Good Friends

I saw a saying recently that basically indicated that a big part of what makes scrapbooking great is the people you scrapbook with (they said it better!).  It's a very true statement.  Scrapbookers are really the greatest people.  They are kind, generous and dedicated to documenting things about their loved ones.  When they come together in groups, it's magical - the camaraderie is electric.

I'm lucky to count scrapbookers as my closest friends.  When we need a "girls' night out," we rent the local lodge room (back of our town hall) and talk to our hearts' content while we scrapbook about our families.  It's the best therapy.  I realize that to non-scrappers, this sounds a little dull, but it's my idea of the perfect night out and it feeds my soul.

Saturday night was one of those nights for us!  It felt so good to get three more layouts finished and even better to get caught up with Shauna and Nicole.  As we get busier in our lives working and raising kids, it's harder to keep up with each other.  Scrapbooking gives us a good excuse to do just that!
 

My daughter's first gymnastics class was back in January and it was love at first sight for her.  She looked so natural in the movements and really enjoyed it.  The layout is based on a Becky Fleck sketch.

At my son's hockey wind-up recently, we did a parents vs the kids game where I got to play against him :)  It was so fun to be on the ice with him.  Then, he received the medal for most improved player (only 3 medals were given out among 20 players) and it was almost overwhelming for me to see him receive credit for all the hard work he put in this season.  We were blessed with an amazing team, coaching staff and season.  The side portion of the layout is a 6x6 add-on that I'll adhere to the page protector in the album.

This was one of those photo ops that just had to be scrapped.  The hoar frost on the trees was gorgeous against the bright blue sky and quickly melting off in the warm sun. But the kids cooperated just long enough to get some great photos.  The butterfly paper is a glitter die-cut paper that is so much prettier that the photo shows - a really fun layout to do :)

Well, tomorrow, we're off to Edmonton to take the kids to Bon Jovi!  I'm sure that little trip will provide me with many more scrapbooking opportunities - I may just have to book that lodge room again ;)