September recap

We started the month meeting our new great nephew and ended the month eating our way through Addison's birthday! Great celebrations all month long! I even snuck in a few Fall photos (even though the temperature doesn't even remotely feel like Fall)!

August recap

August is a busy month with back to school! We have a school administrator, school teacher and a college student in the family. Then throw in the Olympics being aired during the same timeframe and life gets a little crazy! 

July recap

Project Life App used to recap the month of July. I love being able to use unrelated photos on the page to tell our story!

Summer Fun

I had a conference in Biloxi so Dad and Kaitlyn decided to tag along for a little vacation. Every morning I would be up before sunrise and head out to the beach for some photos. 

We spent an afternoon exploring Gulf Islands National Seashore. The park ranger really wanted to stamp our passport, but we didn't have one. So we let her stamp a piece of paper for us!

After an afternoon of storms, we were mesmerized by the ripples and texture of the sand at low tide!

June recap

We met in the Mississippi Delta to spend a day together for Father's Day at Sky Lake Boardwalk. 

Then we walked through Wister Gardens. 

June was a lovely month. 

Adventure Along the Natchez Trace Parkway

I've always wanted to take the Trace all the way up to Nashville, TN and explore its history along the way. We finally were able to make that trip! I'm half way through finished with the layouts and I thought I'd share. 

May Recap

May was a beautiful and busy month!

New All Time Favorites

Some of my favorite layouts from the whole year are showing up this month! I don't know if it's the beautiful photos or what, but I'm loving the last several layouts that I've completed! 

Mother's Day weekend spent in Pontotoc, MS. 

Favorite photos from my garden. 

Views of my back yard!

Three new all time favorite layouts produced in one month!

April recap

Mark and I explored the Natchez Trace Parkway. 

We also spent a lot of time working in the yard. 

March recap

March monthly recap. 

Easter Weekend

We enjoyed a beautiful long weekend with our adult children and a couple extra friends. Friday we made a fire and decided to cook our dinner over the open flame. 

Saturday we went exploring at Cypress Swamp on the Natchez Trace Parkway. We had been there before but wanted to take our visitors who were visiting from out of state. You could see the signs of the recent flooding but also signs of spring. 

Overall, a beautiful Easter weekend!

Spring Break 2016 Take Two

A little break time with Addison in New Orleans. 

Spring Break 2016

Kaitlyn and Addison had different spring breaks this year. So instead of a big family trip we took short day trips. Day 1: Meridian, MS

Day 2: Natchez, MS

February recap

I'm a little late in sharing some February layouts. Enjoy!

January recap

I've been a scrapbooker for many years. Not consistently, mind you, but off and on. I've always stuck to scrapping events since I've never been organized enough to do a weekly recap. With the ease of the Project Life App, I've decided my goal for 2016 will be to add a monthly scrapbook page in addition to the events I scrap during the year. We'll see if I made it through 2016 with 12 monthly recap pages. Here is month 1 accomplished!

Scrapbook layout "Is It Winter Yet"

Is It Winter Yet?

The last few weeks of December were unseasonably warm! It's hard to think about Christmas when it's 80 degrees and the air conditioner is on. The first week of January brought some cooler weather but I noticed something in my garden... The flowers I thought were dead had started reblooming! 

Christmas 2015

I must confess, Christmas was difficult for me this year. I've always heard that the first holiday after losing a loved one can be hard. Now that I've experienced it, I know that is true! I missed Dad in so many ways, but I'm so thankful Mom got to spend time with us.