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Just a few layouts I've been working on:

This is for a challenge at A Scrap Addict - part of the Blogoversary challenge week.


Also for a challenge at A Scrap Addict -- sketch by Deanne Burton:

This one was for our Sisterhood of Scrap challenge this week. Check out the site. There's a great prize up for grabs!

This was the Sisterhood challenge for last week:

Deanne is having a Blogoversary Celebration...

Lots of fun challenges and a great GRAND prize! Check it out!

new contest at...

Scrapbook and Cards Today!

"All you have to do is add the Scrapbook & Cards Today blinkie, (found on the main page of the blog under the “All About Us” column, Get a CRUISING CONTEST Blinkie) to your blog and then come and post your blog address in the comment section below."

Thanks, Jacqueline, for the heads-up :-)

He's gone!

~driving to the bus station

Timothy left for Air Cadet camp this morning. Had another fuss with schedule, etc (arrgh!) but he got away okay. I hated being rushed and frustrated, but it was nothing WE could have changed.

~ a little bit anxious, I think

Isn't he handsome!

The camp is Introduction to Survival. He gets to learn about surviving in the wild and has to spend ONE night alone in the bush! Ulp! I'm sure he will do fine, though I do admit I am a bit nervous :-)

Saying good-bye to big brother!

He is looking forward to his next two weeks! We sure will miss him around here.

Happy Birthday to .......

ME! My birthday was on Friday -- I turned 41 :-) The day was a bit hectic as my sister and family left in the morning. I spent just about the whole day cleaning (you know how it is when company leaves) In the afternoon, Devin and I tried to play tennis but it was too windy out. We came home again and I noticed icing sitting on the counter ;-) Pretended not to notice. Devin and I left again for some errands. When we finally got back with supper, there was NO evidence of cake-making in sigght -- well, except for a ring of dirty icing all around the sink! LOL!

After supper, Jessica and Benjamin brought out the cake they made. It sure was yummy, even if the icing job couse have used some help!

We watched a movie (Meerkat Manor) and had some snacks in the evening. All in all, a great day!

Recent layouts...

I have also been busy this weekend with DT assignments, so I can't show you those .... yet! :-)

These are some that I did in the past week or so:





Thanks for looking!

Today...

Hosted by The Simple Woman

(FOR TODAY - July 21/08)

Outside My Window... the sun is shining. I hear birds chirping and can see my neighbor hanging clothes on her line.

I am thinking... what I can plan for today -- maybe a picnic on the beach. I challenged myself to have at least one picnic a week this smmer :-)

I am thankful for... family that can visit. My sister and her children are here. My two youngest children and her two oldest have so much fun together!

From the kitchen... nothing is happening. Only two of my children are awake yet and they are playing before breakfast.

I am wearing... jeans and grey t-shirt.

I am creating... good memories, I hope :-)

I am going... to get breakfast and then for a walk.

I am reading... Crimson Eve by Brandilyn Collins.

I am hoping... we can go somewhere this summer as a family. We need some time alone, I think.

I am hearing... my nephew coming down over the stairs. One more person awake in this busy household of eleven!

One of my favorite things... scrapbooking :-)

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: I need to bake bread, make some Molasses Buns and I have four cakes to decorate this weekend. Somewhere in there, we will be sending our two oldest boys off to Air Cadet camp.

Here is picture thought I am sharing..

My brother let me try our his Rebel with a macro lens. I love it! The thing I love about a macro lens is that it makes one notice the little details.

Reveal day at Scrapbook Heaven!

What an awesome kit this month at Scrapbook Heaven! I loved all the red/white and blue :-)

Here are my layouts:

Check out what the rest of the DT made with this kit!

some layouts...

Sorry I haven't posted in a while.... but I've been very busy! House full of kids and lots of summertime fun :-) That's cuts into my computer time.

Fishing trip

We went fishing yesterday. Fishing is one thing dh loves to do (even though he doesn't like to eat fish!) and he wanted to take all of us along on a trip. We left around 4:30pm and didn't get home until almost 11 pm.

We first drove to an out-of-the-way place where someone had told Devin there was a great pond for trout. Had trouble finding the pond, but just decided to try this one spot. We ended up walking about halfway around the pond (good thing we were wearing rubber boots). Benjamin had a fish on his hook but lost it while trying to reel it in. One of the kids - Jessica, I think - caught a small one in this pond.

We saw LOTS of Pitcher Plants, Newfoundland's floral emblem. They are carnivorous plants -- how cool is that! Here are some photos we took:

This is looking down into the "pitcher". It is filled with water, and has fine hairs lining it. Prey fall in and can't get back out.

We also saw these beautiful pink flowers. I need to look up and find the name of them.

Anyway, this first pond wasn't yielding much trout so we walked through the woods and back to our van. Traveled about 15 minutes to another pond. Nothing there, so we went looking for another spot. This was about 9pm by now. The trout were starting to bite :-) We all caught at least one fish except for Timothy. He did have several fish on his line but wasn't able to hook them and reel them in. Jessica caught the biggest one.

Here is the one I caught :-)

We saw some wildlife -- a couple of bunnies, lots of birds and also a toad. Oh yeah, this little guy, too :-) Can you see it?

Benjamin let it walk around on his jacket for a while.

All in all, a GREAT evening. We'll go again one day next week. Hopefully, we'll find a good pond and catch LOTS! My grandmother is thankful for a feed of pan-sized trout.