Everyone loved the layouts that I did for my grandfather's memorial service. I was asked to do a layout for my Great Aunt Helen and her husband Arthur. Art is the only one of m grandfather's siblings that is still alive. They celebrated their 57th Anniversary the week before my grandfather died. The photo of them together is from my grandfather's memorial service and the bottom photo is their wedding party. I used Tink's Tying the Knot kit, available at Digitals, to created this layout. It's great to celebrate a life lived together.

This photo of my grandparents was shared with me by my mother. I loved the photo and felt that I had to do something with it. I used the Virtual Painter, Oil Painting filter to get the painting look on the larger version. The background is a paper from Tink's Orange Spice kit, available at Digitals. The page was recolored to look like the dining room wall. The frame is from PSP X.

Grandfather

Today is the day of my grandfather's funeral. I cannot be there physially, but I will be there in spirit. In memory of you PaPa.

A Few More for Grandpa

Did up a few more layouts this morning .. Thought I would share.

In Memorium

The layouts completed today were done in memory of my Grandfather who passed away, peacefully, yesterday at the age of 76. He was a great man and I will miss him dearly. I have not seen him in more than 3 years and I am truly sorry for that. He was always there for me when I needed him. No matter what I was doing in life, I could count on him to be there on those important days.
This first layout was created using a background paper from Veronica Culley's Simplicity Duos Purple kit, available at Digitals. I also used a paper from Glenda Ketcham's Sibby Goes to Kindergarten kit to create his name. The graphics used were obtained from Elder High School in Cincinnati Ohio, where my grandfather graduated from many years ago. The wordart phrases used on this layout are from many different designers, obtained mostly from 1HourScrap.
This second layout was done using a quick page. I have searched all through my files and can't figure out where I got it from .. I can't find the original quick page on my computer anywhere now. The font that I used is Gracey's Curse. The wordart was created by Sue Jones for the July It's Only Words challenge at Digitals. I had "fun" adding the pictures to this page. It was neat to see all of the old photos.
The third layout I created for his memorial is also a quick page. The wordart is from the daily download at 1HourScrap. I can't figure out where the quick page came from .. that seems to be a trend today. I love this photo though. It is of my grandfather with my nephews last summer. It saddens me though, because I know that I do not have any pictures of him with my own children.
The third layout from this morning is a great example of how my grandfather was always there for me. These two photos were taken when I graduated from college and on the day I got commissioned as an Army Officer. He supported me in everything that I did. I will truly miss him.
This layout is my favorite out of the ones that I have done for him. I love the way that it turned out. I used Lori Imel's Classic Black and White kit to create the layout. My grandfather was one of the biggest Elder High School fans that I have ever met. I remember times when I was younger when we would walk over to "The Pit" as their stadium was known, to see what was going on because we saw the lights on from our house. Friday nights were spent there cheering on "The Pride of Price Hill" while I was growing up. I returned home from college on friday nights to attend football games with him. The photo on this layout is his Elder High School Senior Portrait.

I cannot take credit for this next layout. I was having a really hard time coming up with something for this gorgeous photo. I asked Lori for some advice and input. When I couldn't do it I asked her to help me out. She graciously agreed and did up this wonderful layout.
This is my final layout today. I am headed to bed in a few minutes. I couldn't come up with anything for the color photo of my grandfather in the Army. But I had better luck with the black and white version. For this layout I used the Army Of One kit from Cristy Sturm at Butternug Squash Designs. The wordart was from there also and is free.
I hope you have enjoyed looking at the layouts that I am doing to remember my grandfather. A few more will probably be done tomorrow.

Relaxing by the Water

This month I am concentrating on creating layouts of my grandparents. My grandfather is in the hospital dying and I want to create as many loving memories of him as possible. Their 51st Wedding Anniversary is coming up this Sunday, August 13th. I hope to have some great layouts done for them to cherish. This particular layout is the second in a series of layouts from their vacation in Hawaii in 1998. They went to Hawaii for their anniversary. For this layout I used Maddy Fernandez's Of Sand and Sea kit. I also used some elements from the add-on pkg for the same kit. Both are available at Digitals. The fonts that I used for this layout are mandngo and milk & cookies. Both can be downloaded here. Let me know what you think of the layouts .. I LOVE comments. :)

Movie Night

This layout is my submission for the August Me, My, Mine challenge at Digitals. It completes the challenges for August. I got all 13 of them done in record time. Would have had them done on the 4th, but didn't have any August photos, and the Me, My, Mine challenge has to be done for an event during the current month.
Anyway ... for this layout I used Lori Imel's newest kit, Classic Black & White, availble only at Digitals. The fonts are Ravenscraft, Rage Italic and Eras Bold ITC.
We took the boys to see Superman Returns last night at the theater here on post. It was the first time that BJ and Cody had ever been to a movie theater. Andrew went a few years ago with Mitch to see Shrek 2. The boys did pretty well last night considering the movie started right before bedtime. They all stayed awake through the entire movie and were relatively well behaved. They were quiet through the whole movie, can't say they sat still, but there was enough room inbetween the rows that they could move between Mitch and I without bothering anyone else. And, they only spilled the bag of popcorn once.