School Days and September Fun..

I know it has been a while, but I thought I would post these pictures before I forget.
Isabel's first day of Kindergarten:

 Bittersweet for Mommy, but Isabel has been loving being a big girl, riding the school bus, playing, learning, and making lots of new friends.

"Little Miss Snacker"

 

A trip to the Bronx Zoo:

Getting new hair accessories at a Craft Show:

 

Being Girly:

 

and Bailey getting to spend lots of quality time with Mommy while Big Sister is in school:

Good Fun!!!!

Summer's Beauty

We never usually get to the arboretum by our house this time of the year, but we were lucky to go and see all of nature's beauty.  The flowers were in full bloom:

The girls had lots of fun!!

It's almost mid-August and sadly enough, Summer is almost over...
These two have been spending most of the time at the pool.

It is hard to believe this one will be starting Kindergarten next month!!!

I have a couple layouts I did with my A Million Memories July Kit..

Lots of pretty bright colors and lots of October Afternoon..

And here are a couple from the Beach and Lake:

That's it for now...Happy Friday!!

Just Beachy!

It's been HOT! Real hot! I love Summer so it is just fine with me, but the little ones need cool fun..
We spent a day at the beach last week and they had a great time

playing in the water

digging in the sand

and just being silly

I love to watch two sisters playing nicely

And taking pictures as the sun starts to fade

It wouldn't be Summer without a trip to the beach!!!

I have a couple of layouts to share -Love this American Crafts orange paper...

Here is one from my Noel Mignon "Sunkissed" July Kit:

And two featuring some October Afternoon ..Love OA!

This bottom one just makes me Smile!!!
Have a great Thursday!!!

Mid July Pics and Layouts

Hey Blog!

It's been a while and we have been busy doing lots of Summer things:

Cruisin-

Boating

Swinging

Eating lot's of ice cream

Celebrating the 4th

Swimming

Lot's of Good Fun...
I have been working with the Noel Mignon July kit, "Sunkissed".  This was my first kit from Noel and I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised with the quantity of paper and embellishments in this kit.  There is lots of We Are Memory Keepers and the new Echo Park line.  The kits always seemed a bit pricey to me, but I would definitely order one of her kits again.
Here are some of my layouts:

I added some bits and pieces here and there, but for the most part I used the kit.. I have been busy.  I think I work better when I do a bunch of layouts at one time, laying them down on paper and then going back to fine tune with journaling and embellishments..

I also did a couple of layouts with my May/June A Million Memories kits:
This one has some Girl's Paperie:

This one has some paper from a vintage Golden Book:

And this one has lot's of October Afternoon.  I love layering lots of little photos into a collage:

That is it for right now..It is raining and dreary here..Makes me think of Fall..But, I am Definitely NOT ready for that yet..The sun should be back tomorrow and we are planning on heading to the beach! Yay!

Thanks for Reading!