Photos from mom's wayback box

My wayback box is out of control so I decided

to plow through my mom's - it was

a mission for a photo of her and found a treasure

trove of photos of my kidlets as kidlets.

(And I didn't notice that stupid tag moved. Sigh

Says not a quitter under it).

Anyhoo, while I was plowing through the box I found a ton

of photos and these I decided to put together

as a "theme". 

Nick on all of his rides throughout the years.

I thought that was pretty cool.

Of course the pix were all different sizes so putting

them on a mat was necessary.

I put a bit of journaling about his tenacity in learning

to ride, which didn't come easy.

That boy fell off the bike so many times I had to quit

watching because I wanted to make him stop.

But I had to let him persevere and sha-zam - he stopped falling.

Yay!! Go Nick.

In the pink-totally

It is soooo good to be home.

After doing a ton of laundry and washing the car

I was able to get to my scrap table.

I haven't completed my travel album yet, waiting

on the new 4.5" rings I ordered because I blew up the 3" LOL.

However, I had this one completed before I left

and in the meantime yesterday, I completed FIVE pages.

Therefore, rolling with the 6x12 size 

because I love the paper and whacked it up

somewhere along the way, I

layered in some other papers, rick rack (which I love)

and some puffy stickers and transparency roll out the top of the page.

 This paper is actually from a baby girl pack

from Echo Park.

Looks like it can be used for big girls too.

 Got in that Heidi Swapp heart - almost done with that pack.

Love using stash.

Turned out very fun.

That was not the original photo I was going with

but after I layered all the papers

this pix just seemed to fit better.

Annie girl sporting her biker helmet.

I don't think they missed a ride - Venice Italian festival

And we didn't miss a food booth.

The Italian American club eggplant parmagian was soooo delish-

I wanted to lick the paper plate.

Seriously.

Nick would be proud.

I played around with these photos in lightroom.

Alot of hoop jumping - it took me awhile to get this posted.

It was a beautiful sunny day - the temperature was just right 

and the layout was perfect - lots of places to sit and eat

and lots of room to move around in.

I need to practice with my camera more 

 because there's only so much photoshopping one can do to improve things.

Sun and shade...... although when one is being

flung around on a ride - these action shots aren't so bad.