Oh Summer

Yep, I'm still longing for that warm weather. I've really become a wimp in my old age. It's 46 out and I'm freezing!!! Scrapping all these warm summery pictures lately just makes me want to lay out in the sun by the lake. This was from one of our many trips to the lake during the summer. We visited Tyler State Park. The kids and I love hitting the lake during the week when most are at work and it's never crowded. We always go in the mornings and stop to take a break for lunch before heading into the water again. This sketch came form the fabulous sketches at Sketchy Thursday.

Another Great Crop!!!

I always love doing crops at Memorable Seasons. It is such a fun atmosphere and I always get so much done. These are just a few of the LO's I got done. This time around I really stacked up on the cards and made a cute Valentines banner that I hung in my classroom, all the other teachers wanted to know where I had bought it from.

Not Just Photos

I'm always saving all the little things from different events, ie: ticket stubs, programs, art prjects... Unfortuneately I tend to forget that I have all these items when I go to scrap the pictures, and then find them months later. This time I actually remembered I had the program from Jacob's school play and included it in my LO. His lines for the play are also tucked behind the program. I used another great sketch of Liz's from the Scrappiest.

Make a Splash

I love this photo of Austin. He was being so brave at this pool. It had a really shallow area that he could walk without his head being anywhere near going under. He even taught himslef how to swim while there. And along with that lack of fear came lot's of jumping and cannonballs. I found this fabulous sketch over at Sketchy Thursdays!

The Magpie Club

I found a new site. I've always loved Julies sketches from 52 weeks and was saddened when the site ended but I've found she is doing sketches for many other sites. The Magpie Club is one of them. I based this LO off of the January sketch. Jacob's baseball team had their end of the year party at the local minor league teams (The Pumpjacks) game. They got to meet the players and run out on the field with them while having their name announced over the loud speaker. And of course got to meet the mascots. I loved this picture I got of Jacob and Derrick the dinosaur walking back up into the stands.

The Daily Grind

I love this picture of Jacob and his friends at the Imagination Fair for the area GT students. Jacob has loved the different things he gets to experience in GT and I think it's really helped him keep from getting bored with school. I did this LO for this weeks Scrap Whispers challenge. It is all about the journaling. This is rather easy for me because I really like to journal on my LO's. When my kids look back at these I want them to know what was going on in their lives and who was involved. I also used a fabulous sketch for this from Liz over at the Scrappiest.

Summer Fun

Is everyone craving summer the way I am. I'm not enjoying this extra cold wet winter. I don't care how hot it gets here in the summer, I still prefer it. So this had me quite excited about doing Scrap Whispers challenge this week. Using watermelon as the inspiration. Nothing seems more like summer than watermelon. This first LO I used just a hint of the green with the reddish pink colors.

Then while skimming though my pictures I found these from our trip to Conroe. Atumn was wearing last years watermelon line fromGymboree (one of my favorites). Between the outfit and the green of the mini golf course it was screaming for this challenge, so I had to do 2 more Lo's.