As We Speak

 

David

• Uses his free time to fly RC planes
• Tending his garden
• Building gates to join the property

Jennifer

• Devouring books
• Fighting a summer cold
• Happy a school routine is back

 Ashley

•  3rd Grader
• Struggling with proper behavior (nice way of saying she acts like a brat)
• Has crazy long hair but won't get it cut

Allison

• Just started Pre-school
• Loves to swing
• Is a fish in the water

Six Flags

 A two pager!!! We just went to Six Flags this past Friday soooo it made me want to get this one in the books.  Someday maybe I will get caught up and be scrapping current.  I used my Studio Calico July kit Penny Arcade.

Wendy and I only took the big kids to Six Flags.  The older kids are over 48" which opens up a whole lot more fun things to do.  The littles will get there chance in a few years.  Ashley and Aidan pretty much rode everything they could (there are a few 54" rides).  Their favorites were the Mine Train and America Thunder roller coasters.  I don't think they liked the Screamin' Eagle because it is pretty rough.  All in all we had a great day!

Tractor Rides

Nothing fancy about this layout, I haven't been feeling very creative lately.  They all can't be masterpieces but the best part is that it done and a great memory.  I used my July Studio Calico kit Penny Arcade.  I hope to get one more layout done with this kit and to get back my scrapbooking mojo!

1st tooth

My Studio Calico August kit Penny Arcade has been sitting on my desk all month.  I just didn't feel inspired to scrap with it.  Two night ago I just dug in and came up with this lovely layout.  It's amazing what a new kit on the way will do to motivate you.  I also have a second layout in the works right now.

Ashley is up to a total of seven teeth lost.  She lets them hang on for a long long time.  She will let Dave pull them if he first numbs her gum.  She is a wimp.  But the first was pulled by the dental hygienist.  For the longest time Ashley wanted me to make a dentist appointment every time she had a loose tooth.  No way kiddo!

Currently: August

Watching:  Manhattan (new drama about making the atomic bomb)

Reading:  Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
                 Just Finished:  Margot by Jill Cantor

Listening:  Any Way You Want It by Journey

Making: Ashley's 2nd grade school album

Feeling:  Being pulled in multiple directions

Planing:  Back to school for the girls (haircuts, shopping, uniform cleaning)

Loving:  The mild temperature summer we are having

Beach

Wow this layout has been on my desk for at least three weeks.  One week I was on vacation.  I have not shared much scrapbooking lately but I have been cranking out layouts.  While on vacation, I started a mini album of our 2013 vacation to Gulf Shores...which is the same as this layout above.  This one used my June Studio Calico kit Hello Hello.  I need to move onto my July kit!

Currently: July 2014

Watching: So You Think You Can Dance Season 11

Reading:  The Barkeep by William Lashner

Listening: Ashley, Kaitlin, Hannah and Allison playing upstairs

Making:  To do lists (so I don't forget anything)

Feeling:  Busy

Planing: VACATION!!!!

Loving: It's the 4th of July tomorrow (one of my favorite holidays!)