Logan

And this... is my grandson Logan

Elisa

This is my daughter Elisa- the eldest of the three- pet name nanny

artist

Poet

Gadget-loving technophile

great sister & friend

Young mom extraordinaire

Moe

This is my middle son Raymond- he prefers to be called Moe
into urban art
playing the guitar {self taught} how do ya like them apples!
tender heart
avid reader
movie buff
technophile
creative soul

Nicholas

This is my son Nicholas the youngest of the three. I call him nicky still - over his complaints and his request to be called "nick"
avid collector & reader

movie buff

computer whiz

technophile

kind & compassionate

YeYa

i got the nickname Ye Ya from my first grandchild- she started calling me that when she was about 8-9 months old - it became very familiar and alas i am known to all by that nick name. i felt a little weird when i heard someone in the family encouraging their grand child to call them by ye ya- because before my grand daughter everyone else was "grandma, abuela, lela- never any ye ya's before me and my grandbaby Lily - So it shows their lack of originality- i feel very proud of the nickname because my grandbaby gave it to me- it was a very private and personal exchange- and now this person kinda of wrecked it for me! it may not mean anything to anyone else but to me it does- on a very personal level- by the way this is a picture of my cutie grand baby Lily

Surprise Surprise

Well, I finally started researching other blogs out there which I knew were many- but never actually sat there and leafed through them. There are hundreds of them! Mostly all good, which I hope that someday my blog will be, they are full of information. For instance I stopped by a blog this morning which I won't name until I'm clear on the protocols of mentioning other people's writings. Well it happens that one of my fave places to get stuff is eigher getting ready to close or is closed - Daisy D's - I will write more about it later once I know for sure. I haven't developed of list of blogs that I follow yet - because like I said I just started reading- But I will soon!

My Passion for Scrapbooking

I developed my passion for scrapbooking when I was in high school, yes way back then. Of course we didn't have the elaborate embellishments or the beautiful papers we have now but, it was scrapbooking.

When my children started to fill my home I took pictures of everything they did, everywhere we went, but by now like most people I wasn't scrapbooking because I didn't have the time. So most of my pictures would end up in shoe boxes in my closets.

As my children got older and grand children started arriving, I started scrapbooking again, by now the scrapbooking industry was developing and oh what a wonderful time I would have creating these beautiful pages about my family, with short stories describing the events.

Now here we are ten years later and the scrapbooking industries has made leaps and bounds! There are so many wonderful products now, there is something for every style, occassion.
I feel so very priviledge to be able to do this for my family, you see when I look at pictures from when my mother and father were young and rising their family they took many pictures, but there are no little stories to tell me and my children what was happening and who are the people in the photos.

So this is why I get such joy from scrapbooking, I am making history books for my children and their children- so that they know where they come from and who they are.