the awesome places... "Hula Hut" another great place to eat, atmosphere is awesome, whole foods grocery stores they make me happy! and well i found my new drink red appple martinis from pf changs! they make me very happy! all in all had a great time... very long drive!

getting ready for the Marine Corps ball this week-end! got my dress (eric let me buy a new one this year) black, new shoes, and new bra (was required but dress style - halter) i think its very... well HOT! don't know how i'm gonna wear my hair yet! i'm going scrapbooking at scrapbooks galore and more all day friday and friday night! yea! i will post pictures of us later!

halloween is to night after cheer practice - tucker is daphene form scooby doo! the wig set's the whole thing off! looovvvve it! will get you a picture soon!

taking a new outlook on my photography buisness... bigger and better!

well life has thrown me many of curve balls here lately and really had to take some time to reflect. i'm about to whine so if you are not a big fan of whinning please skip to next subject... i realize in life we put ourselves in situations by poor decisions and bad choices... i don't want to be there any more. happiness is a choice and i choose to be happy, i don't want negative things around me. i have had some friends that are having this very same trouble. i had some things said to me a few weeks ago, directed at my daughter, that i will not take from anyone...sometimes cutting ties is the best answer! life has taught me little things, ENJOY them! say what you feel, and don't hold back you might not be here tommorow to say it! so with that here is what i have to say....
God - i thank you for the many blessings that you give me and my family, i love you and live to be more like a refection of you daily!
eric - i love you and want us to live a long and happy life... growing old together!
tucker - your are my sweet little angel and mommy loves you more that you will ever know.
dakota - no words could express how you have hurt me, and i miss you.
mom - you are my rock and i love you so much, many of times i know i would not be has strong as i needed to be without you. thank-you! i wish we could be closer, so i could spend time with you everyday!
nannie & popo - well you two are a true blessing to my life, and i live everyday want to make you happy and proud of me! everyday i wish i could come over and hangg out on the backyard swing and just be with you both.
my brothers trevor and jerod - i love you both and miss you! your wifes too. (one of you make me an aunt again...HELLO)
mary - i think of you and pray for you often.
vannesa - i'm proud of you with everything in life you have had to over come... someday i hope ALL your dreams come true.

and lastly my friends i have grown old and learned the true meaning of friendship... my mom should have been my best friend my whole life... young ladies... mom does know best! love you mom
Melanie, Julie, Athena, April, Kara, Peggy, Stephanie, Lexie, Larolin, Terry, Karen, Monica, Dana, Courtney, Shawnda, Rhonda.... Thank-You all for showing the friendship's i have been searching for all my life. we laugh, we cry, we pray, and we encourage each other. i truely believe the Lord blessed me with each one of you and could never see my life with out you! Thank-You

will be a better blooger... promise!
kisses XX huggs OO and lots of love

ohhh and hey BOO happy Halloween!
le anne

i sooo missed my blog anniversary - last saturday the 21st of october this blog has been a rocking for one year! so in honor - leave me a comment and i will draw two winners for a RAK from me and a grand prize winner a layout done by me for you and a RAK. leave me a note!
live - laugh - and love!
le anne

still here.... crazy in life!
leaving tonight on a jet plane.... with april to scrapbook expo austin texas!
will be back sunday night....
packed, ready to go!
kisses to all
le anne irene

For my Nannie & Popo I Love You both! I miss you and Thank-You for being a role model for my marriage. You two still in love after all these years. I Love You
Le Anne

PS Supplies @ www.memoryvilla.com & www.jennibowlinstudio.com

Good Mornin....
quick note.. i have made changes to favorite blogs on the right, I NEEDED NEW INSPIRATION! i hope you enjoy! will be back soon (promise) to give the down low!
Kisses
Le Anne

i'm a "dillies" girl!

Larolin... owner of www.paperdillies.com just asked me to join her design team. i'm so excited they have a great monthly scrapbooking kit, that has great papers, bellies. love them... and now i'm gonna get one to play with! so excited! thanks Larolin

REFLECTIONS.....

i know it's been a while but.... i have had so much on my plate lately.... sorry!
grab a soda, a java, a beer and here we go!

tucker and dakota have both started school. seems so weird a junior in high school and a 2nd grader. dakota says he is doing well and so far likes it! tucker is doing good too. had some trouble with playmates on the playground.... but me i had a plan shared it with tucker over dinner, and it worked, i was mom of the year that next day! she loves her teacher mrs. williams (my maiden name, so it's easy to remember)

cheer is going full force learning the routine and dance, started on the pryamind last night, we start traveling the 2nd week in november and let up in april. ready to go! she is flying and started working on her private lessons with stratton on wednesday.... she was so excited about this.

eric and i have decided to make some MAJOR changes in our life.... it's called the clean and simple, uncluttered life. we will be going throught the house starting this week-end and cleaning and getting rid of stuff. we got alot of stuff when his dad passed and have never gone through it, the garage you can not even walk into. so going to do it first and then move into the house. we hope to have the last yardsale of the year in the next couple of weeks and the beging the gutting of the house. new windows, insulation, new trim, and crown molding a fresh start.

with that were do i scrapbook at? i have decided to put everything in my totes and go mobile till the house is done. speaking of scrapbooking, doing the www.memoryvilla.com shoot in 2 weeks. EXCITED went to ck in tulsa and had a great time! went with april d, melanie, stephanie, dana, mary, ruby dean, and april c. done some help teaching with april, worked in a booth on the floor, first time i have ever done that was alot of fun and got to meet people that i would have never met. helping in april's classes was the great! the women i met AWESOME! i so am in my element doing that! i met this girl who is now stalking me stacey sample. she it the cutest and most bubbly person. i can't wait to see her again! done a little shopping not much, some of the new stuff i was waiting on are not out yet so i will still wait. i have tried out for some new dt's and waiting to hear back. mmm we only have to wait about another 2 weeks, i so hope just to get a hm or some pages published. will let you all know!

now onto the serious stuff.... i have been thinking about some things here lately, stuff that has been weighing on my heart lately. then God starts to show me the answers a little at a time, or uses someone that he puts in my path to say "hey dingdong this is for you"

you know how short our time is here on earth? is it so little to what we will get to spend in heaven. and we spend it working, stressing, running erronds, making appointments, you know the everyday stuff that we feel MUST get done. we guess what i don't wanna care what gets done! SERIOUSLY... i'm missing out on what God has provided for me in enjoy in this life. my children and every little thing they do, do they wanna play in the rain, does tucker just wanna play dress up or barbies.... and i'm to worried about the house getting clean, laundry, ironing. i ripping my self off of life long memories i could be making with her. i miss my grandparents, my nannie and popo.... they live 3 hours from me and i wish i could pick up their house and drop it next to mine. visit everyday and cook together, just sit on the porch swing in the back yard and watch the world pass us by.... talking, visiting, eating popsicles, and enjoying the words they speak and memories that they have about me as a child and letting them enjoy thier great-grandchildren. i want to change that. i miss my mom, the wonderful influence she is on my life is unreal. but sometimes when we talk i wish i could hugg her through the phone. why must we live in diffrent places.... i don't want to wai till we get to heaven to make memories. i have taken time to reflect what is important and what is not. i want to change, i want to live every moment as though it is my last. why do i choose to let little thing bring me down, cause fights between eric and i. enjoy our time.... you never know when it will end. i'm rambling i know.... sorry! i want to live better, i want to enjoy the precious people that God has put into life. ok i must go i'm now crying at work.
i love you all
le anne

some of my latest layouts.. sorry but i love them alot! for product check out www.memoryvilla.com
kisses
le anne

hi ya'll
a little post before i go camping for the week-end! you wanna see the cutest thing? YES

www.acujags.com click on teams on the lefthand side,
go down till you see youth click on it, and then click on TUCKER B and you shall see the CUTEST little ACU JAG cheerleader EVER!

