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Last weekend Joel, Zach and I went to breakfast and then over to the ice festival. It was nice to walk around the square checking out all the sculptures. And since it was still early it was pretty quiet too!
some of the sculptures were frosted up - not sure if it was because of the changing temperatures.
But one of my favorite pictures of the day was from my iphone
there was a brick alley way and I had Zach while on the phone stand there for a shot. I love it!
Week 8
As the challenge continues and the weather continues to be cold and race day approaches I have to continue to run on the treadmill. I don't really mind the treadmill run, but I know getting outdoors will be more effective for both my body and soul.
My view from the gym... not too inspiring really, but with the right tunes and the right attitude I can travel far away!
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18 years....
Its impossible to comprehend that eighteen years have passed without Ryan in our lives! I've always tried to keep him a part of our lives, I mean how couldn't you... a piece of you has gone missing, you don't just forget about it.
But yet I have survived and that's not saying it was easy or that still today there aren't days that I am in a puddle on the kitchen floor. But somehow I wake each day and try to go on with his loving spirit a part of my day.
I even dreamt about him the other night... those are always sweet to hold onto. And of course the videos that we have of him are priceless gems that we let ourselves get absorbed into.
I didn't ask for this, I don't want to be this person that lost her son. But here I am, trying to make a difference in others lives because of Ryan.
And so I will share a few of my favorite pictures of Ryan and the memories that they bring with them.
One of my favorites, I stayed up all night making their costumes. It was okay because dad was out of town and I would have stayed up all night anyway because I could never sleep when he wasn't home. Ryan's not wearing the cape or mask that completed his costume
He was always so sweet to his sister. They had the McDonalds play food and drive through that they always played with!
Easter Sunday ready to go for brunch with the family
His 5th and last birthday. We spent the day at Chucky Cheese, he loved that place!
Who knew just over 2 months later he would be gone...
Ryan Kenneth Zarlenga
12/7/87 - 2/23/93
Finally got to spend some time scrapping with the girls!
Trish had a crop on Saturday and my sister and I spent the day there along with a few other friends! It was so nice to spend some uninterrupted craft time together and laugh and joke along the way! Trish and I even shared some Iphone tips with one another and got to try out face time with our phones, even though we were only 3 feet apart.
Most of the layouts were done using the December Work in Progress kit, now I'm off to play with my March kit!
Ahh yes, the weather here is giving us a little taste of spring and then to add to that feeling I stopped into Perfectly Charming where spring has definitely sprung!
and of course I used my iphone for the photo! yes I am loving the iphone too!
We are back! Jill and I took some time off, but here we are and I'm excited with our start!
This week we followed Mental Inventories prompt of BLUE and I love what we came up with!
I love the detail that Jill captured with her blue jeans and oh my was the sun and blue sky a refreshing change to the forecast we've been having.
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Ahh here I am, late getting to my one little word. It seems every week my word relates mostly to working out and running and well to be honest, that was my intention when I first chose the word. I want to challenge myself both physically and mentally as much as possible. I have goals I want to reach with running, with weight - ugh yeah that one is always a challenge!
and so this morning when my body was aching from the last couple days of challenges
The last thing I wanted to do was get up and go take another class. My legs ached to walk, to sit down, what could possibly happen if I take another class?
But I made myself go and I'm here to tell you I feel better after doing the class, although I'm still a bit sore it's not as bad as I felt this morning.
It's a great feeling to accomplish something you didn't think you could do!
You can find more one little word captured here on Jill's blog
Aren't girlfriends the best! I have so many friends and so many fun activities I feel so blessed to have them all and share in the fun stuff!
Every year my girlfriend Kim does a Valentine party and we each come up with fun gifts to share with one another.
My mom got the cutest plates everyone wanted more of! My sister made the cutest basket with a little story included about girlfriends, Brenda did some bath and body and her famous heart shaped cookies, Stacey did an adorable salt and pepper that looks like a flower, Debbie L did this sweet scoop with cookie cutters attached an a votive candle, Kim did the cupcake candle... too freaking cute! and I made a Treasured Friends mini book over at Shutterfly.
And of course there is always LOTS of chocolate included... mostly dark yay! But some milk chocolate for others...
We chat, play games, share drinks, dinner and dessert... another fun night for sure!
Are you following along? There are so many options, choices and ways to capture your 2011 and I'm trying to do several of them.
One is the Project life kit from Becky Higgins. I did it last year and even missed a few weeks here and there, but I still love the final result and so does the rest of the family.
I'm back at it again and just loving this kit even more than the last.
My approach is also different this year. Instead of filling the book ahead of time with all the cards I try and keep notes of the days events from my calendar or on my twitter account and then on Sundays I get caught up on the previous week.
As for the photos... I created a folder on my computer and just drag each days photos into the photo for that month. At the end of the month I order all that months pictures at once. So far... so good!
