~Memorial~

Happy Memorial Day~! I thought the best way to commemorate this special day would be to include a picture of my dad in his navy uniform... he's the handsome tall one on the left =) He joined the Navy after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and was in the Battle of Leyte Gulf...fortunately he survived or I wouldn't be here =) He was a signalman and got to wave around those brightly colored flags to send directions and codes to other ships... rather cool job I think =) Sometimes I think we forget just how much we owe these men for all the personal freedoms that we have today. I truly DO thank God in all my remembrance of you daddy and others like you. So remember to make this Memorial Day a memorable one~

2007 Page Count...160

2007 Card Count...90

~Happiness~

Happy Second Anniversary Meg & Jeff~! Rather hard to believe that it has been TWO years already... wow how time flies~! I love this picture of them... taken at Disneyland California Adventure... I know they WILL live ~happily ever after~ =) As for the Scrapbooking update... I went to the scrapbook store and spent my gift certificate... and then some =) so many new products to choose from... but I try to stick to the basics... otherwise by the time I scrapbook an emerging fad... that fad will be over =) I'm still organizing my scrapbook room... and now I have all those new supplies to add to the project =) I AM making progress and I will post a picture once it's completed... tho please don't hold your breath =) Exciting news tho... one of my layouts that I made for Faithfully Yours was published in an article as an example of faithbooking... now THAT is MY idea of happiness...may you experience your own kind of happiness today as well~!

2007 Page Count...154
2007 Card Count...82

~Mumsy~

Happy Mother's Day~! What a great day *I* had~! I started off the morning with a lovely gift certificate to my fave scrapbooking store from my sweetie... then we headed off to church to join as new members... then off to the Santa Ana Country Club for a wonderful Mother's Day brunch...the place was decorated quite differently than for Meg & Jeff's wedding but it was still quite festive and it brought back lots of happy memories for everyone~! Had a nice brunch with the entire family...except Jim =( but I got a really nice phone call from him so that was ~almost~ as good as him being there... Meg gave me a darling picture hanging and some gnome things =) in addition to a most touching card that I plan on using the idea in some scrapbook layout... and on the scrapbooking front...I made my mom an album for Mother's Day of all the things we did for her recent 80th birthday... of course I forgot to scan any pages before I gave it to her... grrr.... but the papers I used were from Club Scraps Mothers Tribute if you want to check them out...so it was great being with MY mumsy and being A mumsy on Mother's Day =)

2007 Page Count...152

2007 Card Count...80

~Bloom~

Happy May Day~! I thought it rather appropriate to include a layout with flowers in honor of today. This picture was taken at the Carlsbad Flower Fields.... 50 acres full of rainbow fields of ranunculas... truly breath taking~! Now for the scrapbooking update... I have been busy making cards... I have soooo many leftover scraps that I am trying to be a good steward of my supplies and use them up by making cards... then I can go and buy more supplies =) but they are fun and easy and quick to make and it helps me think up designs for future scrapbook pages... I am STILL trying to organize my scrapbook room... pretty soon everything will have a place and there will be a place for everything...the challenge will be...can I find it when I need it? =) Have a blooming good day and don't forget to stop and smell the flowers~!

2007 Page Count...140

2007 Card Count...75