Some of my favorite shots of London!!

I got home yesterday from being in London for a almost two weeks and since my body thinks I'm still there I have been up since 3am!!! LOL Paul kept telling me to just relax and stay and in bed but I couldn't! I counted the pleats on my curtains about five times, thought about how the room would look if I changed the bedroom a different direction, was thinking about new songs on you tube I could add, and had a ton of thoughts in my head for a new adventure that I'm working on!!! I can't wait to tell you about it!!

I wanted to show you some of my favorite pictures that I took. I have a ton more but I don't want to bore you with them all! LOL

Let me know if you want to see more!!! thanks for letting me share of my pictures with you! Hugs, Suzy West

Checking in from England!!

Hi everyone! I've been super swamped so I haven't had time to post much let alone blog. LOL I did want to quickly put some pictures up to show you a couple of things that I've done. These are a couple of pictures of when I was at Bury St Ednunds!!! This place is so freaking amazing!!!!!!

Here are just a few pictures. I'll post more soon!!!!

Going to be doing a ton of sightseeing tomorrow and then I go home on Wednesday!!! looking forward to coming back in November!! Hugs

Suzy West

Grateful for the beauty around me

The tragedy that has happened in Japan has saddened me so much!
One day everything is good...the next day...everything is gone!
It's unbelievable to think that this could happen anywhere and to anyone.
I feel especially grateful for all the beauty that is around me. I think I take it for granted and that needs to stop!

Today...make a decision to appreciate your surrounding. Enjoy the streets, the lights, your home, your church, schools, stores, parks, the grass, the trees, your family & friends....everything!

I appreciate you!!!
hugs, Suzy West

Couldn't be happier layout

Sarah got a lot of new Bo Bunny products in the store and asked me to create
a layout to display.
It was so easy to create this layout!! Let me show you.





...and there you go!!

Thanks for looking!
Have a great day!!

My little princess!!

I love this beautiful new line by Crate Paper!!!
The colors are so gorgeous and very easy to use!!
Wanted to share it with you.
Everything here is Crate Paper. I used Helmar to hold everything together. Love the stuff!!

Thanks for letting me share!!
Hugs, Suzy West

Take me out to the ball game!

My grandson Tanner played his first game today and let me tell you it was so awesome!!

I laughed so hard watching him run around like someone wound him like an Easter Bunny.

He was hilarious!!!!!

I was so proud of him! He did such a great job!!!

Keep scrolling down to see how good he did today...

He got the GAME BALL!!!! YAY!!!

Thanks for letting me share my awesome day with my family!!

I love my boys!

This post is simply to say how much I love these two little boys!!
They make me laugh and smile!!
They touch my heart with their hugs and kisses!
They fill my soul with lots of love!

London...Sierra...Jeremy...and top 10 list!

I'm having fun playing with tons of WOW embossing powders!!!
I love how easy they are to use and how they don't get all over the place!!
I'm excited to get to play with them a lot in London and to do this mini project for make n' takes.

I have a lot of exciting things coming up!!!
It's been a little crazy since it all seems to be happening at the same time!
I'm truly grateful for all the fun opportunities!

Wanted to update you all on Sierra
Thankfully she's feeling good right now! We are meeting with the surgeon soon to discuss dates and to prep her for the big day.
It feels kinda crazy saying that because all her life we knew that one day this day would come and we talked about it a lot but now...they day has really come.
She's been a real trooper!!! She broke down the other night because she was a little scared but mostly because she didn't like the fact that she would have to be on penicillin twice a day for two years! That really upset her!! I told her the time would go by fast so not to worry!
I know things will be a lot better for her! Please keep her in your prayers!

On other news! I'm so excited about this!!!!
My son...is going to PROM!!! Yes, you heard it...MY SON is going to prom!!!
I can't believe this day came too!! We always knew this day...blah blah blah! LOL
If you know my son, you know that my guy doesn't do dances. He's never attended one. Why? He thinks they are boring! He just doesn't like them!! So for him to go...it's a huge thing for the West family!! LOL

THE BUMMER
I won't be here when he goes to prom!!! I'm so sad about it!!
I'll be in London! I'm forcing my daughter to take pictures! I'm sure I'll need a few moments to cry my eyes out because my heart will be so full....okay...crap...I'm crying now just typing this (Pull it together woman!LOL) but will be excited too!!!

So anyways, I'm grateful for a lot of things this week! I read Sarah's blog (poor thing has been super sick)...and she inspired me to write my top 10 things I'm grateful for!
So today...here they are.....

1. insurance--I'm so grateful that we have excellent insurance and that we see the best dr.'s!!! Angel's surgery will be done at Stanford Hospital!
2. my bed--I love after a long day I can just sink my body into my bed!
3. family--I love that I have people that love me...no matter what!! I trust them with my entire heart and life!
4. old pair of jeans--Love my jeans! I've had them for a while and they feel so yummy! Not tight...not loose...just perfect!
5. scrapping--I love when I get to hang out with all my friends and get my scrap on!!! I can't wait til' Saturday to see a lot of friends!
6. California weather--I feel so lucky to live in a place that even though I sometimes complain about the weather...it's a thousand times better than in other places!!
7. DVR--I love that I can watch my favorite tv shows whenever I feel like it!!
8. You tube--I LOVE you tube!!! I have a play list of all my favorite songs!! Including all GLEE!!! Oh ya!!
9. Easter candy--in case you didn't know...Easter has the best candy!!! I love my favorite chocolate bunnies! YUMMY!
10. LUCKY CHARMS--oh how I love thee!!! I always have to have a box of this!!!

