National Scrapbook Day

This is a photo of Heidi and I, working on our books on scrapbook day! It is held in this beautiful little farmhouse. There is a photo of it on the wall above my head. If you left click on this photo you can zoom in to see our cute pages!

This year Scrapbook day was celebrated in Boise a week earlier than the norm. I have not been able to go these past couple of years so it was a real treat to go this year. I flew out Thursday morning, and Heidi picked me up at the airport, and we Headed out to lunch at "Mongolian Grill". I have never been there before and I enjoyed it a lot! Next stop was to our all time favorite scrapbook store, "Archiver’s". Kylie and Ashley were at School and Lizzie was at Pre-school, so we had a couple of hours to snoop through the awesome collection of stuff, and select a few papers and some quotes, that would work with the pages we planned to work on. We got home just in time to greet Lizzie when she came home.
I really enjoyed the girls this trip. I wasn’t feeling real well, so I rested in the recliner quite a bit. The girls liked the fact that I was a captive audience and I heard all about school, church, all their fabulous teachers, their friends, I saw their art talents in action, and really loved getting to know them on a more personal level.
Kylie really has a talent for storytelling, and art. I think she will write books someday, and illustrate them herself! She made up a cartoon strip with 18 little sections telling the story of a little family of birds who were terrorized by a bald eagle, and how they used their creative talents to defend themselves. The story line was great and the illustrations are so darn cute! Kylie is composing a piece for piano and it really sounds nice as far as she has come with it.
Ashley kept me entertained with her never ending stories about everything that is happening in her world. She played piano for me and she is progressing nicely, especially for the short time she has played. She is already playing chords and doing a great job. She is such a loving child, and I enjoyed having her cuddle up next to me. Ashley is such a great reader, and she’s got a non stop imagination! I enjoyed a video recording of her acting and singing in a school production about the sea. She is so animated and dramatic, the perfect little actress.
Lizzie amused me with her sweet little conversations. She talked to me more this trip than in her whole life. She was fun to watch as she made up little stories about her toys. Full of imagination and sweetness, she is a delight to be around.
Saturday, Heidi and I spent all day chatting and laughing and working on our books. We took a couple of hours in the afternoon to attend a bridal shower for a sweet girl in Heidi's ward. Other than that break, and a little while for lunch at Subway, we scrapped from 9:00 AM to 9:30 PM.
I worked on my mother’s life story. This time the pages I worked on were about her pets, and the show dogs (American Cocker Spaniels) that our family raised when I was a child. I did pages about mom’s siblings. 3 brothers and two sisters. I added to the pages about the 20 years they lived in St George, Utah. This was an enjoyable activity and brought back so many wonderful memories for me.

Sunday, After Sacrament Meeting in their ward, Heidi drove me to the airport and I flew home. Gracie and Oscar were so happy to see me. I was pretty happy to see them and receive their sweet love too! Gracie almost ate Ralph and I both up when we got her from the Puppy Lounge! Thanks to Ralph and Ryan who took care of Oscar while I was away.