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! :>)