Week in the Life ~ Complete Album

Well...almost.  :)  I still would like to do a closing page with some stats about each member of the family (age, height, weight, bed time, etc) but have not completed that yet.  Otherwise this album is DONE!  Yay!

You can see the digital pages in more detail here or my daily posts during the week here.  And now, here it is, my 2011 Week in the Life album...

You'll notice I added some pattern paper to the daily title page.  I love the color it brings into the layout.  Thanks Trisha for the idea!

Yep, the bottom right pocket is empty.  That's where a receipt will go.  Ya know, the one I saved just for this project and put in that special spot so I wouldn't lose it...the one that is now lost...  ;)  Worse case scenario I did take a picture of the receipt and can place it there if I need to.

My first Week in the Life is now complete.  I will ABSOLUTELY do this project again.  I loved the process and I love how the album turned out!

What moments stand out to you from your week this week?  Take a second and jot those stories down.  I promise you won't regret it!

Week in the Life ~ The Photos

After Week in the Life wrapped up it took me 3-4 evenings to go through all my photos and put together my digital templates.  Then I sent them off to Persnickety Prints to be printed up (normally would do this at home, but currently having printer problems).

And here are my spreads all together (minus the baseball card pages which I'll show you when I get the prints and complete the album)...

Did you participate in Week in the Life?  Or do you do any long term projects (like Project Life, Project 365, New 52)?  I'd love to hear all about it!

Week in the Life ~ Weekend

With a house full of guests all weekend long I got behind on posting for Week in the Life.  So here is a combined post for some of my Sat and Sun pics.  SOOC and no photo frames but pics all the same!  :)

Here is Sat...

Friday night, or rather, Sat morning I went to bed at 1:20 AM.  I was then awakened at 6 AM by my boys.  :)  So before everyone else got up I spent a bit of time catching up on my blogs and uploading my Friday pics.

We started Saturday morning with plenty of snacks to get us through the day.

I got a cup of hot tea to start my day.

My son's school has a scrapbook committee to document each year.  So I spent some time completing the 14 layouts I was assigned.  (Didn't get them all done but finished a huge chunk).

Love my scrappy friends!  My house was FULL!

I hired a babysitter for the day to keep my boys entertained.  They did pop up every once and awhile...cause they were hungry.  :)

Otherwise they could be found in the basement playing Wii along with some of the other kids that had come with their Moms.

My friend's daughter working with the boys on cutting paper.  After this my oldest asked me if he could have a scrapbook to make his own "creations" in.  We have a scrapping date on Tuesday.

Here's my living room at the end of the day.  Lots of creative energy going on here!

And here is Sunday...

This morning my oldest said, "Mama, it was good to sleep in my own bed cause I feel rested this morning."  Ha!  Here he is getting his church bag ready to go with money for the offering and lunch.  Since I still had company a friend came to get the boys and take them to church.  This is the one day I wish had been more "normal" in my WITL.  I miss church a handful of times a year so to have no church photos seems strange.  But this was my life...today...  :)

This is a daily routine.  Spray down those cowlicks with water and try to make them lay flat.

Waiting for our friends to come pick him and his brother up.

Gathering his money for offering.

Once the boys were on their way I grabbed some breakfast.

One of the last few standing!  :)

The other of the last few standing.  :)

Can you believe the amount of stuff two people can bring?  :)  My house was so full of scrapping stuff this weekend was unbelievable.  I was sad to see everyone go.

I wanted to pull together one more project so I started cutting some 4x6 sheets of paper.

While I was waiting for the boys to come back home I decided to walk to the mailbox.  It is a bit of a walk from my house.  Can you see it?

Me and my mail  :)

I got a package of some jewelry I ordered from Emerge Global (an organization helping abused girls in Sri Lanka).  The necklace is just beautiful!

I got back to work on putting together this little album.

Then the boys returned home.  And our friends stayed for dinner.

Finishing up food left over from the weekend.

How nice to have good friends that give my boys a little "Dad" time while their Daddy is away.

Spending some time outside.  My son was so proud of how high he was swinging.

Stomping up to bed mad cause he wasn't ready to sleep.  Grumpy, TIRED boys and Mama.  But it was a great weekend!

And there you have it.  One week in my life!

So tell me, how was your weekend?