El Cinco de Mayo

Good morning and happy Wednesday!  As most of you know, yesterday was Cinco de Mayo, a day celebrated more in the United States than in Mexico.

In honor of the holiday, I made this layout in the morning ...

... and then invited my "crew" to lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant here in Gainesville.

Andrew likes this restaurant because they have two fountains that he can toss coins into and also these beautiful hand-carved and painted chairs.  Here he is holding some pennies while he stands next to his favorite chair in the entire restaurant, the one covered with ocean animals.  (He seems a bit sad here because this chair was occupied when we arrived, but we convinced him that sitting in the booth next to this chair was even better because he could look at it while we ate.)

Here are the grandkids enjoying some helado (ice cream) after lunch.

And here is Carolina taking a siesta mere minutes after the ice cream. (No more guacamole for her!!!)

We had a nice time and have the photos to prove it.  And this is why I want to encourage all of you to make prints of the photos you take with your smart phones and get them into scrapbooks.  I know a person who lost her iPhone and with it all of the irreplaceable photos she had taken.  Very sad.

Thanks very much for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Don't Worry, Be Hoppy!

Good morning and happy Tuesday.

Those of you who follow me regularly know that I've made a number of jungle animal layouts recently.  Well, here's one where I decided to let the jungle be invaded by frogs, all types of frogs.  I've titled this one "Be Hoppy!"  I hope that you like it.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day!

National Scrapbook Day

Good morning and happy Monday.  

This past Saturday, May 2nd, was National Scrapbook Day which I celebrated with some amazing scrappers at Scrapbooking Moments in Time's weekend scrap in Ft. Lauderdale.  Here's one of the first layouts I made on Friday titled "Hello Sunshine".

And here are some silly moments at the crop.  This is me after tripping and spilling 144 paper leaves.

And here are Suzanne and my niece, Gabriela, who wrapped herself up in a towel because she was too cold.

And here are Karen & Gabriela with the "Chin on Hand" ladies.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  I will be showing more layouts from this crop later in the week.  Have a terrific and blessed day.

Love this Boy / Love this Girl

Good morning and happy Friday!  I'm happy to be able to spend this weekend in South Florida again.

Here are a couple of themed layouts that I recently made.  This one is titled "Love this Boy" ...

... and this one is titled "Love this Girl".

I hope that you like them and get some inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day and a terrific and safe weekend.