Justin and the Lotoja

Wow. I get to do a {grown-up} scrapbook page for my son. That's a rare occasion, and it was a lot of fun. I'm just in awe of him riding in this race. You can read the details about in on the page. Remember you can click on it to make it larger for reading.
TFL.

Meet my Grandmother...

Meet my grandmother Myrtle Irene Barr (Bird)...

and my Aunt Doris and Uncle Herbie...

I wanted to make a heritage layout for a contest, and chose to use this photo which I LOVE.
My grandmother is on the left. I have wonderful memories of visiting her and my grandfather in the home where my mother grew up in Vermont. I picture my grandmother wearing an apron of some sort and spending a lot of time in the kitchen whipping up wonderful meals, and tasty treats. When we would go to visit she would have 2-3 cookie jars filled with different kinds of cookies, such as: Date Pinwheels, Soft Sugar Cookies, Raisin Filled Cookies... I plan on doing some additional layouts to go with this page, with more info about my each on of them in the picture.

Brittany & Bryce

Thursday was Brittany and Bryce's Wedding Day, and what a wonderful day it was! The bride was beautiful and the groom handsome... It was my first chance to meet Bryce's family and they are all so wonderful! What a wonderful start for their new life together... having two families to love and support them. They are now on a honeymoon cruise in the Carribean... sounds warm and beautiful. Hope they take pictures!
I, of course, need to celebrate by making a scrapbook page : )
And, now that the groom has seen the bride in her dress, I can post the shutterfly photobook that I made with the bridal pictures. The wonderful photography is by Tracy Anderson Photography. I made the book as a surprise shower gift to Brittany. I also posted it on Shutterfly (with Brittany's permission). Shutterfly "featured" my book, and last I looked over 1200 people had opened and viewed it. But who could resist such a beautiful bride!
Thanks for taking a peek at it (below). And check out Dean's video below that.

A Beautiful Bride

Click here to view this photo book.

WHERE THE BROKEN ROAD ENDS: Brittany & Bryce

Here is the video slide show I created for the wedding reception of Cindy's niece. Special thanks for the engagement and bridal photos taken by Brittany's photographer, Tracy Anderson. I love the composition of many of her shots. Extra special thanks to Cindy for tagging along behind Tracy after the wedding ceremony on a chilly autumn day to take her own photos to add to the end of this video. I hope all will enjoy this.

Dean

Lessons in Canning

This past weekend Becky and I went down to my parents to learn the secrets of making the relishes that our family has been raised on...

There was alot of work involved. Shucking corn...

Chopping vegetables...

Getting all the spices and ingredients in the right proportions...
And when we were done, we had jars of corn relish and chili sauce to show for our work.
The smells in the kitchen were heavenly, and we were very excited that we had made it ourselves.
Here is a picture of the corn relish, which is so colorful, and delicious.
Thank you, Mom and Dad! We will treasure the memory of this weekend together!