Engagement

My son was engaged right before Christmas in Washington DC. This first picture is a little fuzzy :(

Wash DC trip

My son took his girlfriend to Washington DC and stayed with my sister. While there, they got engaged :) The engagement layouts are posting tomorrow.






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Dad

My Dad passed away 16 years ago. His wife said he didn't want a funeral and wanted to be cremated. We a memorial service for him because it was for his kids and we needed to mark his passing. One day I get this map in the mail of Holmes County, OH (Amish Country) and it had a mark on the paper "Don rests here".

Last month, we went for a drive in Holmes County and I remembered this map. My husband found the spot, at least where we think it is. It is kind of pretty. These pictures were taken in winter but I bet it is very lovely in Spring. We may go back by there next time we're up there in nicer weather.





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Christmas 2

Christmas with my husband's family





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Christmas

We have Christmas in the morning with me, my husband and son and then we go to my husband's family to celebrate. This year we had my family over on Christmas Eve. I can't believe that no one took any pictures!

Here are pictures from our morning together.




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Deerslayer

WARNING: this layout is a little graphic so don't look if you are eating (or just ate). My son got his first deer this week. He was so proud. We had deerburgers the other night and surprisingly enough, it was very good - not gamey at all. And deer meat is very lean so works right into my diet!



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Layouts

I spent all day Saturday at church working on layouts. I'll share them over the next several days. Enjoy.



First, let me introduce my newest Great niece, Sarah. I cut the medallion and the letters on my cricut. I crocheted the trim under the pictures. Love that special touch.

Vacation Layouts

We went to Virginia Beach for vacation with my sister and her family. It was the weekend that Irene hit VA Beach. I'm thankful that there wasn't as much damage by this hurricane as was expected!





The guys and some of the girls went to Norfolk. My son takes GREAT pictures.




We stopped at Sumburger on our way to Roanoke, VA (which is where we stayed Saturday night until we knew whether we could get to our house at the beach.


David & Heather making faces into the camera - it was a loooooong trip.


The guys enjoyed golfing the first morning - we didn't get electric back until later that evening.




This Air Museum is privately funded - the guys were so impressed.

Love the background paper on both pages from Create With TLC (and the wordArt JFK quote)







There will be more pages coming. Spent Saturday scrapping with my girls at church and got 14 pages done.

Already thinking about vacation for next year! Thanks for stopping by, Susan

Layouts 7-16-11

I love all-day crops. We had a crop at church from 9-9 and boy did I get a lot done!!

More scrap pages

Busy day at work today but the adrenaline carried over until tonight and I got a few layouts done.

I'm wondering why my sisters got the pretty dresses and I'm a little more casual!




Someone I used to work with lost her mother recently. Sympathy cards are not my favorite but this one is so pretty. Maybe I can copy it for birthday or anniversary cards.


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Got busy!

I had a rough week. My boss and friend Jim Fry passed away on Monday and his service was Friday. Those who spoke captured his spirit - it was a nice good-bye.

I finally got to work. My friend Pati invited me to a crop last night - Columbus Scrappers. Got me moving again. This first page is my son at work.


A family picnic. One of the rare times all my brothers and sisters were together in one place for a group picture.


I saw this sketch and knew I had pictures that would fit it. Love my little guy in his Browns' gear. I can't wait to have a grandson who can wear these!


As you can see, I'm scrapping old pictures. My son is 21 :)

When I first started scrapping, I put lots of pictures on a page - very distracting. Now I'm going back and picking out some of my favorites to re-scrap.


I love this page. I saw this layout on the web somewhere and knew I had to do it with a picture of my sisters. I don't stamp much on my layouts but I like they way it turned out. Those flowers are my own creation.


My husband's mother said she fix him anything he wanted for dinner for his birthday. When the 3 boys heard it was cabbage rolls, this was their reaction. They are looking at the adults at the table like we are crazy. They each eventually tried the cabbage rolls and decided they weren't so bad!



I participated in a swap last year. We were to make cards based on a Proverbs 31. Each of us had one verse. The directions did not specify which direction we were to make our cards so they were made both horizontal and vertical! How to bind them? I've had them clipped together in a pile for so long. I've just started putting up pictures/decor in my scrap room and decided to hang these from string - like a clothes line. I may just put up more of this "clothes line" so I can display some of my scrap pages.






I have a pile of scrap paper that I need to either put away or use. Hopefully this week I'll get some cards made. Thanks for stopping by. Susan

Layouts this weekend

This is my newest great-nephew, Alex. He is the 3rd Alex in the family - Alex who is in the Marines (see layout below) and Alex who is a twin to Ethan, born in 2010.



My brother's son, Alex just graduated from the Marine Corp basic training. He is doing his MOS training now (I believe).




My cousin's son Jess just left for Afghanistan this week. Pray for him and his family if you think about it.

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