I attended a 12 hour crop last month and accomplished a great deal. I spent time with my sister, caught up with some old friends, made some new friends, and managed to make a few layouts along with some cards! I felt pretty good about all that I had accomplished. Here are a couple of the layouts that I made. These pictures were taken on the first day of school in August 2011.
I can not wait for the day when Zachary asks me why I let him put on that hat. I hate that hat but that is what he wanted so who am I to fight him and this fashion statement he wishes to make? Not a battle I choose to fight. I fight the important battles, not ones that are made up of dorky hats! Anyway, this is Zach's first day of 5th grade and he did not want summer vacation to end. It was a good one, I have to say! I always feel like when I make a layout of one kid, I have to make one of the other kid. The great thing is that when I have pictures of the boys involved in the same activity or memory, I can use the same layout and just use different patterned paper or different colored card stock. It makes the layouts look different, yet they are so much alike. Check out the similarities and the differences of the layouts. Such a great time saver and each kid still gets their own layout. And here is Mr. Nathaniel...
...I needed to make this layout of Nathaniel on his first day of "school" in the 2 year old room at Play and Learn. After a fun summer vacation home with me and his big brother, he was very excited to get back to school. For some reason I can not get the photo of the layout to flip the right way. I think it is a sign, an explanation without words on that little man's personality. He is always on the go, full of energy, hard to keep up with! It is through my love of scrap booking that I am able to capture the personalities of these boys. They are what keeps me going, what brings a smile to my face. Just love those boys, as crazy as the little one is and as unaware of what a good hat looks like the older one is, I cherish them. Thank you Lord for sending them to me!
Oh, I really like your blog. Can see the boys and your amazing scrap booking, which I will have to show Phil because he is sorting 35 years of pictures and I think scrap booking some of them would be fun. The boys are so big! Keep up your blog. It is so nice! I have started a blog just this week but don't really know how to do it yet. Have to spend more time on it. I love your background, so artsy and happy!
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