Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Project Life Tuesday- Catching up Weeks 37- 44 (Part3)

Ok, so we're getting really close!!! I've been able to pack this post with quite a few weeks for you to catch up on so I hope you'll hang in there with me for just a little bit more.

So here we go...


WEEK 37- This week was another multiple page week as you can see.  Aside from a Back to School night for Mikey, and getting to speak at my Weight Watcher meeting, this was the week of our 3rd Reunion of the year- the 2nd annual "We are Family" Reunion


We got a little more organized this year and sent out an E-vite instead, so to get that in the album I went back to the e-vite site and took a screen shot of the invitation, cropped it and saved it as a j-peg file so I could get it printed through Costco.  Voila! I also added some journal cards to write in the families that were represented at this year's reunion.


 




And I added an insert with the pictures I took that week of Katarina and Samantha as well.








 Then I finished the back side with the rest of the pictures of the reunionn, and I made sure to include the group pictures so we can compare them to next years.  I had fun adding some color with the kit cards too.







WEEK 38- A week of seeking new opportunities for me, a new running gadget for Mikey, and new way of going green, and a possible new acting career for Mikey. lol. On the flip, Chris found my old typewriter which he got a kick out of comparing to his new "technology," and we went to celebrate an early birthday dinner for Jerry. ;)







                                                                                                                                                                 

WEEK 39-  Another short week where I didn't really get any pictures until the weekend, but those were the ones that mattered the most. Jerry's b-day was actually that coming Monday, but we decided to celebrate the Saturday and Sunday before. Jerry's birthday coincides on the same day as our dear friend Jehad's b-day. They were born the exact same day and year! Go figure, but we had never celebrated their birthdays together so this year we did. Then Sunday we went to church and met up with the family and my little Sofia had a Candy Crush game with Father Ramon.Gotta love it!


WEEK 40- Omg! Week 40! Can you believe it? Anyway, let's just say that as soon as Jerry's b-day hits it becomes Birthday season for our family. This week was my Aunt's b-day, we got to see the baby at the family dinner and Christian and his band Big Brother got to perform at the Guitar Merchant. Oh, and my Lulu got a picture in this week just for looking so cute when she sleeps.

WEEK 41- This week started off special with my little niece's 8th birthday (see what I mean- the 3rd b-day in less than a week and more to come), some random B/W picture taking, a Throwback Thursday picture of my childhood home (Thanks Jess!), and an awesome Bon Jovi concert with Danny (his first and last one apparently), and a fun time at the local parochial school fair with the boys and Mrs. Robinson. 


 WEEK 42 and 43- These two weeks are a good example of where I've tried to make two separate weeks look symmetrical just by using similar title cards and positioning. I also happened to have to Facebook posts (at the top corners) that I print screened once again, saved and got printed like a picture.


 Other than that these two weeks were actually pretty productive and full of some nice memories. I started week 42 off with a clean house (its rare but it happens), we listened to the Dodgers playing in the playoffs on the radio, the boys went on a dinner date with their uncle, and we baby sat Jellybean. Week 43 started off with a high school visit, a beautiful rose least expected from my sweet hubby, and a weekend doing our part for others, and then a Halloween party to celebrate.



WEEK 44-   This was actually one week where it FELT like it was 2 different weeks! It went from celebrating Halloween with the traditional school parade/functions, and trick-or-treating for the kids, to celebrating a wedding all within a few days time.





I love getting decorative items from something as simple as the back of my monthly subscription of Real Simple. They have a monthly calendar and a small picture copy of that month's cover. Love when it can be that easy and super useful!

So I think I will end it here for this post! 
I have weeks 45 and 46 already done, but I will post those along 
with Week 47, (this current week) and then....I am COMPLETELY caught up!! 

WOOHOO!!!

It feels so good to have followed thru on this challenge, and I can 't thank you all enough for 
stopping by to check out this fabulous project once again.

From my corner to yours...Have a great day!




Note: For more information about Project Life please visit www.beckyhiggins.com or you can find Project Life products for sale on Amazon.com and Michael's craft stores.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Foto Friday- A trip to Target (a photo essay)

So I'm taking a break (and giving you a break!) from catching up on my Project life today because its Foto Friday, but I will be back on Monday...hopefully! ;)


So a few weeks ago, I felt inspired to take my good DSLR camera with me wherever I went. I don't do this everyday because I really do use my iPhone camera a lot, but I'm always looking for the opportunity to practice so I took it with me on a typical trip to pick up Danny from school on a normal 1:30pm Friday pickup, and Mikey happened to be off from school that day. I parked the car and I just began to shoot. Honestly, I really didn't know what I was trying to get, but I was just shooting my boys in what I felt was their natural state. I also decided I was going to shoot in just black and white as I was curious as to what mood that would set for them.

