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Miraculously my kids were all cooperative on Easter Sunday after church and they all agreed to a few pictures before changing our of their church clothes.

One of my favorite things about holidays is getting to document what our kids look like. It's such a fun way to really appreciate how much they are growing and changing each year. They are growing at lightening speed and taking photos helps me slow down and enjoy the moment.

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You + Me

Happy Friday! Hope your a looking forward to a fun filled weekend.

One of our current favorite things to do around here is to ride our bikes around the neighborhood. The nice weather is holding out and we are enjoying lots of sunshine without too much heat yet. So it's the perfect time to enjoy being outside!

I snapped a selfie style photo (although I've learned that a selfie only includes the person taking the photo, not more that one person! - what's a two person photo called?!?) while Hannah and I were riding bikes around the neighborhood. Here's a look at the photo on a layout.

The background was really fun to create. I used the Let's Go Scrapbook Circle digital cut file to create the cutouts. I then pull most of the pieces out, left a few in and flipped some over. 

I love that bike riding is something fun that I can do with my kids that we both enjoy. Sometimes it's not easy to take the time to spent quality time with my kids. 

This year, one of my goals is to connect with others in an intentional way and bike riding with my kids is one way I can connect with them.  Got to love that!

Project Life 2014 >>> January Part 2

I think one of my favorite things about adding to our Project Life album is the opportunity to reflect on life and all that we are able to do. Life really is a gift and I feel like documenting it helps me focus on the things that are most important.

Since I've switched over to doing just a couple of spreads a month, I feel like there is room to still tell our stories. There is still plenty of space for capturing many of the moments I want to preserve.

January was a great month. The weather was gorgeous and we spent a lot of time going on family bike rides. We also filled out time with sports with our kids (basketball, lacrosse and cross country) plus a baby shower at our house. Good times!

Baby Shower Thank You /// Ashley + Audrey: Friends for 13+ Years! /// Lunch Date /// Bike Riding /// In-N-Out Lunch /// Playing Suspend with Friends

Baby Shower for My Nephew /// Trip to the Zoo /// Basketball /// Waffle Love Truck /// Books

These Design K Photo Pocket Pages that I used on the right hand side of this spread are my new favorite style of pocket pages! I love that they have a bunch of square pockets which is perfect for Instagram photos. It seems that I use a lot of my Instagram photos in this album, so the square photos perfectly slip into the square pockets.  I've also spied these Little Square Page Protectors from October Afternoon and hope to order some of those soon too!

Wishing you a wonderful Saturday. We are off to a basketball game and then I'm attending a baby shower. No plans for tonight yet. Maybe we will order pizza and watch more Olympics!

Gilbert Temple Open House

Our family is very excited about a new LDS (Mormon) Temple opening just a few minutes from our house next month. We are pretty lucky because we will now live about 15 minutes from both the Mesa Temple and the Gilbert Temple since we live right in the middle.

Last week we went with some of our extended family to tour the temple. It was absolutely beautiful and serene. I'm looking forward to returning to enjoy the peace that is there.

Of course, after our tour we had to shoot a few pictures with our group!

The month the temple is open to the public for tours until February 15. Everyone is welcome. If you are curious about seeing the inside of a Mormon temple, here's a chance if you live near Gilbert! If you miss seeing this temple, the Phoenix Temple is tentatively scheduled to open later this year and will also be open for tours.

We had a wonderful time touring the temple together as a family. We finished off the great evening with a stop at one of our favorite restaurants, Liberty Market. I'm thankful for the time we are able to spend with our family!

If you are curious, here are a couple of link explaining more about temples:

Why Temples
The Gilbert Temple

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope your Wednesday is fantastic.

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Hello Project Life 2014!

There was a short moment when I considered taking this year off from adding to our Project Life album. But when I thought about the little stories and pictures that wouldn't be documented, I decided to keep it going another year.

I've decided to simplify the process this year by not doing a spread every week. Sometimes the weekly spread just felt like too much work and not enough fun. My main goal in doing this is to preserve our family memories, but it should be a fun process, right? So I'm thinking that this album will be about two spreads a month which is half of what my previous two years have been. There's still plenty of space to document all of the highlights.

Here's a look at my first spread for January that covers for the first week and a half of the month.

We packed a lot into the first couple weeks of the year and I'm happy to have a glimpse of what we were up to documented.

At CHA with some of the Scrapbook Circle Team /// Park + Bike Riding with the Kids /// Snow in Flagstaff /// Welcoming a Sweet New Cousin 

CHA Disneyland Night /// Together in Flagstaff /// Neighborhood Bike Ride /// Messy Jewelry Box

Going to roughly two spreads a month makes me excited again about this project again. A little pile has already collected for the first week of February and I'm looking forward to documenting 2014.  

I feel so thankful for all of the blessings in my life and this is a nice way to document and reflect on how grateful I am. 

Glitz Designs: Celebrating Women

With the new Glitz Design Team, our assignments have been changed up a bit and we now get to create something each week based on the blog theme for the week.  This week our theme is all about celebrating women, girls and mothers. You can stop by the Glitz blog to see inspiration all week!

I decided to create a layout with a photo taken with my kids last year on Mother's Day.

The main ingredient for this page was the 6 X 6 Glitz Love You Madly paper pad. I started with a plain white piece of cardstock, added some splatters of mist and then all of the other paper you see is from the mini pad.

Even the "to know you is to love you" text is from one of the 6 X 6 papers. One of the great things about that paper pad is that it has different paper designs than what is offered in their 12 X 12 papers plus they are all double sided!

I handcut all of the hearts, attached them with a little adhesive and then sewed them to the page. I'm loving the 3D effect!

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you have a fantastic week!

I Love My Sisters

Did you know there is a national sisters day? It's the first Sunday in August. I didn't know about the day until I saw someone post a sister picture on Instagram last month.

We were at my parents' house that night and my mom pulled out a picture of my sisters and I from when we were little. I snapped a picture of the sisters picture with my phone and have it on a layout today.  Can you tell which of the girls is me?

Now the four of us live in three different states and don't get to spend a lot of time together, but I still feel close and love it when we are all together.

Just for fun, here's a look at what my sisters and I look like today. (Plus we've added a baby brother who is 10 years younger than me to the group.)

Hope you have a great Sunday relaxing with your family!

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