this week

Now that school has started again, I cherish the weekends so much! With a new school year comes new germs and so I'm trying to stay well. I wasn't feeling well on Friday but I'm doing much better so that's good :) I've entered yet again a new chapter of being a mom this year. The kids are in 3 different schools for the first time and we now have 2 teenagers. They want to spend more time with their friends and they have things going on at school so there's lots of time in the car. :) I have 3 years until Braden is an adult and he'll go off to college. 3 very short years...that's hard to believe.

Just finished this page up today. On our way home from Utah this summer, we stopped at Zion to hike The Narrows. Aaron hiked the entire length of it as a teenager and we thought it would be fun to take the kids there. We hiked about a mile and a half in. Southern Utah is a beautiful place!

 

I started this page after school got out and just finished it today. It was a great school year. I have to say that I miss seeing Paige at recess but she is enjoying junior high.

 

 

Summer catch up and Back to School

 Hello! It's been a fun summer and a busy first few weeks of school! I did this school pictures page from last year over the summer...the kids have grown up so much in just a year!

We went to Disneyland in June and had an awesome time!

We also made our traditional summer trip to Utah. My mom was on her class reunion committee this year. I made 5 posters (20x30) and she had them printed at Staples. These were displayed on easels throughout the room. I had so much fun putting these together!!

These pictures were taken from the yearbook. Do you see the foxy girl in the top right hand corner in that silver jacket?? That's my Mommy! :)

 Pop culture events from 1974

Also while we were in Vernal, we had our family pictures taken at Remember the Maine. It's such a beautiful place!

 

weekend scrapbook pages

Love my kids! :)

oldie but a goodie

I started this layout 6 years ago. I had forgotten about it until just last week. I think at the time I wanted to add more stuff to the page but I love the simplicity of it and kept it as is :)

Long live the 80s!

Gotta love the 80s! :)

Dobson JV Soccer

Braden finished up his first year of high school soccer. It was a fun and busy season :) The JV team's record was 7 wins 3 losses.

January 2014

Lots of fun things from January! :)

a page about Grandma

A page about Grandma

on her birthday :)

love you because

{Credit}

Ali Edwards Love You Because template

San Diego New Year's trip

 After Christmas, we took a little trip to San Diego. Our friend Katrell suggested we visit Coronado beach and I'm glad we did. What a beautiful place! We also went to the San Diego Zoo and then drove up to Temecula to spend New Year's Eve with Matt and Alisha's family. Happy New Year!

Welcome 2014!

Welcome 2014! It's been so awesome to have the kids all to ourselves for 2 weeks. We really needed a break from the craziness of everything and I have really enjoyed the break from driving all over the place. When your kid(s) start high school, it becomes really hard to spend time with them because they have a lot going on. It's making me sad that we only have a few more years and Braden will be off to college...the days are long but the years are short...
Christmas was great! Here are the last of my December Daily layouts. I'm waiting until Persnickety Prints has their next sale to get these printed off. Going to Golfland during December has become one of our new favorite traditions. I love Christmas so much...it's always sad when it's over. 

December Daily 2013 pages

Oh my goodness! What a crazy month it's been! I haven't been feeling well today so it gave me an excuse to sit down and finish my pages. I may simplify even more next year, I guess I'll just play it by ear.

It's so nice to have a break from the craziness of life and to focus on spending time with the family.

my little Yankee

 

We were up early this morning for Braden's soccer game. I haven't had a lot of time to just sit and scrapbook. Today, I did!!

Heston's already excited to play again in the spring.

And who's excited for the holidays?!?

ME!!!

I love this time of the year!

 

Week in the Life 2013

It's a miracle but I actually finished the pages for our Week in the Life! Hooray! 

It was a fun, busy week :)