Tucker we Love You and are very proud of you!
mommy & daddy and family

good morning.....

latest news in the "bull family"
tucker is now 7 and after a week long celebration....
* sunday the 16th she ate chicken annies chicken with nannie & popo and grandma connie and then she wanted no strawberry shortcake she wanted a popsicle... what?
* thursday the 20th (her actual birthday) she got to take a pinyata (how do you spell that word??) to ms angelas... cookie cake to cheer and dinner ate el loretos with eric family.
* saturday her party with all the girls started at the day spa where everyone got manicures and then lunch at chilis. (thank meli for all your help)
was a great birthday.... if i owe you money sorry i'm broke!

this week-end the bull family will be heading to el dorado kansas to watch my little brother race jet ski's. him and his whole team "reloaded racing" will be there. camping out (in a tent) by the lake and good food.... gonna love it!

ok only one more week-emd till the www.memoryvilla.com taping so excited and nervous at the same time. all of the girls have some ohhhhh coooool stuff that we will be doing! can't wait for you to see it!

i'm in love www.russellandhazel.com i WANT one of everything!

elsie flannigan if you are reading this.... I LOVE YOU and your new book.... GIRL YOU ROCK! mine is missing an autograph.... *wink *wink

i will finish my MMM tonight.... dh eric will be picking up the last picture today! off to the ding dong's at kinko's to get them color copied. if one more person there says they can't do it.... i will hurt someone. pick me up at jail *wink *wink

only two more weeks till ck in tulsa YEA FLIPPIN HAW a whole week-end with the girls. LOVE IT! did i mention i'm not packed no pictures ready.... note to self get your butt in gear. tucker will be staying with her aunt kara in fayetteville she is now so excited and thinks she is going this friday... next friday sis!

***NEWS FLASH mom stop redaing here!
i found my next tattoo and found a former Marine to do it.... so excited hope to have it done next week!

ok i didn't get my invitation in CHA in chicago (WHAT?) but i will say that i'm so looking forward to getting the new queen & co, heidi swapp, 7 gypsies, and some making memories stuff. i think my favorite is the new old timi looking stamps by 7 gypsies they look YUMMY! i'm sure you can jump on www.twopeasinabucket.com and find lots of pictures and reviews.

got some new advertising coming out for www.lifeslittlemomentsphoto.com that dh eric done.... they so ROCK!

gotta get back to work
huggs OO kissi kissi kissi and lots of love
le anne

this is what 7 years of beauty making looks like! i love her... she loves her daddy! happy birthday princess tucker. we love you!

hi ya'll

here i am late in the day - but i did check in!
here is the news of the day in my world....

we have a new little member in our family (no i'm not pregnant - can't be) today the guys out in the shop found this ohhh so cute litlle girl kitten, all black and needs a home.... so a trip over to the vet next door for declawing, bath, and shots. her name is now gracie lynn bull. i only hope snowball (our adult male all white cat) will like the idea as much as i do of have another little one around the house. gracie will have to stay at the vet for a couple of days then she will get to come home.

well since another dt member let this out i will share with my crowd. i'm gonna be on a dvd (not that kind knuckle head) www.memoryvilla.com will be filming soon a instructional video that will have some neat trick, little projects, and big project, organizing ideas too. so excited - will give you more details as i can but we are filming soon.
other things in my scrapbooking world gonna have some new layouts up tonight or tomm @ www.memoryvilla.com super cute stuff (ok i like it)
for those who have always wanted my handwriting - details to come soon.
and i hopefully will be teaching soon in a place far far away. working on some stuff to forward to owner. excited - will give you more details and dates if anything happens.
i have been so inspired here lately with my world and have got some (for me cute) ideas i have doodled down. i hope i can find someone else who likes them too.
ohh and my funny story of the day (tooting my own horn - sorry) sent eric to get something to add to tucker birthday gift box at hobby lobby and here's how it went down....
eric: can you help me find a herma tab dispenser?
hl lady: yes this way - is this for your wife?
eric: no it's for my daughter who's birthday is on thursday. my wife scrapbooks she is like on a dt and has been published and now she has my daughter scrapbooking too.
hl lady: really who is your wife?
eric: le anne bull
hl lady: ohhh my le anne is your wife? ohhh i just love her - she does some cute stuff, just love her, her your husband/
eric: yes (in the back of his mind "show me what i want lady so i can leave")
hl lady: here is what she needs.
eric: thank-you

eric then calls me - i know my head did get alittle bigger! sorry

well almost time to go to cheer, but here are my shout outs for the day...
today is my nannie's birthday "happy birthday nannie" I Love You
today is also my nannie & popo's wedding anniversary - love and take care of each other.
today is also my "peep" melanie (aka felony melanie) birthday "happy birthday girl" Love You (when i called earlier she was dancing around in the house in her underwear - OHHHHH MYYYY) JJ
today is also my friend athena's dad's birthday jim putman (aka one of my sunday school teachers) Love Him "happy birthday jim"

can't think of anything else tommorow is my sweet little angel tucker's birthday! she will be the big bad 7. look for pics in the morning and i will let you know what will happen tommorow.
huggs OO kisses XX and love
le anne

good morning blogland....
i come today with my long distance dedications.... (sorry flashback to casey and the 80's)

the first person on my list would be my mom.... connie lynn
well where to start without writing a book. My mom is the most supportive, caring, loving, giving, and unselfish person that i know. she is the mother of 4 children and of course the Lord blessed her with me first *wink *wink. she has always put us kids first, above herself in everything. she makes me laugh, and she makes me cry.... but most of all even at 36 years old she keeps me lined out. she encourages me when i have done wrong, she praises me and yells out loud for me when i make her proud. she is the best mom in the world! I Love You Mom....

next would be my nannie & popo.... aka Mildred & Roland Blackmon
well without trying to cry.... my grandparents are a perfect example of what a happy, loving, christian husband and wife are. they have always in my mind been so cute and funny. they love each other and now that they are getting older they take care of each other.... even when they are tired. nannie is always kissin popo so sweetly and popo pinches her on the honey buns. love is good and seeing it happen before your eyes make you wanna love that much too. I Love You both.

my dear husband will come next.... eric charles bull
what can i say, it's never a dull moment in our life. from me thinking i can 100 things done in a day, to all the running and planning i do, we are always on the go. (sorry athena - *wink) eric loves me unconditional and sometimes he has to reminds me that i should do the same in return. deep inside he is a closet romantic, and i love that about him. he supports every dream i have. i think he would go to the ends of the earth to make his little girl (tucker NOT me) happy. when i'm mad at him i remember the look on tucker's face when her daddy walks into the room and know that i have got the best husband for me and the best father for both of my children. he provides, loves, and just wants dakota and tucker to be happy, and to have some life opportunities that he didn't have. Love You eric

then we get to the girlfriends.... there are so many i think i will make that a seperate entry.

