Scenes from the backyard

The feel of fall is finally making it's way to North Carolina and we couldn't be happier.  The grass in our backyard is finally starting to green up again and our plants are slowing blooming. We're hopeful these cooler temps decide to stick around for a while because we're ready for boots, sweaters and everything pumpkin!

Yes To This

Yes to hugs and kisses.

Yes to day dates with my boyfriend.

Yes to monster tea parties with lots of candy.

Yes to making lego cars and lego castles allllllll day long.

Yes to hot summer walks in the park.

Yes to morning snuggles.

Yes to messy crafts galore.

Yes to just being.

Yes to this.

merry, merry...

a very merry christmas from our family to yours.

it's been the best few days.  full of family, fun, food and lots of craziness.

xoxo

elle's studio: project life week 38

more project life goodness.  i just can't believe we are already 42 weeks into the year.  the home stretch to album completion is among us!!  i always love finishing an album....and i always love starting a new album.  i'm not quite sure what my plans are for 2014...maybe a smaller format?!?  who knows!!

anyway...onto week 38!

this week, i used the october kit from elle's studio.  the colors were perfect for the fall activities we've been doing!!  

here's a look at both sides together....

and a closer look at each side...

the "i (heart) our family" card seemed perfect for this week.  i loved how it looked and just jazzed it up a little by adding a trimmed doily.  (i love doilies....).

i also wanted to play around with the vellum ampersand card and decided to write my journaling directly in the shape using a white gel pen.  i ended up backing it with a piece of black paper to try to help the ampersand and the journaling stand out.

same here...more photos and words.

nap time is gone in our house (except for on sick days, it seems), so i wanted to really highlight that on this spread.  i typed my journaling onto one of the journaling cards and then added some thickers to a piece of vellum to layer over top of the journaling.  i love how you can see the journaling is there, but that you get the main idea from the title!!

and some detail shots...

that's it from me today!!  

how is your project life coming along??  are you all caught up and ready to finish this album??  what about next year?  do you know what direction you are taking??  leave me some ideas!!  i'm struggling over here!  :)

happy tuesday!

chic tags: project life week 40 & an insert

i'm up on the chic tags blog today sharing my week 40 of project life!! 

i had so much fun playing around with the new collections to document my week.  

i also included an insert for this week of our adventure to our local farm!  i used the wonderful october kit for the insert and i love how it turned out!!

stop on by the chic tags blog to see more photos!!

happy saturday!!  hope you have a great day!!

write.click.scrapbook: october gallery

well hello, october... 

so nice to see you!

(where did september go??)

it's the first of the month and that means that there is a new gallery up at write.click.scrapbook!!  this month's theme was "a day in the life".

instead of creating a layout, i decided to document a day in my son's life.  we spend a lot of time together since he is still so young, and i thought it would be fun to get a glimpse of his everyday.

i kept it pretty simple and stuck with photos and words, as well as a few fun embellishments here and there!

i cropped my images to square and trimmed them out to 2"x2".  then i slipped them into a coin sleeve page protector leaving the first column blank so i could add my title.  

here's a look at a "day in my son's life"....

i added this insert right into my project life album!!

i'm planning on completing one for my daughter as well later this fall.  and i guess i should do one for myself and my husband too, huh??  

have you documented a day in your life?  if not, you totally should!!

thanks so much for stopping by today.  be sure to stop by the write.click.scrapbook blog to check out how everyone else interpreted this fun challenge.

chic tags: what a blessing...

i'm up on the chic tags blog today sharing a super sweet baby layout!!  go on....you know you want to see more of that cute baby!! :)

workspace wednesday...

another episode of workspace wednesday today with marcy penner!!

i'm loving these boxes for keeping all of my different products organized.  and of course...these wire baskets are just the best thing since sliced bread.  they aren't real vintage locker baskets like i would have liked, but they work just as well!!

and like marcy...i just can't get enough white in my life either!!  i'm slowly weeding out even my clothes for a "whiter" wardrobe.....  :)

be sure to link up your workspace over at marcy's blog!!

happy wednesday!

xoxo

a girls day...

my sweet girl and i had a nice girls afternoon this weekend.  it isn't often that i get good quality time with her out of the house so it was so nice to wander around just the two of us.  we ended up finding this fun little park over behind our house that had a lake and a playground.  she sang and talked and talked and talked.  the girl loves to talk.

the weather was beautiful and the company was even better.  hoping to plan more girls adventures this fall!! 

week in the life...sunday

yay!!  i've officially documented our week.  i totally slacked off on sunday.  i think i have reached my "picture taking capacity".....and that's saying a lot since i always have my camera with me.

i did love using my DSLR this week.  the iphone takes awesome photos, and i typically find myself using that primarily for convenience, but boy can you tell a difference with my "big camera".  hoping to keep it close by more.

here are our pictures and words from sunday...

waking and making pancakes...

reading and relaxing...

playing...

coloring and playing and making messes

resting...

crafting...

eating freezie pops...

watching football and eating yummy chili

thanks to everyone who stopped this week!!  i love all of the new visitors and hope you will stop by often!!

i'm still trying to figure out my plan for these photos and i will definitely post here when i do decide.

xoxo

week in the life...saturday

saturday was a busy one for us.  i definitely didn't pick up my camera as much, but i do love what i captured.  the weekends are always full of fun for us, so i hate that i didn't capture every moment, but it is what it is.

here are our saturday picture and words...

waking...

his & her morning relaxing...

cuddling with daddy...

running...

enjoying the lake...

baking...

cleaning...

showering...

eating...

playing...

hanging with neighbors...

week in the life...friday

i can't believe i am mostly done with this project.  i have truly loved capturing our week.  i love all of the "little moments" in a day that i may not have documented.  i can definitely tell i've slacked off with picture taking as the week has progressed.  it's likely because our days really don't vary that much.  regardless of how many images i end up, it's still our memories recorded.  and that's pretty darn cool.

here are our photos and words from friday....

waking...

reading and writing...

emailing...

drawing...

dancing...

unloading groceries...

working husband...

creating...

being silly...

playing...

eating like they've never eaten before...

making dinner...

exercising...

i ran out of time and wasn't able to write down our schedule.  definitely will be back to do that soon!!

thanks for stopping by!!

xoxo