Scrapbooking Thoughts

I have been working on a scrapbook for our school secretary so scrapbooking has been in my thoughts recently. Putting together a 30 page album in three weeks time is a little intimidating. Especially when all your hard work is going for someone else while your own albums sit in limbo. It has helped me learn a couple of techniques for making albums go faster. I actually want to get my Disney trip album finished (started would be more accurate) because it suddenly seems more doable than in the past. Today I "had" to go buy a few more stickers to finish the secretary's album and walked out with a couple more sheets than I planned on because those school stickers can always work in my own albums. The reward for doing the secretary's scrapbook will be seeing her face as she reads the messages of love that people have sent. However, I believe the two best parts of scrapbooking are making an album with a friend and seeing your children look through the albums that you have created.

A new haircut and look!

I thought I better show off my new haircut before I come out West to visit my family. I decided to go for a new look and this is what we came up with. Straight hair which I haven't had in a very long time. I love the new look, even though I have to borrow Noelle's hairdryer to get it to look right.

My Spring Flowers

These are three of my spring flowers. The pansies keep coming up year after year. Spring has finally arrived here in Minnesota.

The April showers have brought May flowers.

Have a happy spring!

I think spring is finally in the air!

Okay, so we did have a little sleet mixed in with the rain last night, but I have flowers! I have a couple of pansies in bloom, a few crocus, and some other purple flowers just about to bloom. I won't see leaves on the trees for a few more weeks, but there are finally signs of spring! Sam heads out for a camp-out tonight at the state park. I feel sorry for him because it rained yesterday, last night, and today. The ground is going to be soggy. Mark heads out next week-end for his Wood badge training and has to be prepared for anything. Snow or 90 degree weather. (Like it will hit the 90's in a week).

A Comic Book Hero

Here is Jacob in his play. He is wearing red. He still is singing the songs from the play.

Ramblings As I Wait...

So, I have about 30 minutes before I leave to pick up my mom from the airport and here are some random thoughts... 1. If International Falls has a registered trademark to be the icebox of the nation, do I live in the refrigerator compartment because Rochester sure has been cold this year? We will be dipping below zero in temperatrues again this week. Actually I think it has to be a side by side freezer. Instead of a freezer/refrigerator it is a icebox/freezer, if there is such a thing. 2. How come somebody always gets sick when company is coming? Case in point-child number 3, who is supposed to be in a drama play tomorrow, is sick. 3. Why can a recipe look so delicious in the picture and taste so incredibly yucky when you make it? We tried a tomato and sausage rigatoni recipe that ended down the disposal because it was just too tomatoey. 4. How come it only takes my kids five minutes or less to figure out something on the computer but they still can't hang up a coat on a coat hanger? 5. Why does the airline sell tickets for a flight that it routinely cancels because it is not full enough? Then sends everyone from the cancelled flight on the next flight which leaves three hours later and the later flight is full now.

This is our new car that I picked up on Halloween night. The snow is from December!