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Years ago before scrapbooking my passion was painting ceramics.  I remember painting a lot when Ryan and Chelsea were little and I still have a lot of the pieces that I did.  Most of the time when the pieces were still greenware I would carve the year and my initials into the bottom.  Here is a Dracula  I painted in 1991
D is for Dracula

This month I played with the add on kit from Work in Progress and created the following layouts and mini book.  As usual, I had a blast using the kit!
       

I made this candy corn dish years ago and love getting it out every year as I decorate for Halloween.
C is for Candy Corn

Thirteen favorites of the fall season
1.   The colors of the trees are my favorite!
2.   The weather 
3.   The best Apples
4.   Pumpkins
5.   hay rides
6.   Carmel apples
7.   Burning leaves
8.   Making soup
9.   Fall foliage tour
10. Outdoor fires
11. Halloween
12. comfy socks
13.  sweat shirts
You can find more thursday thirteen here

Today I took some paper, chipboard and envelopes and made a mini album that I'm going to fill with gift cards for Christmas.
One down and I cut enough to make several more.  Although I'm not sure a gift card will be tucked in every pocket, I may have some notes or other items included.
I took a couple of the envelopes and ran them through the using the 
sizzix textured impressions...

There were several choices for B but when I pulled out this picture,
 I knew I found my B word.
B - Batman Costume 
(Ryan's costume I made him his last Halloween)

Well, you knew this before you even saw the picture, right.... 
A - Apple (my favorite fruit of fall)

the sun decides to shine at the end of the day on Sunday...
I guess I shouldn't complain since the weather didn't spoil our weekend plans, it just would have been nicer had it been dry.
This weekend was the first Mount Union home game and what an experience it was! The stadium was packed, the field was covered with football players and everywhere you looked people were wearing Mount Union apparel!...

I may not talk about him much, but I think its about time I do a post about him and only him. That guy is my husband Joel.  He does so much and asks for so little in return. So I need to document some of the wonderful characteristics of Joel.


(in no particular order)
He has an amazing work ethicHe will do anything for his familyHe's a wonderful husbandHe's a great dadHe does...

Yesterday my sister and I made a trip to Michigan to visit our friends there.  We had a great day, we always do when with our friends.  But this day was bittersweet too.
Before making our way into Debbie's store we stopped off at Scraptales to pick up a few necessities... ha ha
After we left there we headed over to Debbie's store to meet up with her and Brenda.
We had lunch at Carl and...