First and foremost, I have a winner from my giveaway last week. Thanks to all that played along; I appreciate everyone’s honesty about how they feel about their personal work.
…but as we all know with these giveaways, I can only pick one winner.

Congrats, Brigid! Shoot me an email at redoaklines[at]gmail[dot]com, and I’ll get that mini album out to you prompto!
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There was definitely some fun times this weekend hanging out with the family. It had been a while since we drove up to see everyone, so we figured it was about time. Besides, we had some errands to run out in the area.
Gloria had lots of fun longboarding down the street.

Maui enjoyed hitching a ride with her too! She used to ride with Gloria when she was a puppy, so I knew she wasn’t going to be terrified. As a matter of fact, she absolutely loved the thrill of the ride. She’s such a chill dog and loves adventures.
We have yet to try surfing with Maui, but I’m sure she’d love sitting on the end of the board while riding a wave.

Hilo, on the other hand, was terrified of the thought of sitting on the board. He kept fidgeting and trying to jump off of it, so we gave up trying to teach him how to ride on the longboard, haha!

Miss Nano Banano (Natalie) and I had lots of fun annoying my little brother. He doesn’t like when we play the “Southern Accent” game together, haha! …so what do we do?! We annoy him by playing our game.

…and here’s Sean and Natalie. I love you guys; you’re adorable together! ((Nano — I’m so glad that he cooked you a special omelette! I knew you’d like it!))

…and before he ended up taking the longest afternoon nap ever, here’s my older brother, Scott! He’s super entertaining because he’s always making everyone laugh.

The dogs rolled around in the grass like a bunch of hooligans. Okay, okay… I admit! We were all rolling around in the grass like a bunch of hooligans.

I wish days were always like this, but alas life is how it is.
Reminding myself that there are wonderful days like this will motivate me until another fantastic day arrives.
I have one layout to share today. I had leftover American Craft‘s Amy Tangerine stuff lying out in my scrap room, so I couldn’t resist playing with it.


Hooray for a fun weekend and creating with cool, new scrapbooking stuff! Now that I have loads of new photos to print, I see a lot of projects in the making.

PS: God has blessed us in so many ways. Thanks for reminding me about those that are not as fortunate.








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August 8, 2011 at 2:17 pm
deftoned
FIRST! I beat G! Muwahahahaha!!!
Hi blogsphere!
August 8, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Nancy
Love your photos, sounds like you had a great time with the fam! love your layout. hugs.
August 8, 2011 at 3:08 pm
Diana Waite
looks like you had a blast! loving this layout-must get me some amy tangerine soon!
August 8, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Miss Nano Banano
Well, look how fun our weekend was! I sure do enjoy spending time with y’all! I’m being super productive today as I plan to join y’all for the sure-to-be simply fabulous birthday ball! That’s right!
Also, I looooooooooooooooove your layout! How do you have so much creativity?!
August 8, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Miss Nano Banano
(If you could see the html code, you’d find that post had a southern accent.)
August 8, 2011 at 6:11 pm
sarah
HAHHA!
August 8, 2011 at 6:51 pm
Julie Tucker-Wolek
Loveeeeeeee the photos!! And that lo is amazing! Can’t wait to play with Amy T’s new line!!! CONGRATS to your winner too!
:):):):):):):):):):):)
August 8, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Brigid
Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited!!!! I read your blog every time you post and I love your work!! I am so excited to win!!!!!! Thank you soooo much!!! I just got back from vaca yesterday and I will use it to make a mini of those pics! Thank you again!!!!
August 8, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Suzanne Sergi
Fabulous fun photos, and I am loving your layout! I cannot wait to see that paper line in stores(; Hugs
August 9, 2011 at 12:20 am
Gina Lideros
how fun! I love all the skateboarding pics. Gloria and the dogs look like they are having a blast! Your Yay layout is so fun, I really like the layering that you did around the title
August 9, 2011 at 8:32 am
Marie Ramirez
Great pics and I LOVE that layout! Super cool!!!!
August 9, 2011 at 9:24 am
Kelly Massman
How much fun is that layout!!!
August 9, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Melonie
Looks like a super fun weekend! LOVE all of the pics:) I especially love the pics of Gloria and Maui. Chewy loves to sit on Evan’s skateboard so those just made me smile:)
August 9, 2011 at 7:11 pm
Deana B
Where are the photos of everyone rolling around in the grass like a bunch of hooligans???
August 9, 2011 at 8:31 pm
sarah
we were rollin’ around, so there was no camera in hand. haha!
August 9, 2011 at 9:03 pm
Antonia Krajicek
Love what you did with the Amy Tangerine papers!! As always, your photos look fantastic. You have a great eye for capturing people and pets