You are still a good person

This summer, I got a chance to meet up with my former roommate Cindy. I still remember that day back in July 1996 when we met like it was yesterday. She's one of the sweetest people around and it was so much fun to reconnect with her. Back in the day whenever something would go wrong or we would make a mistake she would say,

"It's okay! You are still a good person!"

We would laugh and then that phrase became our apartment motto. It's such a simple statement but there's some profound truth there. I had some not so good days this week and I had to tell myself that everything is going to be okay and you're still a good person.

So thank you Cindy!

When I saw this on her car, I think it quite possibly made my summer :)

fourteen

Happy 14th Birthday Braden!

Of course, I love this boy. He's my eldest son and I'm his mom so of course I love him. However, I have to say that I really LIKE this boy. He laughs at my jokes, and I laugh at his. He keeps it real and lets me know, in a polite way, when I need to stop and take some deep breaths. I'm not afraid to admit when I am wrong and I apologize. He does the same.

 I enjoy his company. He's a great young man and I'm honored to be his mom.

 We were poor college students and I had a coupon so I went to JCPenney and had these pictures taken. It was a huge sacrifice at the time but I'm so glad we had these taken!

 

This is us at age 14 :) 

 

2010 Year in Review

I've scrapbooked more in the last 3 weeks than I have in months! Summer has been kind to me :) It is so nice to have a break from everything...I look forward to having a break as much as the kids.

I went pretty low key with this album. I originally had patterned paper in the boxes and all kinds of embellishments and I just didn't like it. Down the road, I plan to make copies of these year in review albums for each of the kids. I'm seriously thinking of doing a digital version of  Project Life...it looks really fun.

 {Supplies}

Templates- Splendid Fiins (Jessica Sprague- no longer available)

Just Linens No. 15

Ali Edwards Brushes- Designer Digitals

Shabby Shoppe Clementine Kit

awesome summer of swimming, scrapbooking and Buffy

We've been out of school a little over 2 weeks and we've been enjoying our layed back summer days. It's been nice to catch up on some things around the house and spending time with the kids. Aaron left for China on Memorial Day and was gone for a week and a half. After the kids went to bed, I would stay up and watch Netflix while I scrapbooked. So guess which show I am totally loving??

WHERE HAVE I BEEN??!! I am so late for this party! Awesome series!

Buffy came out in 1997, the year I got married. We didn't have a working TV so I missed out on this show. So Buffy, Angel, Xander, Willow and Giles kept me company while I was scrapbooking :)

I was able to put together a Year in Review album for 2009 and finish the one from 2010 that I'll post later. I used some Ali Edwards December Daily templates I've had for a while and just kept it simple. I also used some drawn burst overlays from DD and alphabets from Crystal Wilkerson.

a Smashing good time

 I am so loving the Smash book! It's all about throwing stuff in and just having fun. I bought Paige the pink one (I think it's called Pretty) and we've been having a blast together.

 I have a box of keepsakes and random things and now I have a place for them

I apologize for that the pics are not right side up...I don't know why they aren't cooperating and I'm too lazy to fix it :)

So is anyone else Smashing?! I'd love to hear about it :)

Where does the time go?

{me @ 27, Braden age 3, Paige age 1}

I came across this picture a few days ago. This was taken in the spring of 2003 by my aunt Apryl.

7 years...just like that.

Where does the time go?!