I blinked and it's December!

How did that happen??  It is December 1 - already?

First up - in scrappy news here are two I have finished.  You can clearly see that I was diving back into my random photos to scrap box as these are from three decades apart. These four random images of my daddy and his dog Phaedra were first in the pile and, with that little fox in mind, this page used some scraps and some more fussy cutting from that pretty floral paper int he Cocoa Daisy kit.

Next up is a long overdue page to add to Jarad's firefighter album that I stared when he first joined HFD.  This is his "big" promotion ceremony to EO that happened in 2009.  These pages are hard - gotta keep them manly but I like them pretty at the same time.  I am kinda over the fire related paper and such but for fun I may pull some of that stash out and try to use it sparingly to keep the flavor of the book.  I still need to add to this - more photos need to be printed first.  He was just promoted to Jr. Captain so I need to get that in the book too.

I have about three pages that are almost finished that still need to be added and - wait for it - 6 weeks of Project Life that I completed over Thanksgiving break to add to.  I am now only 5 weeks behind!  I am totally gonna catch up.  (happy dance)

Update - here is one of the now completed pages -

And in non scrappy news:

I made cinnamon rolls from scratch - they were slap your momma good. Found the recipe on Sally's Baking Addiction - it is the overnight roll recipe.  I can't recommend it enough. The kids would agree.

We spend Friday decorating our house and then Saturday doing my mothers.  She was all smiles to have everything done and the boxes put away.  Yes, I asked them to pose for a post decorating photo.  They are so good to me.

Then we celebrated Jarad's birthday with a little brownie sunday fun. He and Wyatt watched the Texans and we played a game of Wits and Wagers together - fun game - I think we have many more rounds in our future.

And of course - Peppermint has returned!!!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  Merry Christmas!

Project Life Week 9

Project Life Week 9 - making progress - I have had this one done for weeks and weeks and am finally getting things posted.  Love the bright colors of the Echo Park Photo Freedom line that we got in the February Cocoa Daisy Kit.

Left side

Right side

Title card - triangle paper is from Pebbles Walnut Grove collection and the red stripes are from Echo Park.

Picture of my helper for the morning - October Afternoon sticker and some yellow chevron washi.

More red stripe paper from Pebbles.  Blue letters are Jillibean Soup Alphabeans in diced denim.

A thank you note from a birthday party and a journaling card from this Echo Park paper.  This quote from Wyatt completely cracked me up.

Heart sticker is from this Studio Calico sheet - comes with a ton of arrows and hearts - nothing bad about that in my book.

Here is something you never want to have to document - Elsie got into a fight at school and the little girl scratched her face.  She was standing up for herself and then it got physical - never good.  More Jilllibean Soup letter stickers and some red washi from Michael's.  Paper is more Echo Park 

Here is from a stop at the store to celebrate the new job for mommy - a little something for me and little something for them.  Echo Park paper and the arrow embellishment is from Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm.

Our building - Amy and I went over to the new building and Bill hooked us up with making our hand-prints in some cement.  A very cool thing to get to do.  I have the "paver" at home by the pool - it is huge, but I love it!

Yellow paper is Pebbles, a card from the Echo Park photo freedom paper, more red washi and Pebbles arrow paper.  The journaling spot is cut with this Spellbinders die.  

Pink and white Enjoy Every Day card and Awesome Day cards Echo Park paper.  Took a photo of the new menu from Berryhill - our new favorite hangout.  We have always loved them, but now they built one closer to us, yeah!

This is Elsie at the Center for Contemporary Craft.  They do a free monthly craft project.  So much fun.  Cut a banner from the Pebbles paper and added some washi.

Just a little work for the Sunday school class.  I am forever sending an email about some group I am involved with.

Sneak Peek

So I appears that's I have 11 weeks of project life to post on the blog!  Goodness how did that happen?  So here's a sneak. I'm caught up, up to date, on a roll!  More soon. 

So happy it is June and the crazy of April and May is behind me!  

Project Life 2013 - yep lets do this

Here we go again. While I have not finished 2012 (that's another post entirely) I still love project life. I have the original project 365 album completed from 2009 and it is absolutely priceless. Wouldn't trade it for anything-all those photos I would never have had true courage to take! So here is the title page - well, almost!