Young Love.

I did this layout for a challenge. Some very old photos of my hubs and me at our high school prom. I love these photos, they always make me smile.

Meet Snorkel Boy

My son is a clown. He loves to have silly pictures of himself taken. I'm not so sure that he discovered anything more than shells and seaweed on this particular swim, but I know he had a blast anyway.





I love these papers by Crate. They are the brook collection. tfl.

Snug as a Bug.

A picture of my sweet nephew M again. He was all bundled up for a walk to Tim Horton's I think. I've been trying for two years to use this paper.

You Being a Mom.

I always knew that I wanted to be a mom. That I wanted a fairly large family. Six kids to be exact. We settled for three. What I didn't know was how badly I wanted to share motherhood with my sister. How much I wanted cousins for my children that were not only relatives but friends as well. People that they would connect with through out life no matter where it takes them. I wanted her to share what I was going through. The love, the laughter, the tears, the joy. Everything. Eight years and three kids later she finally joined me on my journey. I remember that feeling, becoming an Aunt. How they melted my heart, how proud I was/am. I know that she knows she's a good mom and that she knows I know she is, but sometimes I know it's important to tell those you love what you feel. Yesterday I had a party for Q and I invited my nephew M to come. He was so well behaved, much more well behaved than the TEN excited, hyper, yelling, five year olds I had the pleasure of having in my home for three hours. He was happy, polite, and friendly. He said, "Bye, Thanks for coming!" to all of our guests when they left. He was just so cute. A reflection of great parenting. I am by no means saying that the other children are not parented well because I know they are, but let's just say that Q's teacher's are getting really nice Christmas gifts this year. lol. I just wanted you to know that I think you are an amazing mom, even on the hard days, and you have two wonderful little boys who mean more to me than I will ever be able to tell. xo

Holiday Cheer Card.

I wish that the photo showed the purple in the card a little better. I'm not even sure you can tell it is purple, silver, and sparkly black but IRL the colour combo is really pretty.
I made this card from sketch 163 on Mojo Monday's Blog.

Hallowe'en 2010.

This was probably one of the best Halloween's on record. Despite the snow still lingering on the ground and the chily temperatures, the kids had a blast running from door to door. They said trick-or-treat and thank-you at EVERY DOOR(because in my house you have to ;O)happily, they made small talk and jokes with the elderly, and at times were asked as many as THREE times if this was the kind of chips they liked. (Q lol) We were out for about a hour and a half the first round and another forty-five minutes on round two with Cassidy and her friend. You can always depend on C to keep it going. At home we ran completly out of candy. That was a first. It makes me a little sad to see one of my most favorite holidays come and go. The years are limited I know. Here is a picture of my little Nerd, Scream ghoul, and Pirate.