cherish each day - Katie Pertiet

Fireworks

After a rain delay and getting completely soaked...

we settled in for some picture taking

and finally... some awesome fireworks!

Hope your 4th was happy too!

:)

July 05, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)

We have been so busy!
Picked Kelly up from her first week of Summer Camp on Friday! She goes away againfor a two-week stay later in the summer and she can't wait! Best camp experience ever--and she's been going away for 8 summers now!

And then it was off to my Aunt's home on Saturday for dinner and time with some more cousins!

and I couldn't wait to scrap this one!

and it's back to being a chauffeur and trying to get some things done in between! the joys of summer!

June 30, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)

new photobook!

I received another photobook to add to my collection--woo hoo!! Something tangible from all my hours scrapping! And they are featuring it on the home page of the Shutterfly Gallery -- cool is that?!

I've got a few more in the works! A new year-in-review and one looking back at the years with Kelly using layouts from my "This is" series of layouts!

Just need more hours in the day!
:)

June 25, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Rainbow

we had storms yesterday and at the end of it all was a rainbow!

So pretty!

We took Kelly to camp on Sunday for just a week this time. She'll go for a two week session later in the summer but we hope she is having a good time. It's a new camp for her and it was beautiful!

Looking forward to a tour with her when I pick her up and take pictures of the camp and cabin mates!

Today we're going to head up to Amish Country for some antiquing!
Have a great day!

June 24, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

connection

our internet connection has been less than reliable today :(

but since I couldn't blurf that had me scrapping and creating!

took hundreds of pictures at the beach yesterday and ended up with dozens of good ones! So I scrapped this one here!

And created some new layered templates for the store this weekend!

Don't forget, tonight at 10pm EST we're chatting with Ali Edwards!
See you there!

June 18, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

a day off

Took most of the day off today and we all went over to the beach in delaware for a day trip! The water was icy cold so Kelly was the only one willing to brave it! she rode the waves over and over again and I experimented with my camera! A family dinner at Friendlys and home again!

Back home and to work tonight!

:)

June 17, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)

Family

After nearly 20 years in Illinois away from any of my family, moving to the east coast has brought us together with so much more of my extended family we are completely enjoying it!

Today we had lunch over at the McGuirk's family farm here in Bel Air and met even more of our 2nd and 3rd cousins!

Absolutely adored meeting Molly and her children! And she blogs too--now I just need to get her to scrapbook!

and Kelly had a ball swimming with her 3rd cousin Margaret!
I hope I've got that right--it gets so confusing!
It's my Great Uncle's son's daughter...
is that right? 3rd cousin?

and then we got a tour of the Valley and all the family farms! Such beautiful country and it's all just minutes from our home!

When we got home some nasty storms rolled in and we nearly lost power but we're on-line and launching Ali Edwards in the store tonight--so exciting--a great fit for digital!! and DesignerDigitals!

And over at the DesignerDigitals blog I've started a new inspiration series that I hope you enjoy!

Tomorrow is Father's Day and we're going to celebrate on Tuesday with a family day trip over to the beach! Can't wait! Charging the camera batteries ;)

Enjoy!

June 14, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)