tell someone today how much you love them
huggs OO kisses XX and love
le anne

hi ya'll
welcome to my day and my life as i share it with you....

had a wonderful week-end went to see my grandparents (aka nannie & popo) and my mom connie. made the 3 hour trip on friday (yes eric and i 6th wedding anniversary) ps eric got me my pink razor cell phone ( i sooo *heart it.... just can't figure the silly thing out) spent friday night cropping after everyone went to bed and cropped till my mom got there about 3:30 in the morning. saturday it was more cropping, i promised nannie i would get her album done to where all she has to to is add pics of tucker cheering. she loved it. eric did some honey do's for nannie & popo, it's so nice to bless someone with little things that make their lives alittle easier. sunday i got to go eat at my favorite place chicken annies LOVE it (even brought some home) got home last night and welcomed myself back to reality and all the things i need and would like to get done this week. (note to self make a list)

as i was reading through blogs this morning and catching up to what everyone posted over the week-end. i came accross something that melody ross (check her out on my list of favorites on the right) had written on hers, speaking about her ex assistant kat. if you have never met her.... WOW you are missing out. i had the honor and pleasure to meet her two years ago at gasc in arlington texas. she meet some of my friends that took her class, and came back later that night to find them at the crop. she found us and one thing lead to another and we all sat down and talked for hours. she told us all about how the Lord blessed her with www.chatterboxinc.com and how it all seemed to happen over night. in everything that we talked about, i came to the conculsion she is REAL! i'm serious.... she is a working, praying, believing, mom and wife.... she is REAL! she is so inspiring to believe in your self and to follow your dreams (no matter how BIG) you may think they are! everytime i read her blog i truely don't know if i should cry and strive harder to believe in myself and dive in to life. i think just as melody thinks that kat blesses her and keeps her focused and striving to do her best.... kat is a friend. that is what i sooo love about scrapbooking i think you meet some of the most REALEST people in the world. melody this is just a little note to let you know.... your awesome and REAL! thank-you for evrything you do daily to lift us up that read your blog and dare us to reach for the stars. with that this week i will doing what melody done, i will pick a few people in my life that just complete me.... friends, family, girlfriends, and some people who don't even know i'm on plant earth who inspire me. look for a post later today.... i must work alittle.
huggs OO kisses XX and love
le anne

"the bull's"
married 6 years now
yes we are this cute!
huggs OO kisses XX and love
le anne

we interrupt this blog to beg the shipping department at ck to ship my ali and elsie book pleasssssseeeee! you have my cc # bill it and ship it! i can't wait much longer!
*wink *wink
le anne

to be moved by love, patience, by God....
CAN....


please click on tara whitney to the right in my list of favorites. go to her entry dated july 12th, click on the hoyts.
i love being moved by the love a parent....

good mornin all....
i'm here and the pity party is over!
have so much to catch up on.... i've been a bad blogger! so grab a cup of java (today it is cafe carmel for the coffee beanery) i went fully loaded been up since 4:40 and i'm tired.... so i went with all i could get! *wink

i hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of july! we stayed at home and cooked out and after 3 hours of tucker asking if it was dark enough to shoot off her fireworks, thank heaven it was finally dark enough! it was nice to have 4 days off in a row. house got picked up, laundry and ironing got done, and yes april derrick don't have a heart attack on me i got two of my dt layouts done! (i'm the worst and always wait to the last minute)i have to put touches on the last one tonight and get them scanned and emailed to april check out my gallery at www.memoryvilla.com i hope you like them!

we did have one little ok BIG mishap over the holiday week-end, (weak stomachs do not read) took tucker with me to get stuff at paul's meat market, she opens the door there everytime we go. well this time she was a little excited i told her we would get an snow cone on the way home if she would let me run to one more store. so when she pulled back on the door it came back and hit her big toe.... yes she has NO toenail now. i look down and there is blood EVERYWHERE! i feel a little weak in the stomach. i drop everything purse, cell phone, and pick her up. one of the butchers brings out a wet towel and ice, a gentleman customer picks up my purse and belonging and carries them out to my truck and opens the door for me. i of course call eric in a panic do i take her to the hospital or not.... daddy to the rescue. eric comes home and her toe does need some tending to. when eric is looking for something sharp around the house, (her toe nail is hanging on with about 1/4" of skin) what is the sharpest thing in the house, he asks.... cutterpede scrapbooking scissors! a quick dunk in alchol and they are good to go! she was sooooo brave. and when it was all said and done she was quick to remind me of her snow cone. so with ACU Jag flip flops and a red little face (from screaming at eric and crying) we were off to get a LARGE rootbeer snowcone.

done with the yard sales for the year. feel pretty good with how much i got cleared out of the house, and done alot of oragnizing. i will (with the help of melanie)be doing the growing kids sale. speaking of the house with athena's help i have picked the colors of our bedroom and started puchasing things to get it done.YEA! the colors are soooo pretty i can't stand it! very warm and cozy feeling to them.

i will be heading to kansas this weekend to see my mom and grandparents. can't wait to see them.... maybe i'll get chicken annies while i'm there! going to meet laura at www.scrapbookdreamer.com while i'm there too.

gals you have got to get the book "for women only" by shaunti feldhahn love it! saw it on donna downey's blog and is very good reading! will help you understand the man in your life a little better. SURPISE they don't tell you everything and there are some things they are embarrased to tell you! SHOCK i know.

got alot of cool stuff coming up in my future with scrapbooking.... only a few people know and i think it's a surprise! so can't wait to tell you about it. getting ready to go to tulsa for ck next month. and then to scrapbook expo in austin texas in october. love them girl trips out of town, nice hotel and eating out every meal what is not to love about that.... ok if i was famous nad someone else was paying for me to go, that would be GREAT! maybe someday! i was so oragnized for GASC and focused to not spend any money shopping i got ALOT done 9 layouts and 2 mini albums (gifts) and a 12 X 12 album cover decorated (gift for my mom connie) all done! i will start getting ready here in the next couple of days to go to tulsa i want to be just as organized. shopping that will be a problem i will be cropping most of the time at scrapbooks galore and more in tulsa LOVE this store. the last time i was there i made the mistake of taking eric in with me (BIG MISTAKE, HUGE I have to go shopping now (sorry pretty woman moment)) how do you spend that much on scrapbooking stuff? he asks i don't how can you spend that much on fishing lures? love you honey

speaking of my honey eric and i will be married 6 years this friday. WOW hard to believe. it seems like just yesterday that we meet. DOC MURDOCKS fayetteville arkansas faded wrangles, faded blue shirt to match and dirty ball cap! with "makers mark" and coke in hand.... he was one hot thing ladies! (still is!) *wink! here we are many of good days and some bad days 6 years later and i love him more today, than i did yesterday. still wanna hurt him some days! *wink! but for the most part he is a great husband, provider, wonderful and patience father, and he is so dang HOT! he so should be the "AXE" shower gel and body spray model! but would mean other woman would get to smell him (APRIL.... OH no STEPHANIE is the mistress!) *WINK ha-ha lOVE that stuff!

