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I am working on completing a tag for every month of the year.  

I know, I am really behind....

 June Tag

July Tag

Happy Mail

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Look what I received today!!!  Can't wait to start playing....

October Michigan Visit

I loved the leaf designed paper from Embellished It.  I cut the decorative circle using the Lucky 8 punch. Love those punches!  I found the perfect pictures from October 2007 - I can't believe I went that far back when I was organizing and selecting pictures I wanted to scrapbook.  This was the first visit to meet our new grandson Miles in Michigan.  Alan and I had fun at the school swinging with Maddie his older sister.  

Lizzy's Visit

My oldest granddaughter flew to Texas for a visit.  This was the first time she had flown and she did it all by herself.  So proud of her and we had so much fun.  Lots of spoiling going on that week, but I think she did get just a little homesick...

Here's Dad getting his little girl all checked in at the airport and the family waiting for her to board.  She's off and grandma is waiting to pick her up in Texas!  

Some pampering for grandma's girl.

Swimming almost everyday and definitely played darts everyday!  This kid can hit more bull's eyes than a pro...  

I still haven't figured out how she can sleep in that position!

And to top the week off - we visited the salon for a cut and style!!!

Organize, Simplify and Catch Up!!!

OK - I signed up for this organizational class a few weeks ago.  

The first assignment was to organize your pictures, either the printed pics or your digital folders.   I spent several nights going through folders and organizing my pics like a good student.  

Next assignment was to organize your craft supplies.  Well, that would have been a major undertaking to reorganize my craft supplies to the suggested design.  I happen to like the way I have my room organized so I sorta skipped that step.  I did however sort my paper and label several items.  


The next assignment was to determine which pictures you would truly scrapbook.  The statement made by the teacher was - 'you should pick out 1 or 2 pictures of the grandchild eating an ice cream cone and file the other 998 pictures away'...  The assignments are getting harder and harder - this one almost put me over the edge...  But I finally narrowed my pictures down. 

As I sat in my craft room this week and looked at all the supplies I had piled on the shelves.  And knowing that I had a lot of pictures that I felt I just had to put in scrapbooks.  I came to the conclusion the only way to accomplish this task was use all the kits that I have accumulated over the past few years from Convention classes, Private Reserves or kits that I have picked up at the local scrapbook stores.  

So last night I started pulling all the kits off the shelves in my craft room.  OMG - I can't believe how much space I have now.  Time to go shopping!! LOL

I will be posting pics of the finished class kits soon.  I will be scrapbooking all day on Saturday since the weather is supposed to be cold and rainy....

Wedding Canvas

My daughter sent this picture to me with the comment "I look so much like you in this picture mom'.  She is absolutely beautiful in this picture - so I think that was a compliment.  So I had to do something special with this pic.  I absolutely love how it turned out!

Labor Day Retreat at Memory Lane Inn

What a wonderful Labor Day weekend.  I left Thursday night and didn't come home until late Sunday afternoon. What a great group of women at this retreat!  I met some wonderful ladies and learned a lot about raising children in this day and age...  I am so glad all my children are married!!!

My plan for this retreat - be real lazy and don't pack a lot of stuff!!!  So I packed all my Quick Quotes kits from all the convention classes and Private Reserves I have attended.  I was determined to complete every kit I took.  My thought was this will be a great way to clean off some of my shelves and make room for more product...  :)  So here are a few pics of the finished pages from my weekend at Memory Lane Inn.  

Hope you enjoy!

My daughter's engagement picture. 

Looking for the perfect dress... 

And we found the perfect dress!!!

Mother and daughter!

Mother, daughter and granddaughter (old and new)

The 'Geek' Wedding Pic!

My children and their families. 

What a great group of kids and grandkids I am blessed with...

Special moments with their mom!

Watching the dance!

And the new family portrait!