In the not too distant future both my hubby and my twinnie become a little bit wiser, so I spent an hour or so gathering some gifts for that difficult to buy for hubby of mine. It has been a good couple of months since I've been in a mall - it was quite nice, early on a Sunday morning. This was followed by a couple of hours at the dog park. Do you remember how we found that big standard poodle a while ago? Moses? Well we ran into his 'Dad' at the dog park - it was great to catch up with how they are doing. Our mob had a wonderful time in the river - just the weather for it, however our lot are so sedate compared to all the water breeds. The labs, the retrievers, the spaniels just have the best time hooning backwards and forwards, chasing sticks and each other. Such joy is contagious.
This weekend, and into next week, sees my Aunty and Uncle down from Auckland for a visit. Friday night out came a couple of my albums and the stories that those photos brought back flowed - I asked my Uncle to write some of them down in one of the albums. Apparently he has lots of stories written down at home, so is going to email them to me. It was great listening to all the stories of my Mum's younger years. And finding the skeletons in the closet lol.
So here are some layouts finally:
Vicki is guest designer over at Scrapbook Dreams. I tried to register for the gallery and am waiting to hear whether I've been accepted lol (I did this last week, so am thinking Shell doesn't like me ;-) Anyway it's too late to upload it now, but here's my take on the sketch that Vicki put up.
This one was for the Paperchase Blog - some kind of frame was asked for.
This one was for Scrapbox - you had to do a layout with something related to school.
Can't wait for the holidays - lots of scrapping and dog walking (and running around after my husband whose off for shoulder surgery in the first week).
Have a great week.
11 comments:
love hearing relatives tell stories from our past...YAH you for documenting them down now!!!
as for the holidays...wahooooooooo
Gorgeous lay outs and fantabulous dog pics!! They look like they are having so much fun!
awesome layouts trace - looks like the dogs had a ball!
Super layouts Trace. Saw the Paper Chase one on their blog - Good Luck. It is really important to tell the stories like you did in the Paper Chase one - now with your uncle's visit you have some more. They are precious. Counting down for the holidays too... and thank you for commenting on my blog.
They are all fantastic Trace and do I spot that birdie stamp?? LOL. Fancy spotting Moses at the dog park - we were this arvo and it was sooo busy. See you in the holidays.
The doggies look like they are having so much fun.. Gee Moses is a big dog isnt he!!
What a shame you couldnt get your sketch Lo up for the challenge at SD's. Try again this month it should be right up your alley, Fur babies lol. I loved your school days story and LO at Scrapbox too
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Loving your layouts! What a neat dog park.
There is something about cleaning so you can relax over the holidays, I used to do that before when I was studying lol. I like shopping on a Sunday morning and getting in there before the crowds gather. Sounds like you had a productive morning and weekend.
How precious are stories from family members. I love that your uncle has written stories down and that you will soon have them.
Beautiful layouts too.
That is so special, hearing stories from relatives ... when I was younger (ie. a kid) I used to be SO BORED listening to my grandparents natter on about that stuff, but now I would give anything to have them back here, telling me those stories again.
LOVE the doggie pics!
Love the layouts. Great products.
skeletons eh ... hmmmmmmmmm ... tell us more ...
Fabbo creativity.
Love the family photos [including the doggie ones].
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