2.28.2017

off to book club !

2.27.2017

savannah smiles from disney world !

2.26.2017

one new chair.

one new floor pad.

one weekend smile !

2.25.2017

keeping the traditions alive in texas today.

the rock for lunch.

the library to pick up books on hold.

the annual auto & plane show at the georgetown airport.

cheeseburgers on the grill.

saturday night movie - inglorious bastards

2.24.2017

todays everyday memory.

rent redbox movie at 6am - hacksaw ridge.

plan day around family friday movie night.

alert colin to movie time of 8pm.

pick up movie.

eat dinner.

pop in movie.

totally get into this movie.

21 minutes into the movie - the above appears on our screen.

call redbox.

wait on hold for 10 minutes only to find out that we have rented a pirated copy.

what ?

really ?

painful credit procedure for 1.50.

now we'll have to wait to see this movie - maybe next weekend.

so much for planning friday movie night.

2.23.2017

yes, we still play words with friends.

yes, steve just played 137 point word against me.

not sure i can win this one !

2.19.2017

waiting for service to start at church.

i am in a "take daily picture" mode.

yes,  we are always early to get our favorite seats !

2.18.2017

saturday tradition.

the rock for lunch.

two special guests today.

guess there was no food in the house.

(notice some early morning haircuts !)

2.17.2017

owen won a reading contest at school.

guess what the prize was ?

yes - you guessed !

a custom ride to school on a firetruck with his teacher

and principal !!

owen's best comment:

"thank goodness, i didn't still live in my old house or it would have

been a three second ride !"

nice job owen !!

2.17.2017

doctors appointments.

and yes, we touched the blind !

2.16.2017

because famous singers are human too !

2.16.2017

i finally figured out how to upload a video from my iphone to the blog -

without an help from the teenage boys around here.

big smiles.

savannah is talking ....

(sorry to my ipad followeres - 

need to watch on a computer.)

2.15.2017

this is on my bucket list.

just going to have to move it to next years bucket list.

6 months of rental nights sold out in 5 minutes.

that's faster than franklin's bbq !

2.15.2017

valentine smiles from savannah !

2.14.2017

weekend project continues.

step eight.

select 12 x 12 background paper for the special pages.

there is sometimes stuff that can not be trimmed to fit into 

a 4x6 or 3x4 slot.

for these pages, i insest a 12x12 page.

todays goal is to pull out the big boy paper & make an important decision.

the background color.

i usually stick to solid colors.

i like to keep it clean and simple.

i haven't created the pages.

just popped in the background paper.

i'll cut/paste/create down the road.

2.13.2017

weekend project continues.

step seven.

so the photos are loaded.

january thru december.

now we need to add some fun to the pages !

the dates.

the events.

the stories.

2.12.2017

happy birthday colin !

can't believe you are 15 today.

to celebrate your birthday we did just what you requested.

nothing.

you just wanted a day home in your pj's.

we did celebrate with papa murphy pizza and 

chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.

too bad you fell asleep before dad got home from florida.

those birthday gifts will have to wait till tomorrow !

2.11.2017

sunny smiles from florida !

2.11.2017

weekend project.

step six.

count the pages for 2016.

started out with 15 pages this am.

added 43 more pages.

all photos are now safely in their new home !

-

next step.

add the words !

2.11.2017

weekend project.

step five.

get dressed.

pick up december photo order.

race back home to work on project !

2.11.2017

weekend project.

step four.

pull photos out of the walgreens photo envelope.

put in piles.

organized in order of date.

match up ephemera with photos.

slide into project life page protectors.

repeat for next pile of photos.

repeat for next pile of photos.

repeat till there are no more piles of photos.

2.11.2017

weekend project.

step three.

dust off the scrapbook cart.

wheel it out of the closet.

its time to put this to use.

2.11.2017

weekend project.

step two.

grab doodle book for dates & details.

will help when filling the pages in chronological order.

2.11.2017

weekend project.

step one.

gather supplies.

find album.

note: several weeks were started during one weekend project last year.

i did get our 2 week family vacation into the album.

now 50 more weeks to add.

2.11.2017

weekend project.

2016.

one large pile of photos.

one extra large pile of stuff - official word is ephemera.

goal: make these piles disappear !

-

realized i am missing december photos.

stop.

order online at walgreens.

use ten cent each photo coupon.

upload order.

will be ready for pickup in one hour !