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Project Life 2013 March

March is my favorite month of the year. To me, it means gorgeous Arizona weather, Nate's birthday, our anniversary, Cactus League Spring Training, family and visitors. It's always an activity filled month, packed full of fun! This year was no exception.

MARCH SPREAD NO. 1

Before we jump into March, I'll recap the last bit of February, which can be found on the left side of the spread.My favorite photo? The one on the top, with me sporting my new bangs! It's been nearly 20 years since I last had bangs of any sort, and back then, they were a LOT taller. The modern version much better. Just sayin...

On the right, you'll find the beginning of March. The large journaling card documents many of the events from a family visit, that included my Mom, Dad, Grandma (aka Nanny) and Aunt Kim. They all road tripped from Nebraska to see me, Nate and our new house. It was so wonderful to have them here. We ate out, had a housewarming party with my family and Nate's, attended a Spring Training game and spent lots of time hanging out on the patio.

MARCH SPREAD NO. 2

The left side of this spread shows more of the fun times we had during my family's visit. There are phtoos from a Spring Training game and lunch/happy hour at the Twisted Lizard. The photo of Nate and I was taken a few days later on his birthday.

The right side has quite a few snapshots from Nate's birthday, including lunch/happy hour at the Temple Bar, cupcakes from Gigi's and him opening his gifts from me (DC shoes and a flag and flag pole).

MARCH SPREAD NO. 3

The left side of the spread shows snapshots of a pretty average week. Lots of cute critter photos, my favorite of which being the photo of Shawna giving me sweet puppy kisses.

The right side has highlights of our anniversary, on St. Patrick's Day. We started early, with beer at Skeptical Chemyst. Later in the evening, we had dinner at Ruth's Chris, followed by more drinks at the Patio Bar, located at the Fairmont Princess. 

MARCH SPREAD NO. 4

On the right is a snapshot of my Chocolate Stout Cupcakes with Irish Cream infused frosting, made for St. Patrick's Day, photos from a Dbacks Spring Training game, and a screen shot of the weather forecast for the week, which was 82-degrees and sun for every single day of that particular week. Awesomeness. 

MARCH SPREAD NO. 5

These final pages are filled with memories of another Spring Training game, a Ginger-Garlic Soba Noodle bowl I concocted that has become on of our favorite meals, photos of spring time blooms and a lot of Shawna, who was being particularly cute that week. My favorite is on the right side of the spread at the bottom. Here she is passed out, with her head on the ground after at day at the office. Work is hard :)

I'll share my final spread from March with my April update, which is complete and just needs to photographed.

I actually have a few fun posts planned in the near future that are NOT Project Life related. Can you believe it? I actually accomplished a little scrapping (digital and traditional) and an fun DIY project which will be coming your way soon. Thank you so much for stopping by!

See more of my Project Life album here or read more about my approach to the project here.

Project Life 2013 February

The month of February is a blur to me. I'm not sure why, but between the busyness of work and life, the month happened and I don't recall much about it. Thankfully, I was busy sticking photos and memorabilia into the pockets as the month passed and I can now look back and let Project Life jolt my memory as to what went on. I love Project Life for that!

The first spread of the month highlights a fun work outing to Olive & Ivy, followed by an afternoon spent painting and drinking at Dry Bar (I work for a pretty cool company!). It also documents more of Shawna's vet trips for ear flushing and treatment as we slowly combated her ear infection and a funny story my niece wrote.

Some of my favorite memories from my second spread include a trip to the theater to see Top Gun in 3-D IMAX, a college alumni event at the Commemorative Air Force Museum, and receiving my awesomely large order of washi tape. I also documented a "before and after" makeover I did, transforming an unflattering men's t-shirt into a girl cut t-shirt. 

The right side of the next spread is all about a work trip to Orlando to see five months of hard work, put into action. It was an amazing event, which ended with a private concert from Bret Michaels. It was pretty awesome :) My favorite photo on the left half just happens to be my newly purchased copper mugs I had ordered so I could mix Nate and myself proper Moscow Mules. 

The left-hand side of the last spread shows lots of randomness, including my truck being towed away when the electrical harness went bad. The photo is the bottom left is the best. It shows poor Shawna passed out after a hard day of work at the "Pawfice". The right-hand side documents an amazing day out on the town, spent with some of my favorite girls, celebrating Lisa's birthday. You can read more about that here. 

