Mouth Hardware

In other words - braces.  My daughter got hers removed the other day!  Yeah!  After 2 1/2 years - wasn't too bad.

I also needed to update my wall collage as I didn't have a framed group shot of my brother's family which was missing from my wall.  (I have another collage of photos from Christmas cards & such but I wanted something framed).

I have sent a request out to my brother to get one.  In the meantime, I modified one of the frames I had and managed to 'borrow' a couple of pics from a DVD of pics my brother gave me.

So this will work for now until I get a better one from my brother.  (Hint, hint)  =) Lisa

New School New Beginnings

Started this layout before going on vacation in April and have finally finished it last week.  Mostly due to being busy in other areas of my life.  A lot of changes were happening that year.  I retired from the military.  David moved to Tim's.  Myron and I were in the process of buying a house that was being built. And that meant that Tamara was changing schools. (As I write this, I just came up with another layout idea).

I tried to make it an easy transition as possible for Tamara.  We came and visited the school and had a tour before she moved.  Walked around the neighbourhood.  But that never is enough when you are facing an unknown the first time.

As I look back, we were asking a lot of Tamara and she took it in stride.  =) Lisa

Oops, I did it again!

Back in April I found a LO that I forgot to post.  Well..........  apparently I forgot to post this one too.  Made around the same time.  Enjoy!

=) Lisa

Rainy Day Post

It's raining, raining, raining.  All week long according to the forecasts.  So time for a post to catch up on some of my pictures.

First off - David's 20th Birthday!:

Then from Mexico where we joined our friends Wayne & Jen and Warren & Jen.  Fabulous times!  I'd love to post them all but there are a lot!  So here's a few:

Then after we came back from Mexico, we celebrated Tamara's 16th Birthday!:

Having fun reminiscing on this dreary day!  =) Lisa

Photo Collage

Hello:

It was a beautiful day until a storm front blew in.  But then it blew out.  Though still windy, the sun came out again.  =)

I finally finished with the photo collage, made a couple of mistakes and I ended up being close to the light switch but am quite happy with how it turned out.

Since we moved into the house, we have used Myron's king sized bed and I've been wanting a headboard for it.  Though we've been searching, we haven't found anything that we've liked so far.

One day I was watching the Nate Berkus show and he helped an audience member redesign her bedroom and used a screen as a headboard and I said to myself, 'Well, I can do that!', since we have two screens.  It isn't wide enough and perhaps a little corny but it is working for us for now.

Here to DIY!  =) Lisa