Star Wars

Supplies:  EZ Albums vol. 14 by Erica Zane, A Little Bit of This - Teensy Rectangle Alpha by Shawna Clingerman, Build It Collection by Erica Zane & Studio Flergs

Shakespeare Fan

supplies:  EZ Albums vol. 15 by Erica Zane, Back in the Saddle Alpha by Erica Zane, Build It Collection by Erica Zane & Studio Flergs, Adventure Begins: Scatterz by Studio Flergs

Remember the Alamo

It has been 5 years since the boys had seen the Alamo and since then they both have learned about the Alamo and the battle in school.  So we decided to take a trip downtown to see it again.  And while we were there we also went to the IMAX theater and saw the movie about the Alamo.  Good weekend.

A Fifth Grader

This one is jumping into intermediate school with both feet.  He's going to a school that for the first time, no one knows him as the little brother.  His favorite subject is social studies and library.  He really doesn't like writing even though he is really good at it.  He is one of the few kids in his class who writes in cursive.  He was really nervous but he ran for Student Council and was elected as one of the 5th grade representatives.  He wants to join the yearbook staff, the bird watching club and the running club.  He is a Boy Scout now and is working on getting his Tenderfoot rank and he also loves being a alter server at church.

An Eighth Grader

Living back in Texas where he started school, it feels like there is no way he can be in eighth grade already.  He's growing up way too fast.  He's a good student in school and I always hear great things from his teachers.  He's settling into his routine at his new school well and making friends.  He's active in Boy Scouts and loves being an alter server at church.  He joined the robotics club this year at school and is looking forward to finding out what "competing" means.

Seoul Sausage Visit

Completed another layout.

There's something about this one...

...that I'm not quite happy about.  But I'm giving myself a break and saying it is done and letting it go.

Supplies from Sweet Shoppe Designs -- Build It by Erica Zane and Studio Flergs & Template by Kristin Cronin-Barrow

First Day of School

The boys had their first day of school today in our new old town/house.

Ian is now into 8th grade.  He is most excited to not have PE this year and get to wear anything he wants to school.

Evan is in 5th grade and going to a school that his brother never went to.  He is also excited to not have a uniform and is looking forward to getting to walk to school and home by himself.

And Some More!!

I think I'm getting the hang of this.  Still haven't gotten any comments online saying I could do this better so I'm just going by what I think looks good to my eye.

I even made the title by taking the logo from the internet and making it into a "stamp".

2014 Digital Project Life Project

I bought some digital Project Life templates and I'm going to try to do my photos from 2014 in the Project Life style.

Template = Stories: Templates by Kristin Cronin-Barrow

Date Card = Month Card Templates by Misty Cato

Paper and elements = I Heart Us by Amber, Heather, Kristin & Lauren

Letters = Little Sew & Sew Alpha v.6 by Erica Zane

Grid Card = Becky Higgins

Papers, cards, washi, labels, flower and word heart = Road Trip Bundle by Digital Scrapbook Ingredients


Little pink heart = #instaddiction Extras by Sugary Fancy

Date Stamp = Pocket Life: January Roller Dates by Traci Reed

I'm BACK!!

I'm slowly digging myself out of all the boxes of stuff in our house and slowly getting stuff put away where it belongs and trying really hard not to just shove things into cupboards and shelves just to get it out of sight.  I've also been making many many trips to Goodwill to get rid of stuff we just don't need anymore.

I also decided while following the little rental truck and knowing how much weight was in it from my scrapbooks and my scrapbooking supplies, that I am going to give digital scrapbooking a try.  I just know that my kids really don't look at the scrapbooks and I feel like I have become more of a collector of craft supplies than I have scrapbook pages.  My 12x12 albums are so big and take up so much space and I know that printing out digital layouts will take up a lot less space.

I did this page yesterday and I'm sure there are lots of things about it that could be done better but it is a start and I'm sure I'll get better.  Right now I am working on translating my style into a digital layout.

Digital Kit: Everyday: Explore bundle by Lauren Grier & Jenn Barrette, Font: Rhino Dino