There is one more half spread of February that I'll share with my march pages. Thanks for stopping by!

See more of my Project Life album here or read more about my approach to the project here.

Project Life 2013 January

Who knew that on that random March day in 2012 when I hit the purchase button in Amazon, I would be totally overtaken by a single project. Two days later, my Becky Higgins Design G page protectors arrived, changing the way I approach memory keeping forever. Fast forward to nearly a year later and here I am, still loving Project Life more and more each month. 

I bet a few of you were wondering if I was keeping up on Project Life in 2013. The answer is a big, fat YES! What I haven't been keeping up on is photographing it and sharing it here. So, to get caught up, I'm going to throw a few photo heavy blog posts your way. One for January and another for February. Hopefully after that, I can get myself into a routine where I'm sharing on a more regular basis. 

Here it is...Project Life 2013 January! You can view a larger version of each image by clicking on it.

This first layout is a cover page I created for my 2013 album. I think this is something I'll continue in my albums in years to come. It will be fun to have a quick glance of our family and home at the beginning of each album. 

This spread consists of lots of cuddly critters and memories of multiple trips to the vet for poor Shawna. She had one heck of an ear infection that took the better part of the month to cure.

My favorite part of this spread is the "I love you" note with the rose that Nate drew for me one night. He left it on my work clothes so I'd find it the next morning as I got dressed for work. I have the best guy ever! You've got to love a sweet note and flower for no reason, except that he loves you :)

This was a crazy week. It included the cat falling in the pool, so much rain it turned the park across the street from us into a lake and a fun work adventure to the Arizona Biltmore. 

The last spread includes more fuzziness and the lone shot of Nate and I from the month. I think we need to work on getting a few more of those in the album.

With that, another year of Project Life is underway. Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

See more of my Project Life album here or read more about my approach to the project here.

Project Life December

For Project Life December, I tried something new...an all digital format! With packing, moving, unpacking, holiday traveling and more, I knew I'd never actually complete the month if I didn't go digital. It was an interesting process, and although I'm a lover of digital scrapbooking, I discovered I really did not like doing Project Life digitally.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy digital was an option for me. I would have never finished the month otherwise. What I discovered while completing the month digitally is that the process of using my hands and playing with paper and glue is what I really love about Project Life. The basics. The good stuff :) 

In order to match the album format for the previous months of the year, I designed a template to match the sizes of the Design G pockets. I completed a spread at a time, saving the images out at 4x6 photos and printing them. Then, I simply slid them into the pockets. 

Let's take a look at December!

This first spread documents our days leading up to the move. Although we got the keys to the new house at the end of November, we had contractors come in to remove popcorn ceiling (disgusting), paint the walls (an amzing gray from Sherwin Williams called Alpaca) and patch up a dog door we didn't want (cats like to escape through dogs doors). During this week, we took Shawna to the new house for the first time, where she gave us her paw print of approval. We cleaned the new house and tried not to lose cats in boxes while we packed (Baxter will climb into any box, regardless if it's full or empty). Then the movers came and put our life into a big truck and drove it a mile north to our new neighborhood.

This spread highlights fun things, like our first fire in our new fireplace, a new haircut for me, the critters exploring our new home and us departing for Nebraska for an early Christmas. Yes, we're insane. We moved and then left town just a few days later. Let me tell you how hard it is to pack a bag when you're not even sure where your clothes are...

In the upper right, you'll see my mom's Christmas tree. My mom always has the prettiest tree. It's covered in lights and more lights, then topped with hundreds of ornaments. Literally. The best part is that it spins! So fun. 

The left half of the page includes many group shots from our celebration in NE. I wanted to make sure I captured the smiling faces of all my family that was there. The left side has lots of fun things, our airplane tree, our brand new appliances (we had been waiting on the range to arrive), and an awesome new rug I purchased from West Elm with money my grandma, Nanny, gave Nate and I to use for our new home. It's the perfect touch in our living room.

The left spread and part of the right are from our Christmas Eve celebration at our house with Nate's family and some photos from Chrismas Day. See that "cup of cheer" in the corner? That's my own special Holiday Sangria concoction. Amazing stuff. Plus, it looks deceptively healthy :)

The right spread includes shots from lots of yummy lunch/dinner dates and lunch with friends at places like True Foods, Grimaldi's, Nick's and Tommy Bahama's (thanks, Missy). My favorite photos are on the bottom left. My amazing new table from West Elm (can you tell it's my favorite store?) and beautiful avacado green chairs from Pier One. One day, when I'm finished with the decoration, I'll share photos of the setup.

