Our Umbrella

I finally finished this LO. I started it over a month ago. There was so much that I wanted to include, but it just wasn't coming together. I ended up putting it away for over a month and a half. In keeping with my commitment (see earlier post), I needed to finish it. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out, but I still feel that it is missing something.


The pictures are from last summer. Jed was toddling all over the place. He also loved to be without clothes. So it was always a challenge to get a picture and maintain his dignity. : ) But I managed to snap a few great shots of Jed & Jarrod.

We bought this umbrella when he was too young for sunscreen so that he & I could spend the afternoons outside playing. When my husband would get home, he'd spin the umbrella & sing to the tune from Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Jed will still point to many-colored objects & request a song from Daddy!

Naptime

Don't get me wrong - I love my kids, but naptime is a wonderful break in the middle of the day. I'm thankful for the time to myself. I don't always clean - as you can see, I'm updating the blog. Though, I should get to sweeping and mopping as we have some guests coming late tonight and staying through breakfast. My sister has been gone to WA State all summer completing a clinical for her physical therapy program and I get to see her first when she enters back into good ol' WI!
I made a commitment yesterday to not start anymore pages until I finish all the "in progress" ones. And to post more often to the blog. I upload my pages to my gallery on a regular basis, but don't always put them here.
Here's a new LO that I finally finished. I started this about a month ago, but never finished it because it just wasn't what I wanted. I pulled it back out a couple days ago and it finally came into it's own. I ended up almost starting over from scratch. Hope you like it too!

The verse around the edges is from Phillipians 2:14-16 and reads, "Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life—in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing." This is something that I decided to pray for Stella - because I think I may complain and argue too much sometimes and I don't want that for my little girl, but more importantly for Christ.

I'm off to finish some housework - then maybe I'll have some time to scrap! :)