Anna Loves Simeon, November & December Calendar Template Freebies

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This is my first layout of Simeon - Anna loves her baby brother and is very sweet and gentle with him, even though she is VERY possessive of HER mommy! It was fun to spend four days with the family in Minnesota. My fall break from school came at the perfect time for the visit, and we missed the huge snow storm while we were gone!

And here are the last two calendar templates for 2010! It has been so much fun to do the templates this year, and it has been awesome to make new friends along the way. Enjoy your holiday season, and Happy Scrapping!
Download November Template Here.Download December Template Here.

It's a Boy!!

Simeon James arrived Saturday, October 24 at 4:00 pm (Minnesota time) and weighed 6lb 11oz - more than two pounds less than his sister, Anna, at birth! Anna is excited to meet her baby brother this morning - more pictures to follow!Congratulations to Jody who is the winner of the Janelle Baby Lottery. Jody guessed "Boy Sat morning at 6:32 am." Jody, send your address to me at tmjanelle@gmail.com and I'll get your Starbuck's gift card to you!

Janelle Baby Lottery

Ginny's due date was Saturday, but we still don't have a baby, and we don't know if it's a girl or a boy. So, we are offering a $10 Starbuck's gift card for the person who guesses the correct sex of the baby AND the closest birthdate. Jim thinks it's a boy. I think it's another girl. What do you think? If you agree with someone else, the closest TIME wins.

It's October - Calendar Template Freebie!

October, 2009, is the month that our second grandchild will be born. Ginny's due date is two weeks from today. We don't know if the baby is a girl or a boy, so we are very excited about the upcoming birth. This is a picture that Ginny recently posted on her Facebook page. I love that expression on Anna's face - she is intent on trying to understand what's going on with her mommy's growing tummy!Happy Birthday tomorrow, Ginny. We love you and are praying for you and little lamb!!

I really want to be better about keeping this blog a little more up to date, but the days, weeks and months just seem to be flying by!! This month's calendar template was designed by Teri. When we talked earlier today we decided that we should make the November and December templates so that anyone who is using the templates for their 2010 calendar can get them finished before the rush of the holiday season - stay tuned, and enjoy!
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By the way, thank you, Tabitha, for bringing to my attention that the dates were wrong on the July calendar template. I have corrected the dates, so anyone can download the corrected version. Sorry!
Download July Template Here.

September Calendar Template and Happy Labor Day!

I hope you all are having (or had) a wonderful weekend. It used to be that Labor Day signaled the end of the summer and the beginning of school. For me, this year, Labor Day signals the midterm of the first quarter of school; and I'm working on midterm grades! I did take a little break to design the September Calendar Template. Hope you enjoy it. Download Here.

Calendar Template is on its Way!!

The new teaching job is eating up all of my time, but I promise to have the template posted by the end of this three day weekend!! Since I'm posting, I thought I might as well share a few new photos of Anna. She didn't have the pig tails in for long, but long enough to get these darling photos!! Thanks, Peter for keeping us current - these might just be the inspiration that I need for the September calendar template!

August Calendar Template Freebie

First. let me share with you our Janelle family calendar for this month.
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This picture of Peter was taken on Lake O'Brien - quite appropriate, considering that Peter and Ginny spent this weekend at the same lake with friends of theirs. I'll wager that Peter even spent some time on the same Sunfish!

So, here's the August 2010 calendar template. It's one of Teri's designs. Enjoy!
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Our Present ties to the Past

Greetings, family, friends and fans!! What a whirlwind summer this has been! So many wonderful things have happened, but I haven't taken the time to update the blog - sorry!

We had a wonderful trip with Jim's sister, Kris, to visit Peter, Ginny and Anna in Minnesota. Jim and I stayed for about 10 days and loved every minute of our visit. It was so hard to say goodbye to Anna after forming some new bonds with her. Our hearts melted everytime she said "Gramma" or "Grampa"! Isn't she getting so big? This picture was taken on one of our several walks in the neighborhood. We hadn't planned on swimming in the neighborhood pool, so we didn't have our swimming suits, but we couldn't resist dipping our feet for a while!

By the way, did you happen to see the beautiful pictures that Peter took of Anna?
These two are my favorite. They were taken near their home in an industrial area that has been converted to an arts district with studios galore. The buiding used to be home to Northrup King Seeds. That was really nostalgic for me since Northup King was one of the suppliers of corn seed to my dad. Corn was always a major crop on the farm when I was growing up.

So, the other big news is that I have a new job! I'm going to be a Rangeview Raider and will be teaching at Rangeview High School in Aurora, Colorado. Aurora is a southeastern suburb of Denver where Jim grew up - who would have ever imagined?