Scraps Of Time

what's been going on?

i know, i know, shame on me, no posts for a month! geesh! well i am going to show you what has been happening, in pictures, grab a cuppa, here we go:

  

   owen keeps growing,      

       

 he had his 2nd. birthday, time flies! we planted planted some flowers for jenny for mothers day.

     

meagen is getting older, she had her 21st.

        

and we all turned out for megs regional special olympics, she got a gold and silver, and is heading to state.

               

we've been having gorgeous weather so have been "hitting" the pool.

jen, our oldest, with owen, she's a great momma.

  

Meg's team posin' and carrying their banner in the opening ceremonies at fort lewis. this is a huge hanger packed with athletes, families, soldiers and celebrities.

               

meagen in action, on the left, pulling in a silver. a rare moment at these events, i actually get to see her close-up and i get a picture with her! yea meg, you did good!

 

and, our youngest, jess, is now a  a high honors graduate from high school and a freshman in college. she is continuing on to become a special ed teacher, she has a passion for these kids. when she was 3 and 4 years old, she would drag all of her dolls and stuffed animals out and instead of playing house, jess would line her "pupils"  up and play teacher. when she was 4 we bought the mcmillan study lessons, they would come once a month, and every morning for 3 hours, she would sit and study. she had to do everything meg did, meg went to school and jess had school too, meg wore glasses, so jess had to wear glasses (we would get children's sunglasses and take the lenses out) as she got older, she would teach meg and meg's friend kelley, from these very lessons she learned from.

she has been coaching the special olympics team for 2 years now, and has been a tutor and assistant in the special ed classroom at the middle school for 4 years. she is a truly focused person, and an amazing daughter. i don't usually go on like this, but jess deserves the recognition! i love you jess, you did it, now go have some FUN! did i mention, she will not let us take pictures of her? she did for graduation, thank god, but i dare not blog any except this one of her getting her diploma, you can see why, we can't see her! geesh!

 

it has been a long spring and a great start to summer. with all the excitement and events behind us, i will now buckle down and see if i can get some work done. well, until my sister comes down next month, then i will need to play! can't wait polly!

thanks everyone! i must now hit the sack, it's almost 5 am, good night.-rebecca

snowflakes

i had to share these snowflakes, i love my camera but i need a stronger lens to capture this beauty... unbelievable... so individual, so perfect!

christmas sneak-peek

here is the little christmas album sneak-peek, i'm still deciding on pictures for the tags...

                                    

oh my, we all survived our owen sleep-over with flying colors. he is such a sweetie!

                                      

he ate, baked with his aunts, played, danced, sang and slept, a bit... i think i will go take a nap! lol

campfire night

i had to share these, our s'mores night at our local beach, jess did a wonderful job capturing this ending of summer, spur-of-the moment, campfire night:

 

       

       

       

       

it was beautiful! these moments shared with family are truly a precious gift, everyone available at one time to join in, the perfect weather, the changing of seasons... and to think i almost bagged out, due to having "orders to get out", makes me pause. at the end of the night, we all have a most wonderful memory of a special evening spent together and, of course, the orders did get done. 

take time to enjoy your day, back to work for me. -rebecca

circus images

so here we are, ending the summer. somehow it's always sad to see it go, staying up late, sleeping in, walking outside in the morning with shorts and a tee, swinging and reading on the lawn swing, dipping our toes in the water, smelling the heated pavement, geraniums, roses... ahhh

we always go to the fair at this time of year. it used to be the mad dash to the rides, now it's the leisurely strolls through the 4-h, animal, and booth barns, eating our way around the grounds- walla wallla onion burgers, corn on the cob, scones, nutty ice cream, coffee, and listening to the sounds of country, square dancing, and marching bands, and this year, seeing a northwest children's icon, j.p. patches:

                        

he has been around here since the start of the 60's and it was great fun to see him still making people laugh! he had more people waiting to say hi, getting pictures and signing, then any other entertainer there. it took forever to capture this photo but meg was very insistent, and people always push her forward at times like this, even patches fans, so we were more fortunate than others. it was worth it, i love her smile here!

another summer is over, but we made it to the fair where everything is "still the same" as jess says. after a year of learning and achieving those "a's", new experiences, more responsibility, uncertainty about the higher education system, we can go to the fair and feel that "still the sameness" and take comfort. parting shots:

   

i thought i would share some circus scans i have completed, i'm still organizing and trying to make space around here! never ending... these came from a  1940 easy growth reader "i know a secret". you are welcome to save and use these jpeg illustrations, just click the picture to make it bigger and save it to your computer.

 

  

  

i scanned these at 400dpi, i always have scanned at 600dpi but read that even 300dpi would be a good scan for the postcard size of images i use.

well, enjoy! have a good, productive day! i'm working on a pocket pages halloween album, just a little different, with page tabs instead of pulls. and a circus "chunky" album.

happy trails! -rebecca