Disney Scrapbook Layout

While the kids and I have been on Spring Break, I have found some time for scrapbooking! I finally scrapbooked our trip to Disneyland from last summer! In previous years I have made mini albums for our Disney trips. But since we go every year, I was getting bored coming up with new layouts. So I decided that 1 layout that is full of pictures is better than just not scrapping it at all. I think that sometimes we scrappers get too focused on trying to scrap ALL our pictures and EVERY event- that we get overwhelmed and quit. That is why I have started doing Year in Review albums like this. (I'll post my 2011 one soon!)

Here is my Disneyland 2011 2 page layout...

Since there are 18 pictures on this layout, I was careful not to add many elements. Here is a close up of page 1...
And page 2....
If you want to see more of our Disney pictures and read more about our trip, you can check out these posts. Every time I ever post Disney pics, I get emails asking where I got the cute outfits and matching family shirts. I have them made by sellers on Etsy.

If you want to see more Disney scrapbook layouts please check out this post and this post. Happy scrapping!

First Day of School

I am getting closer to being caught up! Just 3 birthdays left!

Today I have pictures of the first day of school. Kyler is a 2nd graders. The twins are 1st graders. And my "Baby Laynee" started Kindergarten. I had such a hard time this year. I am SUPER sappy and this was the first year that they were all in school. Three days before school started- it hit me. It hit me hard. I just laid there in bed balling. And sniffling. It was pathetic. I kept thinking about the day that each of the kids were born. I thought about holding their little bodies. And I thought of all the things I would have changed if I had a second chance. I would have kept them home with me every single darn day. I would have yelled less. I would have played more. But too late now....they spend their days with their teacher and not me. I warned you that I was sappy! I cried for about 4 days. The 1st day was hard!!! I did ok with the big kids. But Laynee....a whole other story. I remember leaving the school crying like a baby. Scott decided to take me to breakfast a s a distraction. The poor waitress must have thought I was crazy!!! But the good news....the kids love school. They love their teachers and are excited to see their school friends again. I will make it through the first week!

I was crying...but the kids sure weren't!

Here is Laynee with her teacher, Mrs. Williams.

Laynee was not very excited about starting school. She kept telling me that she didn't want to go because she would miss me. But there weren't any tear. (From Laynee.) And I know she is gonna love Kindergarten!

I made it through the first day. Now I have 3 birthdays to cry through!

The Happiest Place on Earth- Part 1

It is our 1st day in Disneyland and it is my 30th birthday!!! I can't think of a better place to spend my birthday! We start the day with breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen. This was our 1st time eating here and we loved it! The characters spent a lot of time with the kids and the food was tastey.I loved that every time a character came near Laynee- she would giggle. She was so happy!

Scott is doing the Twist. Aladin was dancing with the girls. Super cute!

Never too early for a cupcake right?

Time for rides!!! And we road lots of them!

Do you like my birthday shirt? I think that about 200 random strangers wish me a happy birthday! It was fun!

Star Tours!!!

Taking a nap in Pluto's bed inside Mickey's house.

We road tons of rides and saw some characters. Then we watched the parade. Did you know that my birthday is also Disneyland's birthday?! How cool!!! The parade was awesome....but it was mighty hot!!! Right after the parade, we went to Downtown Disney for some birthday dinner at Tortilla Joe's. Fun!

After dinner, we road a bunch more rides! And then we saw the fireworks. I love Disney fireworks! Every year I am amazed! What an amazing way to end a super fun birthday! And a great way to start our 4 days in Disneyland!

The Happiest Place on Earth- Part 3

Day 4. Our last day :(

We started with a couple rides and meeting the princesses in Disneyland. And then finished our trip by hitting a couple of our favorite rides (Little Mermaid and Toy Story!) in California Adventures. Not too many pics....we were all tired of the camera! But I do have to show off the kids' last outfit....

Minnie liked my shoes!

And it is time to head home. It is always sad when a vacation ends.....but I feel blessed to have such special memories! It was a fantastic way to end an awesome summer!