thanks to everyone who entered my layout contest! ALL 9 of you, the 9 of you in your own way are a blessing in my life. and i love you! thanks for making me feel special.

want a good laugh.... go to www.youtube.com and in the search box key in Nikki Payne (she is a comidian from Last Comic Standing) so FUNNY.

i will write more later have to get to work! have a great day.
huggs OO kisses XX and love
le anne

ps wish my lil brother jerod luck he is traveling to michigan starting today to go jet ski racing! kick some butt!

i will be back.. i'm pouting about a layout contest i entered! going to get over it! *wink
le anne

good afternoon blogland....
forgive me for doing this early.... i ahve to go home and finish doing picture's for my aunt melinda, my mom connie, my nannie, my aunt donna, peggy's granddaughters, and two sets of cheer pictures. so i will be very busy tonight.

the winner is....
HEATHER ALES

girl congrads! email me your size of pages you want and i will email you back my address to send the pictures.
i will have an extra long post in the morning.... alot to catch up on!
huggs XX kisses OO and love
le anne

i know that i'm no famous scrapbooker.. but i think i'm a very talented scrapbooker. so with that said between now and monday at 5 leave me a comment on my blog and tell me how much "you love me" and that "you are so awe struck with my work" i will put everyone's name in a hat and draw one person, you send me your pictures and what size of page you want done and i will scrap you a two page layout! i'm sure unlike Heidi i won't get 3500 submissions.. but i will take 10-20 for an ego booster! can't beat that i'm helping you get caught up! *wink! have a great week-end!
huggs OO kisses XX and love
le anne

she makes me glad i'm her mom....

she makes me smile... i love you tucker me lynn

My Hottie DH Eric....
Miss You
Le Anne

good afternoon blogland....i hope everyone is doing well... i'm ALOT on the sleepy side and just flat wore out! i want to write about a issue today that everyone has a diffrent opinion on and i know some will not agree with me but as dh eric says "i'm gonna be on the emotional side of me now." (WARNING if you don't want to see or talk about the war in iraq please click off this blog NOW)

as many of you know my husband eric is a United States Marine, and i have never felt such a pride in saying that. eric gives up alot, and family time, and in 2003 he gave up the whole year to serve his country. i am very proud of him and any other person in the military and the sacrifices them and their families make. BUT... (you knew that word was coming) while in the beginning i thought i agreed with the war and that we were going to save and help hundreds of thousands of people who needed our help. i mean we are the United States Of America - the richest, most educated, and blessed people on the planet. stop and think about it, my views that i'm about to express, in some countries i could be killed for saying what i think and feel, or as a woman not even be educated enough to speak my mind. so with that said...
the war to me is a very sad thing and on august 1 - 2005 the war became very personal for me. we lost a husband, a father, a son, a friend, and a fellow Marine that i knew (not that baby graham's(nickname)death is more important than any other soldier who has died for our freedom, but i knew him there for a little more painful and personal) i since the beginning of this war watched over 2500 men and women loose their lives for what? i wonder some days... do you? here is what really gets me lately... we have Marines, Navy and Army personal who are being brought up on murder charges for being in a hostile enviroment and doing their job. the Marine Corps has an ol saying "shoot first ask question later" (to some i know not funny)but do you want to be there amoung people who hate you and don't want you there. i know the news feeds off the bad and that somedays that's all we see, i know there is some good going on there. but really in the latest stories of bringing military personal up on charges.. give me a d*** break. for that i want to know who killed my friend, my friends husband who is now raising two boys all by herself. i want to know, we have been there while they get their new government in order, and yet they stand by and do nothing to those who claim to be responsable for these actions against our soldiers while defending their iraqi country, and rebuilding it with my tax dollars. even as i write this i'm crying, i'm mad, sad and angry all in the same emotion. we let groups over there go un punished for burning civilian contractors alive. UNPUNISHED! the most recent story of PFC Menchaca and PFC Tucker being kidnapped and tortured and killed. an isurgent group claimed doing this, do we know where they are? is the city or area that they are in be that big? i don't know. but i think we should make an effort to find out and bring them to justice. is there justice in this war? for me no. i think we are over there wasting our tax payers dollars, rebuilding a country that in my eyes does not deserve our help. they burn our flag, spit on our soliders, and most don't even want us there. now the human side of me feels for the women and children that we are helping, but if we end this war on the same note that we ended the last war on. all we're doing is breeding more anger, because the men we are killing over there today, their children will grow up and be the next terrorist. is this war gaining anything? i know i'm not the most educated person on the planet, but i have a voice and i have a mind and i wanted to share. i pray daily for the soldiers who now in my mind fighting a war that will never end, and in that process we will loose more American Soldiers. is it worth it? we are loosing men and women in iraq that will never see their children again, walk their daughters down the isle to be married, high school graduations. and the spouses that are left behind, there is no words that could express what they go through everyday alone, raising their children. and longing for their loved one. i think it's time we send some of our congress, senators, vice president, and yes even the presidents children over there. i know some things would be taken a little more serious and personal if one of their children were ingured or even killed. we are not a military who discriminates, women can go to war to. (refering to the bush twins) instead they are hear getting an education and living the fine life. (please don't think i'm singling out the presdients daughters - i'm not) now i can hear some of you saying well they signed up to be in the military, those soldiers knew what they could get themselves into inlisting. yes, and i'm sure 90% of them would sign again, but do they deserve to set in jail, be charged with murder, possiably being dishonorably discharged from whatever branch of service they are in... for doing their job. i say no. what about you... do they deserve to be in iraq wondering what they are fighting for.
again i know opnions vary on this subject, but this is my uneducated, emotional take on the war. tonight when you set down to eat your dinner, know that there is a solider who may not have ate today at all or is eating an MRE. when you lay your children down to sleep tonight, know there is a soldier who has not seen his children in month's or maybe a year. when you lay down tonight in your air conditioned home and you are settling in to be comfortable, know there is a soldier who is trying to get 3or 4 hours of sleep in 110 or higher degree weather. get back out of bed go and pray for those soliders, who are fighting and some dying to bless you with those freedoms. thank-you
le anne bull
proud wife to a United States Marine
and proud to be an American

ooohhhh my... i so did some cleaning on my blog today. changed some people around you know... swapping. i so have been a fan of janna (she is one i added today)ok she commented on my layouts... AAAHHH! thanks - Janna
Le Anne

A day late of course (it's me!) In honor of Father's Day! here is one for Eric. We Love You. You are the best daddy!
Huggs XX Kisses OO and Love
Le Anne - Dakota - Tucker

one of my favorite layouts i did at gasc in arlington.
huggs OO kisses XX and love leanne

ps did you notice that i have a picture of me and now know how to add pictures to my blog. thank eric!

mornin....

