Make it Match

So what do you do with an orange pumpkin in a girly room? Why of course you paint it!
At least that is what Ava did. Looks pretty good to me. Good job Ava.

Harvest Farm

Harvest Farm has a Fall Festival that is a lot of fun for the little ones. Here are several layouts showing our grandchildren and a variety of activities at that festival.

In case you may remember, back on October 23, I posted a page from this same outing.

The farm itself has a purpose that is much needed. I've  copied the following straight from their website.

" Harvest Farm, a 100-acre farm located in Wellington, Colorado, provides the opportunity for up to 72 men to achieve self-sufficiency through the New Life Program. For many men coming out of homelessness and addiction, the Farm’s fresh air, rural environment, unique work therapy opportunities, and location away from the city’s temptations provide an ideal place to refocus and begin anew.
Each October, the Mission hosts an annual Harvest Farm Fall Festival to invite people from the community to explore the Farm, learn about our programs, and enjoy fun fall festival activities in a family friendly environment."

In my opinion, this is a mission worthy of support.

When it comes to scrapbooking, we have to remember, it is an art, not a science. Since that is the case, an 'artist' has a lot of leeway. One person's dream, may be another's nightmare. I can't say that this layout would be either. I'm just saying that ever since I made it, I've questioned my decisions.

Tonight I finally decided to leave it the way it is, but as I drug it onto the blog, I started having second thoughts. The colors are fine. Everything goes along with the season. It is symmetrical. BUT IT JUST ISN'T RIGHT. I think I know why now.  It is just too busy. All the froufrou takes the focus off the subject!

By the time I get enough pages to make my next book, I will probably have changed this layout; but for the time being, here it is, with all my doubts. 

I couldn't do it. Here is my next try:

Sorry to say these two sisters are not able to get together much.  It makes me happy to see them both here; but it was a sad day that brought them home. Their cousin, older than Chelle yet younger than April passed away and they were here for his funeral.

This is Ashley. I don't have a Christmasy picture of her yet, but I'm hoping to have some soon. In the meantime,  I'm posting this one of her posing with her Grandmother Gayle's  dog Meggie last month.

Today was a good day for my scrapbooking. I made quite a few layouts. That is an especially good thing, because at present I'm pretty far  behind.

Our Mathmetician

Not that I understand this, but I do know that it is quite impressive. I am so not into Math, that this may as well be magic to me. I have the same puzzled mind as when someone pulls a rabbit out of a hat. I just wonder what happened? How did he do that?

I do know enough to be proud of him and pray that everything goes well for Aussie when he finishes high school this spring with an associates degree and enters college life at Vanderbilt.

One Fine Day

Our daughter April and her husband Tim drove up from Marietta to see us yesterday. It is great that they now live close enough to do that once in a while. It is a 2 hour drive, but that is so much easier than four like it has been for many years.

While they were here they wanted to see her uncle Jerry, her dad's brother, so they took us all to dinner together. It was a wonderful evening and we are now looking forward to the next visit.

Dinner was at her other uncle's restaurant, Angie's... everything from the greatest pizza ever to filet mignon.