my 30th year book
not quite complete
Gingerbread
[almost] every year my mom does a gingerbread house for the Sweet Creations event at the George Eastman house. This is a fundraiser for the museum. All of the gingerbread creations are auctioned off. This year Timothy helped for the first time. They made an old fashioned horse drawn pumper truck.
He’s already planning for next year. The exhibit is up until Dec 16. Check it out
Halloween 2009
Timothy has always prefered to not dress up for Halloween. Easier for me I think.
No making or buying costumes. No going door to door for tons of candy.
Rebekah didn’t really dress up either. She just wore a witch hat part of the time.
We went to Grandma Lynn and Brad’s house and to Grandma Dorothy’s house and
to church for the Harvest Festival where the kids got to play games and get a little candy.
over the river and through the woods…
…to grandmother’s house we go. or went. Earlier this week. Shannon stayed with us to play with the kids. She was great! She brought bubbles, water balloons, coloring books, new crayons for Timothy, games, little animal toys to play with, she took the kids to the park, swam with one while I swam with the other, watched movies…I love you cuz!
Grandma and poppop took us to Sizerville Park to swim, play on the playground, and have a picnic lunch.
We played with Uncle Duffy’s dog too.
Grandma’s House with the new porch. Shannon and Rebekah blowing bubbles.
Sand box at the playground… Monkey at the playground.
More playground; across the street from Grandma and Poppops.
At the pool at Sizerville Park near Emporium PA.
more bubbles.
During our trip Rebekah said: maa-ma (grandma), papa (poppop), moe-ney(balogna),
embrace 2009
Cover
embrace faith
I will pray without ceasing
embrace my children
I will embrace
my relationship
with my kids
and give them
all I have to
offer.
embrace my soul mate
my beloved husband
embrace the outdoors
plant seeds
grow flowers
eat our own vegetables
cultivate
embrace travel
travel adventures
new discoveries
I will take my
children to new
destinations
embrace the future
embrace the pieces of
today and tomorrow they
will fit together
Pics from my Sister
here is Rebekah and Abby’s cat Lily.
Timothy and Kelly playing a game.
Christmas Pic
Here’s a pick of Timothy and Rebekah and “Gams” from Christmas at Abby’s house in Marion. Thanks for taking this picture Pammy.
most recent pages
This pages includes the words to the song Girl Scouts Together, some pics of my troop through the years, and all my troop numbers.
My daughter Rebekah is named after my long time friend, Rebekah.
This pic is my cat Skoke, surrounded by some sort of concoction my son Timothy made. Yum!
This one I came up with as a combination of 2 challenges…
down and dirty for the scrapdragons challenge
and the layout for pencil lines.
challenge
I signed up for a challenge to make 50 scrapbook layouts without buying any new supplies. This has really challenged me, even in the first 10 pages, to rethink the supplies I have and how to use them. It has been so fun so far. Thanks to the girls at We Scrap Better. Here are some more new layouts.
My husband Kelly with Rebekah just before Christmas 2007. She was only about 2 months old
Who put this flower on my head?
A day last spring when it snow and then became quite warm. Warm enough to build a sand, I mean snow, castle in our front yard.
Some pics of our wedding for Rebekah’s scrapbook
Four New Layouts
This is my baby girl and my grandma. I tried a new technique on the photo edges.
This is my son standing on a gravestone that says “mother.” It was accidental but it spoke to me somehow afterwards.
Please pray for my friend.
Timothy started 1st grade this year. The pencil cup has new things he will get to do. spelling tests, taking books home from the library, book reports.
