I just had to share something about creating the layouts for the My Lifetime Story album. A few things I have realized. I love scrapbooking but when you are making layouts about YOU it is even better. You know your style, what you like and I love each layout so much. The other thing is when you are doing layouts about your childhood you see how good it rally was. I am so thankful for all my parents did for me. I had a good life with lots of good stories...I hope you will join in our challenge too!
This is one of my favorite reminders...
"You will have significant experiences. I hope that you will write them down and keep a record of them, that you will read them from time to time and refresh your memory of those meaningful and significant things. Some may be funny. Some may be significant only to you. Some of them may be sacred and quietly beautiful. Some may build one upon another until they represent a lifetime of special experience."
President Gordon B. Hinckley (quoted from a devotional address that was delivered on 31 October 2006).
P.S.
(today Carson when back to school!)
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Monday, November 02, 2009
November Already???
Today was a busy day! Thank goodness I am not working full time on a day like today.
Carson and I went to Park City to see the knee Doctor. His bandages were removed and so were the staples. Today is the first day in a week that he has bent his knee.
Then we went to the school to meet with all his teachers. Carson has had a tough first semester in school with 16 absents thanks to his knee injury, chicken pox/flu and now knee surgery. With all that he is still getting good grades and trying to do his best to get all this past weeks work in to his teachers by Thursday because it is the last day of the term.
After that they all had orthodontist appointments. Blake got an A on his brushing!!!
Then Kim had to go back to the doctor. She took a pill just before bed that stayed in her throat and burned her esophagus. Now she can’t eat or drink and is in a lot of pain. It is a crazy thing and after four days is just not getting any better. We are trying another medication that will coat he esophagus better and give her more relief.
We got home about 6:30...the time change has us all beat tried and off schedule. Then there was hours of home work and just after everyone was tucked in bed I got to scrapbook!
I can’t get myself out of my scrapbook studio. I have been digging for photos, making lists, and creating some of my favorite layouts! I am preparing for the My Lifetime Story challenge that will be starting in January 2010. Having a outline like this all planned out and what layouts to make is making this project so much easier!
I just hate that I have to keep them a secret until then!
Carson and I went to Park City to see the knee Doctor. His bandages were removed and so were the staples. Today is the first day in a week that he has bent his knee.
Then we went to the school to meet with all his teachers. Carson has had a tough first semester in school with 16 absents thanks to his knee injury, chicken pox/flu and now knee surgery. With all that he is still getting good grades and trying to do his best to get all this past weeks work in to his teachers by Thursday because it is the last day of the term.
After that they all had orthodontist appointments. Blake got an A on his brushing!!!
Then Kim had to go back to the doctor. She took a pill just before bed that stayed in her throat and burned her esophagus. Now she can’t eat or drink and is in a lot of pain. It is a crazy thing and after four days is just not getting any better. We are trying another medication that will coat he esophagus better and give her more relief.
We got home about 6:30...the time change has us all beat tried and off schedule. Then there was hours of home work and just after everyone was tucked in bed I got to scrapbook!
I can’t get myself out of my scrapbook studio. I have been digging for photos, making lists, and creating some of my favorite layouts! I am preparing for the My Lifetime Story challenge that will be starting in January 2010. Having a outline like this all planned out and what layouts to make is making this project so much easier!
I just hate that I have to keep them a secret until then!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
New Ideas=New Challenges for 2010
The last few weeks being home and scrapbooking on a regular basis have been so good for me. I have created more in the past few weeks than I have in a year. Along with that started the late night phone calls to Michelle (one of my best friends in WV) the crazy thing is how we always get the same ideas and when we called each other about this we stayed on the phone until 3am.
It was about all about me books. She had been working on one. For many years I have made layouts about me, about my favorite things and topics that fit into this category but the task of creating a ALBUM was just to much. I have created many mini about me albums from CKU classes and kits.
We started off talking about many ideas....most of all we wanted to get more involved in supporting Karma with Faith Sisters. Michelle started telling me about her all about me album and we started talking about topics. We started taking notes, talking about what is really important, what details should be included in a album, something that every person should document about their life.
