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Digi-Scrapbooking Continued

I'm digging this "throw it all on the page in a collage" look!

Digi-scrapbooking is THE BOMB!

(for me)

Alison 

friday photo dump 11/23/12

1. cold day in Northeast Montana 2.tea with our twelve year old at ten o'clock at night 3.our feather garland 4.sleepy little traveler 5.our MADE feathers are taking shape 6.old picture of Randy 1987 7.happy travelers 8.pumpkin and apple pie 9.miles and miles of open road 10.daddy's glasses 11.a mild autumn so far in Northwest Montana 12.leaving one day early for our Thanksgiving Vacation! 13.on the farm 14.packing 15.kids craft place tags around Grandpa's table

Happy Thanksgiving!

Seven Days of Thankfulness...

(brothers are forever(Amy), going hunting, place tags by the kids 

with cardstock scraps and recycled stickers, crafts for kids,

 -5.8 in northeast montana, two thanksgiving feasts with two 

sides of the family(Amy))

I had a fun seven days, looking for, thinking about, taking pictures of, and sharing many of the things I was thankful for over on Instagram...

(the aroma of cooling pumpkin and apple pie mingle beautifully, 

mailbag of blocks, these guys do the breakfast, misty morning light (Amy), 

old pics of my husband, on the farm, happy travelers,

 miles and miles of open road, she finally went to 

sleep after 6 hours, 4 hours to go)

Thanks to my friend Amy for joining me.  It was fun to see your pictures throughout the week too.  And I'm so thankful to follow along with you as you share your world in beautiful pictures!

(family (Amy), leaving for our trip one day early!, packing almost complete, 

sunrise out my backdoor (Amy), lunch at Applebees, 

a finished project, more sewing, the smell of sauteing onions and 

garlic, breakfast in the sunshine (Amy), tea with our twelve 

year old at ten oclock, family friday night)

This is the only way I could figure out how to share these pictures over here on my blog.  Does anyone know of a better way?

(friends and family, bob's red mill, reading, she likes her snack trap, my 

fave sweater, instagram, our mild autumn, 

vacation memories (Amy), things to keep me busy and the last stitch (Amy))

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We actually ate turkey today, instead of yesterday, because some of the family couldn't get here until yesterday, later in the day.  Now, we're packing up to head home in the morning.

Just this for now,
Alison

#sevendaysofthankfulness

Dear Blogging Friends and Instagram Friends,

It's only seven days till Thanksgiving.  I'm sharing some of the things I'm thankful for at #sevendaysofthankfulness over on Instagram.  Please join me in sharing what you are thankful for by posting your Instagram pictures with the hashtag #sevendaysofthankfulness.  Then on Thanksgiving day (or thereafter), I will post a collage of pictures that everyone posted! 

"Thanks" for joining the fun,
A.

P.S. Apparently I was in a hurry when I did this post this morning and didn't edit it.  Sorry if I confused anyone.  It's #sevendaysofthankfulness... Eeeek!  I changed it above.

friday photo dump 11/16/12

1.friday photo dump scrapbook pages! 2.stirring the broccoli salad 3.the newest member of the household 4.assembling Colter's room cabinets-he did most of it 5.avoiding eye contact cause she knows she's not supposed to be there ;) 6.Ree's vanilla scones made with oat flour and almond milk-delicate and delicious 7.sharing her snack 8.putting on the winter tires 9.reorganized to fit the 4-wheeler/snow plow 10.Thunder the Fish 11.new chore charts 12.one of those "every five years or so" home maintenance jobbies 13.first fire in the stove 14.just another mess by Melita 15.a moment of weakness

Happy Friday
A.

More Scrapbooking 2012

Two more random pages for the scrapbook Here is the "title page"...

and not to forget MY burfday...

Hope you are looking forward to Thanksgiving as much as we are!

Have a wonderful weekend!

A.

Scrapbooking 2012 cont.

Here are two more page layouts for our family scrapbook...

