...two of them, that is. The change from a mostly picked up house to TORNADO HIT! Piano music is everywhere, (guess they couldn't find the right song to play), tablecloths pulled out of the drawers, the foot scrubber is resting in the base of the vacuum, the rhythm toys are all dumped out...yes definitely a change from earlier today...
But really? Ari and Logan had a blast together! They always do! Don't ask me why, but she has dubbed him Elmo even though she can say his name. But he is her Elmo, and she loves him with all her heart. He came over twice today and both times broke Ari's heart when he left again. I did find out that the feeling is mutual. Grandma's house? Not for Logan! He wants to be with his Awi. I love it! And they play so well together, it makes it a joy having him to visit.
I am still plugging away at cards. Each one is unique and hopefully worth it! I haven't mastered the art of mass producing, I get bored or the buttons change or I use a different ribbon, or I distress the embellishments a little differently...it means they take longer, but I take joy in the process.
I got a major "squirrel" today (if you've seen the movie UP, you'll know that those dogs are exactly what life is like for the people who talk to me!) and I realized that my brother's birthday is only a little more that two weeks away! I have been working on a special mini-album for him that highlights my father. It's called "My Father, My Eternal Friend". I used BoBunny's Mywords album and completely covered the page with the photo. I will be highlighting the finished product in a later post. So today I worked on the overlays that I am designing for the pages. Overlays are like transparencies with awesome designs on them so you can see the photo beneath them. Anyway...I hope that it will be something he will love and that will help his sons remember their grandpa.
But, I should have been prepping for my Make and Take at All About Scrapbooks, so that will be tomorrow. Watch and see what I make. I'll upload it tomorrow!
Gotta run, homework takes precedence!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Just thinkin' and inkin'
It's a Monday morning, and there are tons of things to be done. Fortunately for me we had the missionaries come to dinner, which meant everyone chipped in and tidied up, so mostly I just have another load of dishes. Of course, the never ending laundry basket showed up too, so I will have to address it sometime too, just not right now...
I am still scrambling to make all of the cards ordered for Tanner. I want them to all look special, but after I make a couple that look the same, they don't look so special to me any longer. But, my thought is that if they only show up once or twice in a card set, that shouldn't be too monotonous for everyone else, right?
Saturday, after driving like a mad woman to pick Tanner up from his Scout campout, race him to a soccer game, and then jet over to Jessica's Jazz Band concert, we actually made it just in time to hear the band, but most especially, to listen to Jessica's solo. She played Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and the notes were played with such feeling that tears came to my eyes.
We have listened to her saxophone for so many years, and to her piano for almost 12...I just cry thinking of losing that when she goes to college. After having Benae leave, I know just how I will be feeling this September and how empty it is to have them leave for college. I don't regret either one of them going away to BYU to study, but oh how the thought of them both being gone...or even just one being gone...makes me feel a little hollow. Like something that should be there isn't.
But, until then...less than two weeks until Benae comes back to visit! Hooray! Can't wait to have everyone together and takes loads of pictures! We only get to be together for a couple of weeks in May and then a couple more in August when we go to Utah to take Jess to college. We have so much planned, hopefully we'll actually accomplish some of it. Our trip out west will give us some time to visit with family, a day or so at a time, but it is better than nothing, right?
Well, enough for now. Ari is almost done with her breakfast and off on a walk we go. Until then....au revoir!
I am still scrambling to make all of the cards ordered for Tanner. I want them to all look special, but after I make a couple that look the same, they don't look so special to me any longer. But, my thought is that if they only show up once or twice in a card set, that shouldn't be too monotonous for everyone else, right?
Saturday, after driving like a mad woman to pick Tanner up from his Scout campout, race him to a soccer game, and then jet over to Jessica's Jazz Band concert, we actually made it just in time to hear the band, but most especially, to listen to Jessica's solo. She played Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and the notes were played with such feeling that tears came to my eyes.
We have listened to her saxophone for so many years, and to her piano for almost 12...I just cry thinking of losing that when she goes to college. After having Benae leave, I know just how I will be feeling this September and how empty it is to have them leave for college. I don't regret either one of them going away to BYU to study, but oh how the thought of them both being gone...or even just one being gone...makes me feel a little hollow. Like something that should be there isn't.
But, until then...less than two weeks until Benae comes back to visit! Hooray! Can't wait to have everyone together and takes loads of pictures! We only get to be together for a couple of weeks in May and then a couple more in August when we go to Utah to take Jess to college. We have so much planned, hopefully we'll actually accomplish some of it. Our trip out west will give us some time to visit with family, a day or so at a time, but it is better than nothing, right?
Well, enough for now. Ari is almost done with her breakfast and off on a walk we go. Until then....au revoir!
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