have you ever just wanted to vent? well talked to my lil brother last night and my mom yesterday and found out all about jerod's crash on his jet ski this past week-end. i'm personaly amazed that my brother was not hurt worse than what he was. for those who have never seen a jet ski race, it is very intense. these guys take it very serious and put ALOT of money and heart into this sport. my brother jerod said i could not post my thoughts on the ski web forum, so maybe the JERK i'm talking about will be smart enough to find my blog and read how i feel about his very unsportsman like conduct. short version of the story this JACK*** went to pass my brother on the outside on the curve jerod saw over his shoulder him coming and took the inside so J* could pass on the out side, well needless to say that was not J* intention. he became airbourne over my brother and actually landed on jerod's ski and tore it up pretty good. jerod knew there was other skiers coming behind him at speeds up to 50 mph or more (not sure i'm guessing but they go FAST) so he had to drive under the water to keep from getting hit. when these races go on you have a very small window to catch your favorite rider go by and yell. so when my sil denae and my mom didn't see jerod come by they knew someone had gotten hit and now know it was jerod. mom said she was so scare. as i'm sure my sil was too. well the J* never said he was sorry, and then have nerve to ask to borrow parts from jerods team " ReLoaded Racing" jerod said he was stunned. needless to say he got no parts from anyone who knows my lil brother. so i just want to send a warning out the guy - you know who you are, and you should count your lucky stars i was not there, cause you and i would have had words. so to protect the idenity of this man i should really not tell you the name of the J* i'm sure i should let everyone involved get thier own opinion of Kurt Coffey... ohhh crap did i put his name on my blog... darn it i already hit the publish post button. *wink love you jerod ... sign you biggest fan and big sis le anne

hi world.....

13 days since my last entry.. i know understand why i don't keep a paper journal..i suck at this! but since i'm here i will update you..pull up a chair and a cup of your favorite java.. i got mine here carmel frap from coffee beanery (went for frozen today!)
1. i just talked to my lil brother jerod on the phone (he races jet skies as a hobby and is ranked i think in the top 15 of his ski range in the US) yes he rocks! anyhow he and my sil denae and my mom connie went to lincoln neb. this week-end to race, he was in a crash on his ski yesterday. i could tell he was tired and let him go, all i got for now is that he messed up his right arm pretty good an x-ray (nothing is broken) and well how bad the ski is he didn't want to talk about it! please pray that he is ok and that ski doesn't need alot of $ to repair.
2. last week was a very rough week for me dealing with alot of presonal issues and struggles trying to work through them with the help of my mom and friends (what i would do with out my mom and friends - CRAZY) my mom love her she listens and then just tells me how it is! so does melanie sometimes you just need to have someone get in your face and tell you that it is ok to have bad days. my personal struggles are some that i don't care to share on line.. but if you would pray for me and my family.
3. had a yard sale on saturday only made about $80.00 but hey almost enough to pay for my hotel for this week-end.. yea! means i don't have to put it on a credit card!
4. tucker and i went to the old fort day rodeo on saturday night, and had a great time. she loved the cowboys.. (wonder where she gets that from??) she really enjoyed the barrell racing, cause it was the girls! girls rodeoing ROCKS! so everyone knows how bad this child wants a dog, well now she asked for a horse.. so daddy can teach her how to barrell race. told her we could not put a horse in our back yard.. so she then asked can we by a farm? i love it.. eric just laughed when i told him the story last night. i just think in the back of my mind she has got the perfect name... rodeo queen Tucker Bull barrell racing champion Tucker Bull .. think eric knew this would happen when he named her? i hear this KU home coming queen Tucker Bull and captian of KU cheer squad Tucker Bull. think we put to much pressure on her.. no cause she don't know i'm think this!
5. getting ready for gasc in arlington! leaving on wednesday with the girls. so excited i could use a little break. plus i have so much to catch up on scrapbooking wise. looking forward to a grand gasc time with julie, melanie, monica, rhonda, april d, and my newest buddies larolin and terry from little rock met these two and just hit it off. larolin owns www.paperdillies.com get scrapbooking kit company check it out! staying at the wyndam hope that a/c works this year! and looking forward to joes crab shack! wonder if chachie still works there?
6. then the next weekend i will be heading up to pittsburg kansas (my home town) home of the gorillas grrrrrrr! for my family reunion. can't wait. my aunt melinda and uncle carl are flying in along with their kids anna and her husband marc and their little one . my cousin hans who lives in memphis tenn. can't wait to see everyone. gonna do some pictures for everyone. looking forward to getting some good ones of me and my grandparents and me and my mom, then some of my grandparents by themselves.
7. photography is going really well, i am so happy with how the buisness is going and hope it really takes off this summer.
8. well day i will work and go to the gym tonight, tommorow gym at 5:15 am and work all day, eric will take tucker to cheer, work wednesday till 3 then i'm out town baby! will check back when i return. will miss you all and see you soon.
huggs OO kisses XX and love leanne

36 ..... NO FLIPPIN WAY!

yes i'm 36 years old today. i will still claim 29 though.....*wink! how can woman be so blessed.
eric and tucker surprised me at my office first thing this morning before she left for school. (poor thing she is as bad as her mom, if there is a present involved OPEN IT NOW!) she could not wait till after cheer. i got a wonderful trinket box and two cards that were so perfect to me and eric and me and tucker. got a cup of coffee and a coffee beanery gc.

a card from my mom & dad with money

then this morning my nannie called..... have you ever loved somebody so much? NO..... not as much as i love my nannie. she called to wish me happy birthday, and the tears started to fall when she told me how much i mean to her and my popo, and all the memories she has of me growing up. i love you nannie & popo!

a phone call from my little brother jerod! love you

a card from bill and melinda with money

then the surprise from my girlfriends julie, melanie, and rhonda they brought me a home made cake with chocolate icing and SPRINKLES! i even got a candle to blow out (yes just one we did not need to call the fire department) i love you girls!

phone call from stephanie and ecard's from kara and karen. love you two!

i'm 36 crap that means i'm closer to 40 that i am 30 now! i don't think i look 36! do i? still full of life and a life that i love living, blessed with a husband and children who love me and help me reach for my dreams. a mom who loves me and forgives me for being a lil crazy sometimes, and family who loves me just as i am. friends that i could never live without and who push me to reach for my dreams.

me at 36 - thank-you for helping me celebrate!
love le anne

hi world.....

well here we are at hump day... i don't know why it's hard for me to write on here everyday, i'm sitting here at the computer for 7am till 3pm monday -friday... ok lazy or to much work... one of those sounds good! *wink
so what's up!!! with me here you go...
1. 21 days till GASC in arlington can't wait! not ready to go... have not even started. but hope to get some things around this week-end!
2. got pictures on saturday... dh eric has decided to go play golf with a friend dr. scott. so i now know i won't get to see much of him this week-end. guess it's a saturday - sunday thing!
3. my dear friend athena's mom got a GREAT report for the doctor last week after her long battle with breast cancer... it's now over she is CANCER FREE! praise the Lord! so they are having a little get together saturday night. should be alot of fun... tucker and i are wearing pink of course. my nannie is also a breast cancer survior... what a battle women must go through with this... when you have the chance please donate to this cause for a cure.
4. eric's cousin becca and her husband eric are coming down this week-end for a family reunion. can't wait to see her and eric. they are expecting their first baby, you know me i want pictures! we are getting a little boy!
5. for tucker and dakota only 7 days of school left- wow!
6. eric and i done a good cleaing on the house monday night, hope to get some more done tonight, have to iron too, plus get stuff ready for the cheer yard sale, think it's gonna be in greenwood!
7. dakota's knee is doing better, did i tell you he got his learner permit to drive... oh my dakota driving! plus he likes his new job!
8. my nannie's eye surgery went ok... please keep her in your prayers. love you nannie and popo!
9. and my mom connie is at home, she is getting some rest but i think she is ready to get back to work too! thanks for all your prayers. love you mom!

