The time goes oh so fast! And it is not lost on me that the time is short. That may be a true benefit of getting older...understanding time.
Brian and I are trying to modify our eating habits...otherwise known as a diet (don't care what anyone says, that's what it is). 😉 Which means that I'm staying out of the kitchen except to make things that I'm not crazy about eating. I like lots of cream, butter, sugar...and it shows. So, for now, I'm trying to stay away from that stuff.
Still working on travel plans for Europe. I'm just making the assumption that we are going and planning accordingly. Taking the Eurostar from Paris to London and that train goes 186 mph. I can't even imagine that. Trying to collect all of the ideas now so that we are ready to go. I know that I want to have a family photography session while in Paris. We did that in Maui once and I treasure those photos. If you ever get the chance to do a good photo session while on vacation, I recommend it.
I'm continuing to do digital scrapbooking. Here are a few that I have made since my last post. The first one is called Season of Hope and uses Christmas Evening Megakit from Simplette at Oscraps plus word art from the Home for the Holidays collaboration at OScraps. The photo is mine from the Nights of Lights in St. Augustine. This year was the second year that we viewed the lights from the water and that is my absolute favorite way to view them.
This one is a layout of some of Syd's senior photos taken by my very talented niece Sarah. She was the best option for senior photos because she could do the makeup and hair as well as the photos. This girl lives the "We are who we choose to be" lifestyle. As she makes plans for next year at college, I already know that I'm going to miss her more deeply than I can even imagine so I'm trying to soak up the time with her now. Everything in this layout comes from Teachable Moments by Vicki Robinson Designs at Oscraps.
This layout is titled Just for Today. It was a cold day (at least for us) and so I had my hoodie on and the fire blazing. Brian and I love starting our day drinking coffee on the lanai no matter the weather. Everything for this layout comes from Just for Today by Vicki Robinson Designs at Oscraps. I think we should all practice a little more kindness and that goes for self kindness too.
I love layouts with big photos, especially nature photos. This was taken one December day at the St. Augustine beach. Everything is from BarefOOt a 2016 Oscraps collaboration.
And for 2022, I am documenting our adventures in an ABC book. We have lived life without many adventures over the last couple of years and that changes now. The book pages will be out of order but they will represent all of the letters of the alphabet when I'm finished.
The C is for Citrus Bowl documents the first day of 2022. It was a perfect day...sunny and warm. We had good seats with no one behind us and we were able to spread out so we weren't all crammed together. Now I need to think about what our next adventure is...keeping in mind that I told you we were dieting. Oh my.
Everything is from The Possibilities Collection by Karen Schultz and Linda Cumberland Designs.And the last layout for this year is Imagine the Impossible and comes from a kit by the same name. The awesome Palvinka designs created the kit including the word art. The journaling reads: January 11, 2022. Just an ordinary day. Taking our daily laps around Rittburn. Shaun gets up each morning to make sure that Brian and I walk. On this morning he didn't even have school so he got it early to get it over with. So much is special to me about that. But mostly, it is the lesson that he is teaching me. He is doing this for our health. I can't really imagine improving my health at this stage of life. But sometimes, it takes someone like Shaun to come alongside and help you imagine the impossible.
That's it for layouts today. Thanks for looking!
