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Well, it's been a while since I've been in my scrapbook room to actually create. It felt so good! Elaine, this one's dedicated to you! Thank you so much for your friendship!

First Bubble Machine!

One Bucket, One Sprinkler, Hours of Fun

Jake

Journaling reads: Jake loves coming to the 'Golden Resort' to hang out with his 'cousins' and run up and down the stairs and stretch out to take a nap above the refirgerator! He's been known to start a few cat fights, too! Sometimes he pouts because his cousins hide from him!

Undercover Angel

grace's first night in her big girl bed - hidden journaling reads:

wow, this was a hard thing to do - it means you're not a baby anymore because you've outgrown your crib - you did so well - on the very first night, you crawled right up in there and got under the covers. after your dad was finished reading, you pulled the covers up over your head and went to sleep - and you slept through the night - such a big girl - *sigh* time flies -

Oh Raspberries!

our George Carruth collection, to date!

My Craft Room Closet - HELP!

here it is, today. i need to redo it to be more usable space! scrapping, quilting, beading, what fun!

One Brave Soul . . .

hee hee - this will just 'crack' you up!

journaling reads: And so begins the bedtime process . . . you ride on your Daddy's shoulders up to get into the bathtub. On this particular day, you were quite anxious to get out of your pants and diaper. I got one of those 'I don't know about this' looks from your Dad, but being the risk taker that he is (not), he still put you on his shoulders for the ride!

(click on the picture to see larger size)

Occupational Therapy

pics from last summer in an occupational therapy session. boy, has Grace come a long way since then!

you can click on the picture to read the journaling.

Grace's Third Birthday!

Journaling - We were so happy to have your cousins from Virginia with us for your 3rd birthday! Aunt Cindy, Uncle Tommy, Jennifer and Katie and Grams Wheeler and Bud Wittman! We decorated and wore hats and celebrated with the Wiggles! The first thing you went for were the balloons on the cake and the car!

Our Wedding Invitation

this one goes in our wedding album! enjoyed working with the Autumn Leaves Rhonna Farrer papers and transparency on this page. handcut title. also the fastenator (inked with brown staz-on) to attach the ribbon. the invitation pulls up and reads: This day I will marry my friend, the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love. We, (our names) will pledge our love as one on Friday, September third Nineteen hundred and ninety-nine at sunset in the gazebo at the Renaissance Jamaica Grande, Ocho Rios, Jamaica. We joyfully ask you to share this day with us, if not personally, in spirit.

Where's Grace?

why, she's on Gram's Big Bed amongst the critters! and they are bigger than her! here she was 6 months old. i believe it was the first trip to gram's house in January, 2003!

Christmas Traditions - Baking Cookies!

here's today's creation! inspired by the 2peas Low Stress, Use Your Stash Challenge -

Change is Good!

ok. the quilting projects are starting to multiply in numbers, so i've created a separate blog for those! should be easier to follow (or not, if you're not interested)! there is now a link in the column to the right > our quilting space

hope you're having a delightful day!

Your First Cereal!

having fun with the Fastenater. used stazon ink to 'paint' the fastenater bars to match! you can click on the pic to see it larger (the goo around her mouth!)

Switchplate Collection

wanted to capture one of my favorite parts of the house!

Still Don't LIKE him!

Sweet Grace and her total dislike for that man with the white beard - year three!

Halloween 2005

using up stuff! used my spiderweb embossing template and boshers that i never knew why i bought! and some not-too-pretty ribbon!

It's all about deTail !

your first halloween costume! you can't see the detail, but i made the spider web using acrylic paint and wax paper. fun, but tedious! the font is LD delightful.

journaling - This is your first halloween costume! you were attracted to anything 'elephant' so we just had to have it! and the tail is the cutest! you couldn't wait to get it on and went right away to the mirror so you could see. each day until halloween youwould parade aroundthe house with it on.

Yosemite

had fun using new foam stamps!

Let The Good Times Roll

new one for my BOM!

First Valentine !

