Lets Scrap Sketch 138

This weeks sketch project on Let's Scrap!
The original sketch had ten photos' but you know me, and I have to have a large journaling area.
We have a particular way we open our gifts on Christmas so this is my layout of our family tradition. I did make the lamp my nephew is holding and plan on making another one for hubby and my bedroom. Visit us at www.letsscrap.ning for more inspiration!

The Greatest Gift Exchange

Something I've been contemplating today- the greatest gift exchange. I've been working on my DT project for Let's Scrap (reveal on December 30th) and had planned on titling it "The Great Gift Exchange" but decided instead for "Our Family Christmas Gift Exchange" because my spirit kept working on me about my term usage. The Greatest Gift Exchange is the gift of Christ, on a cross where he exchanged all my sin for redemption . How could anything else compare?! Nothing in this world, for sure. So during this wonderful Christmas season all thanks be to God for his incomparable gift!

All Things Christmas

What a surprise for Emma! We adopted kittens about the same time in September but her's disappeared in November. Her Nana and Pa decided to give her a new kitten for Christmas. My sister chose the kitten and I went on December 20th to pick it up. Michael and I had the pleasure of pet sitting until the big reveal on Christmas Eve. I don't know yet what Emma is going to name her but she's one of the mellowest, sweetest kittens we've ever known. She'll always have a soft spot in her uncle and aunt's hearts!

Bo Bunny & Kaiser Craft

I bought this little Kaiser Christmas tree last year but didn't get anything done with it! I just dressed it in Bo Bunny's new Tis the Season Line and it 's getting shipped to 3 of our nieces in Florida!

Lets Scrap #120 She's All That

This is our sweet niece, Audrey, who is all that and more. She's naturally pretty, vivacious smile, happy go lucky, imaginative and beautiful. She could so easily be ours, we love her that much! She loved this picture of herself so I sent the layout to her earlier today so she could see how much we adore her.

This was my DT layout for Let's Scrap sketch #120! I loved this sketch, which had a school theme but since I don't have kiddo's I don't have any school pictures. I loved the sketch anyway and found it very adaptable to so many different themes.

Tucker

Meet Tucker! I had a short list of names including Spencer, Chase, Ross and Tucker, and you know which one stuck. He tucks himself into my lap for naps, tucks his head under my chin for lovin, and has tucked himself permanently into my heart. This little guy, at not quite five months, has brought a tremendous amount of joy back to my days. As you can see, he loves to help me scrapbook as well, he has a real eye for paper! heehee

Happy Labor Day! Hope it's been a sweet time for family and friends. I just posted this layout for my DT Challenge at Let's Scrap. My challenge: Since it's football season and I'm a UT fan, use orange somewhere on your layout. The focus is to use inanimate objects to tell us something about you (with no people). My example is a tribute to the many word games I love to play!

I hope you'll play along. Visit me at www.letsscrap.ning.com to view the Challenge, got to the Forum and check out the Design Team Challenge14.