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To order my pages online through Smugmug (which I've done before) costs me $6.95 per 12x12 sheet plus shipping/handling.  Costco is a fraction of the price at $2.99 per 12x12 sheet and I can run down to the store in only a few hours and pick 'em up.  Lovin' it!

This is all for February now. Onward to March...

Alison

Scrapbooking 2012 cont.

Here are two more pages I did last night...

Next up is Melita's first birthday pages.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Alison

Scrapbooking 2012

I've been working on scrapbook pages for our 2012 Family scrapbook. Here are my January and February collages that I did today while Melita was taking her nap...

I'm really in love with this form of scrapbooking right now. I've been printing my collages (friday photo dump, etc.) out in 12X12 pages at Costco and they are beautiful and fast!!! So excited to add these two to the book.

It's already midweek... hope your enjoying yours! Alison

friday photo dump 11/9/12

1.One vote 2.Randy's Buck 3.Lita loves to help put away the silverware ;) 4.Love this sight, even if it isn't correct posture. 5.trying out a new tomatoey juice combination 6.sunset 7.meat processing with help 8. "Do one thing every day that makes you happy." 9.pretty leaf hanging by Maya from school 10.love these sleepy scenes-precious! 11.ready to make some juice! 11.meat packaging with more help12. washing sleeping bags at the launderymat 13.new pictures on the wall...finally 14.family evening at Famous Daves

Happy weekend to all,

A.

Hello! and Oh Yeah!

Here is a little glimpse of Melita these days.  Grandma, she likes to talk to you on the phone.  Thought you would enjoy!  Notice her summer hat and her winter boots-two of her very prized possessions.  Oh, and calculators make great cell phones too.

Some other things she loves right now...

-copying everything we say!  We all get such a kick out of this, especially when she tries to say those big words and complete sentences.

-putting lotion on her hands and rubbing it around ;)

-running up to us and saying "C'MON, C'MON!"  Then she grabs our finger and pulls us off to see something or to get something down for her to play with.

-walking down the stairs using the handrail and jumping off the last step.

-begs to go "side, side, side (outside)".

-(I'll try to think of some more...)

Hope all are having a super week!

Alison and family

friday photo dump 11/2

Here's another instaweek...

1.dollar bin stickers are a great paper craft find 2.Lita cleaning out her own pumpkin 3.tea and cookies on a Saturday afternoon 4.Colter and Daddy taking care of the burn pile 5.quiet morning 6.Maya's mask-Happy Halloween! 7.Jackolanterns 8.hunting in the snow 9.beautiful 10.snowgirl 11.more sewing 12.carving pumpkins with our buddy Lance 13.pumpkin glazed cookies by Kyla-yum! 14.their creations ;) 15.tea time with Anna and kiddos-Thanks!

friday photo dump 10/26/12

1.a visit to the pumpkin patch with friends 2.ahhh...it's been to long 3.sighting in and hunting day for Daddy, Kyla and Colter 4.now that Lita got her own room, the toys dissapeared from this corner in the living room-lovin' it 5.first snow 6.rolling a giant snow ball with big brother! 7.hunting day fall colors 8.Lita looking out the window in her new room 9.Maya cleaning and organizing her new room 10.BBQing as the first snow is beginning to fall 11.with our new friends from Iowa! 12.sewing 13.saying goodbye and hoping to see each other again someday ;) 14.playing pictionary with Grandpa and Grandma 15.Sunday dishes

Have a Super Weekend!

Skimming off the Cream

Lake McDonald in October-taken by Randy

I feel a post welling up within me today.  That doesn't happen very much anymore.  I attribute that mostly to my little toddler who, on occasions, runs around the house with a spilling box of baking soda or an open permanent marker.  I do a lot of chasing. She regularly climbs up and teeters on the edge of the tables and chairs. I do alot of sprinting.  She continues to be a handful in every way so  I stay pretty active.  She fills my heart with joy untold.  I do a lot of laughing, and playing and loving.  So while Melita is down for her nap today, I will write... *smile*

***

A conversation with myself: Skimming off the cream.

