I Might Be Crazy

Just before our first Christmas together Nate's mom gave us a huge box of all his mission letters, photos, and souvenirs and informed me that it was now my job to scrapbook and preserve his mission memories. So I hurried and rushed to make a 15 or so page scrapbook for Nate (this was back before I started digital scrapbooking) in time for Christmas. It turned out okay, definitely nothing amazing. I told myself that one day I would make something better. Since I got Photoshop I have really wanted to go through all of his pictures (2000+)and really make something nice.

So two weeks ago I lost my mind. I was looking at a cute scrapbooking site and saw this darling book this girl had made. It was a full fledged book, with an engraved cover and everything, so so cute. She had it made by Winkflash. I went to their site (winkflash.com)and they were having a sale! Their custom books are 60% off through the end of August. So, my 100 page 12x12 leather cover engraved book would be just a little more than $40. Sold! I have everything all picked out now I just have to scrapbook 100 pages! I am officially crazy. Did I mention that Nate's brother is getting married this week too and I have been busy helping with that? It would seem that I like to keep busy. I do have to admit that I am off to a pretty good start. I have a little more than 50 pages ready to go. My goal is to be all done by the 25th so then all I will have to do is organize them in the book and place my order! I am going to do it!!! Just a few more weeks of no sleep and I'll be done. Wish me luck!

Here are a few of my favorite pages thus far. I'm trying to keep everything similar without being to matchy-matchy so each page has this dark blue paper on it somewhere to keep the theme going. Also I've tried to make the pages seem somewhat masculine, as masculine as scrapbooking can be. I worry that they look too boring but I don't want to add more if it is going to make it too girly. Tell me what you think.








P.S. Please excuse any grammar and spelling errors, as previously mentioned I've had very little sleep.

Summertime Crafts

Every other Friday morning my mother-in-law hosts girls' time. We have been making bead jewelry and I have to say they have been turning out super cute! In addition to the jewelry it is so fun just to spend time together talking.


I made homemade bread for the first time yesterday. I know, shocking! I'm 24 years old and have been married for over three years and I've never made homemade bread. Here's the story: a few weeks ago Nate's cousin Alisha made these super yummy rolls. One day at our jewelry making session I told her that I had to have that recipe. Alisha told me that it was the Pantry Secret recipe and that she would teach us all a class with the recipe and all the variations. I decided I couldn't wait for a class, so I googled the recipe and tried it yesterday. To be honest I think it turned out pretty good for a first try. Now I am even more excited to attend Alisha's class! Thanks to Alisha for the great recipe!!

Durfee Family Reunion

Nate's mom's side of the family had a reunion the weekend of the 24th. We didn't camp out, but we did go up for a few hours Saturday morning. I got to play with Keith and Nate had to defend his arm wrestling prowess. It looked like everyone had a good time. Thanks to Mary, Sabrina, and JJ for being in charge of the party planning. I just learned that there is another reunion occurring in September, seems like we can't get enough of each other!! Here are the pages I made of the reunion. If you want to make them bigger and easier to read, just click on them:).

Big Exciting News!

Nathan and I have started the adoption process! We are in the very first stages of paperwork and we have classes to attend and meetings with a social worker, but we have started! We are so excited and hope this process goes smoothly for us. Please keep us, and all couples in our situation, in your prayers!

Nate's First Day

Today is Nathan's first day of work at LANDesk. He said he was a little bit nervous, but I know he'll do great. We know so many people that are out of work at this time and we feel so blessed to have this position. Nate has the opportunity to use his degree and I have the opportunity to stay home and to further my education. We are blessed!

Happy Belated Birthday Mom!

My mom's birthday was June 28th. Nathan and I went up and surprised her on her birthday. Next year is a big birthday and I want to throw her a huge party. Love you Mom!

Quick Page

I am loving this new kit! I just had to make a page with it. Here is a quick page with a picture of Nathan from last year. Just thought I'd share.



The kit is from Sweet Shoppe Designs. It is called In It Together by Julie Billingsley.

2011 Calendar - April

So I am working on a 2011 calendar to give as part of a Christmas gift this year. Here is the page for April. It is all about Stephanie! She is so much fun to have in our family, we sure do love her. This scrapbooking kit is called "In It Together" by Julie Billingsley and was purchased from Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Belated 4th of July Weekend

My goodness, it's about time I posted our 4th of July happenings. Lately my time has been consumed with wedding invitations. I am making both Julianna and Brandon's announcement and Sarah and Michael's as well. Since I woke up at 4 this morning and couldn't fall back to sleep, I figured I may as well be productive. Here are the 4th of July pages that I made. I don't totally love them, but I don't know what to do to fix them. This kit is "Lucky" by Amanda Heimann and I purchased it from Scrap Orchard.

Finished!

I am done with work! Woo hoo! Last night was my last night at work, and I have to say, it was a pretty good night. I'll miss so many of my coworkers. I have some fond memories of Lorna getting soaking wet on April Fool's Day a few years ago, Holly running and sliding down the hall, Audrey saying "JK JK JK!" Dawney, codename Catnip, could always fill me in on what was going on, I remember a confused patient calling the cops on Brad, Ellen and her songs, several coworkers had dance moves, Michelle could do flips, and nearly everyone I worked with could make me laugh. I will miss working with all my fellow night shift PCT's. Thanks for all the fun times and I wish everyone the absolute best. Thanks guys!!