Reunion Book for Dad

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3 years ago

Pulled out some old photos to scrap and decided to do one from Jess's wedding shower. Love this picture. Attached the invitation from the shower to the layout. Hard to believe it has been 3 years since then.

Home for Christmas

This is will be the first Christmas in ages we have stayed home for the holidays. So have the house all decked out, lights up outside, presents wrapped, cards out, and getting together with Sis tonight to make cookies. Mom and Dad will be coming in a few days, and Mark and the kids will come in on Christmas day. So we should have a good time with family, gifts, and lots of good food. Happy Holiday to All.

Fall is Almost Gone.

Hard to believe Fall is almost gone. Less than a week to Thanksgiving. Why is it when you get older time goes by so fast? Les and I went on a color tour and best colors were by our area. When we headed over by Ann Arbor by the Huron River, there were hardly any color. Strange.

Going to Uncle Mark's this year for Thanksgiving so should be fun. Mom, Dad and Aunt Annie and Les and the girls will be there. My girls will all be else where. Bummer. Going to miss the annual Black Friday shopping with them. Probably could not have bought much anyway. Usually don't, just fun to watch all the crazy shoppers. Ok, we act like the crazy shoppers.

The Old Stomping Ground

When we went to Ohio this past August for a wedding, we drove by the old home on Canterbury in North Olmsted. It looked so different because the trees are so big now. I wish I could have seen the pine tress (our x-mas  trees we planted every year) in the back to see how big they have grown. It is hard to believe a family of 5 kids grew up in the small ranch home. It is a shame they made the front yard a parking lot, many games of kick the can and flashlight were played on that yard.

Jessica’s Visit to the Apple Farm

 

It was nice having someone from the South along this year when we visted the apple farm.  We, who live in Michigan, take it for granted. The warm crispy donuts, apple cider and the hayride through the orchard. When we arrived it was raining, but cleared up enough to enjoy it. We all said even all we could have done was eat the donuts, it was worth the drive.

 

          

 

The Invasion of the …….

Praying Mantis……While I was working in the yard last weekend I saw this huge praying mantas on the porch. Looks like something for the War of the Worlds. He was more than willing to pose for the camera

Say Cheese!!!

Katie Bush and Michael Garvas wedding was a blast. Had  such a good time.They had a photo booth sent up and was the hit of the night. Below is a few of the film strips. As the night went on the funnier they got.

 

           Meagan and I                   Ciindy  and I                          Katie and Mike

  Scooter and Meg                Kerri and Joe                 Cindy, Ray and I

Catch a Wave

Here are a few layouts I did recently and never posted.

 

I created this title with my new Cricut cartridge. It has so many fun phrases on it.

These pictures were taken last year when Bri was in Florida and I just had to scrap a page with them. Just love catching him doing what every little boy does…throwing sand.

This was taken last Thanksgiving when I showed even a Grandma can still rock on. Slow but Sure.

I posted some more layouts over at:

http://journalmakers.blogspot.com

Go check them  out

A Little Relief from the Heat

On my street…….One of the advantages of living in the Village is when the firemen have a slow day and the hydrants need checking and they need a little practice, they make a big sprinkler for the neighbor kids. The kids had a riot.

Cousin’s Scrapping Parlor

I went and visited with cousin Elaine and Dick Hanson (My grandpa Pinneys’s brother’s daughter) this weekend. Elaine and I share scrapbooking as a hobby. She has a fantastic scrapbook parlor that is completely stocked with the latest and the greatest. Dick has the other side of the basement as a woodworking room where he does his carving. They have a nice home with a beautiful garden

Mothers Day Pictures

 

This was taken on Mothers Day and forgot to post. Us girls , Meg and me and Les and the girls went out to dinner and then thought we would try to find some mushrooms  on the way home.  Didn’t have any luck though but had a nice walk.

Dad's Birthday

Dad's birthday is coming up and finally finished up some layouts of his past 494th Bombers Group Reunion. So hope he doesn't look at this post until after his birthday, I mailed them out yesterday. I left the journaling blank, so he can tell me what to write about each page.


They just signed up to go to the next reunion that will be held this June in Branson, Mo.

Grandkids Visit

Brianna and Mike came to visit a couple weeks ago and so enjoyed having them around. My quiet house sure wasn't quiet. I was able to take a couple days off. We just stayed around the house, had Les and the girls over for dinner, did some shopping and out to lunch, had a few friends over to scrapbook, and went to a park. These are a few pictures from the park.

Kalen is getting so vocal!! And so cute. She can walk around the furniture and loves to eat.

Tyler is getting so big and still on the go all the time. He can kick the soccer ball around the field non stop!

Late Season Skiing

A month ago I went up north and skied with Mark, Sophia and Ben (above). The snow was great but is was so darn cold. We had to stop a few time to warm up. It wasn't out west, but kept the old bones moving. Hopefully next year will make it out west again.

Here are few other pictures I took over the weekend