The last spread includes bits of randomness and snapshots from our New Year's Eve celebration. Remember how I mentioned Baxter liked boxes? Well, there was a random Amazon box sitting on the bookshelf (shown in the lower left) and Baxter became obsessed with the box. I certainly wasn't leaving an Amazon box on permanant display, so I ended up buying a basket to replace the box. Now he and Bugsy take turns napping on the shelf. It's kind of fun having live cats as part of the decor :)

I didn't share a lot of detail about our holidy here in Project Life December because I created a Holdiay Memories album, which I'll be sharing next. I can't wait to show you!

See more of my Project Life album here or read more about my approach to the project here.

Project Life November

As I flipped through the pages of Project Life November to write this post, I was surprised at how distant the memories felt. It was if they were from years past, and not just two months ago. My, how things can change in such a short time! 

Like the previous few months of PL spreads, I used papers and embellishments from the current (at the time) Studio Calico kit, which just happened to be Sock Hop. 

Instead of a detailed breakdown of each spread, I'll just provide a short recap. If you want to read more, or see something a little larger, you can click on the spreads to enlarge the image and to read (most of) my journaling.

A few highlights from the first spread of the month include, the inspection and appraisal completed (without issue) on our soon to be new home, my iPhone 5 finally arriving (after waiting for a month) and a crafty girls night out. I'm in love with the photo of the cats, shown in the upper right. Baxter was sweetly giving Bugsy kisses. Cute, right? Well, about three seconds after I snapped the photo, Bugsy sat up and slapped him. Oh, cats... 

This next spread includes photos from many happy hours, memories of a fun trip to Sweet Salvage with my girlfriends and volunteering to fill bags of cat & dog food (donated by PetSmart) for the American Red Cross to distribute (along with people food) to Hurricane Sandy victims.

My favorite photo in this last spread is the keys. The keys to our new home, which we finally received after a grueling 6 month house hunt. So happy it's over!

Of course, the critters were their usual cute selves thoughout the month and made fare more appearances in Project Life than Nate & I did. Up next, Project Life December. See you soon! 

See more of my Project Life album here or read more about my approach to the project here.

Project Life October

It seems the busiest of months often end up with the fewest spreads in my Project Life album. Like September, October's spreads are short and sweet. It seems the more I have to do, the fewer photos I take. I think it happens to all of us. Initially, I was a bit disappointed in the lack of photos for the month. But then I thought about it and realized, had I not been doing Project Life, NONE of these events would have made it into a scrapbook. That my friends, is why I love Project Life :)

Like September, I used Studio Calico's monthly kit. Here's a peek at the first full spread of October, followed by close-ups and details:

As shown clockwise, starting in the upper left corner:

• Dinner and drinks with my college pal Adrian, during an overnight he had in PHX
• A Starbucks Cool Lime Refresher. My lifeline most weekdays :)
• Shawna had a particularly ornery day. In the first photo, she's trying to ride to the office while standing on the door of my Explorer. Needless to say, it didn't work out too well. In the second, she used my chair to climb onto my desk and then couldn't get back down. Naughty pup!
• Me, Nate and Dawn day drinking at The Grill at TPC. We pretty much spent the entire day on their amazing patio. I enjoyed quite a few of their "Desert" Mules. 
• The pre-day drinking Nate and I did at Temple Bar, prior to meeting up with Dawn at TPC.

As shown clockwise, starting in the upper left corner:

• Me and my boy, Baxter.
• Shawna's ears flapping in the wind as we headed toward Starbucks and Sweet Republic.
• Nate's family celebrating his sweet Grandma Norma's 88th birthday.
• Happy Hour at the Temple Bar.
• A blurb about Nat'es sister adopting Mobley, who unfortunately had to be returned to the rescue because he was a relentless cat chaser (turned out he has a history of cat chasing). Good thing is, he already has a new home according to the rescue website.

