Thanksgiving Blessings

What a wonderful time we had with the entire family at Peter and Ginny's in Minnesota. We had a perfect Thanksgiving dinner at Ginny's parents' (Larry and Sarah's) home. Patrick and Benjamin came from Germany, and their roommate from Los Angeles, Severine, was also there. We celebrated Anna's 2nd birthday too! Thank you Sean for having your camera ready to capture the special memories!

Anna Loves Simeon, November & December Calendar Template Freebies

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This is my first layout of Simeon - Anna loves her baby brother and is very sweet and gentle with him, even though she is VERY possessive of HER mommy! It was fun to spend four days with the family in Minnesota. My fall break from school came at the perfect time for the visit, and we missed the huge snow storm while we were gone!

And here are the last two calendar templates for 2010! It has been so much fun to do the templates this year, and it has been awesome to make new friends along the way. Enjoy your holiday season, and Happy Scrapping!
Download November Template Here.Download December Template Here.

It's a Boy!!

Simeon James arrived Saturday, October 24 at 4:00 pm (Minnesota time) and weighed 6lb 11oz - more than two pounds less than his sister, Anna, at birth! Anna is excited to meet her baby brother this morning - more pictures to follow!Congratulations to Jody who is the winner of the Janelle Baby Lottery. Jody guessed "Boy Sat morning at 6:32 am." Jody, send your address to me at tmjanelle@gmail.com and I'll get your Starbuck's gift card to you!

Janelle Baby Lottery

Ginny's due date was Saturday, but we still don't have a baby, and we don't know if it's a girl or a boy. So, we are offering a $10 Starbuck's gift card for the person who guesses the correct sex of the baby AND the closest birthdate. Jim thinks it's a boy. I think it's another girl. What do you think? If you agree with someone else, the closest TIME wins.

It's October - Calendar Template Freebie!

October, 2009, is the month that our second grandchild will be born. Ginny's due date is two weeks from today. We don't know if the baby is a girl or a boy, so we are very excited about the upcoming birth. This is a picture that Ginny recently posted on her Facebook page. I love that expression on Anna's face - she is intent on trying to understand what's going on with her mommy's growing tummy!Happy Birthday tomorrow, Ginny. We love you and are praying for you and little lamb!!

I really want to be better about keeping this blog a little more up to date, but the days, weeks and months just seem to be flying by!! This month's calendar template was designed by Teri. When we talked earlier today we decided that we should make the November and December templates so that anyone who is using the templates for their 2010 calendar can get them finished before the rush of the holiday season - stay tuned, and enjoy!
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By the way, thank you, Tabitha, for bringing to my attention that the dates were wrong on the July calendar template. I have corrected the dates, so anyone can download the corrected version. Sorry!
Download July Template Here.

September Calendar Template and Happy Labor Day!

I hope you all are having (or had) a wonderful weekend. It used to be that Labor Day signaled the end of the summer and the beginning of school. For me, this year, Labor Day signals the midterm of the first quarter of school; and I'm working on midterm grades! I did take a little break to design the September Calendar Template. Hope you enjoy it. Download Here.

Calendar Template is on its Way!!

The new teaching job is eating up all of my time, but I promise to have the template posted by the end of this three day weekend!! Since I'm posting, I thought I might as well share a few new photos of Anna. She didn't have the pig tails in for long, but long enough to get these darling photos!! Thanks, Peter for keeping us current - these might just be the inspiration that I need for the September calendar template!

August Calendar Template Freebie

First. let me share with you our Janelle family calendar for this month.
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This picture of Peter was taken on Lake O'Brien - quite appropriate, considering that Peter and Ginny spent this weekend at the same lake with friends of theirs. I'll wager that Peter even spent some time on the same Sunfish!

So, here's the August 2010 calendar template. It's one of Teri's designs. Enjoy!
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