A couple weekends ago my mom decided to go up to Ohio for her family reunion. My sister, my brother-in-law (not married to each other) and my mom and my self all traveled up to Ohio for the weekend. It was a quick trip. We left early Saturday morning and got back late Monday afternoon.
The travel up wasn’t too bad we made pretty good timing and didn’t stop too much. The way home we were much slower though.
Anywho it was exciting to get to go to the reunion this year even though most of our family couldn’t make it. All the brothers and sisters (15 of them) were there so it made the day extra special. A professional photographer was there so please excuse my not so professional pictures :) I also snagged some from my cousin tina’s blog.
Lots of grand kids and great grand kids were in attendance too:
Photo Credit: Cousin Tina’s Camera
The reunion was held at my Uncle Al’s house a wonderful place for such a large group. The pool and playground really are perfect for the little kids (and some big kids) to run around and play.
I played a game of hill billy horse shoes and cards:
Photo Credit: Cousin Tina’s Camera
Most everyone played corn hole, my cousin ryan made most of the corn hole games in the picture:
We ate YUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY FOOD!!!
Last year i was upset because I didn’t feel like I had eaten enough food so this year I fasted and only had toast for breakfast. I wanted to make sure I had plenty of room for lunch and DESSERT! It worked I stuffed myself full! My sister told me that it takes 20 minutes for your stomach to know that you’re full and to communicate it to you to stop eating so I tried to pace myself to achieve maximum food consumption in minimal time. YUMMM
Oh and see that corn up there? It was sooooo yummy! My uncle Dan shared a cooking technique for fresh corn in the husks stick it in the microwave for 3 minutes use a pot holder to pull it out you may want to let it rest a minute b/c it will be HOT. Clean off the husks and butter (although this corn was so tasty u don’t need butter) and you’re ready to go. How easy is that!
Truly lots of fun I think everyone had a good time. There was good conversation too. A political conversation struck up but you’d be proud of me I stayed out of it LOL. In the car on the way up we had some good political discussion and we all agreed that we wouldn’t talk politics at the reunion and we all did a great job!
I took a bunch of pictures but discovered I hardly took enough :( I tend to do that these days. Thankfully like I said a pro was there for the family photo and lots of other family members got pictures too! Hopefully we’ll get to share those with each other.
Yesterday on my day off I completed this layout using photos I took and cousin tina took. This does not begin to cover all the people who were there but I do love how it turned out. I think I might have to add one more page with a bunch of photos on it to really cover the event properly in our family album.
Click here to see the layout larger and to see the scrapbook supply credits.
A family reunion truly is a treasured event. I’m so thankful to have gone again this year and get to see relatives and their kids and their kids kids it’s nuts and amazing to have such a large family. Even though we all do our own thing and have our own lives it shows how close we really are when we can get together like this. Looking at the photo of all the brothers and sisters and their kids and their grandkids it just reinforces to me why I want a big family. I don’t know if my grandma and grandpa had vision like this when they had all 15 of their kids to see the generations upon generations that come from 2 people love. Wow they raised 15 kids without a reality show! Before it was the “cool” thing to do. LOL. Amazing!!!
Do you have family reunions??? Do you have a large family???
While in Ohio at the family reunion my brother-in-law told us he’d never seen Lake Erie so we decided to wake up early that Sunday before the reunion picnic to head over to Huron to check it out. We walked the pier all the way out to the lighthouse. The path started out as cement pier then switched over to a dirt path then big rocks with sometimes big gaps between them. I didn’t really wear the right shoes for hiking but I managed to take pictures and walk at the same time. And lookie I get to add another page to my photo walk album!
Here are all the shots. The mid morning wasn’t exactly the best time to take pictures, I was mostly shooting into the sun and I’m not quite experienced enough to know how to best take pictures in those conditions. I think I managed to get a couple good shots.
MORE PHOTO WALK POSTS
- Guadalupe River Park (8-7-2009)
- Tracy’s Backyard (5-2-2009)
- Historic Duluth (2-8-2009)
- McDaniel Farm Park (11-23-2008)
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Two weekends ago at the last minute my sister, myself, and my brother-in-law all took my mother up to Ohio for the family reunion. All her 14 brothers and sisters were getting together for the first time in a few years. We stayed at my Aunt Rosie & Uncle Gene’s farm again this year. Their farm is just so inspiring when it comes to taking pictures! We arrived Saturday evening so the lighting was just right!
Here are the larger images hosted on flickr. Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I do.
MORE PHOTO WALK POSTS
- Guadalupe River Park (8-7-2009)
- Tracy’s Backyard (5-2-2009)
- Historic Duluth (2-8-2009)
- McDaniel Farm Park (11-23-2008)
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As I mentioned in my post about the 2009 DSP @ Adobe Laptop Crop we had a photo walk the day before and this is the layout I completed using the pictures I took on the walk. This is another page that will be added to my photo walk album. Hope you enjoy these shots as much as I do.
Here is a slide show of all the decent pictures that I took along the walk.
MORE PHOTO WALK POSTS
- Tracy’s Backyard (5-2-2009)
- Historic Duluth (2-8-2009)
- McDaniel Farm Park (11-23-2008)
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2009 DSP @ Adobe Laptop Crop
August 7-8 was the 2nd dsp.me laptop crop held at the Adobe Headquarters in San Jose, CA. I attended this crop last year and was so thrilled to be a part of it I couldn't wait to attend the 2nd one.
That Friday I headed to the Atlanta airport to catch my flight to San Fransisco. I flew Airtran to San Fransisco because their flights were so much cheaper. The 4+ hour trip was quite enjoyable the flight crew handed out a code for a free trial of the GoGo Inflight Internet and WOW I must say that is such a great feature that Airtan has added. I think over half the plane was on the internet. If only my laptop battery could last for 4 hours.
