Layout of the Day-Wild Life

On this layout I used the May 2008 Celebration kit from Coordinates Collections. The only items that weren't from the kit was the Deluxe Design letter stickers used for the title and my mock stitches. I used one of the sketches from the Scrapbook Page Maps book.

Layout of the Day-How to Be a Pirate

I did this layout last week and forgot to post it. Nikolas playing pirate this past May. I love that he improvised the typical pirate parrot for a black cat.

June 2008-The month that derailed my resolutions

I'm learning that for me, summer is not a good time to keep resolutions. The month of June started and I really got sidetracked on my goals. Here is an update:

I resolve to take more pictures! This one is really hard to measure. You can see by my recent weekly updates that one week I will take a lot of pictures--the next week I don't take one. I have been keeping my camera in my purse, so it is with me if the mood strikes.

I resolve to read the Bible in a year. I have read up to the June 28th reading, so I am almost officially a month behind. It is going to take a marathon session of multiple reading each day to get me back on schedule to finish by the end of the year.

I resolve to read 12 Newbery Medal winners this year. I didn't read a selection in June, but just finished my 6th: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi.

I resolve to lose 20 pounds. I just weighed myself and am down two pounds from my starting weight for 2008. Kind of disappointing, but it could be worse...I could be over my starting weight.

Our Summer schedule is just a hard time to keep disciplined. I have even let the housework slide. Hopefully, I will be able to get back on track once the school year starts in a month.

Layout of the Day-About My Hero

Finally, I can add another layout to my "Life as a Mom" book. This layout is about my hero mom, Mother Bear from the Little Bear TV show and books. I scanned the picture of my mother mentor from one of the Little Bear books. The pattern papers are Cosmo Cricket (their Xmas line) and the rub-ons (HERO) are by Flair design. I'm not sure about the other products, since I either got them from one of my Coordinates Collections kits or from a prize I won.

Layout of the Day-Tee-Ball

While Nik has been at VBS this week, I have done some scrapbooking. I picked up the pattern paper and baseball stickers this week.

Layout of the Day-Chewy

My sister bought me the bone paper when we were cropping at Archivers a couple of weeks ago. The other pattern paper (strips and hearts) are from the Pet Stack from DCWV. American Craft journaling sticker and paw circle accent from Etsy. The journaling talks about how Chewy had a growth removed from his ear the day before the pictures were taken.

Layout of the Day--Our Friendship

This layout highlights Nik's friendship with his preschool buddy, Dylan. I've had the Making Memories pattern paper in my stash for a long time. I love how it looks like the big gorilla size shirt the boys are "trying on" in the bottom pictures. I used the shirt to reference how comfortable their friendship is. I used my Silhouette to cut my large title and rub-ons for the sub-title.