Week In The Life 2012

**Long Post Ahead**

This is my third year participating in WITL and I must admit I wasn't sure if I really wanted to do it but when I was asked to work with the new Simple Stories Memory Works album by Scrap Shotz I decided it would work perfectly for this project!

The biggest difference between this year and previous years for me was putting the album together before the week of documenting began. I think I prefer having the base ready to go, similar to December Daily. I also limited myself to using only the Simple Stories "Documented" collection, no extra embellies or anything like that and that makes it quick to complete as well.

The album is 6x8 and I set it up with one 6x8 photo or thereabouts for the first page, followed by photos in divided page protectors which come with the album and insert pages which also are included with the album. The last page is the Ali Edwards journaling sheet, re-sized for this size of album so when I printed on it I had to print small :) .

I definitely have more journaling in this one than in previous years, probably not as many photos but I'm okay with that.

Here goes Week In the Life 2012:

Front Cover:

Title Page:

Monday, April 23

Tuesday, April 24

This page makes me smile because Cole decided he was going to fill it in for Mom.

Wednesday, April 25

I used a memorabilia envelope as a photo and journaling mat by opening it up.

Thursday, April 26

Friday, April 27

Saturday, April 28

Sunday, April 29

You'll notice I wrote absolutely nothing down on the final day...the photos also seem to get less and less as the week passes but I actually have more in here than it felt like I actually took.

Thanks for taking a look!

Knee Deep...

...in photo editing! I've spent the past week working on my WITL photos and just uploaded the images for printing! So happy to get those off to the printers along with all my July photos so I am officially caught up on my photo printing! Lots of photos to be inspired to scrap, that's for sure!

I used Ali Edwards digital kit from 2010 to put these together and after her great tutorial using PSE 9, it still took a bunch of time but was much less frustrating than the evening I spent trying to use PSE 9 before watching her tutorial.

Here are the first few days of the week in their final form:

I plan to place patterned paper over top of some of the squares. There's no way I would not be able to add some touches to this project ;)

Week In The lIfe-Day 5 & 6

Friday was a day that can best be defined as LAZY!!!
I was so lazy, no desire to do anything but lay around on the sofa. That's okay right? It doesn't happen very often but it was soooo nice to have no plans, or HAVE to go out anywhere.
Needless to say, my photos were few and far between but here is Friday in photos:

Hugs from big brother Blake.

Jack's glasses, all of 3 weeks old.

Blake trying out his new bat.

My smashbook.

I took even less photos on Saturday and I'm okay with that! I went to the mall to buy some skincare products and makeup from Sephora and also bought myself a "maxidress" in the petite INC section at the Bay. I got a great deal on it, $43.00 for a $99.00 dress. We had out-of-town company on Saturday and had a great time together! Here are a few photos of our day:

Peyton helping Cole put his shoes on, against her will ;)>

Mom opening the blinds to brighten up the interior!

Fridge full of food awaiting dinner guests!

Peyton and Mom just before bed!

While getting ready for company I was reminded how great it feels to work as a team to accomplish a goal. Ray and I split up the tasks that had to get done before company arrived and we both felt relaxed the entire day as a result. I in particular, learned to just take a breath and be appreciative of all that Ray was able to do for me, not be critical of every i dotted and t crossed by him. This daily photo and words project has helped me to be remember that there are lessons to be learned and wonderful memories in the "everyday" of our lives.

Thanks for sharing it with me!

Week In The Life-Day Four

Today marked our very last baseball game of the season!! It was the bronze medal game between Bowridge and North Regina and the kids played a great game to win 13-12 and bring home the bronze medal at the prairies tournament.
Now it feels like the last day of school all over again as we officially have nothing on the horizen but summer!
Here is Thursday in photos:

breakfast.

baseball game.

kids relaxing playing Minecraft and the Wii.

funtime for Mom, my Smashbook.

getting ready for bed.

One thing I find myself being more aware of is the lighting when I am taking my photos. You can see how much it varies around my house. I am going to play around in PSE when I put the pages together to adjust them but I've also enjoyed playing around with the AV setting on my camera to improve the lighting although that doesn't always work with moving subjects. Taking all these photos is a great opportunity to practice and learn more about my camera.

That's day four, thanks for looking!