Going For A Drive

When Rick is home, one of our favorite things to do is go for a drive out to the foothills or mountains and take photos.


I was on a mission to take photos of hints that spring has arrived. I just love all new beginnings that spring has in store. We captured these calves and thought how cute they were.




We then went for lunch to Marv's Cafe in Black Diamond. It is full of nostalgia. The owner comes around to tables with his guitar and sings an Elvis tune. They have the best milkshakes! We looked at all the candy jars and remembered the old jawbreakers and mojos. It was fun.











When we got home, I noticed the tulips starting to peek through the soil.


I have been waiting for my new camera strap and lens cozies to come in the mail. There is this online store named My Camera Couture. They make handmade camera straps and lens cozies that are too cute. My original strap from Canon was worn out.

On A Happier Note

I was inspired by a sketch I saw today on Creative Scrappers and dropped all my housework and sat down to make this layout. I wanted to make it "tropical" looking. It is out of my creative "comfort zone" and that's what I need. I get in such a rut with my linear style of scrapbooking. Clayton and Rick always take good photos and they were so happy in this photo.

Malaria Medicine

This malaria medicine is for the birds. Rick, Clayton and I have to take it for one more week and then we are done! It has been a six week stint of taking it every Sunday. Two weeks before we went to the Dominican Republic and four weeks after. Clayton has to take a liquid form of Chloroquine and Rick and I take a tablet form. It is terrible tasting and Clayton just hates it. It upsets his stomach and he has had a lot of vomiting with it. My stomach is always upset, but no vomiting. I am thinking the alternative of getting malaria is not so good. We have secretly wanted to discontinue taking the medicine, but know it isn't a good idea. Dr. Coetzee urges us to stick with it one more week. I'm hoping I don't have to take it again when I go on the cruise in November. I think that is the downside of travelling abroad.

The good side of travelling is that it has made me become aware of how each country is so different and how lucky I am to live in a country such as Canada. Once a person leaves the beautiful resorts, it is sad to see how poor and unsanitary some countries are. The Dominican Republic was my first adventure to somewhere tropical and although I loved it, I couldn't help but think how thankful I am to live in a nice neighborhood with clean water and good living conditions.

Some Pages

Today is the first full day of spring and I feel happy to be able to create some layouts. Here is what I have done this week.

I have a lot of photos to scrap of our recent trip to Punta Cana and I love this one of Clay and I as we really don't have a lot of photos of the two of us. I'm usually the one taking the photos!

Last weekend Rick, Clay and I went to a car show and enjoyed taking photos of all the colorful pieces of art. This 2010 Camaro was Rick's pick.

Well spring is in the air and I saw two robins on my neighbor's rooftop this week. A sure sign that spring has sprung. Now I have to get outside and get motivated to do some walking....

On A New Journey

Life is so exciting isn't it? I am loving life lately.

I recently got back from an all-inclusive vacation for one week to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. It was my first real tropical vacation and now I'm hooked. I have the travel bug now. I have booked a cruise with Allison Orthner and friends. It's Crop and Cruise 2010 and it's this November. It's a one week cruise from Galveston, Texas to Montego Bay Jamaica, Grand Caymans Cayman Islands and Cozumel Mexico. It's going to be so much fun! It is motivating me to save some money by having a garage sale, which I am really needing to do as I was going to do it last year.

Scrapbooking has been my hobby for the last 8 years or so and now that I have completed my Anatomy and Physiology Course, I am ready to get back at it. I have missed it and have missed the creative outlet. It is such good therapy.

Recently, photography has been my passion. It has been so great while I was studying. There is so much beautiful scenery near where I live that it was so nice to take a drive to get out of the house and take some photos. My 10-22mm lens has been so much fun.

Life is good and life is fun right now. I feel blessed to have such a wonderful family and life.