Here is my second and final spread for October, followed by close-ups and details:

As shown clockwise, starting in the upper left corner:

• My early ballot. I love how easy it is to cast a ballot in my state!
• Our weather, when it finally began to cool down (it's even better now!).
• Friday Happy Hour at Zipps.
• My Husker Family. I love them for supporting my team, even if it is against their will :)
• Shawna and Mobley
• My little Husker Hound. My sister sent this doggie jersey to me as a thank you for helping her with a project.

As shown clockwise, starting in the upper left corner:

• My receipt for filling up the gas tank.
• A cute photo of Shawna, snuggling with her pig.
• Baxter helping Nate work (by sitting on his lap and getting in the way, ha).
• Shawna and Bugsy sharing the prime real estate in our office.
• Poor Baxter at the vet. He has crystals in his bladder (and a history of UTIs) so he's was on Predasone for a week plus and is now permanently on prescription food.

And that is October in a nutshell. Believe it or not, I actually finished November on the last day of November, and for the first time in ages, am CAUGHT UP on Project Life!! I'll be sharing that in the near future, after the move.

Yup, you read that right, we're moving to a new home this weekend! We're waiting for contractors to finish up some updates and repairs and then, on Saturday, we make the big move...one entire mile up the same street, ha :) We're hiring movers so hopefully all will go smoothly. I thought I'd share in case you noticed my absence here and other places in blog land. Talk to you soon!

See more of my Project Life album here or read more about my approach to the project here.

Project Life September

Here we have Project Life September. September is a blur to me at this point, but according to my documentation, it can be dubbed as the month of critters sleeping/laying/sitting on things. Especially Baxter, as you will see. 

My Project Life September was created using the Studio Calico Central High kit along with some various embellishments and letter stickers. I subscribed to Studio Calico back in August. My intention was to move away from so many digital layouts and move toward more paper pages -- which isn't what happened. Instead, I found myself using the kits in Project Life, which has been working quite well for me. (BTW, I'm very excited to see Studio Calico's first Project Life kit, which comes out in January!) 

Here's Project Life September:

Remember how I mentioned month of the critters? This is just the beginning. 

As shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• Baxter snoozing in his spot on the sofa table, under the "artifical sun" (a very warm, halogen lamp)
• My completed California 2012 mini, which you can see here, here & here.
• This photo of Shawna napping with her head smashed up in the corner cracks me up!
• Shawna gazing out the front window.
• Bugsy hanging out with my while I scrapbooked.

This spread represent a lot of celebrating, dining out and spending time with friends. 

Left-side layout as shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• Baxter in a box. 
• Part of the 12 bags of clothing I donated after cleaning out my closet and some boxes in the garage.
• Pizza from Redendo's (which was the last we got before they sold the business...boo).
• Baxter, guarding the printer.
• Shawna and Herby keeping an eye on the "hood".
• Journaling about scrapping with my girlfriends (because why would a group of scrappers actually take a photo of themselves??)

Right-side layout as shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• Baxter on the refrigerator (remember when I mentioned Baxter being on a lot of things?)
• Stella and Coors for Happy Hour at Twisted Lizards.
• My boys, Nate and Baxter.
• Shawna eating corn on the cob for the first time. She LOVED it. So much that she gnawed so hard her mouth began to bleed and we had to take it away.
• A treat to myself, new Kate Spade Aviators.
• Nate and I at Twisted Lizard (same Happy Hour as the beer photo).

This spread represent a lot of celebrating, dining out and spending time with friends. 

Left-side layout as shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• Nate's nephew celebrating his 9th Birthday.
• Shawan on the way to the groomer.
• Happy Hour at Zipps.
• Meeting two of my fellow JessicaSprague.com CT members in real life :)
• Bugsy, before and after. We shave her down to a Lion cut while it's hot out. She's a LOT happier and a LOT easier to deal with that way!
• Bloody Marys and Coors Light chasers at Twisted Lizard after a rough morning of house hunting.

Right-side layout as shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• Happy Hour at Zipps.
• Me all dressed up to cheer on my Huskers!
• A fun photobooth with coworkers.
• Baxter, Bugsy, Shawna and me all napping on the sofa. 
• My grandma, Nanny and me at my great aunt's 95th birthday celebration.

And that is the month of September. I took the time to count and found 12 pet photos for the month, which is nearly half of what I documented. I'm clearly critter crazed...help :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

See more of my Project Life album here or read more about my approach to the project here.

