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You know I'm always making or thinking of making mini albums.  They are truly one of my favorite creative things to make for a gift or to capture a moment in time.
Being a lover of all things mini I have found my share of sites that are ALL about mini albums.  One I have frequented for quite some time is Creative Mini Albums 
And come to find out one of my favorite mini's was featured on their...

 
Thirteen movie quotes from Forrest Gump
1. My name's Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump
2.  Stupid is as stupid does
3.  Why don't you love me Jenny?
4. Mama always said, dying was a part of life
5. I gotta find Bubba! 
6. Me and Jenny goes together like peas and carrots
7. My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on
8. That's all I have...

I haven't talked about my father too often.  In fact I think I've only written about him here about how he wrote Ryan's eulogy and a few other times.

I think of him often and hate that my kids will never know the man I knew as my father. Chelsea was 8 and Zach 4 when we lost him.  He was only 53...
As a kid I found my fair share of trouble.  Probably between all the kids my brother Joe and...

 on Saturday at 5:30 am - Chelsea, Ben and I went up to the gym
 After spending the day in Mount Union we met up with friends at Molly McGees for a fund raiser Saturday night.  It was one long, busy and fun day!  
 
Ron, Lisa and Buddah
 
Ron and Joel look like they should be related and 
Terry always so happy for pictures!

the only shot of us 3 girls and its blurry! 
We don't...

Saturday was family day at Mount Union and what a beautiful day we had!  The sun was shinning the temperature was perfect and we had a blast!
Once we got our tickets for the football game and lunch we got in line to take a funny picture and get a t-shirt made.  I didn't get a picture of our shirts, yet...

Unfortunately family day fell on the same day as my mom's craft show, but Jane was able...

Let's start with Friday...
Our friends Lynn and Don are in town for a wedding so Friday night we made plans to meet up with them.  We went to dinner at Rockne's and had a ball catching up and talking about old times.
For a change, Zach took the camera and began snapping pictures and in between chatting we watched the cavs game.  
   
Then I got this picture of Zach


"Remember the little...

"Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you."
 
I've been back to running and really enjoying it.  This time I'm going to take it a little slower.  My leg still does bother me a bit after I run, but by the next day I'm okay.  I usually wait a day in between running and do some other cardio.  My latest love has been the stair master... I...

 
And...here we go!
1. Plans and schedules work best when you follow them .
2. I'm happy when things are busy .
3. The last thing I drank was coffee.
4. One of the most valuable things in my life is family, of course.
5. I like veggies on my pizza.
6. Dear November, don't fly by too quickly, I want to enjoy the weekend crop, look forward to Thanksgiving and want to savor...

and more...
Thursday I got to spend the day with my sister and Trish as we traveled to Amish Country and then back to Medina.  We shared plenty of laughs and picked up oh so many yummy things!
 
I just loved the haystacks throughout amish country
 
and who can resist the laundry hanging outdoors, here is where we pulled over and Debbie shared with us some of her Amish knowledge... okay only...

Thursday Thirteen....
Oh I've got several Christmas magazines that I've been dog earring page after page.... here is just a sample of things I'm hoping to make or get during the holidays.  Here are 13 Christmas pictures to inspire creativeness.

You can find the directions here

Pine cones have to be everywhere and glittered ones are even better!

 

 I can't wait to fill the...