Digital Scrapbooking

My sister is a great digital scrapbooker, and I'm always thinking that I should really do a better job or recording memories for the kids, so I decided to bite the bullet and give it a try. Here's my first two layouts -- not perfect, but I'll figure it out. It is nice to have some stories written down. Now if I can just stay up late enough at night to work on them without interruption.

Boo from "Monsters Inc" and Emery from the Camarenas

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here's a picture of Olivia modeling a dress that our friend Mary sent from Africa. She had fun during our little photo shoot. This was taken in between nose blowing and coughing - everyone here is fighting a cold. We're hoping Zicam will do the trick for the big people, but poor Em is just on her own since the pharmacies won't even sell infant cold medicine anymore.

And so I don't leave Emery out, here's a photo of her modeling the latest in monkey nightgown fashion. Only two days of school this week, so we're all in a good mood around here. Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Olivia the Cheerleader

Olivia participated in the cheerleader's little girls cheerleading clinic and they ended by cheering at the football game last night. Here are a couple of pictures from the event. Olivia won the spirit stick for having the most spirit in her age group. She was duly unimpressed - more concerned about buying a lollipop at the concession stand.

"I don't really school."

Today Olivia informed John and I that she doesn't really like school. "Why not," I asked. "Because they won't let me write my l's and i's the way I want to. I'm like I know how to write. But they make you do it their way and not yours. And I like capitals and not lowercase letters." I told her it was important to learn your lowercase letters. She paused. "Well, the other reason I don't like it is you have to listen to the teacher all day." And so it begins....

Seasons of Love

Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Moments so dear
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure - Measure A Year?
In Daylights - In Sunsets
In Midnights - In Cups Of Coffee
In Inches - In Miles
In Laughter - In Strife
In Five Hundred Twenty-Five ThousandSix Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure A Year In The Life?
How About Love? Measure In Love
Seasons of Love. Seasons of Love.

In Truth That She Learned Or In Times That He Cried
In Bridges He Burned Or The Way That She Died
It's Time Now - To Sing Out
Though The Story Never Ends
Let's Celebrate Remember A Year In The Life Of Friends
Remember the Love Remember the Love