The title is a pocket for the valentines that were received. I cut the bottom off of a white paper bag and stitched the end of it with hearts.

journaling: February 14, 2006 - this was your first time to give and receive Valentines with your pre-school classmates! You didn't seem that interested, but Mommy made your Valentines anyway and decided to keep them for you as a memory! Each day we continue to get good reports from your teachers!

Pokie Possum

Journaling - 1/29/05 - this little guy found his way onto our back deck and was poking around. he even looked in the window at me! he was digging at the snow and drinking from the puddle. still a baby, i'm sure. must have squeezed through the fence. Arnold the Cat, where are you? and those nails do look sharp! kind of an odd site where we live. it's over a year later and we haven't seen a trace of him.

Weekend Project !

Gail inspired me to get this page completed. In October, 2003, Mom brought all of her boxes of pictures and empty photo albums and we lived in the basement for an entire weekend and got them all sorted and put in!

Autumn - Luke and Rocky!

So Many Hats -

Me and My Big Ideas 'Chester', DCWV stripe, Mike's ribbon, MM rub-ons, Paper Studio foam stamps, UTEE

seems kind of 'bottom-heavy' but i still love it! got the paper today at Hobby Lobby!

First Swimsuit!

First Outfit!

My House in Tennessee - 1993-1997

Journaling: This was my first venture 'away' from home - my second house purchase when I was transferred to west Tennessee. Smack dab in the middle of the small town where the plant was located, population 3,800. I guess I caused quite a stir when I moved in, being a single female and all! Built in 1904, and remodeled several times, the house was 3,400 square feet! I was pretty popular as a front seat for the annual Newbern Christmas Parade! There were 3 fireplaces, huge bedrooms, and a spectacular view out of the back room windows! I purchased several beds from Miss Anne, the previous owner, to fill the bedrooms! The house had been in her family since her Grandparents built it! On the weekend it was fun to walk down to the hardware store, take in a ceramic class, watch a play in the restored Historic Train Station, and wait for Miss Treva to pull up in the driveway and say "Let's go to Paducah!" or maybe Memphis or Nashville! As for the furniture, I found some papers tucked between the mattresses that linked Miss Anne's family to Charlotte Courthouse, Virginia! What a great first "home away from home" !

and i helped!

most recent creation, inspired by the "Passion for Patterned Paper" idea book. my sweet baby helping me in the kitchen!

michael miller 'fabric' paper, playground sizzlet, michael's ribbon, mm ribbon charm

I Tripped Down Memory Lane!

was cleaning up old diskettes (yup, diskettes!) and came across this picture. a little trivia about me: i am trained to weld! and i've taught welding! this picture is of me preparing to make the first weld on the very first frame (for a toyota truck) to come off the assembly line of the plant in Owensboro, Kentucky! i was on the startup team for that greenfield operation and, being the only female staff member, they asked me to make the inaugurating weld! no matter that i welded the frame to the jig! it was all still very exciting!

in the 'big' picture, i'm right under the red arrow. the smaller picture is a close-up!

My Favorite Card

this is a layout showcasing my most favoritist birthday card from my dh! it's in the mesh pocked so i can look at it whenever i want to! the wording - i look at the life we've created - our home, our family - and i just have to thank God for bringing us together . . . For through it all, we have shared the same hopes, the same dreams, the same ideas about how to live and raise a family. And, through it all, i've come to appreciate you even more, for you are a truly remarkable woman . . . and i'm still very much in love with you - now more than ever.

behind the card is hidden journaling that says - "and inside the card was a gift card to the local scrapbook store for $100!

The "Hanging Seat"

ok, so only one page so far this year. i'll start 'finding' more time to scrap! here's the page showing Grace on her swing in the basement!

Phew - Done, Done, Done !

got my scrap space moved from the basement to a spare bedroom! took weeks, but it's going to work out well! gary didn't think the room was going to be big enough, but it is! and nice views out of the windows, too!

take a peek! click on this link!

scrap room pics