This summer has been quite an adjustment for Raptor and me. Last year we went swimming multiple times a week. This year, not so much. lol. On this day my friend suggested that we take the kids to a splash pad, but it is just too dang hot. I thought maybe I could try taking them all swimming if we went to the pool in my mom’s neighborhood where the shallow end is in the shade. My plan was to sit in the shallow end and just hold the babies, but when I called my mom to get the pool key she pointed out that my plan was insane. And because she’s insane, she offered to watch the twins while I took just Kate swimming. I felt like Mel Gibson in Braveheart. Freeeeeeedoooooooom!!!!!!!
I took these pictures with my underwater camera which I love. It has a bit of a shutter lag so the pics are hit or miss, but when they hit they’re so much fun.
I kept the rest of the page pretty simple, but I couldn’t resist playing with some mixed media goodies. Whenever I make a background page now I grab some scraps of paper off of my desk to use up the leftover texture medium. Then when I’m making a quick layout and don’t have time to let things dry, I can still have some.
Goals… Ugh. I did terrible last month! The babies have decided that napping is for the birds unless I’m holding them. On the upside, we finally got our air conditioner replaced so the art room no longer resembles a sauna in the evenings and I’ve been crafting a bit after the babies are in bed.
1. Scrapbook October 2014
2. Scrapbook December 2014
3. Scrapbook April 2015
4. Do some current layouts (5/5)
5. Project Life (3/6)
6. Blog (6/13) Whoops
7. Work out 5 days a week (missed a week)
8. Register for Buddy Walk (I did get a stroller though)
9. Video of interview book fail. Not sure if I want to retry this or not.
10. Frame DAD pics Done. I even hung them on the wall. Then promptly knocked them both onto the floor and broke the frames. sigh
I ended up focusing more on current layouts and didn’t get much done for 2014, which is kind of a bummer because I”m so close to wrapping up 2014, but I just wasn’t feeling in the holiday mood. But some of the new releases (Hello Crate Paper Halloween line!) have me super excited. I just need for them to arrive at the stores! With that in mind…
1. Scrapbook October 2014
2. Scrapbook May 2015
3. Project Life
4. Blog
5. Register for Buddy Walk
6. Reframe DAD pics
7. Decorate for Halloween!
8. Decide on Halloween costumes
9. Finish cross stitch project
10. Layout list for August 2015