Wednesday, February 2, 2011

so I did

I still have a few photos in my early 2008 storage binder, and I pulled one of those out today that I wanted to use on a connections layout. I knew I wanted to pair the photo with one from 2005, so I pulled my cold storage box and flipped through until I found the one I wanted. I decided to use this week's Sketchy Thursday's sketch as inspiration for a layout.


I didn't realize until I pulled both photos that Natashia was wearing pink in both, so I went with that as my main color using a little green as an accent. I moved things around just a little because I wanted to include a journaling box.

Journaling reads: Summer 2005 - Brenda called to say I needed to teach Pun'kin to ride her bike without training wheels during her summer visit, so I did! Summer 2008 - Brenda called when she was on her way to meet me for Pun'kin's summer visit to say they had forgotten to load her bike. However, when I got to the meeting place, they had a surprise for me. They had stopped along the way and bought Pun'kin a new bike, with 18 speeds! Brenda figured since I always teach the kids to ride their bikes, I might as well teach Pun'kin how to shift the gears and use the hand brakes on her new bike, so I did!

I can hardly wait until this summer because I will be teaching the twins to ride their bikes without training wheels. After that I anticipate doing a connections layout with several of my bike riding teaching sessions, starting with my first "pupil" (my nephew Trey) back in the early nineties. Not too bad, twenty plus years and I can still run up and down the street holding the bike upright! :>)

5 comments:

  1. it is cool to see you making such good use of the LOM system. After repeatedly taking the class, my "system" is still in the developmental stages!

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  2. Loveeeeeeeee this!!! Awesome color combo! Thanks soooooooooooo much for playing along with Sketchy Thursdays! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

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  3. Nice story; great layout. I like that sketch from ST too, I'll be playing with it soon.

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  4. This is a GREAT story - I love it! And I'm in awe of your patience: teaching bike riding takes a lot :)

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  5. Oh, how lovely :-) The Doctor taught both our two to ride bikes, because of my bad back - but it gave me the chance to take lots of photos at least!

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