Project 365 Weeks 30-32

Wow, its been 3 weeks since I blogged. There is a ton going on around here. Aydan is 4 today and Kendall started First Grade. Tomorrow I have my new students and on Friday I leave for a short trip to California. I'll share details on that later.

Here are the last 3 weeks of my 365 and I'm proud to say that the book is updated until August 4th! I'm happy with that.

Sunday: At McD play area.

Monday: Painted Aydan's room

Tuesday: Petting zoo at a local chicken restaurant.

Wednesday: Ozan fixing one of the computer's at his work. He is actually in my kids school there.

Thursday: Giant ice cream cone

Friday: Aydan "emailing" my friend Laura.

Saturday: My husband is an avid bicyclist...he has these huge muscular legs!

Sunday: Slip N Slide!

Monday: Kendall lost her first top tooth

Tuesday: playing around in the kids tent

Wednesday: outside of Kendall's new elementary school for a meeting.

Thursday: school registration

Friday: A sign that Kendall made for her door. Basically, it says to keep out and this means you! LOL...

Saturday: When Aydan "dances", he gets on all fours and kicks one leg in the air. Crack me up!

Sunday: Aydan on his scooter

Monday: First veggies from my garden

Tuesday: Kendall at soccer practice. My husband is an asst coach.

Wednesday: A very cool rainbow!

Thursday: Aydan at his first soccer game!

Friday: Kendall's last day at her school! These were her kindergarten teachers.

Saturday: Kendall's first soccer game this season.

Thanks for looking!

A Mini Album & Project 365 Week 30

The last couple of weeks I've been working on Kendall's Kindergarten album. I'm so lucky because they take tons of pics and give copies to the parents...and not all the pics, just the ones your kid is in. How nice is that?
I selected my pics and collaged them in Picasa, making them into wallet size pics (2x3). I cut them out and then divided them into smaller categories...field trips, art, etc. Then I printed out a "Mini Map" from Pagemaps and hung it on my wall for inspiration. I didn't take a picture of the album itself but its a K&Co by Carolyn Galvin and so is the double-sided PP and the embellies (die cuts, borders, rub ons, etc). I added a few Jillibean Soup Sprouts here and there and a library checkout cart to some. I have about 4 pages left...a cover page, a page with her teachers, and her last day pages. We have 2 "last days", the one from May and one coming up at the end of August. She goes to Kindergarten Camp there for the summer and its with the same teachers she had for Kindergarten. I can't believe she starts first grade soon...
My goal was to make this simple and get it done! Nothing really exciting here but I do love the colors on these papers! Also love how it works with the kraft cardstock and the kraft journaling sprouts. I also gotta say that I made 2 of these pages while riding in our van on our way to Wisconsin!
This LO and the next one I used the Basic Grey mini chipboard letters...OMG, I {heart} these! I haven't journaled on any of the pages yet, I want to wait until its done.
Here I rubbed some of their rub on phrases to the die cuts...

This one is a little overdone!

Also used a few punches: Ek Success large scallop, Fiskars Apron Lace, McGill Index Tab, and some circle ones.

Funny how they have a picture of Ozan and I there together...that didn't happen often. I work pretty far from the school so I didn't get to attend as much as I wanted. And yes, I'm wearing my ugly, gray work scrubs.

I love the Science page. Kendall's school is at a junior college so they take trips all over campus to learn different things such as the radio station, science labs, recycling centers, art center for plays, weather station, etc. Its been such an incredible learning experience. I love the picture of her looking through the microscope and using the seeing impared stick.

Well that's the album so far...hope you enjoyed it!

And...goodness, are we at week 31 already?? Seriously? I finally got my pics from last week edited and just ordered some more prints. Right now my actual 365 album is up to date until July 4th. Getting the pics, editing them, and ordering them is the hard part. Putting them in the album is a cake walk.

Week 30:

Sunday: My garden is finally producing some veggies. This stone in the front is from my sister. She calls me LaLa and had to get this for me. I love it.

Monday: Fishing.

Tuesday: Obama on facebook. I thought it was funny that he asked us to "Tweet" our senators about health care reform. Funny hearing a president asking us to Tweet. I copied the elements from the post and redid it in photoshop.

Wednesday: Kids playing in the sprinkle but all they did was fill up their buckets and pour it on the pation.

Thursday: My son is a carnivore!! He loves hamburgers and can finish the huge ones.

Friday: My son also hates eggs. I had some hard boiled ones and he wanted to try. He did eat some of it.

Saturday: Trip to DQ!A card I made for my best friend Tracy. Used some of the K & Co diecuts and MM Just Chillin Girl. I actually purchased a Fastenater that was on super clearance...don't like how crooked they came out so I put some gems in-between.

Also the sentiment is a rub-on from American Crafts...

Well, that's it...I think I made up for the last three weeks. Are you still with me??? Thanks for looking!

Project 365 Weeks 27-29

Wow, its been quite since I've blogged. We were on vacation for 5 days...some illness around here, just all around busy. Anyway I have 3 weeks of pics to share. In a few days I'm going to share an album I've been working on and this past weeks 365...I'm having some computer issues here.

Week 27: (these pics aren't labeled)

Sunday: My in-laws were in town from San Diego and we went to our favorite restaurant, Macaroni Grill. Both of my in-laws are really good at drawing so here you can see my FIL sketching away with crayons.

Monday: Took the kids out for some school supplies. We hit Walgreens and Target. You can see Kendall picking out her folders and then both kids in the fun cart at Target. We rarely take them shopping with us...in this case it was me taking them.

Tuesday: Aydan at the park

Wednesday: Aydan's favorite breakfast treat. Donuts.

Thursday: My albums all lined in a row.

Friday: Daddy took the kids to the zoo.

Saturday: Ozan and me at the restaurant where we first met. This was taken with my cell and it didn't come out so well.

Week 28:

Sunday: Went to see Ice Age in 3D...doesn't Aydan look hilarious in those huge glasses???

Monday: This cool park by my in-laws house. Instead of mulch, it has this spongy surface...so cool.

Tuesday: My husband is an incredible cook. Here he made fajitas...I think I have a pic of these on the grill from a few weeks ago. Different day, same dish.

Wednesday: Kendall's t-ball celebration picnic.

Thursday: Long story. The kids saw an ad on Noggin to make a homemade Backyardigans hopscotch. Every Single Day they would bug me to make it, so I finally gave in. You print out iron ons and iron each section to a sheet.

Friday: My Mother in Law with Aydan at dinner.

Saturday: Found these pics of my husband on his cell phone...I don't know if he didn't realize he was taking pics or maybe he was taking a profile pic for FB.

Week 29:

Sunday: Van and the kids packed up to leave for our yearly vacation to the Wisconsin Dells. Its a tourist town with tons of water and amusement parks...pretty much the most popular local getaway for people around here.
Monday: A big water slide that the 4 of us went on.
Tuesday: The kids at the water park.
Wednesday: This is a very huge slide, it must be about 3-4 stories tall. Its tubed until the last part and you go down head first on a mat. My husband and the kids went down. I stayed at the bottom for pics.
Thursday: Aydan was very good this year...he wasn't afraid of any slide.
Friday: Kendalls mouth again...this girl has so many loose teeth, gaps, teeth growing. Its all crazy in there. You should see her eat an ear of corn! LOL. She kinda gnaws it with the side of her mouth, so cute!
Saturday: At the park again!

This month is going to be so busy...Aydan turns 4, kendall starts 1st grade at a new school, soccer begins, my students come back, new student orientation. Whew...I'm tired just thinking about it all!