World Cube Competition

Around  the first of the year, I mentioned Aussie's last World Cube Competition, which he sponsored in Nashville.   Here is a layout  to help us remember what a success it was. 

I'm glad to see him take an interest in so many things...things that are not that common. Proud of you Aussie.

I slept through a movie this evening and now I'm wide awake, while hubby is sleeping. For some reason, I've had enough computerized entertainment today, so I'll say so long and go work on a jigsaw puzzle that I started on Monday. Need to finish it soon, to free up the table I'm using.

Little Firemen

I have pictures over the years of Caleb and firetrucks. There's been one, I believe before this of Oliver as well. So, it has become a tradition...or a real love. I'm not sure about the location of these pictures. I'll find out tomorrow, perhaps. But I just finished the layout and decided to throw it on the blog. They are such cute boys!

Thinking about how wonderful it is to have these two little ones and pleasantly looking forward to baby sister. I'm very happy with them and appreciative. Thank you, Lord.

Thank you, John and Beth.

Skiing? Not Yet

While Oliver doesn't ski, he still enjoyed his trip to Vail.  

Skiing Vail

This is Caleb's second skiing trip to Vail, and he's doing quite well. Wish I had some close up pictures, but I don't, so we'll just enjoy what we have. I did have a lot of fun working on this layout.
All I had was a video, so I grabbed some stills and framed them.  It was time consuming copying the snowflakes to another layer, but I like the special touch.

Thank you, God, for the beautiful mountainside and the lovely snow.  Thank you for the time I was able to spend on this layout.

Maggie Has the Key

Maggie has us wrapped around her paws; she has the key to our hearts. Sorry kids, but she is here with us all the  time and she just wiggled herself into our emotions. She is such a joy to us each day...just like you 'kids' were when you were little. 

Even though we had to punish you when you were wrong, so that you would grow up to be healthy, law abiding citizens, we thought  the little mischievous things you did were at times cute. That is the way we feel about her now. Of course it isn't even close to the same thing, but she is pure pleasure to us in our old age.

She is one of the things we should think about. Created by God to be a companion, a watch dog, a stress reliever. 

Thank you Lord for dogs.

Christmas Peak

It is really difficult to buy a present for someone who buys what he wants for himself, if he can afford it. Naturally I can't buy what he can't afford. So it is tricky. As it says on the layout itself. I figured I needed to find something he didn't know about yet. I needed to do something techy. I think I managed to meet those two objectives.

Actually, I was pretty impressed, but was also overwhelmed when it came to knowing how to operate the 'magic' watch.

He did seem to enjoy it for a short while, but it finally found it's place in his top drawer. Not really, but figuratively.

His dad used to buy lots of things on a whim and they would shortly find themselves among his other purchases...in his top drawer, never to be seen again.  lol