After several hours we had the idea that this could be a year long challenge on Faith Sisters. That we could plan out a challenge for every week of the 2010 year. We started listing dates and topics and it just flowed through us! We had no problem thinking of 52 challenge topics. The next morning we called Karma to share our excitement with her and we came up with a challenge name: My Lifetime Story. I love working with Karma and Michelle. I love all the support and sisterhood from Faith Sisters. It is easy to join in, every Wednesday there will be a new challenge. You can make a layout, you can blog about it and hopefully you’ll share your work with us and make a comment on the blog or the forum.
It was about all about me books. She had been working on one. For many years I have made layouts about me, about my favorite things and topics that fit into this category but the task of creating a ALBUM was just to much. I have created many mini about me albums from CKU classes and kits.
We started off talking about many ideas....most of all we wanted to get more involved in supporting Karma with Faith Sisters. Michelle started telling me about her all about me album and we started talking about topics. We started taking notes, talking about what is really important, what details should be included in a album, something that every person should document about their life.
After several hours we had the idea that this could be a year long challenge on Faith Sisters. That we could plan out a challenge for every week of the 2010 year. We started listing dates and topics and it just flowed through us! We had no problem thinking of 52 challenge topics. The next morning we called Karma to share our excitement with her and we came up with a challenge name: My Lifetime Story. I love working with Karma and Michelle. I love all the support and sisterhood from Faith Sisters. It is easy to join in, every Wednesday there will be a new challenge. You can make a layout, you can blog about it and hopefully you’ll share your work with us and make a comment on the blog or the forum.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Carson's Surgery
Today everything was good to go! Carson’s lungs were clear (as clear as they were last week but) and the surgery went well. He had a Anthroscopic Lateral Release. To tighten the muscles around his knee cap to keep it from slipping back out of place. He was very eager to get home. We arrived at the hospital at 6:30am (it was a blizzard) and were on our way back home by 10:30 am.
Carson and the doctor each had to write a yes on his knee to make sure it was the correct knee getting done.
He is connected to a ice machine 24/7 that keeps his knee comfortably cool. I am his nurse and when the other kid are home they love helping him too. He goes back on Monday to get the brace off and at that time he will start moving it. He has transformers 2 on DVD and has watched it non stop and we even watched the Hannah Montana movie a few times.
His main worry is that his team has a game on Wednesday and if he is going to be able to go watch and support them.
Carson and the doctor each had to write a yes on his knee to make sure it was the correct knee getting done.
He is connected to a ice machine 24/7 that keeps his knee comfortably cool. I am his nurse and when the other kid are home they love helping him too. He goes back on Monday to get the brace off and at that time he will start moving it. He has transformers 2 on DVD and has watched it non stop and we even watched the Hannah Montana movie a few times.
His main worry is that his team has a game on Wednesday and if he is going to be able to go watch and support them.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Visting Grandma
Today we went out to visit grandma Suzanne. The whole family went and I brought stuff for meatballs that we put in the crock pot when we first got there. We all love grandmas house. It has been so long since we have been out to see her! We spent most the afternoon out helping her around the yard we raked lots of leaves. Then we went in and snuggled up by her fire place and watched the movie Stardust..
You take one bag of meatballs, one can of salsa (I use mild and today Kim picked a salsa that had black beans and corn, it was good too) and a can of jellied cranberries. That is all just add those three ingredients to the crock pot cook rice and serve the meatballs over rice once cooked. Very easy, very yummy and very inexpensive.
I miss my mom, I think the hardest part of going out to visit is going out there to see her all alone. She is so special to us and such a strong person. It was just what our family needed today...it was a perfect visit.
You take one bag of meatballs, one can of salsa (I use mild and today Kim picked a salsa that had black beans and corn, it was good too) and a can of jellied cranberries. That is all just add those three ingredients to the crock pot cook rice and serve the meatballs over rice once cooked. Very easy, very yummy and very inexpensive.
I miss my mom, I think the hardest part of going out to visit is going out there to see her all alone. She is so special to us and such a strong person. It was just what our family needed today...it was a perfect visit.
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