Emma's Birthday

Emma's birthday was on March 6th. You can see here she celebrated with her sister Ellie. She is one year old now and oh how fast the year has past. Happy Birthday Little Emma!

Ellie and Emma

Katie's two little girls are sooo cute together. Emma is 2 and Ellie is almost 1. They live in Arizona, Darn-it! But they love to play together. This layout is all colorful like their personalities.
Kit is "Sweet Sprinkles" by http://www.shabbyprincess.com

Two New Pages

Here are two new pages I did in the last day or so. The one is my mommy pumping gas at the gas station my dad had for a while before I was born. It is a Shell station and was in St. Joseph, Michigan. The other layout is my Grandma Meader the day before she died in Detroit, Michigan. She was visiting my Aunt Alice and it was 1956. I was eleven years old. I noticed the old album in this picture, only a few months ago. Aunt Alice gave me the album quite a few years ago.
Kits are from http://www.scrapartist.com

Allison's Blessing

Allison is 31 now, but I still remember the day she was blessed. She was a much anticipated baby in our family and this layout is from the day she was blessed at church by her father. I included her blessing certificate too. This was in January of 1978. (Kit is "Romantically Inclined" from http://www.scrapartist.com)

Rediscovering the Meaning of Scrapbooking

A story from Scrapgirls newsletter.

Rediscovering the Meaning of Scrapbooking

This may sound weird, as I'm a digital scrapbooking supplies designer and scrapbooking is my life, but I just rediscovered the meaning of doing it.

My older daughter, who turns three this year, was looking at some pictures and layouts from when she was little. She could recognize herself in the pictures and was having so much fun looking through all of them! I thought that she was too young to enjoy what I do, but children grow up fast and parents are usually “behind” them.

This little episode made me think. I really want my children to know not only what they looked like when they were little, but also what they did, what they said, what they liked to do, to eat, and to play with. I also want them to know what we, parents, were thinking about them and that's why I'm so thankful that I found digital scrapbooking. Doing things digitally is especially great in my situation – it saves me money, time, and mess. I just can't imagine scrapbooking somewhere in the kitchen until all hours and then having to clean up after I finish. Just one paperclip left behind could cause trouble. All I do now is turn off my computer. I have enough other things to clean after the children go to bed.

So, today, I sat at my computer with the feeling of an important mission ahead of me. I still have so many memories to scrap, hundreds of pictures that need to be linked with words. I will do it eventually and I am not getting frustrated with the prospect of all the work. Some of the pictures can be put into photo albums; I do not have to scrap them all. Some of them tell stories, some don't. My favorite photos are those shot on ordinary days. Those that show things that seem to be unimportant at the time. Everyday things like the little quirks of people we know. I enjoy reading my scrapbook pages most when they show me things that I have already forgotten!

So, enjoy the layout about my younger daughter and her obsession with a washing machine!

- Ariadna

From: http://www.scrapgirls.com 02/16/09

Grandma Gwendolyn Griffiths Meader

My Grandma Meader had a big family and the Norman Rockwell card in this layout reminds her daughter, my Aunt Alice, of that family. The picture is of Grandma Meader in 1953. She is holding an old Griffiths family album which Aunt Alice gave to me a few years ago. Kit is Harvest from
www.shabbyprincess.com

Grandma Jennie's Recipe

I got the idea around Thanksgiving to make a batch of fruitcake for the holidays. I thought it would be very nice to have Lindsay help me and build some memories for her. My Grandma Jennie had a good recipe for fruitcake that she made and then my mom made when I was young. We gathered all the ingredients and spent the morning baking fruitcake. Kit from www.deliciouscraps.com

Kendra, Jon and Matt's Birthday

Here is a layout I made this morning, of my kids, Kendra and Jonathon and Jonathon's birth brother Matt. The 20th is Jon and Matt's birthday and 21 is Kendra's birthday.
We were celebrating at #1 China Buffet. Happy Day, Kids!

