Have you ever noticed there was a scary silence in the house? When you have kids. You know that usually means trouble.

Recently I had my oldest adopted daughter and her two little ones visiting here with Grandma and Grandpa. As their dad did some home improvement work for us on our bathroom.

It has been a total joy to have my grand children here. But today we had a moment of silence that turned in to another whole home improvement project that Grandma will have to do.

We grabbed the camera to find my grandson Devin standing in the kitchen. When his mom and I snuck up behind him. She said "Devin what are you doing?" To which he replied "I workin Momma."

He... more

School has just begun and it is a great time to take some of your spare time and up date your Scrap Books. Capturing memories is as easy as the push of a button now with the high tech digital cameras.

Your local Staples, Office Depot, or Curicut City will have many different Font and Art programs just for scrap booking. They can help you create some of the most original and beautiful pages to include in your child's own personal book.

I like to document the first day of each school year. I also like to put a picture of their teacher and capture fun moments with their best friends. I make new pages for each activity that they get involved in such as baseball, dance,... more

For each of my children I hand made a Life Time Scrapbook. It begins with any Biological Family History we may have of them. All of this is placed in the back of the scrapbook in a time capsule section.

I chose special fabric for each book. One that was my child's favorite color or a theme they were presently into. I trimmed each book with lace. Tied them with ribbon. Then placed special pages inside them that represented each child and the accomplishments they have made.

There are places for pictures, friends phone numbers, notes, birthday... more