My Family at My Father's 75th Birthday Party

It's not very often that the six of us get together. This September, my father celebrated his 75th birthday. We had some family and friends here for a party. It was small, but wonderful. My father was surprised and everyone had fun visiting. The one part that I found very special was later in the evening when Ken realized that everyone else had gone into the house except for us original six. We stayed outside for almost an extra hour just visiting. It was a wonderful day.

Settling in for the Fall

Eventhough we didn't have much of a summer, since it is September, we must face the realization that winter will be upon us soon. Thankfully, we have had a decent fall so far. I'll be busy with my father's 75th birthday party this weekend. We are having family down for a small party. I have Saturday off which is a very unusual thing. I'm back to work teaching and loving it. I really missed the students and staff members that I saw on a regular basis for the last few years. I hope everyone is having as wonderful a September as I am. Thanx D!!!

Some more photographs of Faith's grad. Her favorite is the one with her sitting and Mike leaning against the tree. I can't wait to get some new paper in to do some more of her grad pictures. Hi D!!

Happy Together

Again, I did a heritage page. Donna is so lucky that there are so many pictures of her. Me being the fourth child, there aren't many of me. I've probably complained about this before; but geesh! I love pictures like this . . . they all look so young! Hi D!!

Cousins - The Petriews Visit

I've been getting back into some old pictures again. Trying a more simplistic style of scrapbooking. I've got to get out of this box!!!! Hi D!!!

Holidays in Neilburg

Gosh, when I get home from the store, my mind goes to mush. Anyhow, this weekend Dionne and I got productive and did a few pages. Yes, I said Dionne . . . she's back for awhile . . . not sure how long; but we welcome her with open arms. Hugs Dee!!! We played with some new lines of paper that just arrive. We had so much fun. We had some fun with a newcomer to scrapbooking trying to help with some pages. Hi D!!!

My Bikini and Domestic Goddess Mini Book

This is my favorite page I did this week. It's me when I was a baby. My mom made me the bikini. I used Fancy Pants paper and a die cut. I used Creative Cafe felt scalloped ribbon, Basic Grey lettering and Stickles to dot the square.

I have begun a mini-book using the Basic Grey Domestic Goddess line. I have a lot of embellishing to do yet which I hope to do today . . . holiday monday.

Ruff Work and Duck

I've loved these little dogs on the Basic Grey line for a long time. Finally I decided to do a page with them. I am so glad I took pictures of Lucas practicing his fine motor skills by using scissors. He is so cute.

This is my favorite picture of me as a kid. The tag tells the story of how I got the nickname Duck and how it carried on through my teenage years. Again, I used Basic Grey and while not trying to, I almost re-created earlier pages I've done. Out of the box, out of the box. Man, I have lots to learn.

Trying on Grad Gowns

These are some of the grad gowns that Faith tried on and did not choose for obvious reasons stated on the photos. I used the Fancy Pants line for this page.
I had these pictures cut out already so I wasn't sure what to do with them. Jade and Lucas have always gotten along really well. After looking at some videos over the summer, I remembered how Jade used to call Lucas "Luckie".

gr8 and Midway

Do you ever start a page thinking it should be okay and then get into it and not like it; but continue anyhow? That is these two pages. Didn't want to finish them; but did. I guess it is good for people in the store to see beginner pages. Ralna and I decided our pages were all the same and getting a bit boring. I said I wasn't even stuck in a box, I was in a coffin, with it nailed shut. I did some better ones later in the week so the week wasn't a total loss.

A Second to Chat . . . No More Than That

Hi! Sorry for not having any pictures for you today. School has begun. I was out my first two days and am back out tomorrow. Yes!!!!! Just Scrap It got in a bunch of new product. There is so much paper . . . I don't know where Ralna will put it all. But, it's nice.Tons of Jolees and new embellies that go with the paper . . . it's crazy. I want to say what I saw yesterday . . . but there's too much to mention. So, you'll have to go and look for yourself. Well, the weather is nice finally so I have spent some time with students outside as I said I would. Wonderful, wonderful sun. Gotta love it. Sounds like September is going to be hot. I think my iron levels have gone up a bit. At least I don't feel like staring at a wall all day. I have some energy back and being off coffee isn't as bad as I thought it would be. Hope everyone is having a great September.