And after looking at the set of pictures I realized that I had something that fits a format that is apparently called a photo-essay- a set or series of photographs that are intended to tell a story or evoke a series of emotions in the viewer.  

Hmmm...An interesting concept! So why not share them that way, right? 

I don't expect these pictures to evoke any serious emotions out of you at all, but hopefully this photo essay will tell you a short story about 2 silly boys who love to go to Target and why....

  




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 Mom, can we go?








"Boys, I've gotta look for some stuff..."
Ugggh
 "Shopping is boring... can we go home now?"

And so it goes for boys being boys - its no longer fun when shopping is involved.
;)

This was fun! I hope you enjoyed it too!

From my corner to yours...Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend!




Thursday, November 14, 2013

Project Life- Catching Up (part 2) Weeks 31- 36

Hello my friends! So glad you've decided to join me again. ;)

You have no idea how good it felt to get that blog post off my chest yesterday! Getting these pages updated on my blog has been looming over me for a long time to say the least, so as long as I'm on a roll, I'm going for it.

But FIRST-
I needed to make a correction to Week 29 from yesterday's post-
I apparently forgot that I had also added this insert of the series of continous shots I got of the boys  breaking through each of their planks to complete their yellow belt testing. It was such an important moment for each of them, and we were so proud that they deserve to be recognized for that.  I had just forgotten that I had added this insert to the already expansive 4 pages for that week. I believe that every memory counts, don't you?



Ok, so here we go with weeks 31- 36...


Weeks 31 and 32
Yesterday I forgot to show you how 2 individual weeks look like side by side.  You'll see that I do my best to coordinate both sides so even though they're different weeks I can still make it visually appealing. But to be honest that's the nice thing about this project is that you can't really make it look bad. Somehow the pages end up going together anyway.  These two weeks maybe not so much, but on the other hand..they're also done!

 WEEK 31- This week I apparently didn't take any pictures during the week so our trip to Palm Springs with my In Laws was enough to fill in the page. And I added a cute new journal card in there with some of the details of our very restful weekend. We did not do much at all other than take in the sun, the palm trees, some swimming and some good food. Its always a lot of fun to travel with the Titos.






WEEK 32-  This was the last week before school started for the kids and Christian unfortunately found himself pretty much doing homework ALL summer long even upto the night before his first day of school (poor kid) and I took pictures of the very clever note he left us not just on his door but on Facebook as well letting us just how delirious he had gotten that night....loved it! I also got in a dinner with my BFF's for Alicia's b-day, and Mikey and I crashed a movie at the park with Chris and his friends.

Just a note: you will notice soon enough that I didn't quite do a good job at matching my title cards these few weeks. I should have used them on matching left and right pages, but didn't. Oh well...again, they're done! That's all that matters.



WEEK 33- And the school year begins for Chris and Danny while Mikey continues to enjoy an extra week to himself. We babysat my niece, got a new kitchen faucet to replace a leaky one (finally) and ended the week with a last minute getaway to Sin City, Las Vegas! We went with my mom and my aunt and its always an adventure when we're together but we enjoyed all of it. The boys really got the most out of their time at the pool and at Circus Circus.
  

WEEK 34-  And finally the summer is officially over as Mikey started school on Aug. 19th. This was a special week all around as it was also Danny's 14th birthday and we had a special visit from our cousin Danny (Yes two Danny Camacho's in our family) and his wife Crystal from Texas. 




WEEK 35- This week was all about getting back in the groove of things for me, a trip to the bank for Danny, getting Mikey started on training for his mile, seeing our nephew in uniform, and celebrating my brother's 40th birthday at a family friendly pub. I also included labor day weekend in this week with pictures of Katarina getting in the pool for the first time.







WEEK 36- It was another scorching week to end the month of August and I felt the need to acknowledge that the last few months of the year were upon us. We had a nice Colombian meal to close up the week. And to be honest as I mention in my journaling card, it seemed to have been a pretty uneventful week as I couldn't remember anything truly mind blowing about it. So on to the next week. 



So I got 6 weeks into this post...yay!! And if you think about it, those 6 weeks basically took us all the way through end of July to the first week of September. Wow! That's how time goes by so quickly! We're catching up and I'm so excited!

Thanks again!

From my little corner....See you tomorrow!








Note: For more information about Project Life please visit www.beckyhiggins.com or you can find Project Life products for sale on Amazon.com and Michaels craft stores