Sledding, the Videos

Videos: February 9, 2008
Melissa and Josiah took Jonas on his first run down the big hill. I hope you can hear Jonas' comments of "Oh no, oh no, oh noooooo!". Funny stuff.




Jonas' last run of the day. A big thanks to Tracy O. for being the push-starter time after time.

Even More Sledding

Photos: February 9, 2008
Love this photo of Jonas going solo. As you might have guessed, this is not on the big hill.

From the look on his face, you can almost hear the squealing.

A little rest by the campfire.
A little snackie to re-energize before hittin' the slopes again.

Sledding Buddies

Photos: February 9, 2008
Jonas was one lucky boy to have Melissa as his friend who pulled him on the sled up the hill.

And Melissa took countless trips down the hill with Jonas.

Our friend Emily was a great sledding buddy for Jonas and was so sweet to him all day.
Austin, Emily's brother, was another sledding buddy. The three of them had such an fun day playing together in the snow. Jonas was especially happy to have friends when lunch time rolled around. He found that they had much better stuff in their lunch than what he had. Fortunately, Austin and Emily are incredibly generous and shared their goodies with Jonas.

Bundle Up!

Photos: February 9, 2008

Last Saturday, we got Jonas all bundled up and headed for the hills. Some friends have invited us sledding for many years now and this is the first time we've gone. Thanks, Develters, for not giving up on asking us to come. We had such a great time and Jonas was especially thrilled with his first sledding experience. And, amazingly, he walked away unscathed.

your ever-changing mood

Photos: August 10, 2007
Journaling: February 4, 2008

Yet another digital layout. I really love these photos. You may recognize them from a previous post last August, More Cool Headgear. I really didn't like what was going on in the background of the original photos and had the idea to cut it out and then proceed from there. I think it came out kinda cool.

Play Park

Photos: March 30, 2007
Journaling: February 2, 2008

I'm on a roll this weekend with digital pages. It's fun and faster that traditional scrapbooking and I've spent $0.00 on these pages. Actually, all the elements (excluding the background on BFF) on these three layouts I've posted this weekend are FREE on 2 Peas. For those of you interested in going digital but want to experiment before buying, here is the link: 2 peas in a bucket. When you get to the 2Peas site, on the left side of the screen you'll see there's a sort-by-price list and you can click on FREE to see what they have. It's good stuff. I actually think their prices are quite reasonable especially since you can use the product over and over. It's cool that you can change the colors of anything and make it work with your color scheme. Digital is great for scrapbook pages and for cards. You can download Photoshop Elements (which is what I'm using for my digital work) for a free 30-day trial at the Adobe website. I actually got my PSE as a gift but I know it was purchased at Costco online and I think it was less expensive than on the Adobe site. Just an FYI for anyone interested.

BFF

Photos: December 31, 2007
Journaling: February 1, 2008

Jonas loves Monkey (who is actually a gorilla.) Monkey was a gift from Grandma Bonnie and Grandpa Frank Christmas 2005, when Jonas was 17 months old. It was a really cool gift, but Jonas didn't realize until about a year later. Once he figured out that Monkey was super-cool, they became fast friends.

About a year or more into the friendship, Jonas was just learning the concept of being friends and that you could have a best friend. He knew that best friend had to applied to Monkey. Especially since Monkey never complains about being trampled, pummeled, drug through the house by one arm, dropped from great heights, slobbered on, sat on, thrown under the bed or ignored in a corner for days at a time. It's friendship at its best.

The journaling on the page is all manner of questions and exclamations from Jonas about Monkey or to Monkey. I wish I could get some video of Jonas and Monkey having a whisper- conversation (with Jonas speaking for both of them.) It's alway funny stuff to hear what a 3-year-old and his best friend have to talk about.

Be Merry

Photo: December 24, 2006
Journaling: February 1, 2008

I decided it had been too long since I had fun with digital scrapbooking so I got to work today. While searching through the many, many photos on my computer, I came across a group of shots from last Christmas. They were all very silly and at these crazy angles and I could tell that I was not behind the camera on this one. I remember that my sister-in-law, DeAnne, had taken over my camera for awhile that night and this has to be her work. With that big cheesy smile, this photo has Auntie's name written all over it.