A New Project

Even though the holidays have been buzzing by, I decided that for Christmas this year I would make for all 4 sets of Camia's grandparents a brag book. Sorry the top picture is on an angle, I tried to change it, but it seems like it did not work. For my birthday from my family, I received a cricut machine and it has been fabulous to do lettering on all sorts of things. Since the cartriges are so expensive, I only use the one that was provided with the machine and share with my brother's girlfriend when we go scrapping together since she has the same machine and has received the cartriges as gifts from her family.


I had to think about how I would put the holes in the pages so I could insert the rings as I used chipboard to mount my pages on. With the help of my brother's girlfriend and her punch, I managed to get perfect holes in a few pages. When I left her house, however, I forgot to take the tool home to borrow, so I had to figure out my own way of doing it. My 1/4 inch hole punch was too big, and my teeny tiny one was too small. So, I used my punch that needs to be hammered. Perfect fit! It got a bit noisy, but it worked.I love working with Camia's pictures because she (in my unbiased eyes:)) is very photogenic. Makes for beautiful photos!

I love this photo of her. I placed her in a rocking chair, and she just hung out for a little while.One of my favourite features is that I can change the photos as she gets older by using photo corners to install the photos on my pages, although I have been specifically ordered by my mother-in-law that I am not allowed to take away from the book, I may only add to it. Since chipboard is not that cheap, I think that perhaps I will reserve updating for occasions such as birthdays and such.

Another Birthday

Wednesday would have been my sister Becky's birthday. She would have been 17. It snowed that day, about 5 or 6 inches in some places. I know that she would have been excited to have a white birthday. I am sure that with this snow, she would have been out there and racing down mountains on skis or a snowboard, another way for her to be active and full of life. It's hard to believe that we have missed having her birthday with her for 6 of her birthdays already. Sometimes it feels as though it has been so long, and sometimes it feels as though it was not that long ago at all. Sometimes it is so hard to see what was intended for our benefit in this situation. I feel as though she has missed out on so much of our lives, and I think often of how she would have felt to be an aunt to my daughter. I am sure she would have loved it. Or maybe she would have been too caught up in her life to love it. Who knows?

It says in the Bible that God works all things for our benefit. It is so hard to believe it still, even though its been 5.5 years. Although, I have to admit that we as a family have seen things happen as a result of her death. That, too, is hard to swallow because we ask why did she have to leave us so this could happen?

Even though at times I feel that her life was cut short, God says that before we are conceived, our days are numbered. So therefore I may not say "if I had done...." because God's purpose for her on this earth was done. It was time for her to go home to glory. This is what I must believe.

A New Week

It's so exciting to have a 6 month old! Every day I love her so much.

Last week she cut her second tooth. I was pretty excited, but not nearly as excited as time she cut her first tooth.

She is so much more interactive these days. She looks at people when they call her name, and she is generally very happy when we are in big groups. It makes me laugh when she yells and 'talks' when we have coffee social after church.

She is almost crawling, it won't be long now! Then she will be into everything, I am sure. These days she moves backwards when she tries to crawl, and ends up under tables and chairs and against walls.

Her laugh is so contagious, and she laughs and talks so much. She amuses me when I am not with her that I can hear her little laugh and babble.

She just makes me so happy!

A Breather

Its been a while! We finally got new carpet yesterday, and with the help of my wonderful mother, alot of stuff has moved around in our household. Suddenly our house seems so big. I think I will need to purchase more furniture :D ! The carpet looks lovely and gives it a brand new look that I love so much. It is a lovely taupe speckled short shag and goes with my colours and decor theme so very well. The house looks so much better than when we first moved in!

There are a few other projects that we would like to tackle one day but, for now, the new carpet has done wonders. Things like new doors and knobs will have to wait until later. Maybe for the time being I will spray the door knobs all black to kinda match what I'd like to have in the future.

With the holiday season approaching, I decided that it might be fun to spruce up my blog accordingly. I went to www.thecutestblogontheblock.com and found a background that I like, and so much more! So much fun! Now I have to figure out how to load pictures.....or you could just check out my photo albums on my facebook:)!

I thought that since my house is almost all set up, I would also spruce my house up with some holiday cheer. I purchased some Pointsetta's from Safeway and set one of them at the top of my stairs in a little corner where is looks festive. Christmas is such a wonderful season!

Now, while my sweetie is sleeping, I am going to unpack some boxes.