Okay so that is my list!!!!
If you read all of this...wow...thanks!!! I can't believe I typed it all. LOL
Hugs,
Suzy west

My uncle turns 103!!

I'm so excited about celebrating my uncle's birthday!!! He is turning 103 years old next week!!!
This man is amazing!!!
If you saw him in real life...you'd want to put him in your pocket! LOL He's about 4 ft. 8 in. tall! He came to the states from El Salvador in 1944 with the stipulation that he had to join the army. He joined and fought in world war 2!

He also had to have a trade. He took after his dad and was a tailor.

My uncle made a name for himself and did the tailoring for Frank Sinatra, Ronald Reagan, and other famous people.

My uncle believes that education is very important and recently started meeting with the kids in the family because he wants to help them go to college.

This is a picture of him when he turned 100! The city wanted to honor him and he was featured in the news paper.

Love him and feel so lucky to have him in my life.
hugs,
Suzy West

Going to LONDON!!!

I am excited to announce that I have been invited to teach classes in London!!

I'm going to be teaching at an expo event there.

If you are in the area...come and see me!!!

Hugs, Suzy West

Been creating!!!

Saturday was a lot of fun!!! I taught a really fun class at Our Paper Place and then stayed for the crop!! It was fun getting to hang with some of my gal pals!!!!

I finished another project that I will be teaching in April!!
I'm teaching a spring related class...I know Spring is supposed to be bright and sunny...but I really liked this paper line by Jillibean!!
Here are some sneak peaks of my project.

Sunday was also really nice!! We went to church in the morning...after church I spent some quality time with my son Jeremy. Then we went to go see Tanner and Tristan practice playing T-ball!! I told them they had to see Jamma hit a ball...(they didn't believe me that I could hit it)...ohhhhh I sooooo hit it! LOL
In the evening I went out with Julia and Jen!! Had such a great time talking about all kinds of craziness! LOL

Thanks for coming by!! Leave me a comment! Love reading them!!
Hugs
Suzy west

...tap tap tap...is this thing on?

I'm really excited!!! I was invited by the Great American Scrapbook Convention to be the MC at the crop night events in Texas!!!!! I'm super excited! We are going to have a ton of fun!!!

I was also asked to teach several classes!!
I'm really excited and am in the sketching process!! I'll be giving more scoop really soon!

If you are going to the Virginia expo...I'll be teaching there too!!!

I scrapped another layout for my layout class next month! If you are interested in the class, you can get the information in the post below!!!

Have a wonderful week!!!
Hugs,
Suzy West

The best present ever!

So today I turned 40! I had planned to go out to lunch with my mom and do some shopping.

My plans changed.

Sierra did not feel good so I kept her home from school. She had a fever and got SICK!

She told me she wanted to take a shower and when she got out...I helped her get dressed and started drying her hair...out of no where she passed out!
I tried to get her up....and then took her straight to Urgent Care.
On the way...she almost passed out again. I carried her in and told them her condition(hereditary spherocytosis) and what happened and they immediately took her in. When they started taking her vitals she almost passed out again.
I called her Dr. and he showed up really quick! We feel blessed to have an amazing Dr.!!
They did blood work...had her hooked up to an IV. She was there for hours!
We honestly thought she was going to get admitted. I believe that all the prayers that were given on her behalf helped her get better really fast! The Dr. was amazed at the results of her tests. Normally when she gets sick like this...she ends up getting admitted and sent over to Stanford Hospital.

I am happy to say that she is at home in bed sleeping. She's not fully recovered but she's a lot better and I'm happy!!

I could not take a picture of her when she was WHITE as snow but did snap one of her when she started feeling a lot better. She was still pretty pale but looked a lot better!

She asked me to thank everyone that prayed for her!!

I feel so blessed to have this precious jewel as my daughter! I'm grateful to my Heavenly Father for all that he does for us and making sure that our prayers get answered.
I feel so lucky to have received the best gift ever today...and that is that she is well.
Hugs, Suzy

Birthday fun and a new class!!!

This Tuesday I turn 40 and the celebration has already begun!!!
It started on Friday during lunch... Angel, Sierra, the boys, and I went out to Red Robins. We had a great lunch and then the waiters came and sang and gave me a hot fudge sundae.

In the evening we celebrated at Our Paper Place!! There was yummy cake and snacks!!
So much fun!!!

Today the family and I went to an awesome restaurant and we celebrated there!! I had such a great time with them!!!! Nothing makes me more happy than to have everyone together.

Before I show you all the pictures from my birthday party....here's a sneak peak of my class at Our Paper Place.

It's a layout class using Crate Paper!!!!
It's on Wednesday, March 16th--Starts at 7pm
To sign up call the store at 510-794-4487

You will make four different layouts!!

Here are some of the pictures from tonight!!!

Me and my kiddos!!! I love them so much!!!

All the girls!!!


The men in my life!!

My main squeeze!

My sweet and beautiful mommy!

Love my Jazzy!

The best brothers!!

My yummy new Vera Bradley bag for my Lap top!!!
Love it!!!!

Thanks for letting me share!!!!!!
Hugs, Suzy West