Trick or Treat

Here's a little project from last year, that I hope to fill with this year's Halloween memories. It was so much fun altering this album that I could not stop. I cut additional pages and chipboard accents, adding ribbons, brads, buttons, paper clips, and assorted pretty papers.

It's a definite treat!

Chipboard album- Magistical Memories.
Patterned papers-KI Memories.

Camping Photos

The scenery:



The scout :



It was a beautiful weekend!

Face Painting at the Fair

I never sign up to work the class booth at Kevin's school fair. This is what I do instead. I totally enjoy it, especially when the littlest ones see their face for the first time with a choo-choo train (or heart, flower, snake, pumpkin, etc.) colorfully drawn on their cheek. Kevin went with the fan favorites, a fleur-de-lis for the Saints and LSU in team colors.

A Book Is Like A Garden

I seem to do most of my reading in the summer when there's more opportunity to sit back and relax. Our week at the beach usually affords me enough time to finish a couple of books. Then there are the almost daily trips to the fitness center. I workout while Kevin plays at Kidsport, then read while he swims. I read a lot this summer! Lately, not so much. But I plan to get on the reading kick again, and when I do, I'll have a cool little place to note what I read.


























This page was done for Lifetime Moments and is featured in the October 19th issue of their weekly newsletter. I may have gone a little overboard, but filling the pocket (cut from an old pair of children’s pants) was too much fun. It really does look like there’s a garden growing out of the pocket and trailing down the paper. And I LOVE that miniature library card stamp from Maya Road. This page will be a great addition to my Book of Me!

The Ring Dance Shuffle

Brendan was pretty stoked when this girl asked him to her ring dance...and, thinking she was "prom material" , he reciprocated and asked her to his! It turned out that both dances were scheduled for the same night, but that didn't pose a problem to Brendan. Actually, it was like killing two birds with one stone! :)



And then along came hurricane Gustav. School was out of session for a week and the dances were pushed back as well, with Brother Martin on one night and Chapelle another.

TWO days to dress up, TWO dinners to attend, TWO corsages to buy! Bummer! :(

The boy is funny. I think he had had enough with one dance! LOL!

Fall Colors

I sometimes wish we would have fall colors like this, but I'm happy we don't have the cold weather that settles in after this seasonal display! These photos were taken almost 27 years ago in Philadelphia, while on a trip with Tommy and a one year old Laura. It was a great visit with Aunt Rita and Rosie, and my first time in the city. I was in awe of the color present in every landscape and snapped pictures in both the city and Pennsylvania countryside. The photos on this scrapbook page were taken in a cemetery, presumably one where the Fox relatives had been buried. I don't remember. But I DO remember Aunt Rita's scolding when I picked up a particularly beautiful leaf from the ground. "Oh no!" she exclaimed. "Don't ever take anything from a cemetery or you'll be sure to bring it back...sooner rather than later!" It was a funny superstition, but she would have died herself if I hadn't dropped it right there.
























Another pretty fall scene from a field trip to Red Bluff Farm:

Reunion!

It's been 35 years...since high school. I didn't have to do the math. I got a nice little postcard in the mail reminding me! Requesting my presence at a reunion. It was an interesting event, to say the least. A group of girls actually rented a PARTY BUS for the night! Not that there's anything wrong with renting a party bus. It really was a smart thing to do. Just saying... The more things change, the more they stay the same. :)

The ORIGINAL Pink Panthers
Mt. Carmel Class of 1973