Reality bites:)

We're back!!
I'm sad:(
I love vacations......I mean, who doesn't?
I love getting away from everything & everyone.
Coming home is such a rude awakening to reality!!

Our trip was good.
Friday & Saturday proved to be more wet then sunny, but we managed some pool time on Saturday.
In fact, the weather was so uncooperative, I ended up scrapping most of the time.
YES, I took a scrap kit & completed a layout & card.
Here they are..............................I love how both turned out.
I love the "vintage" look & feel of these..............very soft & feminine.
I don't usually include close-ups, but I did w/this layout so you could see some of the detail. It's a 6x12 size. I'm really wanting to do more of these. Any ideas on where to get page protectors would be greatly appreciated.

The metal frame around the number six is a Melissa France frame. I think I really love these:)

Some of Prima's newest flowers. They have different words & pictures on them. I LOVE them.

A quick card. For some reason DMC floss seemed to go perfectly w/these projects?

I met up w/my sister & family Saturday night.
I'm always to happy to see them.
We spent the entire week poolside or at the beach.
The beach ended up being disappointing, as the rain brought in TONS of seaweed.
So much that you came out of the water discolored, so we only did the beach one day, though we tried to go several other times.
We also had a Build-A-Bear party for the girls.
Last year we started a new summer tradition where we'll be celebrating their birthdays & Christmas in July!!
We combined both with the party & it was a huge success followed by some ice-cream & Starbucks:) The tallest is 10, with two 8-year olds; one 6-year old & two 3-year olds.

We did a photo shoot at the beach & here is one picture of the 6 cousins. I got some really great pictures of everyone.

We have 3 blondes & 3 brunettes, so it's not a question if they're related. More a question of who belongs to who:)
We did get TONS of stares everywhere we went.
I guess because there were so many girls, but it was fun!!
All-in-all a great time & I was sad it ended.

I came home to find that someone had hacked into my Paypal & Ebay accounts.
A total of $850.00 taken!!
I could get mad, but it all happened the very day I left for SanDestin, so what was I going to do?
I came back to find my accounts suspended & locked, so both Paypal & Ebay had the wherewithall to take action.
They are working on getting the money back & my bank has already refunded some transfer fees they had charged me, which I thought was pretty quick.
So, though it's not the best situation to have happen, I'm confident Paypal will get everything resolved!!

And with that, I'm playing catch-up on all my favorite sketch blogs.
I'm enjoying all the "sneaks" of CHA products, wishing I could have gone.
I'm hoping to scrap this weekend, but I'm very tired & I'm actually wanting to go to the beach:)
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend & hopefully I'll post this weekend w/more scrapping projects.