Happy Birthday Dad!

Today was my Dad's birthday. We are going to go out for lunch tomorrow to celebrate.

I have been so busy, and I still have a million and ten things I should be doing, but it's been so long since I have written anything in here, that I decided to spend a little time.

I am so excited about the heritage layouts I have been doing. I love looking at all the old photos of family. This is a layout I did of my Grandparents wedding -- my Mom's parents. I used my Roses for Mom kit to create it. I have done several pages with this kit now, and each time I use it I am amazed at how wonderful they look! I hope that some day future generations will look at these photos and be glad that I created them. When I saw this photo, I did not even know it was my Grandparents wedding photo. Aunt Hope told me that it was them, or I would not have known.

Things are really getting exciting at Deco-Pages! We are going to have the Chat hooked up very soon. Dana is working on getting it ready, and it should be live this weekend! I think that is going to add a whole new fun side to the site!

The Club is going really well... we are getting new members just about every day! It really is a great bargain at only $15! ... of course it will be going up to $20. next month, but even so, that is a really good deal for all our members get!

Oh, we finally got rid of the old black geo prism yesterday. They came and towed her away ... the poor thing! She was falling apart! She was a good little car... we brought Matthew home from the hospital in her. I drove Matthew to the day-care hundreds of times... it was sad to see her go.

Well, I guess I should get back to the things I need to be doing... ttyl :)

Oh, what a fun day at Deco-Pages today! We launched out new Membership Club and the site was jumpin! I am so excited about this new program we are offering! Our Design Team did a wonderful job in creating the first kit for our Members, and it turned out beautifully!

Click Here and you will be taken to the section in the gallery where you can
see the contributions by our Design Team at a larger size.

It was so exciting to see all the people come to the site to learn about the Club. We are having a contest too! To name the Club! I hope that you will stop by the site and learn all about it!

One of the wonderful things about helping to create this kit for me is that I got to do some scrapbooking of my own! I did a few layouts last month, and it felt so good to get creative and have some fun again! Here is one that I did with the Creative Endeavors Kit...

Click on the image to see a larger version of the layout.

I found the photos when I was going through my Mom's belongings. They were taken at my Brother Brian's wedding. We were staying at a hotel, and my Mom had given Matthew some Tootsie Rolls. After a few, she told him he could not have any more. Several minutes passed, and all the adults were visiting with each other, when we realized we didn't know where Matthew was. Well, My Mom found him... in the closet... with the bag of Tootsie Rolls! Rather than scold him, she said "Oh I have got to get my camera!" and she took a photo of him... everyone started laughing, and so did Matthew! It was so cute! I was so happy when I found the photos, and that finding them brought back this wonderful memory of My Mom and Matthew.

Matthew wasn't feeling well tonight. He has a little bit of a temperature, so I am trying to stay awake to keep an eye on him. I guess he must have caught a little bug. He said... "Oh, why did this have to happen before I went back to school!" I guess kids think they should only be sick if they can get a day off of school! He cracks me up!