Get Messy | Two

Hello again!

And once again, I waited the night before to do my two pages.  But oh man, I was in such a groove last night, I didn't want to stop.  I got my photos from my vacation a few weeks back and I'm in love this them.  While we were on our trip, I knew I wanted to create a four triangle page that showed all the places we traveled.  I didn't know I would be adding the quote, but I'm so glad I did.  It definitely goes along with my One Little Word, moment.

This is what I did for my second page.  This quote really resonated with me and I knew I wanted to create something that wasn't necessarily 'pretty' i.e. all rough edges for the flower.   In our world, we are constantly showing off to our friends on Facebook, instagram, etc and it is so hard to not compare ourselves with others.  And yet, we all do it.

Project Life Week 23-26

Week Twenty Three | This week I photographed my second birth.  This time I didn't know the new parents, but it was just as magical.  Still going on with my #100happydays.

Week Twenty Four | This week we went to the KC Farmer's Market.  Lots of fun, would love to spend more time there next time though.  I added a 4x6 flip pages to add a few extra photos from our time in KC.  Still need to add my 12of12 grid to this week.

Week Twenty Five | This was an awesome week, by far.  Dad and I went back down to KC on a Tuesday night to meet up my new Crick Camera friends and photographed some of the skyline.  The main thing we learned was how to create a panoramic photo.  So, so cool.  And then Crick's printed me a copy for free.  I can't want to get it framed and hang it up in the house.  I had my dinner date with my girls on Wednesday.  And then D and I had a date to the Royals Game.  It was H.O.T.  But so fun.  Plus it was buck night and it was the first time D saw the fireworks that our stadium puts off on buck nights.  (Coming from a girl who doens't really watch baseball, how he has never seen the fireworks before shocks me!)

Week Twenty Six | Another simple week.  Still working though my #100happydays.  Watched Erin in her performance of Winnie the Pooh.  It is so fun to see her act, sing, and dance.  Love this girl!

OLW July Goals

Instead of setting intentions for the year, I am setting 3 goals to accomplish each month.  Goals that will create moments.  Goals that are attainable.  Goals that are things I need to get done.  Goals that will make me a better person. 

-  ME | Actively use fitbit this month.  I need to get in the habit of really taking care of myself. | Fitbit has been on and used almost daily.  I say almost because I didn't track my food the week we were on vacation.  It has been fascinating to see how much I move in the morning when I'm getting ready for work and how much I don't move while I'm at work--the downside to a desk job.  I tweaked the goals that fitbit automatically sets for you.  For me, that's ok.  I'm still not reaching my goals everyday, but they can be met and I'm more likely to reach them based on what my average daily activity is like.  They are more attainable and I'm more likely going to stick with using fitbit past one month or after summer ends.  The main thing, is that it still is pushing me to get up and go for a walk, even if it's a little one around the block.  

-  GIVE | Still thinking on what to do with this one.  I think it will be a spur of the moment thing, not something I plan out. | It was minimal, but I sent postcards to my kids.  Their mom told me that it was thoughtful and they loved getting mail from me and now they can't wait to go to Yellowstone!

-  CELEBRATE | Plan family vacation.  We've been talking about this for a year and I'm happy to report it will be happening this month. | We went on our family vacation at the end of July.  It was wonderful!!!  We traveled to Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Devils Tower, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Glacier National Park.  I've posted a few photos on this blog, I have many more to go.

-  Learn my cameo with the Cameo Basics class through Studio Calico.  I bought this class during sale thinking it would force me to finally learn my machine. | Didn't do anything this this, but that's ok.  It was an incredibly busy month.  And I completed the goals Ali set for us.

July was awesome!  Here is what I have planned for August:

1.  Limit myself to one hour a day for screen time (computer/ipad/phone/tv).  This does not include time spent printing photos for PL, watching Oscar movies, watching Bachelor in Paradise (come on, I need one guilty pleasure), and putitng together our vacation video, all of which are on my project to do list.

2.  Put together a video from our vacation.  I've never done this before and purposely took videos for this goal.  I already know I should have taken more videos...

3.  Breathe in the last long summer days.

Week Thirty

July 21, 2014

Family on vacation, you were so needed.  In more ways

that I could ever begin to count.  This is one trip that will forever

be engraved into my memory.

Family Vacation: Part Two: Yellowstone

On Monday, we got up early and went to Yellowstone.  When I checked the weather in the morning, it said thunderstorms all day long.  But someone looked out for us and we only had cloudy skies until the late afternoon.

We drove on scenic highway 191 and watched the Gallitan River flow along next to our car.  (Which was pretty cool since that is one of the rivers they used to film A River Runs Through It.)

 ^^Oh hey Mr. Grizzly.

^^ Old Faithful

 ^^That water was FREEZING!!! I've never felt water that cold before.  Crazy cold.

 ^^ This big guy created quite a commotion right next to the main road through Yellowstone.  And all he wanted to do was sleep.

^^Just taking a stroll down the highway...no big deal!

 ^^Mammoth Springs

There was a big rain storm in the evening while we had dinner.  We thought it stopped for good, but when mom and I came out from a bathroom break it was raining again.  And then we watched this double rainbow form over Yellowstone.  

Rainbow are so significant to our family.  And the fact that we saw this beauty on our trip...breathtaking.  One of my absolute favorite parts of the trip by far.