My Birthday Layout

Here is my latest project from my digital scrap booking class. I am taking the "Now We're Rocking" from www.jessicasprague.com . I am learning so many ways to work with Photoshop, I am afraid I won't remember it all. It's almost like learning a new language!

Grandfather Clock

Sweet

I have moved on to the second digital scrap booking class and this was my first project that I have finished.

Hello Home

More Digital Pages

Because there was so much information in the first two lessons, I decided to do them again before I continued on. Plus, I have two children that I want to scrapbook about!

First Foray Into Digital Scrapbooking

I have begun taking an online digital scrap booking class. Although I do not want to go totally digital, it is teaching me some basic fundamentals of Photoshop. Here are are my first finished projects...

Sara at 3

Our friend took another great shot of Sara on the front porch. Wonderful picture!

Spiders and Skeletons

Happy Halloween!

Corpus Christi Mini Vacation

Yesterday, I worked to Corpus Christi and took my family with me. Besides the hotel, the highlight was definitely the Texas Aquarium. Even the entrance was cool. Water rained down on the arches and you could look up and see it hitting top while walking in. Kind-of loud, though.

At the dolphin tank, we went below to have a totally different view. The dolphins played with balls and other toys while we looked on.

Corpus Christi Mini Vacation Continued

The Texas Aquarium has a nice playground geared for ages up to 12.

There were many places to climb and be silly.
Joel found a nice place to rest in the shade of a palm tree while the kids played.

Jacob found a beloved piece of bark. This photo makes me laugh out loud because it reminds me of American Gothic.

The Omni Hotel treated my children like VIPs. When we checked in, the hotel staff gave them a little backpack filled with great toys. Milk and cookies were sent up that night, too.

Handsome

Jacob sang in church last Sunday and looked so handsome doing it. He doesn't dress up much. Seeing him look so nice reminds me that I need to buy him dressier "church" clothes.

Outside Movie Night

My creative husband came up with a movie night for the neighborhood in our cul de sac. It was so fun.

He handed out flyers earlier in the week inviting all our neighbors to see "Monsters Vs. Aliens". That day, it took just a little while to set it all up.

We estimate about 60 people showed up.Sara sat through most of the movie with her popcorn and juice.

Jacab and his friend Elliott thought it was really cool to sit outside and watch a movie.

Little Visitor

A couple of weeks ago, we had this little visitor on our front porch.

When I tried to shoo it away with a mop handle, it curled up and struck at it. Even though it was small, it seemed aggressive and I didn't feel comfortable having it close to the house. My neighbor confirmed what I thought. It was a baby copperhead. Ugh.

Now It's Sara's Turn...

Sara had her first day of Mother's Day Out for this school year. She was very excited to take the frog nap mat-it just made her day even more fun.

Little did we know that Sara has a doppleganger and her name is McKinley. And they wore the same skirt for their first day of school. And I know her mom from Mops.
Mrs. Sharon Graves is her teacher this year and this is also the first time she has her friend Sam Parikh in class with her. It's going to be a great year!

Sara's "new" bed

Because Sara figured out how to climb out of her crib, we decided to tranform it into a toddler bed. She has been so good and hasn't gotten out even once. She loves to sit and read after she wakes up.

This morning, Jacob wanted to get his little sister up before church. I caught him reading to her.

They pay me for this!

Here I am at work on an airplane with my crewmembers.

...and he kicked preschool to the curb.

Today was Jacob's first day of Kindergarten. Big day.

At his table, he got to sit with good friends Carson and Hudson. They opened up their supply boxes and got to work.

Jacob seemed excited for his first day.

Notice Sara is fitting right in taking her brother's crayon. Some things stay the same.

Jeanne Brandenburg is going to make Jacob's kindergarten year so memorable!

More friends!

The Nykoruk's came and visited, too. We went to Galveston and had a ton of fun.

Dakota and Sara explored in the warm water.

Here are all the kids. I had to be in the picture because Sara was feeling a little like she didn't want anyone to sit with her except for me.
Laken, Sara (and me), Dakota and Jacob