Ok, one more..Autumn in my wedding dress

Some layouts I have been working on...

I am lovin' tags right now-practically everything I do has a tag! The skateboarding LO says "Skateboarding is not a crime" which was a VERY popular saying in the 90's. (I think I had that t-shirt!)

My grandmother was a scrapbooker

I recently found out that my paternal grandmother, who passed away when my father was 12, was a scrapbooker. I am moved that my father gave her albums to me. I want to restore them, while preserving her work and her memories. You can see that she used materials available to her at the time, and in the scrapbooks are pasted cards, little cut out sayings and of course her journaling. I am truly blessed to have gotten these.

Getting ready to SWARM!

Well, I am getting geared up for the Pine City SWARM in Pine City, MN. A SWARM is a group of papercrafters that use the cricut machine, or would like to try using the cricut. We have some "newbies" this time, and some seasoned scrappers too. It is a lot of fun to introduce someone to scrapbooking or papercrafting, and to show people what the cricut can do. Most people are amazed!! Here is Autumn's last birthday cake, pumpkin and castle are made with the cricut.

Here comes the bride...(or the ringbearer)

Well, it is almost time for Owen to be the "ring bear" as he calls himself. I can't wait to see how this goes-will Maggie and Owen fight all the way down the aisle? Will he be shy? Dancing all the way? I can't explain why I am so excited to have him be in a wedding-I have always wanted both my kids to be in a wedding. Funny enough, Autumn was also a ringbearer. Yup, Owen was supposed to be the ringbearer in Toby and Kristin's wedding, but the church said he was too young. So Autumn (who was first a flower girl with Jade) carried the "ring box"...the girls looked so cute!! Here is my "man" getting fitted for his first tux. Oh, mom is trying not to cry...

Cyndi came to visit me..

One of my best friends came up here to see me last week-I hadn't seen her in three years! She is looking great and we had so much fun! We went to Hidden Beach, Psycho Suzi's and Smitten Kitten-all great places for girls to be women! Sometimes it is fun to just do the Grrrlll thing.

Just an update..

Not too much to report here-things are going well. We had a scare yesterday though, when our darling son said he had changed his mind about being a ring-bearer for my cousin's wedding. *GASP*...He changed it back though when I explained about the present and party afterward.
Oh kids!!