Random Fourth Stuff

Hope you all had a great fourth! We certainly did. But after such a late night, we're off to a slow start today! The guys are still sleeping!

Our boy in his flag shirt! He was very proud to have a flag shirt for the fourth. Okay, the battle over eating fruit continues. Five cherries, that's all I asked. He balked and whined and complained. Did you know that cherries are the ten million doubled worst fruit in the world?
Yep, that's what he said. But, after eating them he said that maybe every time he eats them he gets a little like for them, and in three more tries he might actually like them. If it takes twenty minutes of complaining first every time I'll be frustrated, but I am determined. If it is a battle of wills, I win! He will eat fruit every day, an not just bananas. So there!

Got out the new scanner and scanned a couple of test photos. Here I am, I think about 2 1/2 years old, at my grandma's in what passed very well as a swimming pool for me, thank you!

I'm excited to have a scanner so I can make these kind of photos available for scrapbooking.

Speaking of scrapbooking, I got to do some yesterday. Here is one of the two layouts I finished. This one is for a class at Keepsakes by Design. I saw a digital page very similar, and did my best to replicate the digital elements with traditional stuff. Pretty pleased. It's a bit more girly than I usually do. The photo is me with my friend Sandy at her wedding.

Here is an up close look at some of the elements.
We did go see a wonderful fireworks show at our friends house - thanks Thompsons! It was fun to see so many wonderful people and to meet some new ones. The kids played and played on an inflatable water slide and a trampoline, so Jansse was pretty sure it was the coolest thing ever - and there were even boys there to play with this year!

Again, hope you had a fabulous celebrations of Independence Day.