I am having one of those days where I'm being forced to accommodate someone else's unreasonable, unrelenting request. It makes me MAD!!! I do not respond well to bullying and I am on the receiving end of it today. I won't say exactly who has committed this offense against me, but I will say that it is rude, ignorant and unreasonable. I can't stand being disrespected, I really dislike trying to communicate with people who speak on top of my words and get immeasurably frustrated when I know I'm not being heard. I like to think I'm a fairly adept and skilled communicator (albeit impatient occasionally when frustrated) but the phonecall that I engaged in today tempted me to use foul language and curse words with someone whom I have a business relationship with...I reluctantly resisted the urge. Who knows what I aim to accomplish with this post other than getting the altercation out of my head but I know that I was NOT in the wrong. I have the right to say "no" and that right was not respected. 'nuff said.
Well, today Ray and Noah headed out for their road trip to Whitehorse. They left mid morning and have journeyed as far as Cache Creek. They will camp out in the back of the pickup truck on the side of the road roasting wieners over a campfire and roughing it like a couple of bachelors. I think it will be a very memorable adventure for my boys. Betcha there'll be some serious man-bonding on that trip!
Hi Vanessa,
Thankfully, this is a much much simpler sketch so everyone can breathe a sigh of relief over this one. I actually made that page last Friday, but only managed to have my urge to photograph coincide with cooperative weather. I also had a chance to photograph the pages that I made last night and this morning...I'll have the page for today's sketch ready at some point. I'll post it later. Remember, I love to hear your opinions and feedback. It makes me feel great knowing that other scrappers out in cyberspace like what I'm doing!!
This is my friend, Michelle's back yard. She's my second mom and my boys call her Nanny like her granddaughters do. She has known me since I was five and has the most blackmail material on me out of anyone on the planet!!
This was one of my funnest memories (yes, I realize funnest is NOT a word but in my opinion, it should be) The swings at Kin beach are amazing. The chains are crazy long and they go SO high! It was like being a kid again.
My darling Noah is truly a gameboy junkie. You sit that kid down with that thing and he teleports himself to another realm. It's a place where he can't hear what anyone is saying to him till about the third or fourth time and he always says he needs more time. Funny how only four years ago he'd never even played a video game, now he's right on par with every other kid his age. Such a good lookin' boy with those beautiful blue eyes.
So this page (above) is the coordinating page for the one below. The one below is made using the sketch. I love the birthday candles...they are the actual ones on the cake. It was great this year. I asked Seth what he wanted on his birthday cake and he said he wanted Toopy and Binoo. We LOVE Toopy and Binoo!!
This page (below) was made from the sketch too, in an effort to get a little more caught up on old Noah photos. I wish there had been more decent photos taken when Noah was small. Good thing we're making up for that now.
This page was created from a sketch by the fabulous Becky Fleck. We love Becky Fleck!!
And last but not least, a page honoring my husband and one of his many "blue" skills (that is, instead of "pink") He is indispensable for many reasons. His car fix-it skills are high on the list of what makes him FANTASTIC!!
This is in Nanny's back yard this past Saturday. SO CUTE!!
These photos are so cute! (Thanks Karen!) I love this SEI Doodley Doo boy paper. I especially like the quirky leaves on the journaling block sticker so I drew a few of my own on the left and right borders of the cardstock base using regular old pencil crayons. I guess I've been feeling inspired to get caught up on my personal scrapping...It's a very good feeling.
This is an entirely random non-sketch-related layout. I had this incredible series of photos showing Seth taking on his first drumstick cone. Of course, it had to be chocolate for maximum impact. The best part of this layout is that all the print paper is ALL scraps. Gotta love those buttons.
Please don't steal our work. If you'd like to use it, just ask us. We're pretty nice and we'll probably say yes. It's super hard work making all this stuff and we'd like it if you asked us before using it.