Myself: "Don't you think that this "friday photo dump" routine  is kind of just hitting on the high points of the week?  You know, like kinda sugar-coating your life?"

Me: "Sugar-coating something suggests that you are making it better and sweeter than it really is.  My goal in my friday posts is to just skim the cream off the top of our week.  Each week brings us the ups and downs of raising children and the piles of dirty laundry, bills, and decisions that seem to big for us to make.  There are days when we just want to hide away at home, and days when we just want to get out of town.  The vicissitudes of life...they happen to us all.  So thankful for so much "wonderful" in life, and someday, on the shores of eternity, I am pretty sure I will not want to remember the bad and the ugly of our little life. Only the good, yes, only the cream on top."

Myself: "Carry on then, carry on..."

Me: "Speaking of... I better go and take some pictures for my post!  See you on Friday."



friday photo dump 10/19/12

1.gathering eggs 2.maybe the beginnings of another home improvement project 3.planting bulbs 4.a new kind of pancake from elanaspantry.com 5.looking out my kitchen window in October 6.mariokart 7.first time home-made tomato sauce 8.baking in the kitchen with Shawna! 9.sketchers 10.apple sauce in the making 11.pickin' out punkins! 12.spending her birthday money at Petco 13.mornin' coffee? 14.fun with Carolyn 15.listening to the second presidential debate-a piece of history...

Have a wonderful weekend!

Alison and Family

friday photo dump 10/12/12

1.leaves 2.october camping 3.our faithful chickens 4.watching the sherriffs department divers training and practicing 5.cuddles 6.lake mcdonald 7.happy birthday maya and randy! 8.what?! you don't eat peanut butter and jam right out of the jar at your house?! 9.playing games in Grandpa and Grandma's trailor 10.cleaning out the flower pots 11.our october adopted 'tober-such a good dog 12.snow on the mountains above the camper 13.vintage 14.apgar 15.almost 20 months!

October Birthdays!

It has been Maya's desire for a long time now, to celebrate her 8th Birthday in Glacier Park because both Kyla and Colter celebrated their 8th birthdays in Glacier Park. We always told her that maybe it would work but since her birthday is in October, we weren't sure it would happen.  So a few weeks ago, we decided to go ahead and make a little over night camping trip out of it since the campground was open until October 8th.  We left after school last friday and Grandma and Grandpa joined us for the camping and Auntie MaryAnn joined us the next day, Saturday, for the party!  It was cold.  The falling leaves and snow added to the cold, but fun, autumn camping experience.

Of course we also celebrated Randy's birthday since they are only a day apart.  She doesn't mind sharing her birthday party with her Dad at all!

 Maya helped me decorate her cake and Kyla helped me decorate Randy's cake.  We decided to go with the owl theme since we were camping in the woods for their birthdays.  The rolled and colored fondant made the job pretty easy.  And I just couldn't pass up the colorful lollipops for such a special occasion either!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYA AND RANDY!

WE LOVE YOU! 

Family Reunion At Glacier Park-August 2012

  A big thanks to everyone for sharing thier pictures and videos!  This was fun to put together.  Hope you enjoy!   Love, Alison

friday photo dump 10/5/12

Here's our instaweek...

1.a new instrument to practice for Kyla 2.one pumpkin 3.she always wants her "toof bwush" like big sister! 4. i only remeber to burn candles in the fall and love it 5.saturday morning 6.rising 7.happy birthday Grandma and Grandpa! 8.maybe the last bike ride to school for the year? 9.um mum 10.climber 11.maybe 2 year molars?  still loving my slings (thanks Jeannie and Melinda) 12.my second favorite fruit in all the world 13.Maya's scribble art 14.lollipop lollipop oooo lolli lollipop 15.a cut for Colter

Happy October to All!