The Blackburn Hamlet Fun Fair

I always joke with people and say that I live in God's country. The truth is - I love our little community. I can't imagine raising our family anywhere else. We have the benefits of being in a big city but with the surroundings being more like a small town. Our children go to school here and play sports here. We have a library, grocery store, arena, community pool and the best little Chinese restaurant.....all within walking distance. We have the most beautiful church and some of the best parks. We know many people as we walk through the neighbourhood or pop into the corner store for milk. It's perfect.

Another benefit of this community is the Fun Fair that is held the first weekend in June every year. Even better - it's across the street from where we live! It's perfect. This year, I finally got my act in gear and went to take some pictures of this fun little weekend. Here are some of my fave shots of the rides, etc:

Such a lovely place to live!

I'll be back tomorrow with some new layouts to share....  I haven't been scrapping a lot lately with work being so crazy but I realized that I have a lot from the last few months that I've never shared. 

Happy Saturday!

Some new layouts to share....

Including my current fave of Bman:

Another share...

Back with a couple of new layouts.  

In the 30's.....

Yes, that's where my age falls....but more importantly, it's also the number of layouts that I discovered in my heaping pile that I've never taken photos of and/or posted!  Craziness.  I've got them all photographed now and a few edited so I'll start sharing.  Here's some of my most recent:

I've used some "oldies but goodies" supplies (I can never get enoough of Crate Paper's Farmhouse and Random collections - two of my favourite ever).  Also a big fan of Amy Tangerine and most things Studio Calico!

As I look at these layouts, I realize just how quickly Brendan and Olivia are growing and how quickly time is fleeting.  I am so, so happy that I discovered scrapbooking for that reason only.  I hope they'll look back on their layouts fondly when they've grown and enjoy looking back at their childhoods.  Just the thought of this makes me so pleased....... :)

(Also, when I look at this blog I'm reminded of just how drab and old my header is!!  I've got a few ideas...I'm just missing the time to get there.)

Back soon with more!  (Here's to the work week hopefully flying by!)

No Rest for the Wicked.....

You know it's been a long time since you've posted to your blog when you finally log in and the whole thing is different!  Need to learn how to navigate around here but so far so good - perhaps better than old blogger? (I likely just jinxed myself and will lose my text before I can publish it! lol)

The magical season (aka extreme stress and tiredness season) is upon us at work.  Pair that with two kids involved in activities plus their homework and all the other tasks we working moms try to fit in and it equals little time or mojo to scrap!

I was just going through my layouts to see what I have to post.  It's been a LONG time.  I seriously need to spend some time this weekend taking some photos of my newer layouts to post.  I also need to find some time to make a new blog header....something simple...something with banners or doilies and yellows and teals.....okay off topic!

Today I'll share two layouts I've created over the last little while using a couple of October Afternoon's collections: Rocket Age and Farmhouse:

Hoping to share some more soon!  In the meantime, have a wonderful weekend!

New Layouts

Just stopping by to share a few of my recent layouts:

Dear Lizzy love!

For March at LCOM, I'm working with Dear Lizzy's new Neopolitain line. I am in serious love! My first post for the month went up on the blog today:
I've also been creating with some new MME's Sweet Caroline collections. I created my current fave layout with the Dilly Dally line. I'll post soon. :)