a layout from our weekend crop...

i finished 8 layouts during our shortened yearly fall weekend crop and as always, a lot of fun was had by all, along with a lot of eating, kidding each other, drinking and a little bit of scrapping thrown in for good measure! the only thing we did not get to do as usual, was take a walk to take some fall foliage photos, because it was pouring rain most of saturday, grrr...

here is the first layout i made friday night. these are just a few of the photos i took of the grandkids on thanksgiving day trying to get my christmas card shot.

a layout for the a.c. blog challenge...

yeah, i'm finally getting back to doing one! it didn't turn out exactly how i had planned, but it's done and i'm happy i have an entry for this week.

other than the cardstock which is bazzill, everything else, patterned paper, thickers, rub-ons and plastic flower and brad are all by american crafts!

saturday sadness...

today i went to the funeral of an old and dear friend. when i was growing up in dorval, her family lived across the street from us so we have been friends for at least 50 years. she would have been 51 years old in december, but will not see it. one of her brothers and her husband made fantastic eulogies holding back tears the whole time. we laughed and we cried and she had a great send off because it was a full house. she had m.s. and was in a wheel chair for the last couple of years, but that did not stop her, she was a dynamo. she was very involved with the m.s. society and had actually organized their golf tournament this summer, so there were many people at her funeral today.

as sad as the occasion was i was very happy to see her 2 brothers, one of which i have not seen in probably 33 years and the younger one i see every time i go out west to see my sisters since he lives in vancouver. i was very happy also to spend some time with the younger one's wife and i also met back up with their cousin who when she would visit them back in the day, i would chum around with. it brought back a lot of good memories!

sorry for the sadness, so i will leave you with a layout i did awhile ago of my bleeding hearts, but i just never got around to uploading before.

happy thanksgiving!

there are things we should have been doing this weekend, like closing the swimming pool and getting all the outdoor furniture put away, but we were glued to the tv watching the 'president's cup' instead. golf is the only sport i enjoy watching on tv and it was disappointing that the international team didn't give the u.s. team more of a run for their money, but we watched anyway!

tomorrow is thanksgiving and the whole family will hopefully be here (justin was sick today), so the house will be smelling delicious. happy thanksgiving everyone!

i leave you with a layout that i did quite awhile ago. i know it's a funny subject for a layout but when i saw those colorful cans in the water fountain, i knew i would make one about the best photo i took at the jazz festival.

it's been awhile...

so here i am not having too much to say but i had a very nice weekend even though the weather was lousy again!

saturday julie and i went to scrapbook centrale for another one of their sales to pick up some much needed cardstock. since we are both making travel albums a lot is being used quickly.

yesterday lisa called and had a day full of activities and asked if i would join her and the girls. first we went for elki's swimming lessons where she is doing very well, then downtown to a craft sale on st. viateur and man of man it was packed where we had a polish lunch and even though i was tempted by a few jewelry pieces i resisted. to top off the afternoon, we went to the children's 'purple pop party' at the metropolis where the kids had a lot of fun with drawing, playing with big purple balls, lots of music and dance and elki got some purple streaks in her banks which made her very happy.



i leave you with this layout i did before our cruise of elki at st. lambert days the night of her daddy's concert with her magic star! tfl :)