Summer Slips Away

The last few lazy days of summer have quickly slipped away. We celebrated Mom's birthday, 49 again. And Dad is back!


B in his swing~~

G practicing for football in the yard~~

N sporting his braces~~

DROP everything AND READ

Here are the boys on a very early spring afternoon a couple years ago. It was one of the first days that it was warm enough to play outside so they went out to rollerblade. Later, when I looked out the window, they had dropped their gear all over the lawn and plopped down on a picnic blanket with books.
This layout is made using the My Creative Scrapbook August Creative Kit. PP is Making Memories and the buttons and clear elements are Bo Bunny. This kit was packed with TONS of fun stuff!

Spelunking!

We drove up to Mammoth Caves in Kentucky last week. It was a great little day trip. There are such beautiful trails to walk there. I, of course, grabbed lots of shots along the way. A favorite is of N, a week before he gets his braces.

They have quite the access door to the cave, it reminded me of the book, The City of Ember, if you haven't read that one, do. B was all smiles before we went through the door. We were in the cave for a couple of hours and went up and down about 400 steps. The cave was neat but I do think I enjoyed the trails even more ~ and they were FREE!

The End~~~of Kindergarten

Here is a new page with old pictures. Funny to be scrapping pictures of one finishing Kindergarten when I have another starting this week!
This page features the Ducks in a Row line from October Afternoon. The whimsy of the line so fit with the pictures of M picking flowers at recess. Fence and butterflies are cut with Sizzix, lollipops are punched and the rest are OA diecuts. Lots of inked edges and pop dots on this one to play up that whimsical feel.

More from the Fair~~~

Strong man hit the bell with ease -3 TIMES IN A ROW. C planted a seed at the Little Farmers exhibit while N & B hung out in the rockers by the big tractor. Mr. Gentry told me C asked him if it was real or just pretend! M & G had a great time flying and B tried his first bite of cotton candy after much effort on my part. He kept tossing it on the ground so I finally stuffed some in his mouth for him. He promptly asked for more. Happy Monday!

Rough Road

I had lots of fun with this layout. I began by crumpling up all the awesome PP from October Afternoon's Road Map. It just shocks my kids when I do this! Then I played with distressing, tearing and inking the edges. I machine stitched the newly distressed papers to the CS and distressed some more with my Tim Holtz gear and Aged Mahogany Distress Ink. I added some stamping and the clock came out way too dark so I sanded it a bit. I was going for a really "rough" look.

Oh, not sure what dd's issue was, can't remember. It's always something...

County FAIR

It's time for the fair around here so off we went this morning. We found out that you need to watch the baby while you are picking out prizes for winning the balloon dart game. The baby stuck one!!! Click on the picture to see him in action. He also REALLY enjoyed the rides but his favorite was the antique fridge with MILK inside. We all had a fun-filled morning!