I will be caught up...

Todd, if you are reading this...I do have all the Project 365 pictures taken and up to date and a list of what I need to blog. I got a little overwhelemed in September and got behind, but I am going to post these pics I have taken on the blog along with their writeups...and I'm starting this week so STAY TUNED! This blog will be updated before you know it.

EXCITING NEWS FOR ME

While this isn't "earth shattering" I received an e-mail from Creating Keepsakes magazine yesterday asking if a layout I had submitted for "Becky's sketch" article was still available. It will be published in the December issue. What is really cool is that this two page layout is about my grandmother and her Christmas decorating. Can't post the layout, but it's a huge compliment to have it chosen and very cool to have two layouts published in two national magazines within a year...especially because I really don't "submit" very often. Now, off to get it ready to send to the magazine :)

Home again

(this picture is taken in the back of my grandparents townhome...#57)

WOW! I am going to have to spend a lot of time catching this up with my photos. I definitely have one (or many) I can use for my photo a day since I stopped posting so it will be fun updating this a little at a time. We had a great time in Ruidoso and it brought back a flood of old memories from the summers I spent down there with my family/grandparents. It is a little bittersweet, but it would be sad if I didn't have those feelings. I have decided there is no place in this world that I feel more calm, happy and peaceful. That means it's a good place to be and keep in my heart all year long. Can't wait to go back again. I'm very fortunate I have the memories of the past and the fun times and memories created in the present. I'm also so glad that my kids and Todd find this place pretty special, too.

STILL DOING THIS....

I haven't updated my photos for a while, but am still taking them and will post them when we get back from Ruidoso. I am having so much fun doing this and will love looking back on this next year. If I was up to date on my photos, today, i would probably decide to post the photo of Zach holding his latest toad, Ribbit. Chris also found one hanging out in our back yard, but I'm not sure if he figured out a name he liked yet. I suggested Harold, but he nixed that one pretty quick.

Can't wait to go to my favorite place in the whole world...Ruidoso. So many summers spent there with my family. I still picture it in my mind and the happy times there. Tomorrow night, I will be able to revisit all those special places live and in person. I am quite sure there will be many photos to capture this amazing place and our adventures. I plan to hit the playground and swing on the swings, but if they still have that old, metal slide, I think I'm going to pass. I'm quite sure it would not meet safety standards anymore. Of course, I hope the merry go round is there. We would beg my dad repeatedly to spin us around, and, he did it over and over again. Last time we were there, five years ago, he got to spin my kids around like he did for us.

Sure wish my parents were going with us again. It was so much fun to have them with us last time we went. My mom and I even peeked in Grammama and GrandadDell's townhome and were careful not to set up off the alarm. Still looked very much the same. This time, I won't have my partner in crime and I'm not sure I'll be as daring without her with me :).