Meagan's How To: Sailing Through September!

The time has flown so quickly. The last time I posted was August 9th and here it is 9/23! How does that happen? I guess Life Happens!!
Since that time, my kids have all started back to school - and boy was that a huge deal. All 4 kids in school for the first time in 16 years! I have no little ones at home in the morning, but that time goes fast though. It also means that I have 4 different school schedules to keep track of and I am the family taxi.
With all my kids so big, I love to scrapbook older photos and reminisce over those little faces. This month, I spent more time on older photos than normal. I have been scouring my older photos and trying to clean up my digital files. That is a HUGE job in itself. My old "vault" with pictures from 2000-2010 has 15,000 photos on it!

Here is the oldest one - My Grandpa and his friend Oakie in about 1949 using Gingerscraps Buffet pieces from
Dagi's Temp-taions - Autumn Glory Templates
Little Rad Trio - Fishing Fun
Pixelily Outdoor Explore Artsy Papers

When my youngest started school, I did a little looking back to when my now 10th grader started Kindergarten from 10 years ago.

Dear Friends Designs - Through the Years - Kindergarten

Clever Monkey Graphics - School Rules

I did this double page spread from 4 years ago and my son's friend's 1st birthday party in the park.
Also with Buffet items, it includes
Dear Friends Designs - Celebrate
Aprilisa Designs - Picnic in the Park
B2N2 Scraps - The Great Outdoors Patterned Papers
Pixelily Designs - Outdoor Explore
Connie Prince - Nature Walk Kit
Boomers Girls Designs - Beach Boys Extra Alphas

I just love looking at these pics of my little man as a baby! I had snapped these pictures of him at the library and used a dinosaur kit that matches his outfit that I loved and a play on words.
Magical Scraps Galore - Prehistoric World
Dear Friends Designs - Shape Me Template

Then, I re-scrapped a page that I did awhile ago that I just never loved. Do you ever have that, where you just don't love how a page turns out. LJS came out with a kit for empty-nesters - meaning parents whose kids have left the nest, but I couldn't help but re-do this page of an actual nest with it's baby birds.
JB Studio - Incredible Life Vol 4 Temp 3
LJS Designs - Empty Nest

Boys are so much fun. You have to let them play in the mud and dirt and worms - it is just a boy thing!!
Leaving A Legacy Designs - Mud Pies and Gray Skies
Little Rad Trio - Think About It template

Here is another old one. I just love fall! All the apples, pumpkins, cool weather. So, I just love all the kits that come out this time of the year.
House Party Template by Little Rad Trio
Apple-icious by LJS Designs

And here are a few more Fall Ones
LJS Designs - Fall Frolics
Dear Friends Designs - Grab Bag #1 (Random Memories)

And for Gingerscraps 7th birthday, there were a bunch of $5 grab bags with tons of goodies

Clever Monkey Graphics Grab Bag for $5 during GS birthday - Happy Fall Y'All (recolored teal flowers, leaves, purple big flower and orange alpha to periwinkle)

Dear Friends Designs - Grab Bag #1 Assemble

LJS Designs On the Boardwalk (Ice Cream Cone)