May Goodness

What are you doing in May?


On Memorial Day Noah turned 10!!!!! And one of his gifts is that his Yankee Little League team took 3rd place in a tournament.

At a Angels vs. White Sox game. . .Big Daddy Vladdy!
Garret Anderson!
Noah's favorite snack at Angel's Stadium. . .
OH TO BE YOUNG & FREE!
(out of order) Luke during what's to be the last of these class songs, leaving the 6th grade to go into Middle School years now. Sniff.

Janet & I took the crew to the Angel's game on retro hat day, the Angel's hat duplicated from 1971--very cool.
Noah will always be my baby boy.
Ah, Jeff Mathis, the Angel's catcher--looking good!

Taylor & Jordan, cuties batooties! (Janet's twins.)

Yes, some kind of crazy baseball & birthday schedule, now winding to a close. I'm looking forward to being off track with the kids, doing maybe some scrapping and getting into physical shape by way of walking & swimming. The weather is warming up! Yeah!

between baseball and laundry

create stuff. . .

--reframed a couple of old photos with my shell obsession. I cannot believe by looking
at these photos of Sarah that she is now 26 years young. Sarah, my first child brought me
so much joy in motherhood. I had hopes she was not to be my only child, as it was my pleasure
{mostly} in raising children. I was to have three boys later in life!

Distracted with these things. . .

My friend designed these shell bracelets & this one is for Susan!

First of all, lots of scorekeeping for the Corona Little League. I am sitting near the best scorekeeper in Corona, Susan.

Secondly, down with a spring cold & laryngitis. Best time to sort my crazy collection of shells, and why not just make a few frames while I recuperate?

My favorite kit club Cocoa Daisy has a DT call & being that I started this blog to use as a springboard. . .it's time to tap into the Right side of the brain. I'll purpose to use this time to not only meet the May 25th deadline, but just hyperspace forward to get lots of scrapping done. {No photos as yet!}

A Little Bit

A Little Bit of scrapping to keep the fires going.

Banner for Katy

Katy lives on my cul-de-sac, she turned five. So this is what came off the table yesterday, I would have loved to pull out my sewing table for this one! When I cracked open the bottle of Mod Podge, the glue scent excited me! I knew it was time for some creative playing. When Katy pulled out the banner from the box, she really didn't know what to think! No worries Katy, I get confused myself.

Lighthearted Scrapping

. . .a few newbies.

I didn't want to bog down with my scrap supplies on this day. . .so I kept it all essentially simple. Called 'mood scrapping' I think!

FILL 'ER UP!

WELCOME Spring & Summer. . .family time!

Keeping the Memories Alive

Peeps, I am never going to scrap all the photos & ideas that sprout in my mind all day long! I have way too many kids to grow, laundry to catch up on and baseball games to attend! I do do, what I can.

I am never far away from Maui, the island where I grew up on. . .I'll always be scrapping Maui pages. That very cool February snowboard trip, where the boys let loose on June Lake and I scrapped some 43 pages!

The car rides are always a trip in itself! The junk food we bring along, the music we all scramble to feature, the scenery, the bickering, the laughs. . .and quiet time. Lorin and I hold hands while he drives all those long hours.

Birthday Page, Vacation Art Journal, More Maui

So, the last few years it is tradition to do a layout on my birthday about where my head & heart is at (alas that's why I scrapbook anyway). I did get to the craft table late in the evening & was able to put something simple together. The IPod page was done a couple of weeks ago prior to vacation. I'm on the IPod a lot!

I am inspired lately with Teesha Moore, and though my work doesn't resemble anything she does, her work inpires me to experiment with color and collage techniques. I used to collage in the '70's! I'm loving it. Teesha Moore prepares ten pages at a time mixing paint, pens & pencils, & collaging ephemera. . .I prepped a small watercolor book & played with the Art Journal on Maui. Felt so artsy amidst this fabulous rental in Haiku, just so appreciative to be back where I grew up, grateful for another vacation.

Now, everyone who knows me. . .knows I am pretty compulsive about picking up shells. Ninety seven percent of my loot are broken shells, I just love the mosaic-look. It's a beautiful diversion! Here's my booty, and I get to sort next, which is another aspect of shell picking that's special:

Looking down on my shelling shores & my homeland.

We had windy weather on the shores, my short haircut was in my face all day it seemed. We met a local, named Henry who picked shells also, and he gifted me with a small handful of pukas & a cone. Soft sweet colors. Thank you so much Henry!

One of the blessings, hands down--is not only the treasure hunt of prizes on the beach. . .but the wonderful conversations to be had with my loved ones. I imagine women down the ages gathered about doing busy work and having like conversations. . .about relationships, woes, worry, love. . .it's precious and openhearted.