Scrapbook Pages

First of all, I am not a Stampin' Up or Close to My Heart demonstrator, but thanks to my friend, Annie, and my brother, Shane, I do enjoy using their products.  

Secondly, I realize that I am not a professional scrapbook artist, however, I take joy in putting together pages for my family to look at and reminisce . 

Here are just a few of my favorite pages created with pics from our family photo shoot...

I think this quote is appropriate for an opening page.

A brother is... (Casey/left and Chase/right)

Casey looking out for his brother Cody. I think Matthew 25:40 is more than appropriate here.

Blue Jeans and Coca-Cola. Yep, that's us!

I placed this page toward the end of the scrapbook.

Changing Priorities

One of my dearest friends Annie over at Adventures in Oz wrote a post that included a video by Steven Covey. As I watched the video, I realized that this is how I feel about blogging. I love, love, LOVE blogging, but sometimes I let it come before the important things in my life. I enjoy staying connected to my blogging friends all over the world, but realize that I have relationships right here around me that could use a little nurturing.

Annie asked me a thought provoking question yesterday. She said, "Have you thought about what you'd like to leave behind for your children and grandchildren when you're gone?" Then she got me thinking maybe, just maybe, I could make quilts and scrapbooks for them, both hobbies that I enjoy but have fallen by the wayside.

Since I'm on the morbid subject of dying, I definitely need to make exercise and eating healthy a higher priority (click here and here), or I might not even be around long enough to meet those future grandchildren.

My point is, I will keep reading your wonderful blogs and writing my own posts. I just may not be able to do it every day, because I have to take care of the big rocks first. No comprende? Watch the video...

Combining Scrapbooking with Journaling II

Here is another Scrapbook/ Journal idea.
(Combining Scrapbooking with Journaling is in my July archive.)

I asked the kids questions about their dad this time and these are the answers they gave me...

1) What Two Things Could Dad Never Live Without?
     Katelyn- His Family and Sugar
     Casey- His Job and Coke
     Chase- His Right Hand and His Left Hand
     Cody- Tools and Coke

2) What Shirt Should Dad Give to Charity?
     Katelyn- His $5.00 4th of July Shirts that He Hangs onto for Years
     Casey- All of them
     Chase- His Church Shirts
     Cody- His Bass Pro Shop Shirt

3) What's Dad's Favorite Movie?
     Katelyn- Something Western
     Casey- I Don't Know Names of Westerns
     Chase- Any Old Western that is on T.V. and Halfway Over
     Cody- I'll Pass

4) What Do You Believe Dad Struggles With?
     Katelyn- Other Drivers
     Casey- His Piece of Shit Ford
     Chase- Sleeping
     Cody- Reading

5) How Would You Describe Dad to Someone Meeting Him for the First Time?
     Katelyn- Tall, Gray Hair
     Casey- Tall with Gray Hair
     Chase- I'd Just Show Them My Sketches of Him
     Cody- Precious

6) If Dad Had a Million Dollars, What Would He Buy First?
     Katelyn- a New Truck
     Casey- Chevelle
     Chase- Truck, but Chances are it Would Be a Weed-eater
     Cody- Computer

7) What's Dad's Favorite Candy Bar?
     Katelyn- Mounds or Charleston Chew
     Casey- Big Hunk
     Chase- Charleston Chew
     Cody- Snickers

8) What Makes Dad Mad?
     Katelyn- Snotty Teenagers
     Casey- Me (sometimes)
     Chase- Almost Everything
     Cody- Kicking Him Under the Table

I feel like I need to say something in regards to #4. Don does not struggle with reading. Who knows where Cody came up with that?!

Through My Children's Eyes

Here is another fun idea for a scrapbook page. Have your kids answer questions about you (individually). I did this with my children a couple of years ago. It was fun comparing their answers. As you read through these, remember that Cody is my son with special needs. Also, please don't hold anything they say against me.

Q         What is something mom always says to you?
A          Katelyn-“Be safe.”
            Casey- “Keep your nose clean.”
            Chase- “Knock it off.”
            Cody- “Time to rise and shine.”

Q         What makes mom happy?
A          Katelyn- “Milk Duds”
            Casey-  “Pills”
            Chase- “Coke”
            Cody- “Playing Yahtzee”

Q        What makes mom sad?
A         Katelyn- “Her sons”
           Casey- “”Sometimes me”
           Chase- “That she doesn’t have grandkids”
           Cody- “Grandpa and Terri’s funerals”

Q        How tall is mom?
A        Katelyn- “5’4””
          Casey- “5’6” if that?”
          Chase- “5’1””
          Cody- “2 feet”

Q      What is mom’s favorite thing to watch on T.V.?
A       Katelyn- “Survivor”
         Casey- “Survivor”
         Chase- “The Office”
         Cody- “Survivor”

Q      What does mom do when you’re not around?
A       Katelyn- “Look on the Internet for plumbing ideas”
         Casey- “How am I supposed to know?”
         Chase- “Hell if I know.”
         Cody- “Work”

Q      If mom was famous, what would it be for?
A      Katelyn- “Best mother in the whole world”
        Casey- “I don’t know dude”
        Chase- “Running over a skateboard”
        Cody- “Being cute”

Q     What is mom really good at?
A      Katelyn- “Cooking”
        Casey- “Cooking”
        Chase- “Worrying”
        Cody- “Sewing”

Q     What is mom not very good at?
A      Katelyn- “Spelling”
        Casey- “Texting”
        Chase- “Playing Nintendo”
        Cody- “Cleaning up”

Q     What is mom’s favorite food?
A      Katelyn- “Mexican and Chinese”
        Casey- “Applebee’s”
        Chase- “Chocolate Turtles”
        Cody- “Lasagna”

Q    What makes you proud of mom?
A     Katelyn- “I am just like her.”
       Casey- “Everything”
       Chase- “She drives a sexy car”
       Cody- “She’s cute”

Q     How are you and your mom the same?
A      Katelyn- “We both have nice butts.”
        Casey- “We’re both weirdo’s.”
        Chase- “Bi-polar”
        Cody- “We both like ‘80’s music.”

Q      How are you and your mom different?
A       Katelyn- “I’m not sure.”
         Casey- “She has kids”
         Chase- “She gives me money when I need it”
         Cody- “I go bowling”

Q     Where is mom’s favorite place to go?
A      Katelyn- "Disneyland" 
        Casey- “Disneyland”
        Chase- “Las Vegas”
        Cody- “Mesquite”

Combining Scrapbooking with Journaling

This is a fun idea for a scrapbook page, wall hanging, or whatever you can dream up.

Have a third party ask you and your significant other (separately) the following questions:

1) What attracted you to your partner?

2) What does she or he do that makes you laugh?

3) Where was your first date?

4) What has your mate said about you that surprised or flattered you?

5) Was is love at first sight or a friendship that blossomed?

6) How do you settle your differences?

7) Do you agree on the temperature in the house?

8) Who in his/her family adds the most to your relationship?

9) What holiday requires the most compromise?

10)What gift did he/she give you that meant the most?

This is just to give you a basic idea. You could also interview your parents, aunts and uncles, or grandparents. Have fun with it! There can be so much more to scrapbooking than just slapping photos onto cute paper :)