Ellie and Shrek

Ellie is a fun little girl. She has personality plus. She is smart and also a very good little girl. She is easy to care for and has been lots of fun. She is talking now and suprises us with words she says or little phrases. Only being 18 months, I am impressed. I will miss her a lot. In this layout, she is watching her favorite movie Shrek. She knows all three from start to finish. The funny thing is she can sit there and watch the whole thing with complete concentration. I will miss you little girl!

I Am a Child of God

These are my last three of 12 kids. They were adopted. The first 9 were birth children. Aren't they fresh and cute here on the first day of school in North Carolina? Kendra, Clay, Jonathon.

Scrapbook page is paper and square embellishment from http://www.ajjensen.blogspot.com/ . KSC "A New Leaf " is freebie frame from internet.

Gatlin Birthday Collage

Here is the last page for Gatlin's birthday album. Simple layout but colorful. He had a happy time that night. Mommy and Daddy are on this page too. www.mommyscraps.wordpress.com .

Gatlin Celebrates 1!

Here is another page for Gatlin's birthday album. He has 3 brothers and sisters. Chloe, Gabriel and Seth. They were on hand to celebrate with him. www.mommyscraps.wordpress.com is where I got the layout kit.

Gatlin's 1st Birthday

Gatlin is my little grandson that turned 1 in December 2007. He is smart, cute and very busy. Here he is on his birthday. Layout kit is freebie from the internet.
www.mommyscraps.worlpress.com/

Jennie Ann

This is my favorite picture of Jennie taken by a photographer in 1969. She is just too cute here! Now she is grown up woman with kids of her own. I found this free layout kit at www.digitalfreebies.com It is by Maria LaFrance and is called "Sunshine and Daisies".

Country Cousins

I saw a layout on tv yesterday called "Country Cousins". My two little granddaughters, Rahlee and Chloe took a walk last fall with me down to our pond and field. It reminded me of the pictures I had of them together. Truly, Country Cousin pictures. Layout kit is a freebie from http://www.shabbyprincess.com/ called "Festival".

A Walk in the Fall

I love this picture of Gatlin. Allison wanted to take him for a walk one cold fall day on our property in North Carolina. The rest of the grandkids wanted to go too. Gabe, Josh and Lindsay.

I had to grab my camera and capture the moment for a scrapbook page. Kit is an internet freebie called "Spice Jar" by Andrea Designs

Eternal Love

I love this scrapbook page. Dad and I have not had a good picture taken of us in forever, almost.
This one was taken of us on our Carnival cruse ship in October of 2007. Our daughter Kristen gave us a cruise to Mexico and then went with us, along with her sister Aimee and their two daughters, Caitlyn and Michaela. We had a wonderful time. This is a free kit from http://www.scrapgirls.com/ called Eternal Love.

Work Load

One beautiful fall day at our home in North Carolina, Dad got all the boys outside to stack a load of wood for the winter. Being asked to work is usually accompanied by moans and excuses, but this day they all got out and seemed to have a good time together. It made me happy and that is what family is all about. My kit is a free down load called Too Soon at http://www.shabbyprincess.com/.

Caitlyn

I have grandaughter that is a twin. She is 17 years old. She is a girly girl, but also on the weight lifting team and in ROTC. I have watched her grow up from a tiny little twin baby to a beautiful young woman. Her grandfather and I are proud of her. This picture is kind of different. She had her hair all braided and posed outside in the hammock. I wanted to use a grunge look for the layout. It might need something else that I can add later. I got this free kit off the internet. It is called Nani-Douce Fraicher.

Three Generations

These layouts are going to be an album of my oldest daughter, Kristen. So many wonderful memories of becoming a mother are brought to my mind as I view these pages. This is my mother with Kristen and myself, in the first few days of her life. She was also my mom's first grandchild. We were living in married student housing on the campus of BYU at this time. 1965