Super cool.

Scribbler

Check it out.

Two layouts featuring Debbie. She flew to Munich yesterday to start her mission. She will do great!





We love you!

Favorite photos from a recent shoot with some good friends. They had lots of good ideas. I love it when families contribute! It really adds a personal feel to the photos and everyone is alot more relaxed. And we had so much fun!

Loving the June kit from My Favorite Memories. Lots & lots of Elsie. I did this layout for a weekly challenge at MFM. So much fun!

Other photos I am loving right now.

Esther's senior pix at the Meijer carnival on Memorial Day. Lucked out to find it. It was the perfect setting for some fun shots!

Had to snap at least one of Paul. =)


My girls enjoying the pool.

That's it for now!

Layouts

I have finally begun the process of photographing my layouts. I am posting them in the online gallery at My Favorite Memories. Check it out!

So Cool


love is...


Portage Carnival


Lashes

One Little Word

"A single word can be a powerful thing. It can be the ripple in the pond that changes everything. It can be sharp and biting or rich and soft and slow. Today I want to introduce you to the idea that a single word can be a catalyst for enriching your life as well as your scrapbook layouts.

Last year I began a tradition of choosing one word for myself each January - a word that I can focus on, meditate on, and reflect upon as I go about my daily life. Last year my word was something I wanted to bring into my life in a more tangible way. My word was play.I thought a lot about play and what it means to me. I tried to incorporate it more into my everyday and on my adventures out in the crazy world. For me, it was a lot about living without fear - about being more open to experiences with an attitude of playfulness. The word play found its way onto many scrapbook pages and into many stories I told throughout the year.

Can you identify a single word that sums up what you want for yourself in 2007?

It can be something tangible or intangible. It could be a thought or a feeling or an emotion. It can be singular or plural. The key is to find something that has personal meaning for you. This is not your mother's word or your spouse's word or your child's word - this is YOUR word.One little word can have big meaning in your life if you allow yourself to be open to the possibilities. And here's one thing that is totally interesting: sometimes a word will pop into your brain and it will not make any sense to you right now. Give it some time. Let it percolate a bit. I have often found that our hearts speak to us in very unique ways. Maybe this is a word you need to hear but just aren't ready for it yet. Again, be open to the possibilities.

Take some time this week to think about your own word for 2007 and read on for a related weekly challenge. And in case you were wondering, my word for 2007 is peace.

Weekly Challenge

This week your challenge is to create something, anything, that celebrates your chosen word for 2007. Maybe a layout. Maybe a blog posting or a journal entry or a simple post-it note that you put somewhere you can see it each day. Make sure to journal about why you chose your word and what it means for you - the more you let yourself explore the more benefit you will receive in the end."

- Ali Edwards

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I love this idea & I love words so I am very excited about seeing where it takes me this year. Or rather, where I can take it. The word I have chosen for 2007 is "Build". As in:
Build patience level with my girls.
Build on relationships.
Build self-esteem.
Build my photography business.
Build self-control.
Build my ability to communicate effectively.
Build my faith and trust in Jesus Christ & Heavenly Father.

I am sure this list will grow to include many other things throughout the course of the year. These are the things that came to me right away as I thought about this word. And I will build on that.

Well, I finally did it! After blog watching all my favorite scrapbook friends for several months now I have finally jumped into the blog cult. I have been interested in publishing one of my own but do I ever have time management issues! I have all the best intentions of keeping this blog up to date and informative. Not only to invite all of you into our everyday, but also hopefully this will be that nudge I need to push past the block, {artist's, writer's, mama's...}, and get myself and my creative work back out into the real world. Of course it will mostly center around my family because that IS my everyday but I hope to share some part of me as well. Revisit my creative prime. It is not lost, it has been there all along, waiting patiently for me to allow it some room. Some thought. Some time.

Here I go, I'm still here.