Project Life: Week 6

I'm happy to be getting to post this week actually in this week. Don't want to break the streak! Week 6 was jam packed full for us at the D Den. I still have a few things floating around out there, but at least when it finds it's way to me, it will have a home! That is one of the things I love most about this project. It gives me a home for all that memorabilia. I don't have a box full of it where it doesn't mean anything. This gives it an appointed place and puts it in the context of the time it happened to our family. That is why I stick with paper for this project. It gives me the freedom of inserting papers, receipts, tickets, programs, and all that stuff I would otherwise have to find a home for. The digital format is so appealing to me, but this way really completes our family picture more easily for me. That being said, on to week 6!



First off, I had to work with that funky page protector that I used last week. It was a great week to do it though, because my baby turned 6 this week and it made the week special! We had birthday celebrations, Super Bowl with friends, making valentines, 2 skate parties, visits from family, a 4H meeting, and a lunch date, among a myriad of other "events"!

The left side shows highlights of Graycen's birthday week on that 4x12 strip. I also used more of the "supplement" paper that I had gotten to go with my clementine kit. I really loved mixing that in this week. It also had little elements to cut out and add in. I put 5 2x2 instagrams across the top - Graycen being measured, her birthday ribbon from Memaw, her Snoopy cake, a visit from Gigi (her great grandmother), and a visit from Mimi and Mr. Roy. The other highlights of the page are from Sunday and Monday. Sunday we hung out with our friends the Firths all afternoon and watched the Super Bowl together that night. In the afternoon, Katie and I got this picture on our phones. The guys had taken the kids out on 4 wheelers and this was Jason with Graycen and Ella Kate. The funny part is that Ella Kate is usually so shy around Jason, almost scared of him. We couldn't believe she was riding the 4 wheeler with him! The 3.5x3.5 instagram is Jadon in church reading along in his Bible, and the other one for Monday is Caitlyn's beautiful marshmallow valentines.



I had 2 inserts this week! First, Ali Edwards proposed doing a day in the life for Wednesday. That was the day of Graycen's birthday, so I thought that would be a great day to play along. I'm even considering doing it for every kid's birthday. We'll see how that goes. I just added an 8x8 insert. It is a template from her Yesterday and Today class that I took last year. It was perfect for it for me. I broke down and ordered the digital Clementine papers from Jessica Sprague to use for this digital layout. The backside is a grid of pics from the template. Super easy!





Insert 2 is of the 2 skating parties we had on Friday. The front side is the Valentine party with our Homeschool Association. It is an annual event the kids look so forward to. I included Jadon and Graycen's valentines that we made with their pictures. The back side of the second insert is our Family Night at the church. We ended up taking 2 of our neighbor friends and babysitting 2 cousins! That made 7 kids (Bree was gone to a birthday slumber party.) It was a little wild on skates but we made it! The top vertical picture is reserved for a picture of me and our Childrens Director on skates! It was taken by another friend.





The right side of the week is traditional Design A and shows 2 business cards from my lunch with Jason and main errand on Tuesday, Graycen and her friend celebrating their birthdays together, a 4H meeting project, and all those youngins back at my house watching a movie after the skate party. The last pic was taken with my photosynth app and cropped. Having fun with that!



Wow! If you are still with me, bless you. This was a long post. Don't forget, for more inspiration check out The Mom Creative where I link my Project Life pages!