May 17th

Spencer is trying out Lacrosse this year. It is a tough game and he's so little. Makes me a bit nervous, but he is fast so maybe he can out run bigger kids with long sticks running after him for the ball.

I absolutely love this picture of Lexi. I took it last summer at Blue Lake Park when we had a family reunion for my parent's 40th anniversary.

So at the beginning of the month I warned you that I was going to make every attempt to post my Page A Day everyday but yesterday was one of those oops days. I was busy, busy, busy! So I am posting two pages today to make up for my monster crazy day yesterday. I did get the page done yesterday but by the time I put the finishing touches on it, I was in a time crunch. I went out with my friend Summer last night to celebrate her birthday.

Some layouts to share

So, I realized the other day that I created this blog to share my scrapbooking and paper crafting projects and I haven't done that in a while. I have been so busy working on projects for Shoestring that I haven't had much time for other things. I wanted to share with you a few of my latest layouts.These are pix from a few years ago of my kids and my cousin's kids at the beach. They are all so happy at the beach house!
One of our favorite places to hike around here is Multnomah Falls. These pix were taken last September when my Dad came with me & the kids. I can't believe it was a year ago already, time really does fly! We hiked to the top and had lunch up there. What a great day!

Ok, I guess I'm stuck in old pix mode because this one was taken in 2001. But the photo was just so completely adorable I had to scrap it. Holy cow, that was the year Spencer was born (by the way his Birthday is tomorrow & he gets to go fishing with Daddy. But, shhh don't tell him, it's a surprise)!

Oh and I did make a card yesterday for my wonderful neighbor Shannon, it was her birthday. I didn't take a picture of it but she put it on her blog. Go check it out, it is kinda cute (if I do say so myself).

Today is the last park day of the summer & the kids are sad. I'm actually sad to but with the end of summer comes the beginning of FOOTBALL SEASON! Go Ducks!

And probably the most exciting news of the week, I got a job! Wow, I haven't worked (a real job that pays money instead of hugs and kisses) in almost 7 years. I will be working at Spencer's school & I am so excited.

Thursdays @ My House

Before school let out for the summer I got together with some other Moms & decided that we would meet at a park every Thursday.

This serves two purposes. 1. The kids get to play together & get some of their wiggles & giggles out. 2. The Moms get to have conversations with other adults. That's my favorite part since being a stay at home Mom sometimes makes me feel cut off from the real world. So every Thursday the kids wake up excited because it's Park Day! Since we started doing this, I have started looking forward to Thursday almost as much as Friday! Here are a couple pictures from yesterday's adventures.

The park took up most of the afternoon but I did get a chance to send in my application to a new sketch challenge web site that is looking for a design team. Keep your fingers crossed for me! I should find out mid-month.

I also sent in two new layouts & a card to be considered for publication.

Well I'm off to play with the dogs for a while. They get a bit anxious when I spend too much time on the computer and not enough time playing fetch!