Oh, my!  I forgot what it feels like to create.  It has been too long. I found some time during spring break to make a couple of layouts.  It was a joy to spend time with my boys — and without work in the way, I was inspired to create pages about our time together. [...]

Holy cow!  Where did the time go? As I observed Samuel play, laugh, babble, bounce, and sleep today, I could not help but marvel at how fast my boy is growing and changing.  He is happy.  Excited.  Curious.  Observant.  Mellow.  Funny.  Serious.  Quiet.  Loud.  He has brought so much joy and love into my life.  [...]

I am going through Samuel’s photos — organizing, editing and deleting (very few!) — and marvel at how much he has grown and changed in the last 5 months. Inspired by Susan Weinroth’s First Month page about her boy Noah, I decided to make one about my little Samuel.  And in that first month, he [...]

Now that we’ve got Samuel back to sleeping through the night, this momma finally gets some time to herself (after the household chores are done, of course).  By the way, when I say household chores — it really means one chore per day!  This then allows me to have some creative time. Or time to [...]

I have many summer projects on my to-do list.   One of the first things on the list is: getting rid of the clutter.  That’s right — reorganize the house to get rid of the junk (and in the process, make room for more junk).  Ha! As I went through my old scrap space yesterday, I [...]