ok all things caught up i think....
still working toward my many little goals, please keep me in your thoughts. i hope once i get the house cleaned out and somethings bought up for the house and paid for things for dreams will start coming into play.

something i disovered today while driving to work... what happened to radio stations that play good ol country music! yes conway twitty, old george straight, oak ridge boys, you get my point. i grew up on that stuff. flipping through the radio this morning i found one. 107.3 love it! i'm sure i looked the fool driving to work got to hear conway and the oak ridge boys i was one singing FOOL! love it!
huggs OO kisses XX and love
le anne

good mornin blogland (and to the only 5 people who read this *wink)

alot has happened in the last week so hear again is a recap....
1. please keep my mom connie in your prayers - she is still in the hospital some time last week her appendix ruptured and had to have surgery last thursday night. she was filled with the toxic crap that can go into your body when this happens. she is still not up to par, but i'm believing that she will make a complete recovery. i only wish i was closer to her to take care of her.
2. my nannie is having surgery this coming monday on her eyes. please say a prayer for her too.
3. good news my friend julie that we were praying for her little pug miles... that little thing came home on saturday! YEA! check out the whole story on her blog to the left.
4. dakota gave me a lil scare last night called from the ER in rogers. he is ok just cut open his knee while playing ball. and 5 stitches and 12 staples later, he is feeeling much better. just talked to him and he took the day off from school. did i mention he got his 1st job... he will be working at the hospital in rogers, not sure what all he will be doing yet. i'm excited for him, cause he's excited.
5. the girls and i had a wonderful time on friday scrapbooking at my house all said and done i got nannie cheer book done, tucker's teacher year end gift done, julies cj done, the cover to my NY album, and a little organizing. now i have to get everything doen for GASC we leave in 29 days WOW! i know i'm taking my NY album, i got everything sorted in to places, pics, and thing i picked up last night at cheer. that is ready to go. still have a list of cj to get done, i hope to get to work on that this week-end. plus need to take more pics of tucker to take with me. i'm only taking 3 classes so i will have alot of time to get personal stuf

yes - yes i'm still here.
CRAZY CRAZY around here! So heres the big long catch up...
1. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS - WE ROCK
in arlington all three squads took home the 1st place trophy. done for this year, but looking forward to what is in store for next year. around there and with staci as the coach it's only gonna get better! In other cheer news check out www.acujags.com and check out who is the parent of the month. ME !! keith hocott gave me the honor, although i think he is really confused about me being so loud that i have forced him to move the camera set up. *wink i love the friends that we have made at that gym - life long friends that are just awesome... yes keith you can be one! but your wife helps your status *wink.
2. eric has drill this week-end so what else would the women of the house do on NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY! that's right the girls are coming over! friday night yea! hope to get some stuff done and caught up. you funny girl! went to scrapbook mania in fayetteville last friday - got 2 of my mm masters layout done - i really love them! got 1/2 of another done. gonna try to get some stuff sorted and done tonight after cheer.
3. well keeping up on the house is going well the living room - bathroom - and dining room stay very clean and organized. i have had 2 yard sales and at each of them i have limited myself at what i put back into the garage, so that means alot has been donated or given to goodwill. i have got 1/2 the attic cleaned out and sorted to scrapbooking or to the kids memory boxes. makes me feel so good getting the clutter out. still have a lot more to go through. hope to have the clutter out and basics only by the end of the year. *crossing fingers!
4. www.lifeslittlemomentsphoto.com is going well. booked through the middle of june, and hoping to get some more bookings. this brings me so much joy and relaxation - i love creating memories for others. got to get on to eric to finish the web page and get some advertising going!
5. well the school year is almost over hard to believe that dakota will be in 11th grade and tucker in 2nd - where does the time go. i guess this is a hard time of the year for some of the teachers - my friend athena i think has it down to minute of when school is out!
6. on great news tucker and i were baptised on sunday night at our church. was a very moving and exciting moment for both of us. to see tucker's love for Jesus shine is one of the most powerful things i have ever seen.
7. please keep eric's old unit in your prayers 1/25 is in iraq now, pray for their safety, and to keep them stong.
8. keep my dear friend julie in your prayers to - her lil pug miles is missing. please pray for miles safe return home.
i guess that's all i can think of for now. hope everyone has a great week.
huggs OO kisses XX and love
Le Anne

"bloom t-shirts"

are up and taking orders! www.lifeslittlemomentsphoto.com , click on tucker, click on link that shows scrapbooks, click on bottom link that shows tshirts. please email me with your orders at sgtbullsgirl@yahoo.com you can choose from white tshirt as shown with gray tone screen printing, pink tshirt with gray screen printing, or black tshirt with white/gray screen printing. tshirts will be ordered this coming week to ensure your size please pre order. these cute tshirts can be shipped from home buisness and make wonderful gifts. will also have available mouse pads, coffee mugs, jounals. thanks for looking, more desgins to come!

huggs OO kisses XX and love
le anne

well here i am blog slacker! have been busy at work, cheer, home, buisness, ect. in other words alot of crap to be done and never enough time to do it in!
well this coming week-end is the last cheer compitition of the year, thursday after practice we will be heading to arlington texas, and to six flags! will get there late but will get to sleep in and while eric is off playing golf with the guys tucker and i will hit the scrapbook store recollections and have some girl fun. kinda sad will be the last performace of this years routinue but tryouts for next year are may 13 and look forward to what staci has up her sleeve for next years routine. did i mention tucker did her backhand spring last night on her own off the wedge. go tucker - so proud of you!
the girls and i a gearing up for some scrappin fun... going to fayetteville on the 28th for an all nighter at scrapbook mania, may 5 the crop is at my house, june it back to gasc in arlington, august ck in tulsa, and going with the april derek back to texas in october. so excited. now that i have been published for the first time, like any scrapbooker, i want it again. i must be patient. so im gonna get all the little project i have started complete, use up my stock, that way there when i go to the conventions i get some new stuff. speaking of new stuff check out www.memoryvilla.com they got the new queen & co. stuff in! YUMMY - projects i need to get done....
1. finish nannies cheer album of tucker
2. start my two years of cheer pictures, and programs, metals that are stacking up
3. have not even started ny city and washington dc album
4. cjs to do
5. cherry arte dt call
6. and the big one - im gonna enter the mm masters - like i have a snowballs chance in h**** but you dont know till you try.

have done a handle full of photo shoots over the week-end trying to get them done. have two weddings next month. plus getting close on having my font stuff done, and now im doing tshirts. people wonder why i don't sleep. *wink not to much longer 256 days!

ok i will end on a funny story.....
two weeks ago the kids saw the lady down the street having a yard sale, "mom can we get out our yard sale stuff?" "we'l do it mom, if you will help us get it out." mom "ok" drag it all out by 9am and between 9am and 1pm them to kids made $258.00 mom "holy crap" so this past easter weekend was the planned yardsale - yard signs, ad in the paper, took off work at 1 on friday to set up the whole back yard with my priceless junk.... and i make $50.00 mom "what the heck!!!" so box up what has been in two yard sales and gave to the goodwill, yes mom i didnt hang on to it! *wink i think i'm getting better at my pack rat problem.

