Mom's Day 2004

Going through the photo's I have from previous Mother's Day, I came across these two from 2004. These are the only pictures we took that year? Curious as to why? Was I not feeling well? Did I not think Mother's Day was special if it was not in a restaurant? Is it because if the women don't plan it then it is all last minute and we are not able to get a reservation? We used to go to McCormick and Schmicks in Pasadena every year with all the Mom's (My Mom and Mother in Law). Now we just celebrate it with my side of the family and have to have a separate get together for David's Mom... So I decided to scrapbook these two photo's even though it does not really tell a whole lot. I used the Laura Ashley paper from the Blue Collection. The flower die cuts are from Marcella K at Target. The purse with the flowers was my gift that year from my sister in law. It is a ceramic purse with a handle and you put your flowers inside of it with the water. Cute. The kids had a chocolate chip pancake breakfast. They LOVED it!

Mother's Day 2005

One of our assignments this month is a Mother's Day layout. Thought I would share the layout I did last year, this one of the two pages. The family went to Green Street in Pasadena for brunch. This was when my little girl was still "girlie" and wore cute skirts and dresses. Now she all about pants and shorts (macho shoes) and Hollister t-shirts. I can not wait until she reverts back to the feminine look because she is so pretty. I still need to decide what I am going to do this year. I think I'll use pictures from 2004 (I am so behind in my scrapbooking) with some Laura Ashley paper and velum I had bought years ago. (I need to start using up my old supplies... not just to make room for new stuff, but I would like to have less "stocked" papers and buy as I need). I find I am so excited with each new line and "have to have it." Instead of really needing it or using it. The lines come with so many coordinating items as far as embellishments, you can spend a bit of cash on a layout. And with my forgetfulness I will buy all the extras and then forget all about them unless I store them together, and we all know what that is like. Bags of stuff all over the scrapbook room. Hey, so Happy Mother's Day to all of you Mom's and may you spend it the day doing what you love the most! (Being with your family!)