Project Life: October 16 - 22

Have I mentioned that I am really enjoying putting this Project Life album together? My favotite thing about it is that I now have a place for birthday cards, ticket stubs, programs, napkins and all of the cool things that I've always wanted to save, but didn't have a place to put them. Now they have a home.

This was another busy week for us. We spent the first couple of days in New York plus our daughter was baptized at the end of the week.

Race Car Driving /// Video Chat for My Sister's Mission Call /// On the Boat /// NYC Stuff

Hannah's Baptism Day

I used another one of these pocket coin holders for more NYC photos this week just like I did last week. The protectors come ready to hold 20 photos per side (40 total), but I've found that I don't ever need that many photo slots, so I just cut the protector down to whatever size I need.

Here's a look at the full spread with inserts. In addition to the coin holder with photos, I also used this page protector which perfectly hold all of the cards Hannah received at her baptism.

Another week is in the books!

Project Life: October 7 - 13

This week for my project life album was really fun to put together because there were a lot of things to include besides pictures.

This week covered a few days at home and then three days in NYC. Plus is was also Max's birthday. There were two inserts for this week: one was this 6 X 12 page protector that held Max's birthday cards and the other was these coin holders with pockets that holds a bunch of small 2 X 2 photos.

Video Chat with Cousins /// Lego Building /// Soccer Dinner Date /// Haircut /// Birthday @ JFG

NYC Boarding Pass /// 911 Memorial /// Carlo's Bakery /// Tickets

I think these photo pockets are my favorite way to document vacations in the PL album because they allow me to use a lot of photos in a little space. The little NY themed papers mixed in with the photos are sticky notes I picked up at the MOMA gift shop. I knew they would come in handy!

We are up in Salt Lake City today enjoying time together with my siblings and parents. My youngest sister is leaving on a mission for our church in less than two week and we wanted to get together before she leaves. We are trying to keep warm. My thin AZ blood is not used to this cold weather!

Project Life: September 30 - October 6

This week in October was a fun week to document because it was the first week of the kids' fall break.  I had quite a bit of things to work on at home the first couple of days of the week, but then I was able to focus my efforts on the kids and doing fun things.

We also celebrated Hannah's 8th birthday this week and did two different birthday parties. Max's birthday was the following week, but we were going to be out of town. So, we got to do back to back parties.

In-n-Out Milkshake /// Earning $ for NYC /// At the Zoo

Pizza /// Turning 8 /// Hannah's Birthday /// Max's Party @ Golfland

There are also a couple of inserts for this week. One of them is a collection of birthday cards and the other is a few of the pictures from the birthday parties. Since they are photos of Hannah's friends from school and I don't know their families really well, I'm not posting them to keep them private.

Such a fun and exhausting week! I love this album because now I have a place for the mini golf score cards that I want to keep, but would not have a place to put them otherwise.

Enjoy your day.

Sugar Cookies

Last month I shared my mom's sugar cookie recipe and a few photos of us making the cookies. Of course, they photos also needed to be scrapbooked!

This layout was a lot of fun to put together. The vellum envelope was the perfect place for the recipe. I didn't really need to have the recipe showing on the page, but I figured it would be fun to have it on the page. The recipe easily slips right behind the photos and into the envelope.

I've loving that little "thankful for" tag that was sewn to the top of the recipe. The Scrapbook Circle printable this month has a bunch of those tags in different colors and I plan on using them all up!

After spending time on this page, I think I need a sugar cookie. Good thing I stuck a few in the freezer for moments like this.

Hope you are having a fantastic day!

Layout Supplies /// Harvest Moon Kit

Project Life: September 23 - 29

Hopefully you aren't too tired of my recent Project Life pages. I got pretty far behind on sharing and I'm doing my best to get caught up. The pages in my album are almost current and that is a great feeling.

This last week in September was filled with regular life goodness. One of my favorite things on this week's pages is the food packaging. I need to remember to save more things like that to use on the pages.

At the Library /// Audrey & Lizzie /// Fav Drink /// State Capitol Field Trip /// Chocolate Chips

Max & His Weekly School Reflection Sheet /// Ivy & Hannah /// On the Boat /// Playing Soccer

Lots of bits and pieces are now documented. Thankful for this project!

Thanksgiving Dinner

We are looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with our family next week. I love Thanksgiving!  It's all about food, family and gratitude. Sounds perfect to me.

I recently did a layout with photos from last Thanksgiving. It seems like during holiday time, I tend to print and use photos from the previous year. Soon I'll probably be printing off photos from Christmas last year so I can use all of my new holiday papers!

When we get together with my dad's side of the family for Thanksgiving we need to have the dinner at a park because there are too many people to fit at a house. I feel pretty lucky to have so much family around. The sad thing is that we only really see each other on holidays.

One of the best things about having dinner with so many people is that it takes at least 4 long tables to hold all of the food. Lots of delicious options! Plus, no one has to do too much cooking since everyone brings a couple of dishes.

Happy Veteran's Day to my USA friends!  I am so grateful for all those who serve to keep our country safe and strong.

Project Life: September 16 - 22

I had so much fun putting these pages together for my Project Life Album. My husband and I traveled to Portland during this week and we took a bunch of pictures. It's always fun when a trip is mixed into a normal week because it adds something to look forward to and a lot of fun.

I didn't want the entire focus of the pages to be on the Portland trip because it was only 3 days of the week and the kids were at home doing things too.

One thing that I was most excited to include this week was screenshots showing that the kids had reached their AR goals for the quarter. AR is a reading program where they read and have to take tests on the books that earn them points. It's kind of a thorn in my side, but it does keep them reading.

Celebrating our Bro-in-Law's Bday @ Joe's Farm Grill /// Baggage Claim /// Notes from the Kids

AR Goals Reached /// Dinner in the Backyard with Gramps and Charlotte /// Portland

Portland Photo Inserts

I love using these coin holder pockets when I have trip photos to include. It's a perfect way to get a bunch of photos in the album and has a fun tiled effect too.

Pressing forward with Project Life and loving it!