Scrapbook Sketch #4

It's another scrapbook challenge for Sketches In Thyme!  I finally had a chance to sit down and work on this week's sketch.  I like it but it's missing something....not sure what yet but I'll figure it out.  I'm trying to use only what I have here and not buy anything new.  I have so many papers and scraps and embellishments that I need to get rid of a few things or use up what I have so that's my goal with these challenges is to make them work with what I have at home.  Here is the sketch that Kim gave us this week:

Here is my layout based on this sketch:

This is from Grace's 1st Birthday!  I haven't had inspiration to do this birthday yet.  Nothing seems to work when I try putting it together.  I have bought all kinds of cupcake paper b/c that was the theme and I never liked the colors once I brought it home and tried it.  For some reason this paper worked for me.  I guess it's the colors.  I've already done her 2nd and 3rd birthdays but this one sat!  Thanks Kim for helping get this layout done!

Our Weekend

Well, let's see...Friday night we went to the Angels game which was a lot of fun!  We left Grace with David's brother and Amy and we took her son Jordan with us!  It was great b/c nobody was whining to go home!  I took a cute picture when we picked up Grace of her sleeping with Jayden.

 Lately Andrew has been hiding from the camera....this was no exception!  We had a blast at the game!  They had an awesome fireworks show after the game which is why we didn't bother going to see the fireworks on the 4th.  Grace isn't a fan of loud noises and we had already seen the fireworks at the game so we just stayed home.  Grace was sick with a cold anyway.

On Sunday (the 4th) I worked the morning services at church and then we played in the pool that Andrew got for his birthday.  David went and picked up the boat from his dad's house and we got everything packed for our day on the lake (Monday).  I invited a friend from church and her teenage kids.  We had an awesome day. It was quiet and peaceful and the kids had so much fun.  Everyone took a turn on the tube, even Andrew and Grace.  We had a few falls and my back is hurting today as a result of being pulled under/around/back by the tube.  Not really sure what happened but I grabbed the handle and next thing I know I was under the tube and couldn't breathe and my hip was hurting really bad.  I guess it threw me around under the water somehow and David, my knight in shining armor (or swim trunks!) jumped in the water to rescue me and get me back in the boat.  I went back out on the tube after that but I was a little scared.  I'm not a fan of being out on the lake waiting for the boat to get back to me anyway, there are some crazy jet ski drivers out there.  We had a great day anyway!  I don't have any pics but I will soon.  My friend took her camera and she'll get them to me.  She got some great shots of David on the tube!

Here is a pic of Andrew and daddy in the pool that Andrew got for his birthday.  He really wanted someone to get in and play with him and Grace was sick.  Hope you all had a fun, safe 4th of July!