need to get some serious work done to the house. *hint eric

running through walmart yesterday i think i found my furniture for my crop space will only need $400.00 for furniture and then so cute add ons.
good thing meli is having a yard sale and she said i could bring some stuff over! hope to put some of it on laya way and get it bought up! wish me luck. i think that is a quick catch up.
will try to do better and keeping up.
huggs OO kisses XX and love
Le Anne

lil oh meeeeee.....

ok may not be a big deal to anyone else but here we go.....
the kids and i had a yard sale on saturday, well left the kids in charge, i have so much yard sale stuff that i have created over the last few weeks its crazy, will have another this week-end, whats left will go to goodwill..... any way back to story..... as the kids were moving things back together as things were selling i was dragging more out of the garage. so as i was setting things out on the tables when this SWEET lady walked up and asks if im flexable on my scrapbooking stuff that i had for sale..... well of course. after i tell her new prices on the things she wanted, she said to me.....
"congrads on being published for the first time in "scrapbook answers" and that she loves my work she has seen on www.memoryvilla.com "
OK i about fell over, that is the best scrapbooking comment anyone has ever made to me..... does that make me famous? NO just somebody noticed me...... i will take that!
hey keep on the look out at www.cafepress.com i know someone who is coming out with some CUTE items..... yes that would be me and my wonderful husband Eric..... I Love You honey!
will be back later with an update on my life!
huggs OO kisses XX and love leanne

LOVE IT ! LOVE IT ! LOVE IT !

my BFF julie came by the house last night - SURPRISE! see julie lives in the big town of POTEAU oklahoma so i only get to see her when we schedule a crop or we are going on a girlie trip. so it was a great SURPRISE! i had a little gift for her (a cute little key chain *wink i got me one too so we are twinkies) and she had a great gift for me.... see julie has great taste in purses and has a gifting for finding them cheap (no offense julise) so when i make a comment "ohhh that purse is sooooo cute" i sometimes get the handme downs! and this one ROCKS! CUTE chocolate brown cordaroy (how do you spell that word?) any way you bloggers know i'm computer dumb (can't post pictures, can't scan) so when you see me CHECK OUT MY NEW PURSE! thank-you julie *i heart you sooooo much.
huggs OO kisses XX and love le anne

been tagged by heather... *heart you honey - miss you alot!

smoked cigarettes - yes
drank so much you threw up - yes
crashed a friends car - no
stolen a car - no
been in love - yes
been dumped - yes
shoplifted - yes
been laid off/ fired - yes
quit your job - yes
been in a fist fight - yes
snuck out of your parents house - no
had feelings for someone who didn't have them back - yes
been arrested - no
gone on blind date - no
lied to a friend - yes
skipped school - yes
seen someone die - no
been to canada - no
been to mexico - yes
been on plane - yes
been lost - yes
been on opposite side of county - yes
been to washington dc - yes
swam in the ocean - yes
felt like dying - yes
cried yourself to sleep - yes
played cops and robbers - yes
recently colored with crayons - yes
sang karaoke - yes
paid for a meal with only coins - yes
done something you tols yourself you wouldn't - yes
made prank phone calls - yes
laughed until some kind of beverage came form your nose - yes more than once!
caught a snowflake on your tongue - yes
danced in the rain - no
written a letter to santa claus - yes
been kissed under mistletoe - no
watched to sun rise with someone you care about - yes
blown bubbles - yes
made a bonfire on the beach - yes
crashed a party - no
gone roller skating - yes
gone ice skating - yes
ever bought gas with one coin - no
been to africa - no
ever steal traffic signs - no
ever been in car accident - yes

?s
1. children? yes 2 dakota - 16 and tucker - 6
2. pets? cat - snowball
3. nicknames? lee - lela
4. mothers name? connie lynn
5. favorite drink? dr pepper - MARGARITAS - a good cold beer
6. tattoos? yes one on left ankle - need one more
7. body piercings? have a nice scar from my belly button being pierced and having to take it out because i was pregnant
8. how much do you love your job? i would like to take the 5th
9. favorite vacation spot? mexico - NEW YORK CITY!
10. 2 door or 4 door? while i have children 4 door after children 2 door
11. salad dressing? ranch and blue cheese
12. favorite pie? mom's pumpkin pie with cool whip - mom's HOT apple pie with vanilla ice cream - eric's granny makes me this chocolate frig pie. all 3 OHHH MYYY!
13. favorite #? don't have one
14. favorite movie? pretty woman - sweet home alabama - steel magnolias - too many to mention!
15. favorite holiday? dakota and tucker's birthdays
16. favorite food? mexican (el lorita) - chinese (peking palace) - eric bar- b -q
17. favorite day of the week? saturday if i get to sleep in
18. favorite brand of soap? weird i know but staying at treasure island in las vegas the give you this soap called WET can't find it anywhere so when i go to vegas i STEAL all i can get my hands on!
19. favorite tv show? csi vegas - law order - with out a trace - big brother
20. favorite toothpaste?
21. favorite smell? vanilla - honeydew melon - eric fresh out of the shower AXE red and blue bottle with spray - eric with COOLWATER on! WHHHEEEW it's HOT in here!
22. what do you do to relax? scrapbook or refer back to drinks in ?#5
23. message to your friends reading this? *heart you all
24. how do you see yourself in 10 years? 45 OM GOODNESS i hope retired and in my scraproom or out doing a phot shoot - but will take the beach with drink in hand.
25. what do you do when you are bored? BORED your kidding right
26. what do you enjoy recieving? hand made gifts from my children and friends - surprise boxes filled with scrapbooking supplies
27. what time is it now? 10.23am thursday march 30- 2006

TAG to julie - melanie - stephanie - karen - and anyone else who reads this
huggs OO kisses XX and love le anne

put your fingers in the shape of an L that L would be for LOSER! it's offical, i'm a NO BODY! 3 yes i said 3 people answered my ? survey so there for all of you are winners, because i must keep the 3 friends that i have! *wink
i quess for the 3 people who read this here are the answers to the ?'s
#1 Heidi Swapp
#2 Rock Chalk Jayhawk - GO KU!
#3 To be published and make Heidi Swapp's DT
#4 New York and Washington DC
#5 Stay at home with Tucker - Run a sucessful photography and scrapbooking buisness www.lifeslittlemomentsphoto.com
#6 Chevy Yukon
#7 My Mom - Connie
#8 ACU Jags!
#9 Ice Cold Reese Peanut Butter Cups
#10 Oprah Winfrey

Ther you have it! Julie - Melanie and Cheer Dad Keith look for your RAK's coming to you!
huggs OO kisses XX and love
le anne

ok it took an extra day sorry....
i'm doing this for fun to see how many people really read this blog! how it's gonna work, i will ask 10 questions about myself you comment back your answers, the person with the most correct answers will win a RAK from me. If there is a tie i will throw all those is a hat and draw a name. If you are someone who happens accross my blog, most of the answers to the questions will be in my blog.
#1 what is my favorite scrapbooking manufacture?
#2 what is the chant of my favorite college team?
#3 what is my biggest scrapbooking dream?
#4 where did dh eric take me for our 5th wedding anniversary last year?
#5 what is my biggest personal dream?
#6 what is my dream car?
#7 who is my bestest friend?
#8 what is the name of tucker's cheer squad?
#9 my favorite chocolate snack?
#10 what female celebrity do i want to meet the most?

