My Latest Layout

I am on a 10 week challenge over at Scrapbook Deals4U. This what I did this week. We had to choose from three different pagemaps and choose one. These pictures were only taken a couple of weeks ago of the boys.

Birthday Boy!

JD turned 4 on Monday so we had his celebration on Saturday evening. Here are just a few pics of the party. The theme for his birthday was Monster Trucks. Amy made the cake and John decorated it to fit the theme. John also made a big Grave Digger truck for all the kids to play on.

Creating Again!

I finished this last nite while watching a movie with Beth. I have had these letters forever. They were white and I was suppose to spray paint them black for Drew's new room. I sprayed them black over a month ago and decided last nite to get out my Rusty Pickle pirate themed paper and do something with them. This is how it turned out. This was inspired by the pirate theme to Drew's room. They even have a large wooden chest for treasures(oh, I mean toys).

Thanks for looking!

Because You Grew Up...

I saw this in my current issue of AARP and had to put it up here. "Because you grew up in an age before video games. When we were kids, we played outside. Our bodies were hard-breathing little rainbows of energy and earth-red cheeks from the running, brown hands from mud, green-grass streaks on our pants. We dreamed of grandiose forts that never got built, had sword flights with sticks while riding our bikes(okay, that was more of a boy thing). But we lived, baby. We lived! Unlike so many kids today, whose every micromanaged, remote-control moment is seemingly spent indoors. Oh, how the play times have changed.

Then:
eating wild berries in
the woods-Now: Eating lunchables on a play date
climbing trees-Now: allergy tests
walking with pals along
train tracks-Now: walking with parents on a leash
stickball-Now: Xbox
"be home by dark"-Now: answer your cell phone when I call
Summer camp-Now: Fat camp
Doing cannonballs off the high dive-Now: wearing floaties in the shallow end
Skinned knees-Now: Carpal tunnel
Jumping on a trampoline-Now: What's a trampoline?

It's shocking how much of this rings true. Got to run. Take care and God Bless.
Off to the movies with Theresa! Girl's Nite Out!

The Sweetest Thing

This is one of the sweetest things that I just had to get a photo of Drew and his bear. Drew has always been a easy kid to get to take a nap. He is just one of those kids that even at 4 he still needs his nap.

Circa 1978 compared to Now

The pictures below are of Colleen in 1978 at 18 months and the other is Logan at just over a year in 2008. I can see so much of her in him right now. It's like looking at her as a baby all over again.