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baptism + week 4

My niece Aubrie was baptized today.....

She wore her mommy's baptism dress - so special! Big brother Adam is holding her here....

 

Week 4 of Summer is complete. Already! It's flying by.

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this and that

•Herb garden update ~ for those of you following the progress of my project...

If you remember the 'before' from a month and a half ago -

- well, here's a picture I took this evening....

It's juuuuuuuuuuust about done. Todd has to bring home a saw to cut a few bricks for the end of each path. But the little herbies are growing, aren't they?!!!!!!! I love my herb garden ~ it makes me happy happy! :-)

•I've also been working on a project at the bottom of the steps outside my kitchen door. I put pavers down, and again, I'm at the point where I need the saw to cut the pavers for the curve at the edge and to fit under the steps where the wood supports are.....

This is still a work in progress, the sand is settling, but it is much better than the mud that was there before....

See? Much better. I'll take a picture when this is complete.

•The fourth of July picnic was a rainy one. So, I hardly took any pictures.... it was just so gloomy and I didn't want my camera to get wet. Todd and his buddy Tim and my brother Doug put on a fantastic fireworks show in our back field. Lots of ooooooing and ahhhhhhing. ;-)

•Week 4 of my 'sum up summer' project will be put together tomorrow.

Have a good night! I'll leave you with a picture I took this evening. Todd and I went for ice cream and a drive (the kids were with nana and pappy for the afternoon and supper). It was such a nice summer evening, we had the windows down and the sun roof open....

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happy 4th of July!

(Todd and I host a big family picnic on July 4th - I've been busy with preparations all week, thus the MIA status on my blog.)

Happy 4th of July to all of you!

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dance recital

Sarah danced to Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal this afternoon at her recital. She danced very well, keeping her steps to the beat of the song, and knocking our socks off with an outstanding moonwalk performance. Here she is in her costume before....

(I can't believe how grown-up she looks)

  

and after, with all her flowers.....

I'm so proud of her! :-)

week 3

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stuff

Crunch time is near. CKC Valley Forge is just over a month away.

My class this year is called Stuff Happens. I will be teaching it both Friday and Saturday from 12:30 to 1:30. If you've ever taken any of my classes you'll know that I like to have samples to provide inspiration - that's how I get ideas. I get inspired when I see other artist's work.... maybe a small detail or a technique will make a light bulb go off in my head. So, I need to make samples for my class - that's why crunch time is near!

I've been working on this, an album filled with fun stuff....

( making the flower accent on the front was fun stuff for me!.... )

If you want to see inside you'll have to take my class - this is just a preview of what I'll be sharing with you at CKC! Hope to see you there!!!!

for Evan and Emily

...who look at my blog in the morning with their mom.

Here you are with your monkeys.....

~and some more pictures from our family gathering for Eli's fifth birthday....

The birthday boy himself, Mr. Eli, looking all five and stuff....

A self portrait of me and my cheesy niece, Elizabeth....

Elliott giving Aubrie some lovin'....

Eva, poor little girl, just wasn't her bright, blue-eyed self.....

And I handed off the camera to my brother Doug to take one of me and Aubrie....

Happy fifth birthday Eli! Love, Aunt Patty :-)

week 2

Sum Up Summer, Week 2......

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visual treat

..... just treating myself to some eye candy this evening......

1. New beginnings, 2. Dreamy Pink Balloons, 3. Farewell, 4. Colorful kitchen HDR, 5. Jounieh, Lebanon; door detail, 6. I Giardini di Ninfa, 7. another sunset, another tree, 8. Nasir-almolk, 9. Shibuya Crossing at Night, 10. Keep smiling Escartín…, 11. HBW~, 12. Zebra Finches waiting for a Bus :), 13. this my Daddy gave me, 14. Lack Of Readers but there is still hope, 15. tree after the rain 1, 16. babyscapes.

~soooooooo many beautiful pictures on Flickr.

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here's what I'm going to do....

I wanted to make my 'sum up summer' album an easy project, so I decided to create a 'layout' in Photoshop Elements and have it printed as an 8" x 10" photo at Dan's Camera....

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The border on the side is available here and the index card is available here.

Each week I can just change the date and week number at the top in my logo, add new journaling and pop in new pictures. I'll keep the design the same - easy - and add the 'layouts' to an album of some sort.

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