there you have it! i do hope there are more than 5 who read my blog! *wink

pss keith hocott if you not taking up scrapbooking then you don't wanna play! ha-ha-ha-ha!

have fun and will check back on monday and by tuesday we'll have a winner!
huggs OO kisses XX and love
le anne

well tuesday afternoon here.. and having a fairly normal week.. *wink as normal as can be when it comes to me!
getting ready for this week-end 1st annual www.memoryvilla.com crop! don't worry there is still time to sign up, go check out the site and get ready for some great classes, make-n-takes, great food, and FUN FUN FUN! Plus what a view.
still keeping up with the house, really need to get into tucker's room and do a deep cleaning. next is the attic! shooting for a yard sale in april, gotta raise that money for all the scrapbooking conventions coming up! *wink (love you honey!) have really gone through all the scrapbooking supplies and cleaned out all the old and making room for the new! *wink (sorry again honey) this makes jon and cindy happy at www.memoryvilla.com when i get a private email letting me know "NEW HEIDI SWAPP" just in. i pull a melanie and fall to floor from passing out only to wake up looking for eric's credit card! *wink i must save my money for hotels and food!
going tonight or tommorow and getting new shoes! (yes julie i'm gonna copy cat) i have it between a pair of merryls or tsumo's *wink i want them both, but think for now i will just get one.
please be praying for my friend cheryl manz have some real struggles with pain, but keeping a positive attitude. check out her blog > on right.
i want to do a contest on my blog seems like alot of gals are doing these, so i want to be next! with a nice RAK remember i just cleaned! plus i want to see how many gals read my blog! ok so you 5 gals get ready. will post tonight or first thing in the morning.
tonight we have tumbling and cheer, will have to leave early tucker has school program tonight.
well till later....
huggs OO kisses XX and love
le anne

i'm gonna be a copy cat... i saw this on becky thompson's blog... thought it was cool!
1. 3 things you wish for?
1.to be a better chritian than i was yesterday
2. to be a good mom
3. a yukon *wink

2. 3 things you would do to or for yourself if there was no one to judge you (or if you had the guts to do it)?
1. lift - suck - tuck (aka plastic surgery)
2. cut my hair diffrently (are you happy eric *wink)
3. take on the task of getting my handwriting on something to market it and sell it!

3. 3 bad habits you have?
1. take on to much
2. very hard on myself
3. afraid to step out in faith and do the things i really wanna do in life

4. 3 insecurities your feel?
1. my weight
2. not taking time to make myself look better
3. aging

5. 3 talents/ skill you wish you had?
1. to be able to sing
2. ?
3. ?

6. 3 things you would do if you had more time?
1. clean my house RIGHT! sell the junk!
2. work on marketing my photography buisness
3. scrapbook more

7. 3 things that bring you peace/ relaxation?
1. a clean house
2. scrapbooking
3. a GREAT Margarita! *wink

8. 3 things that spark your creativity?
1. other scrapbookers (Heidi - Elsie) (www.twopeasinabucket.com)
2. Tara Whitney (she is awesome)
3. magazines

i'm tagging
julie
melanie
stephanie

good mornin!!!

guess what i got in the mail saturday......
a copy of the magazine that my first published layout is in! i was so like a kid at christmas, ripping that fed-ex box open when i saw the return address, i knew what it was! looks really nice and was totally excited to show it off everyone i saw saturday and sunday!

big news only 294 days and i'll tell you what it is!

huggs OO kisses XX and love
le anne

Leaving A Legacy.....

have you ever wondered what you mean to everyone around you, or what they mean to you? over the last 4 days i think i understand..... you see my husbands father David Charles Bull passed from this life on sunday march the 4th, 2006
what David meant to me was.....
* the man who gave my husbad life
* a man who was a soldier, serving in vietnam and earning a purple heart, a hero
* a son
* a brother
* a grandfather
* a friend
* someone who died alone
* and someone that i didn't tell him how much i loved him, for that i'm sorry. a man who lived less than 10 blocks from my house, but yet never came to visit, nor did i go visit him, for that i'm sorry. i sent him notes and pictures of tucker with never a note back. do you think not sharing with someone everyday how much you love them, do you think they know? i'm struggling with David's death and hope he does know how much he was loved. a man who came back from a war full of politics and was never thanked, and never told he was a hero. when it came to yesterday he was a hero, who was given a hero's burial. a brand new American Flag covered his casket, many of his favorite yellow mums and tulips surround him. fellows soldiers salute him and he passes by, with Amazing Grave playing by a Army bugler, the folding and presenting of the flag to his mother, while Taps is playing in the background. a hero remembered.

* today tell someone how much you love them and admire them, take 30 minutes to visit someone you have not visited in awhile. tell a veteran thank-you.

David - I Love You and will treasure your memories forever.
le anne

hi ya all bloggers an non bloggers who are stalking me..... *wink

well here it is thursday and getting ready for another CHEER week-end! to night we are doing half time at the UA Fort Smith basketball game. then we are off to oklahoma city on friday - sunday. eric has drill this week-end and will miss this compitition. so i'm heading down with amy and her daughter brianna. i'm gonna go by a local scrapbook store 7 minutes later and so can't wait the store looks VERY COOL!
ok on with evrything else in life....
well the crop went well last saturday - had about 38 women (less then what i planned) but still ALOT of fun! the whole gang was there, plus made some new friends. april from www.memoryvilla.com drove up and was a blast to hang out with all week-end! i think we should look for her a job up here! *wink and hint! april got here friday night and her and melanie came over to my house and chatted till 12:30 in the morning and then it was off to the crop early in the morning. great food THANKS stacey brooks. and great fellowship and tons of new memories and some great photos! "i swear mom all i did was kiss him" sorry! you had to be at starbucks for the after party to get this but still funny. and rhonda shaws great showing of SNL in the chair OH MY! and a big shout out to jon and cindy at www.memoryvilla.com for all the AWESOME door prizes. *heart you both! thanks to all who came to the crop i know it was no GASC but i will make the next one better! already starting to work on it! *wink
speaking of www.memoryvilla.com go to there web site and check out the crop they will be doing this month 17th -19th if you have ever wanted to feel like a star at a crop - well here it is! loads of prizes and special gifts. seriously check it out and call and book your spot! TONS of fun. plu i will be there *wink
house new years resolution is going well and really trying to get alot of it deep cleaned before the end of the month - why you ask my MOM is coming YEA! so is my brothers and their wifes and i hope my nannie and popo. they will be here for tucker's cheer compitition and the fort smith convention center on the 25th so excited my brothers have never seen my home, so i hope to have it as pretty as i can! so if you dont have plans that week-end come watch tucker and those www.acujags.com kick some butt!
still working out three days a week. going ok, rose my personal trainer wont let me weight yet so now progress to report. i know i do feel better, and while i may not look like some hot super model from the neck down, im getting healthy!
well i guess i better get some work done *wink will try to write more later today!
huggs OO kisses XX and love