Project Life August

Let's rewind to August. It seems so long ago. Just looking back at the photos and events has made me realize just how quickly the past few months have passed by.

August was a wonderful month. I spent the first few days of the month dining and celebrating my new job with my old coworkers. Then, I started my new job. After working just a week, I took two weeks off and Nate and I travelled the Midwest, making it to not only one, but two big family celebrations.

I chose October Afternoon's Woodland Park line to document the month. Here's a breakdown of what August looked like for us. I'm also sneaking in the last week of July, which I didn't have completed when I posted it. 

This spread represent a lot of celebrating, dining out and spending time with friends. 

Left-side layout as shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• Mimosas for brunch at Four Peaks
• Some thoughts and journaling about my career change
• Lunch with Jay and Camille at romancing the bean
• Lunch at RA Sushi with Nicole
• My elated joy that Starbucks brought back the Refresher...PERMANENTLY! Phoenix was a test market for these and I had been longing for the day that they would return to the menu.

Right-side layout as shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• Lunch at Fatburger with Cristin
• Lunch at Nourish with Tesi
• Celebrating my last day with Nate at Twisted Lizard
• Additional journaling about my mini celebrations with friends and more thoughts on my last day

This spread documents my first week at the new job and random other life events that occurred. 

Left-side layout as shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• Shawna on a mini adventure to the North Scottsdale Farmer's Market and PetSmart
• Homemade Cinnamon Roll Cake
• Our small bounty from the farmer's market
• Baxter doing a little sightseeing
• A sweet note I found taped to the door as I headed out for my first day of work (my boyfriend is the best!)
• Me as I arrived for day one of my new job

Right-side layout as shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• A blurb about the Summer Olympics
• An empty pool (something you have to do every so many years when the water stops responding to chemicals)
• Shawna on her first day at the "Paw-ffice", one of the perks of my new job
• Lunch at Zulu Caffe with Nate, kicking off our two week vacation
• Baxter snoozing in the "artificial sun" (a halogen lamp he loves to lay under)

This spread is all about VACATION which encompassed ten days, two flights, 700 road miles, three states and two family celebrations.

Left-side layout as shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• Ready to depart on the first leg of our journey, PHX-MSP
• Homemade Vegetarian Lasagna Rolls
• Sammy's Pizza, a must stop destination in Duluth, MN
• A group shot of Hennessy Holiday, an annual tradition for Nate's family, held at his dad's house on a lake
• Cocktail hour around the fire pit with Nate's family after Hennessy Holiday was over
• Nate and his Grandma Anderson at his aunt's lake house

Right-side layout as shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• Matt's Bar in Minneapolis famous for their "Juicy Lucy". We met Nate's former coworker for dinner.
• On the road from Minneapolis to Omaha
• Lunch at Upstream Brewery in Omaha
• The Strategic Air and Space Museum

As shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• Me and my grandma, Nanny, during her 80th birthday celebration, dubbed the "Nannybration"
• Nate and I at the Nannybration
• Our flight home OMA-PHX
• At the end of the party, after literally hundreds of people had come and go, most of the family was still standing
• Shawna in her new work bed
• A blurb griping about the current housing market in AZ

 And that my friends is the month of August. Thanks for stopping by :)

See more of my Project Life album here or read more about my approach to the project here.

Project Life - July

My goal was to not bombard you with an entire month of Project Life, once again. But, with all the changes here in my neck of the woods, time has simply passed me by.  

July was filled with an abundace of excitement including, the second half of our Laguna Beach trip, many crazy pet photos, and many, many lunches and happy hours to celebrate my NEW JOB! For those that haven't heard, I made the tough decision to leave the aviation industry. Although I'm still very passionate about aviation, I received an offer I couldn't resist in another industry I'm very passionate about - pets! I'll still be doing Instructional Design, only this time supporting pets instead of planes :)

For the month of July, I opted to use a small chunk of my Sassafras stash and coordinating products, which I've been hoarding since Sassafras stopped production of their scrapbooking line at the beginning of the year. I love how the warm, rich colors worked so well with the photos.

Without further ado, here is July.

The left-hand spread captures some of my favorite moments from the final day of my sister, niece and nephew's trip to Laguna Beach and Joshua Tree National Park. It's hard to tell, but on the last day, the kids thought it would be fun if we all put pink into our hair. My sister brought hair chalk on the trip, so we each added a patch of pink to our hairdo and headed on our way!

As shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• Our final farewell to Laguna Beach
• The entrance sign to Joshua Tree
• My sister, niece and nephew posing on Cap Rock 
• A random collage of snapshots from the park
• My favorite photo of a Joshua Tree from our adventure 

As shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• My prescription of Prednisone to treat my allergic reaction to the sun. You read that right - to the sun. Not a fun thing when your on vacation at the beach and live in a place called the Valley of the Sun. It turns out, a generic version of one of my heart medications caused the sensitivity and going back to the name brand formula fixed the problem. YAY!
• A dinner and drinks at The Office on July 4 - avoiding the storms and rainy weather
• This photo cracks me up! My niece thought it would be fun to put her sunglasses on Herby so that he would look like Puppy Wuppy (the stuffed dog purse). 
• Scrapbooking supplies from a crop with my friends Robin & Lisa
• A dip in the pool with the kids on the last night of their visit

The end of July has included a fair share of celebrating, happy hours, and eating out, as this spread of PL represents.

As shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• Happy hours with Nate and Twisted Lizard
• Watching baseball with Baxter
• Baxter enjoying an ice cream cone on National Ice Cream Day
• Bugsy hanging out in the "cat box" on Nate's desk. He threw a towel in an Amazon box and it seems to keep the cats at bay while he works from his home office.
• Another tough day at the office for Shawna
• Lunch at Pei Wei with my friend Deborah, followed by happy hour at Zipps with Nate's friends.

As shown clockwise, beginning in the upper left-hand corner:

• Sunday brunch at Arribas
• A unjournaled card which will hold some private journaling about receiving my new job offer
• Some celebratory champagne
• Lunch at Green with Joanna
• Shawna being cute, as usual
• More celebrating!

I have one more page for July, which I will share as I begin to post my August Project Life spreads. Have a wonderful week!

See more of my Project Life album here or read more about my approach to the project here.

Project Life - June Part 2

I'm back with the last installment of Project Life for the month of June (part 1 can be found here). I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that I can share at least some of July before the month ends! Until then, let's rewind a few weeks and take a peek at June and see just how wonderful of a month it really was!

As shown clockwise, starting in the upper left-hand corner:

• Mom & me relaxing in the pool
• Yummy bowls of food from Genghis Grill
• Volunteering at St. Mary's Food Bank
• My "Isn't it Grand?" digital layout published in the July/August Creating Keepsakes
• Bugsy and Baxter guarding the printer
• A blurb about making the Top 25 in the Digital Design Contest

As shown clockwise, starting in the upper left-hand corner:

• The weekly forecast taken on June 21, the first offical day of summer
• Bugsy chilling on the patio
• A few images taken on a work trip to San Diego
• A pretty photo taken during approach into SAN
• My "Duluth 2012" mini album published in Create: Mini Albums Summer 2012 edition
• A blurb about making the Top 10 in the Digital Design Contest

As shown clockwise, starting in the upper left-hand corner:

• Tracking Missy, Caden and Kylee's flight from OMA to PHX
• Fireworks at Chase Field on my birthday
• A story about my birthday celebration which included lunch at RA Sushi, happy hour at Coach & Willies and watching the Cubs vs. Dbacks (my two favorite teams)
• Snapshots of Nate & I at the game
• A shot of Chase Field during the game
• A photo sent to me of Caden and Kylee playing in our pool (while I was at work)

As shown clockwise, starting in the upper left-hand corner:

• Some journaling about my vacation to Laguna Beach and Joshua Tree National Forest with Missy, Caden and Kylee
• Our route map for our road trip to Laguna Beach
• A group photo, taken from a lovely lookout point near the main beach
• Random snapshots of our second day in Laguna Beach
• A gorgeous, California sunset
• Having fun in the Pacific on Day one

In summary, June was one AMAZING month! I saw my family in Nebraska, enjoyed a visit from my mom, took a trip to San Diego, was published twice, placed in the top 10 of the designer discovery contest, celebrated my birthday, enjoyed a visit from my sister, niece and nephew and took a road trip with them to California. Plus, all the other wonderful little memories in between. Whew! I love it when life is this good :)

See more of my Project Life album here or read more about my approach to the project here.