Easter-Part I

{Mom & Kate}

{The funny family photo-it’s so difficult to tell who the more serious ones are…}

{Sarah-playing washers and talking to her “friend”-although it was kind of difficult to throw the washers with a Blackberry in one hand and a beer in the other :) }

{I can’t believe she’s almost 21!}

{William-getting so grown up, but still so ornery…}

{Patricia}

{Love you, honey.}

{Patricia taking photos}

{I’m super nervous about taking senior photos this year, so I’m reading up and practicing. }

{This is SOOO Elizabeth and William right now. They are like this ALLLL the time.}

It is so hard to pic favorites. I will post more tomorrow. Happy Tuesday!

SuperBowl Weekend 1

Sisters!

Aunt and Niece

Taking photos

Rocking out!

We had a great weekend! More photos coming soon! Happy Monday!

Our Weekend

Counting down the days....

Look at the sweet kids in front of the Christmas tree...

Elizabeth is getting ready to go to a Christmas card making party...I'm not sure what they did....girl stuff, I think....

Awwww......

Oh, yes. This is what we had to go through to get to the real photo. Nice family photo, huh?

Daddy and I with our football watching gear on taken in the mirror that used to be ours. Loving the self-portraits everyday for Yesterday and Today. Can't wait until Wednesday to finish up the layout!

The Jets fans. Pudge takes great photos...as long as you have a treat in your hand. And one more thing-I am soooo excited. One of my December Daily pages made it onto Ali Edwards' blog (here.) Soooo excited. I woke my husband up to tell him I was so thrilled. Thanks, Ali! Have a great Tuesday!

Family Photos

Here are some of my favorite photos from our Family Thanksgiving. This one turned out great-I love it! (Nice work by my husband taking this photo). Elizabeth seems to be missing though!

Family Photo-2009

Sarah wanted a photo of brother and sisters-great idea! These turned out great!

And some action shots of the boys playing catch with the football.

We had a great time spending time with family over the holiday weekend.

Happy Monday!

Thankful-Nov 18

Worn photo edges by Lynn Grieveson at designerdigitals.com

Thankful for my family...yesterday & today.

Scraplift-November

Scraplift: Ali Edwards from page 91 of Creating Keepsakes. I happened to have the divided 12x12 protector because it was on the supply list for her Yesterday an Today class. I already had the "August" month brush and the "today" journaling card from Ali Edwards for designerdigitals.com.

I was sort of a scrapbooking maniac Friday night and Saturday. It was quiet and I actually got the computer without anyone else asking me to use it. It was very relaxing and fun.

The journaling is written in list form and reads:

1. A family tradition. Every year we play golf for Jakey's birthday. Every year Butch wins. Every single year. 2. This year I joined a league at work. I played several times (maybe 6) over the course of the summer. He still kicked my ass. But my putts were better this year :) 3. We have fun anyway. 4. Every year our photos get better. 5. I LOVE spending time with my brother and sister. 6. I love celebrating Jake's birthday every year. 7. Sometimes we let people play through. 8. I hate the dog leg on the 8th hole. 9. I love playing for 9 holes. 18 holes....not so much. 10. Every year we get sunburned. 11. We started driving together a couple of years ago. 12. We all play a pretty close game...except for Butch...who always wins. 13. I can't think of any other way that I would like to spend a Saturday in August!

This page was super easy to put together. I used photos that were sitting on my kitchen table that I had gotten from Mom, and only printed out one other photo. Have a great day-Happy Scrapping!

thankful-Nov 11

Uncle Tom in the Navy-Happy belated Birthday, by the way!

This is a 2-post night-I have a lot to say! First, I want to express my gratitude for all of the veteran's. To the ones I have known and loved. And the ones that I have never met who are fighting for our freedom right now. You are appreciated. Thank you.

Grandpa in the navy

Great Grandpa Ralph



Grandpa's brother Stub

My father-in-law in the Air Force

Grandma's Brother Floyd {and his twin brother Lloyd who I don't have a photo of.}

Grandpa again-love this photo-you can tell how onery he is...

Grandma's brother Tom, who I am pretty sure was in the Navy, but I don't have a photo-please correct me if I'm wrong.

And Lula's son Jeff who was also in the Navy.

God bless you all! Happy Veteran's Day.

Blast From the Past

Aren't these the cutest little kids ever? And look...they have bouquets of dandelions! I totally miss that. Sometimes, one of the kids will bring me a flower from the garden (or from someone elses...). But there is NOTHING like the heartfelt gift of a dandelion or a piece of clover lovingly chosen by a child.

And look at this...does anyone ever mow that yard..???...just kidding, Mom. I love this photo. I'm not sure who took it. May have been Mom. Or Sarah. She's great at taking photos like that! I may have to enlarge this one.

So sweet. Playing dominoes at Grandma & Grandpa's.

Hope everyone has a great Friday!

Autumn Scrapbook Page

Template from Ali Edwards for Songbird Ave, Papers from Gretchen Thomas (designer digitals) and Sonja C (scrapartist) stitching and overlay from Anna Aspnes (freebie for YT class-week 3)

We got some freebies from Anna Aspnes for our Yesterday & Today class earlier in the week, so I had to use them to create a page for my favorite Fall photos. Hope you like it.

Have a great Friday and a Happy Weekend!

Autumn Sunday

A beautiful fall Sunday afternoon. Elizabeth said she would go with us to take photos of us together. The only way I could get Bill to go was to tell him he could wear his slippers:) And we ran into Bryan at the park too! So they stopped for a photo (even though I wasn't supposed to take any photos of Elizabeth!)

Too cute!

Having fun.

Setting up the shot.

Left Tackle lined up across from some big guys. They were nothing Bryan couldn't handle.

J-Hawks win! We are 4-1! Good times! Too bad the Bears game didn't end like this....

Happy Tuesday!

Playing with old photos

So...it didn't take me long to scan in all of the B+W photos that were in the magnetic album. And now, of course, I have to play with them! These are photos from Easter 1958, 1959, and 1963. I love to look at photos of mom when she was little. And check out the photo right above the word, "Easter." It looks like Uncle Tom is just about to swing his arms and long jump into the mud! Having boys is great! Have a happy Wednesday and may all of your power supplies work like a charm!

Blast From the Past-Random Years-Edited

I scanned in some old photos in my "free" time this weekend. I LOVE old photos. They tell a beautiful story. Even when I don't know the story. Like the photo above. I didn't ever meet John and Nellie. I know very little about them, except that I think John was from Germany and Nellie was from Ireland (I think off the potato boat, but that could have been before her.) I know that they are responsible for all of the farmland that I grew up on. I know that I am very thankful for that too! I know that their lives could NOT have been easy at times. I love her hair! I wonder if that was the ONLY time that she had it done like that. I know that all of their children were born in the bedroom off the living room at Grandma's old house. (Can you imagine?) I love old photos...did I mention that?

Mom and Tom playing in the snow. I love seeing the old cars in the background almost as much as I love the people.

Mom in this poodle skirt is absolutely adorable! And I love her hair!

Loving those cowboy hats on Grandpa and Tom!

No blast from the past would be complete without a "Goofy" photo of me...

Happy Tuesday!