Thank you!

Thank you.

Thank you for your words of encouragement, and “I hear ya, sista” on the post from yesterday. I guess I half-expected for someone to pipe up and say, heck yeah, it gets way easier at age <insert age here>. And you know, nobody did. So either those people don’t read this blog, or that age doesn’t exist. I’m starting to suspect it’s the latter… but good days outnumber the questionable ones, so I think we’re doing fine. :)

And thank you for your great advice on the Book of the Year. I decided I just need to get a simple book done that contains my favorite photos of 2006. I just don’t have the time right now to go back any earlier than that. Plus with 2006 I’m already up to several dozen and I’m only in the first half of the year… so your recommendations of quick and easy photo books will come in handy. :)

And on the Ordinary Life front, our family night tonight consisted of frozen pizza, singing a church song, and then dancing to our Ralph’s World CD, after which we ate homemade brownies and Jared’s famous homemade Ghirardelli chocolate ice cream.  The smaller half of us were in pajamas. The larger half wished they were. And it wasn’t glamorous, but it was full of smiles and laughter and music, and what more can you ask than that?

Happy February 12. Hopefully you are thinking what to do for your honey (which reminds me.. I need to think of what to do for mine…) if you celebrate Valentine’s Day. A great excuse to get sappy, take some photos, and use that gorgeous BasicGrey Blush line for some killer layouts, right? :D Right.

Comments

[Heidi]

Would like to comment on your crazy Sunday. My boys are 3.5 years and 5 months old. When it gets crazy, my husband has a great way of putting things in prespective: They are just grumpy and probably tired. At least it's just screaming. They are not teenagers out somewhere with us not knowing where they are, and what they are doing. So you see, screaming is not so bad :)

Oh, and that's a beautiful layout.

[Kimberly White]

Love excuses to take pics and scrap! (But do you really ever need an excuse? lol!) Have a great day! Kim

[kathpreslar]

I just read your post from Sunday. I have had numerous Sundays like that but it does get better. I am finally beginning to hear the speakers in sac. mtg and my kids are 4 & 7 (2 VERY active boys!) Hang in there! You are doing what is right by teaching them that church is important no matter what and one day you will be smiling because the screaming in the chapel isn't coming from your kids!!!

[Barb]

Jessica, I couldn't get into the chatroom. Tried a million times, reseting my password, etc. Great layout.. guess I will check out the instructions tommorrow.

[Savannah Brentnall]

Have you thought about Shutterfly's photo books? They have a new design process just for digi-scrappers, and the books come out great!