Project Life 2018: Week 30

I love all the green and color of summer. 

On a side note, I hope I'm not the only one who has recently thought we're still in 2017 or has to pause to think about what year we are in. I've had nine months to work on it and still here I am. :)

Project Life 2018: Week 29

I had a lot of photos that I wanted to use for this week and wondered if the reunion needed its own spread, but I was able to get it all in one and have a space for some stories.

I really enjoy using a design element in a repeated fashion on my spreads. I really feel it ties things together. For this spread, I used word banners. Some came in kits as-is and one I made using a couple in order to get it just how I wanted. I love that flexibility in digital scrap-booking.

Project Life 2018: Week 28

Does anyone else get sappy when reading quotes about childhood while listening to sappy country music about time flying by? No? Just me? I'm so thankful for photos that help keep memories alive.

Project Life 2018: Week 27

Summer pictures are so fun! Some of my favorites include beach and water pictures. Instead of including a sky of fireworks, I opted for the very cool sparks from a sparkler. Instead of kids on rides in the water park, I just went with our group picture from that day (minus Lindsay). On weeks with lots of pictures, I try to decide what photos will be best to tell the stories I have to tell. At times I do feel bad for not using other photos, but I only have so much room.

Project Life 2018: Week 26

Lately I've been thinking about how my story telling could use some sprucing up - to make it more interesting. I'm not quite sure how to go about it. I tend to tell the facts in order to save space rather than much thought or feeling. I'm wondering how I can better myself in that area so I can enhance the stories of our lives.

Project Life 2018: Week 25

I've enjoyed a challenge by Ali Edwards to pick something and repeat it in the spread. This week it's word blocks that I created from various word art sets.

Project Life 2018: Week 24, Leah's Birthday

My baby turned 11! Time is flying by but we are loving every stage. We are thankful our kids are healthy and strong and that they want to live to please the Lord. We are blessed. ♥

Project Life 2018: Week 24

I'm enjoying the process of getting caught up on my Project Life weeks. As of right now, I can't imagine documenting our life any differently. Just the other day I received a small order of 2016 pages (that's how far behind I am on printing pages). It's always so cool to see how excited the kids are to look through the pages, point out things they remember, etc. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one enjoying the time and effort put in to this work. I love photos and looking back. I'm thankful. ♥

Project Life 2018: Week 23

This spread sums up the final pictures from our trip out west. Looking back, it's amazing to think we were actually at the places we went to. It sort of feels like a dream. I think we packed a lot in to the time that we had. These are memories we will always carry with us!

Project Life 2018: Week 23 Yellowstone #2

This is a layout of our second day trip to Yellowstone and the sights we saw along the way.

Project Life 2018: Week 22 Yellowstone

Even though I created a two page spread for one day in Yellowstone, I still have a lot of pictures that I didn't use. In this case, I tried to focus on highlights of the day.

Project Life 2018: Week 22

Lots of pictures and lots to tell about all of our travel time!

Project Life 2018: Week 22 Custer and Rushmore

I'm trying my best to include lots of photos and the ones that capture our story and our memories the best. Not all memories have photos to go with them which is why documenting it in words is important too. 

Project Life 2018: Week 21 Badlands

The Badlands! It was such an amazing place. We tried to see as much as we could while we were gone but also enjoy it as much as possible. I've been referring to the experience like drinking from a fire hose. You're taking in, taking in so fast. Once home, it's like, "Did we really just see all these amazing things?!" Yes, yes we did!

Project Life 2018: Week 21

This spread starts the beginning of our big adventure west.  It was a busy week leading up to it and has stayed that way for two months. It's summer!

Project Life 2018: Week 20

Wow, I feel like the last few months have been a whirlwind! We've done a lot of fun things, but we haven't been able to rest as much as I've been hoping for. School planning is also beginning/continuing. I enjoy it as long as my mind isn't racing with all that's going on. I enjoy times of scrapbooking where I'm able to slow down and take in what we've been up to.

Project Life 2018: Week 19

In keeping with adding memories to my pages, I included some and a recipe. Hopefully it'll be fun when people look through my books down the road and find recipes sprinkled throughout.