Teal Ribbon 5-K

My sister and I have participated in the Teal Ribbon 5-K since it began 7 years ago. Karen had our shirts made up in memory of our sister, Cathy! We love doing this 5-K as a family.

Here is Anne, ready to go:

The whole family:

Dogs were even allowed to participate:

Here's Karen crossing the finish line!

(She ran, even with a pulled back muscle!) Go Kar!!!!!


We love and miss you, Cathy . . . . .

Katie's first prom

Katie was the junior class president and was on the prom comittee this year. She had no idea how much work went into planning a big event like a prom! It was such a good experience for her.

My husband and I both took the day off work, and my sister, Karen, took the day off, too! It was so much fun to get to spend the day with Karen!!! I was so full of emotion that day - to see her all dressed up with her hair curled and make-up on almost brought me to tears!!!! Here is the layout that I made using some of our favorite photos:

I used a sketch from my new "pagemaps 2" book - you can see it on page 100.

Thanks!

My sister is a runner!

My twin sister is a runner! She started running about 10 years ago, and has not stopped since. She absolutely amazes me with her persistence and stamina. She has run numerous 5-K's, 10-K's, 5 milers, and 10 milers. In addition, she ran quite a few 1/2 marathons, and even a full marathon at Disney World!

I have tried to run, but cannot get past a 5-K! That's my limit. Sometime I can't even believe that we are twins. I have NO desire to run, at all! Ha-Ha!

Here are some photos from Karen's most recent run - the Philadelphia 10-Miler. She went down with her husband, Tim, who has been a great supporter of hers and one of her biggest fans. Along with me!!!

Here Karen's husband, Tim: (can you tell they are both Phillies fans???)

The finish line was at the Navy Yard:

Here it is:

And, (drum roll . . .) here's Karen crossing the finish line:

And a photo of her at the end with her medal. She doesn't even look tired to me.

She's my hero!

when you dream, dream BIG

The featured song at Scrapping the Music this week is "Dream Big" by Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band. The lyrics to this song are very inspiring and perfect for scrapping!! I used 2 photos of my daughters taken on Easter morning for this layout. They look so full of joy and happiness - I love these pictures of them!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to eveyone out there in blog land!

My family really didn't know what to get me this year, so I asked for a photography class. Boy, did I get a GREAT one.



My good friend, Barbarann, arranged to have the class at her home. We went down to a nearby farm to do our practice shots - what a beautiful place to apply what we learned!!!



The owners of the farm collect antiques - such amazing stuff:







Lisa taught the class - you can read and see more about her and her photography on her blog at http://www.thelongroadtochina.blogspot.com/


She arranged for us to have two amazing models, one, a friend of Lisa:



and the second, Barbarann's daughter:



Oh, and I amost forgot our third model, Josie:




Lisa really showed us how to get that good shot:





This class was the perfect reason for me to get my new camera out of the box and use it. I have been so busy since Christmas, that I hardly even used my new Canon Rebel.

Lisa made the class fun - we had "class time" then practiced what we learned at the farm, then had more class time, then had another outdoor session. And . . . Lisa gave each one of us a binder filled with information to take home.

The whole experience was amazing!!!!!

And the best part was that I got to spend time with good friends, and meet some new ones in the process. And enjoy a most beautiful Spring day.

Here is the owner of the farm (our fourth model!) with his beautiful dog, Josie.




One last shot:

Moods

I really enjoy being part of the Scrapping the Music design team. I love the songs that Michelle picks to inspire us. Music and scrapping are my passion!

If you want to participate in this week's challenge go to: http://www.scrappingthemusic.blogspot.com/

This week's song is from the movie "Once." If you haven't seen it, you should because it's wonderful.

For me, this was the perfect song to illustrate the "moods that take me and erase me." I have always been my own worst critic, taking disappointments and let-downs as failures. Lucky for me, I have such an awesome support system (my amazing husband and kids, great co-workers, and my YOU!) and my faith to get me through these dark moods and times.

The background of my page was inspired by a video made by "Craftysprinkles" entitled "Make Your Own Scrapbook Page Backgrounds." You can view it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBdIRmKzE2w

(Thanks so much for stopping by. You'll never know how much I appreciate your supportive comments.)