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Hey, Ya'll,

Well, I won't bore ya'll with too much blabbing : )...I doubt anyone reads the intro anyways....

I have been doing yard work but so far this year it feels more manageable, Of course, the major growing season hasn't hit yet and it hasn't become quite as monotonous as it will later in the Summer. : )

Homeschooling is going fairly well...some days it is super challenging. I know whatever schooling situation you find yourself in can be challenging some days, right? We've been working on IXL.com and Switched on Schoolhouse a lot as well as reading lots of books and writing. This Summer, I'm planning to work a lot with both of the boys on Math U See (Gamma and Delta) and see how far we can get.

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Our Gluten Free Journey

Wow! It has been a journey, that's for sure. It's a long story, but I'll just say my husband and I "fought" over it for almost a year before getting the boys tested and actually going gluten free. I had been gluten free for a year and had been making gluten free stuff for everyone. I was also trying to get my husband to not give it to the boys. After we finally got both of them tested and they were positive, he backed me up but it was still a journey. : ) They/we are going much better now - our health and our relationships. Yay...but it is still challenging!

So, for the layout, I used labeling strips and created words like "panic" "fighting" "stress" "adjustment" "learning" and "confusion" - cause that pretty much describes it all. I didn't want to create a whole album or mini book but I wanted to include quite a bit of journaling and recipes that I've tried over the last 2 years and whatever other "bits" will fit. So, I used 2 regular file folders and created this 2 page layout.

I used dark green card stock for the background of both pages and then added the file folders (after I used my black stamp pad to ink around the edges). Then, I used the polaroid cut-outs from the same paper pack I used to create our 12th Anniversary Album. It is a really cool paper pack 'cause it comes with sheets of coordinating bits/embellishments you can cut out and use with your projects. I used a Dymo labeler in red to create my own word art on the Polaroid cut-outs. The paper pack also had some triangles to cut out - wouldn't have thought of a triangle banner without those cut-outs. I love the way it ties the 2 pages together. I did the title with black letter stickers and halfway through, I realized some of the letters wouldn't come off the sticker sheet...so I just made some "letter stickers" with the same red label "tape" - awesome!

Supplies:

Background Paper: 12x12 green card stock

Title: black letter stickers - not sure what they are...they've been in my stash forever

Embellishment: cut-outs from The Timeless Type Stack paper pack by DCWV (Die Cuts with a View)


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