A New Year

One of my New Year's Resolutions is to try to stay more current with my blog. To that end, I have updated it with a new look -- smooches by Pixel Geek. I love it! Even though it is probably meant to be for Valentine's Day, I believe it is appropriate for all year because of the "love" theme. I scrap about the people and things I love, mostly family. I wish I could give them (my family) smooches all year through!

The holidays were beautiful, full of family times, traditions, and lots and lots of love. This layout is of my four gorgeous granddaughters Destiny, Bailey, Caitlin and Jordan.

Credits: Santa's Kingdom by Newlife Dreams

This photo was taken on Christmas Eve, right after the girls opened their gifts from me. They were super excited and so cute!

As I scrap more of my photos, I'll share more of our holiday happenings.

ScrapperGirl Sale!!

ScrapperGirl has an amazing promotion right now at Inspiration Lane. Check it out:

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Spend at least $5 in my store and your entire purchase is 50% off.

Coupon valid until August 18th.

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Jungle Boogie

Robyn Greif (ScrapperGirl Designs) is releasing her newest kit, Jungle Boogie, tomorrow August 8. I gotta tell you, this kit is adorable! I love the orange and brown color palette and all the jungle elements she has created to go with it. Here are a couple of layouts I made from her kit.

The photos are of my cute nephew, Jace, and his friends when they visited the Hogle Zoo on Senior Day last May. They were having such a good time!

Robyn's kit will be available to purchase tomorrow at Inspriation Lane, Pretty Scrappy, and her newest store at Scrapable. Make sure you check it out!

Happy Birthday to Me

ScrapperGirl Designs has a new kit, Birthday Bash. It is full of fun, bright colors, perfect to scrap your birthday photos and other celebrations. I just had to scrap a page for my Book of Me of my birthday this month!

Aren't those balloons and other party elements the cutest! You can pick her kit up at Inspiration Lane, and today it is only $2.00!

Back to Real Life

It has been a very busy month so far. My annual trip to Snowbird with the family was fantastic. It was so beautiful up in the mountains! Everything was so green, and there were a lot of colorful wildflowers. Lots of snow was on the top of the mountain and there were many waterfalls and streams running down the slopes.

For me, it was mostly a time to relax my mind and rejuvenate my soul. Even though it is not far from home, Snowbird seems to be in another world. There is no traffic, noise, or confusion but only beauty, quiet and lots of family love.

All the kids stayed very busy with swimming, hiking, playing games and making crafts. This is a layout of all of them modeling the cute necklaces they all made while there. Aren't they adorable!

Credits: Doodlicious kit by Sweet Blossom Designs,

except for glitter splats, which are from the kit

My Favorite Things by Scrappy Cocoa.

I Love July!

July is my favorite month of the year!! It is finally hot and sunny (my favorite weather) here in Utah. It feels so good to take a book or my laptop outside to sit on the bench on my big front porch. There are also lots sof events in July to keep me excited and busy.

First up, of course, is the 4th of July. My family gets together every 4th for a barbecue and our own cul-de-sac of fire. This year we went to my niece, Kandice, and her hubby, Jared's house. We ate too much good food and had so much fun setting off our fireworks. Take a look at a couple of layouts I did of our festivities.

Credits: Fireworks by Just So Scrappy

Credits: Americana by Robyn Greif (ScrapperGirl Designs).

Photo mask: Patriotic Photo Masks by Graham Like the Cracker

My birthday is on July 7, and for as long as I can remember, we have celebrated it on July 4. It's so much fun to have fireworks on my birthday!!!

Next week, my whole family (and some of the aunts, uncles and cousins) are heading up to Snowbird for a week of fun in the mountains. We have been doing this every year in July for 33 years now (wow, I'm getting old!). I'll be taking lots of photos to scrap - tee hee!

Utah celebrates Pioneer Day on July 24th. It is a state holiday with parades, rodeos, more fireworks, etc. I live in Spanish Fork, and we celebrate Fiesta Days on the 24th, too. Along with the parades and rodeos, there is a carnival and lots of activities at the City Park. I live just one block from the park, so my neighborhood is very busy that week.

Hope you are all enjoying July!!!

Super Saver Weekend at Inspiration Lane

Check out the great deals on ScrapperGirl products during Inspiration Lane's Super Saver Weekend. You can grab these kits for just $2.00 each! What a deal! Go check them out!