Project Life Week 12

This week I got Logan's September pictures in their pages. Still pushing off the journal cards (I can do those when I have just a few moments while the kids are otherwise occupied). I'm looking forward to summer break so that I can get 2011 completed and maybe even get caught up on 2012. The spring semester is my busiest time at work so getting pages done has proven difficult.

Here's the layouts:

Chandler Cousins Birthday Party

My sister, Kelly, did a joint birthday party for her kids whose birthday's are about a month apart, and are at about the only ages when they would both be interested in the same thing.  She rented a huge bounce house/slide thingy.  The kids jumped all day (and then next too until the company finally came and got it).  After we cut the cake, she pulled out the silly string for everyone.

The cake table.  The cake had an almost exact replica of the bounce house she rented.

Project Life Tuesday Week 11

I'm not getting as much done but am still trying to do at least a little. This week I got Logan's pictures in for August 2011. I didn't get the journal cards completed but I'll work on them soon.

Here's this week's layouts:

Glen Rose Trip

We took a few days during our spring break to take trip to Glen Rose to see dinosaurs and other wild animals.  We went to Dinosaur World and saw life-sized statues of dinosaurs.  The kids also got to "dig" for fossils.  It was really just a big sandbox but they enjoyed looking at all they found.

Sophie really wanted to go into the roped areas, especially when there were replicas of baby dinosaurs.  In her words, she just "wants to pet them".

On our way back to the hotel, we stopped to check out a real fossil dig.  It had been discovered a couple of years ago behind a motel in a ravine.  After telling you a little about it and explaining what to do, you could look for fossils yourself.  Sophie and Logan used small brushes to sweep away the dirt and ended up finding a fossil of a mussel that we got to keep.

The next day we went to Fossil Rim Animal Safari.  I think Paul and I enjoyed it even more than the kids.  We were able to feed animals from the car, including giraffes who ate through our sun roof.  Seeing dozens of giraffes just roaming around was so amazing!



We had a great time and it was very nice to spend time together as a family.