Emily is at the age now when she loves to pose. Sadly she pulls all kinds of silly faces and so I rarely get good natural pictures of her. These pictures were taken several years ago when she didn't fake pose so much and I had a better chance of getting natural photos. She liked having her picture taken but was content to look normal.
I made the page for A Trip Down Memory Lane last month as a design team piece.
The papers are Basic Grey Wiseria collection and I just liked the mix of colour and black and white photos.
The title down the side is using Thickers. I LOVE them!
The other page here is another from the Pad cyber crop - which I have to say I am loving.
The class was by the incredibly talented Katie hadfield, a digital designer whose work is awesome. She made a template for us to use, which I did, and most of the elements and alphas are Kate's own design as well.
I used photos of Corfe from a recent trip and adapted the colours accordingly.
I am thrilled it is Friday - I don't remember being this tired for a heck of a long time. I am looking forward to a quiet weekend where scrapping plays a large part. We are going to see the designs for our new bathroom at some point. I am not sure if I am excited about that or just plain terrified.
I thought we would just keep the same configuration, but the designer seemed to thing we could adapt it. At the moment we have a large corner bath and whilst I love it, a more normal baths with a shower would be nice, but I can't see how it would fit. It is a very small room as it is not the main bathroom but the en suite. Anyway, we will see what he comes up with.
Finally, my photo of the day today is a daffodil - or maybe a narcissus (heck I have no clue) that caught my eye whilst out an about today.
OK so I said finally and I lied LOL. A friend, whose son is in the armed forces and recently returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan, sent me this and I wanted to share it.
"Last week I was in West London attending a conference. While I was in the airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me beginning to clap and cheer.
I immediately turned around and witnessed one of the greatest acts of patriotism I have ever seen.
Moving through the terminal was a group of soldiers in their uniforms, as they began heading to their gate everyone (well almost everyone) was abruptly to their feet with their hands waving and cheering.
When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being applauded and cheered for, it hit me. I'm not alone. I'm not the only red blooded Briton who still loves this country and supports our troops and their families. Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young unsung heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us so we can go to school, work, and enjoy our home without fear or reprisal.
Just when I thought I could not be more proud of my country or of our service men and women a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old, ran up to one of the male soldiers. He knelt down and said 'hi,' the little girl then asked him if he would give something to her daddy for her.
The young soldier didn't look any older than maybe 22 himself, said he would try and what did she want to give to her daddy. Suddenly the little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek. The mother of the little girl, who said her daughters name was Courtney, told the young soldier that her husband was a Corporal and had been inAfghanistan for 5 months now. As the mum was explaining how much her daughter, Courtney, missed her father, the young soldier began to tear up.
When this temporarily single mum was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled together for a brief second. Then one of the other servicemen pulled out a military looking walkie-talkie.
They started playing with the device and talking back and forth on it. After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier walked back over to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, 'I spoke to your daddy and he told me to give this to you.' He then hugged this little girl that he had just met and gave her a Kiss on the cheek. He finished by saying 'Your daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than anything and he is coming home very soon.'
The mum at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young soldier stood to his feet he saluted Courtney and her mum. I was standing no more than 6 feet away as this entire event unfolded.
As the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their gate, people resumed their applause. As I stood there applauding and looked around, there were very few dry eyes, including my own. That young soldier in one last act of moment turned around and blew a kiss to Courtney with a tear rolling down his cheek.
We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and thank God for them and their sacrifices.
The e mail then went on to explain that there is a campaign to get people throughout the country to wear red on fridays. red to show support for the troops who are risking their lives. Red to support their bravery.
I thought it was a remarkable story and wanted to share it here today.