My Monkey

Lucas is always making faces and doing silly things. When this monkey paper came in, I found some pictures that matched the colors and did this page. I love the monkey with the toothy smile. Lucas always flips his eyelids to freak people out. Then there was the day he sucked whoppers to his nostrils. Ya, he's a laugh-a-minute kid.

Cutie Patootie

Sassafrass Line, picture of Lucas at about 1 or 2 years old. Isn't he the cutest thing ever? I never want to forget him like this. He was such a cute kid always having fun and being so sweet.

Looking Back

Yes, sometimes when I see an older picture of me I tend to think about the choices I've made along the way. Eventhough this picture was only taken maybe ten years ago, a lot has changed in my life. How could anyone say that they'd change their lives once they know their children? Maybe some things would change--but since we are not given that choice, I want to teach my children that they have to be strong individuals and make every choice the right one for them. I want them to know that they have to make it on their own and not depend on anyone else to help them survive. We don't know what is around the corner for us, so we have to make sure that we know we can survive no matter what. We have to become independent individuals that believe in ourselves. We also have to be able to take the responsibility for our own decisions and actions. It is hard . . . but once we have, we become better people for it.

Sandy & Mike

We got this wonderful new wedding paper in awhile ago and I was hoping to use it on some of Mike and Rhea's pages; but as I was cleaning up, I found these pictures of my cousin Sandy's wedding. I really wanted to get these scrapbooked because I wanted to make sure I didn't lose the family picture on the bottom. It was probably one of the last photos taken of my Auntie Marilyn before she passed away. I love that Sandy looks so happy in the top picture too. She was my one and only girl cousin around my age. She lived and still lives in B.C. We really should keep in touch. Maybe I can get ahold of her. Sounds like a new and challenging job.

Jade's Dream Car & Wheels 60's Style

Well, Jade and I went outa car for Jade. She nearly jumped out of her seat when she saw this 2001 Toyota Celica. While it needs a bit of work, we got it for a good price and are going to slowly work on it together. We get all season tires for it tomorrow -- but have a set of awesome winter tires for it too (guess I'll need to store them somewhere for the summer -- if the summer ever shows up). She's been driving it everywhere. I had to put a restriction on the amount of gas she can use each week because all she wants to do is drive it. I understand that's normal, but with the price of gas going up yet again, she has to slow down on the cruising. I called this page Jade's Dream Car because ever since she could differentiate between different cars (many years ago), she has always wanted this style of Celica. She says she still can't believe it is hers. I hope that will help her to take care of it.



These are pictures of my brother Dale when he was a kid. Like any kid, he had his bike and his toy cars. I really do believe it was my two brothers who set me up to love cars. They always had HotRod magazines and then there was the t-shirts with the cars on them. As we drove around the city, they were constantly pointing out different cars. That's how I learned which cars were which. The first car I ever drove was a Dodge Dart. Loved that car.

Studio 45 - Heritage

Yes, me too! I fell in love with this line of paper. I still have so many pictures of my ancestors and have been waiting around for some new paper. This line really worked well for all three of these pages. I used some of my old paper and mixed some with the new lines and old embellies. And, no I don't think I will ever get all of my heritage pages done. As I have said before, I go back and forth between old and new. This was the most fun I've had with old pictures recently.

Oops & Tiny Dancer

Doing some older pictures again. I loved the look on Lucas's face here. He's such a funny kid. We had this great shaped paper in and I wanted to do a page. Now that I look at it, I wish I could have done something better with it. But, we all know, some pages turn out the way we wanted them to and others don't. Whatever . . . the memory is there along with the pictures and journalling.

I found this picture of Jade when she was in ballet. She loved ballet and was really really good at it. Her form and discipline was A+. I will always feel bad that I couldn't afford to keep her in it. She still says she misses it. I see her once in awhile pointing her toes the way she did when she was small.