I again took the Super Shuttle van from the San Fransisco airport directly to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown San Jose. I really would recommend this shuttle service especially in the Northern California area. They're very professional and you get to see a little bit here and there of the different towns as you drop others off. You have to be prepared to invest alittle more time in your travel to and from your destination but really it wasn't much longer than 1 hr. Again this year the van made a stop at Stanford University. They were hosting the National Senior Games, and it looked like a major production I would have loved to stay and watch an event. I really like the shuttle service especially while traveling alone you get picked up at the curb and dropped off just the same.
Friday evening was the photowalk through the Guadalupe River Park.
All the team members who were at the crop attended the photowalk along with a large group of DSP members. Lauren Bavin, was our photowalk leader and organizer she had picked a great park that really filled up the time we saw lots of sculptures and art installations...great for taking photos. This location was really great for a large group as you could walk at your own pace and each of the interesting parts weren't too far apart. The park is many blocks long but for most of it you cross under the roads.
Miss OrangeSue was appropriately dressed though to direct traffic (or hunt a waskly wabbit):
After the photowalk Team Digital enjoyed a meal together we chatted and laughed ALOT! I had a really delicious chicken quite pricey but darn it was good! We all went back to the hotel and stuffed the goodie bags for the crop the next day. After that we all went back to our rooms and chatted and eventually fell asleep. It was fun getting to meet more members of Team Digital and some of them share my addiction to coffee and love for Starbucks.
Saturday was the big day!!! It was fun getting to see some DSP members that I met last year and getting to meet new people. We all passed out our ATC cards (see mine here). We shared tips & techniques we listened to presentations and tutorials from vendors and DSP Designers. In addition to the goody bags (stocked FULL of free stuff) there were tons of giveaways. Two Wacom Bamboo Craft Tablets were given away and the latest versions of Photoshop CS and Photoshop Elements!!! There were SOOOOOO many prizes!!!! Many members and Team Digital brought albums, projects and samples of their work. It was neat to see dsp products showcased so nicely in some form of printed materials. I brought a 4x4 canvas I had printed at Artscow, and my ATC album.
Sadly I didn't not scrap a thing! I pretty much scrap on my desktop and I have a nice comfortable set up with all my presets and add-ins all where I like them. Along with all my photos. In order to scrap on my laptop I have to do some prep work and add photos and elements. I just didn't have time to do that before I left so I was very unprepared. However I did have time to set some scrapbooking goals and really think about how to implement a plan to accomplish those goals. I will be blogging about that soon. Being around so many talented scrappers I really was energized and motivated to go further when it comes to scrapbooking and photography.
Saturday after the crop I went to bed and got some much needed sleep. I have determined that next year (if there is one) I want to come out atleast 1 day early, to give me time to rest up before the crop. Most of the other team members had a wild time out and about in San Jose (there are pictures but I'm sure they're totally confidential! -- What happens in San Jose stays in San Jose). It was neat though this week end was soo busy a huge Jazz Festival was going on along with a bunch of conferences so there was plenty to do and lots of people everywhere, a change from the year before.
It was Sunday and it was time to go home :( The shuttle picked me up right on time and got me to the airport without delay. I had anticipated eating at the airport but the lines were sooo long I decided against waiting. I don't think that was a very good idea I got pretty sick to my stomach for a bit before the pretzels and drinks came around. I had decided after trying the inflight internet on the way there I'd go ahead and spend the $12.95 for the flight home. Definitely worth it. I used it on my laptop and I even watch an episode of Monk on hulu.com and started another show. It was a bit slow you had to wait for the video to buffer for a while but once u did it continued pretty smoothly. After my laptop battery died I switched over to my blackberry and continued to chat with friends. SOOO NICE! I even im'd the hubby to pick me up some food which he did and I scarfed it down on the way home. The hubby and the kiddo picked me up at the airport it was sooo sweet to see them again blessed my heart sooo much!!
Well that basically was my trip. Definitely WAY TO SHORT but definitely TONS OF FUN!!!! If there is a crop next year I definitely want to go...do you want to go with me???
Last week at DSP it was Christmas in July. I know those of you who are my digiscrap friends already knew this and probably shopped and scrapped a ton!! Well for those of you who may have missed it there was also a give away of team digital recipe cards! I wanted to share my recipe card here with you and send you over to DSP to pick up the rest of the cards.
For my CIJ recipe I did my hard candy which I have shared here last winter.
You can download the full sized version here.
Here were the other recipes shared:
- Microwave Popcorn Recipe from Elizabeth Weaver
- Holiday Morning Breakfast Toast from Julia (webfrau)
- Pavlova from Sharon (shazzt)
- Butterscotch Haystacks from Sandy
- Dirty Pudding from Suzanne Walker
- 30-Minute Shrimp Stir-Fry from PQFran
- Taco Dinner Dish from Nicole Young
- Ginger Bread Men from Robin
- Stained Glass Tree Biscuits from Pam (Donut)
- JaeDee’s Famous Pink Yogurt Salad from JaeDee!
- Bread & Butter Pudding with Whiskey Sauce from Lauren
- Honey Snowflakes from Erica
- Cranberry Salad from Penny
- Orange Goop from Christine
- Cran-Apple Muffins from Carole
- Christmas Stew from Carole
I think I’ve mentioned here before the few times I went out to a teaparty or rally to protest our out of control government and the excess spending that is going on. Well I scrapped my photos from the tax day teaparty held here in Atlanta. I want to do a companion journaling page to put on the other side of this one.
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