Melinda And Maxwell

Our Granddaddy had a black cat named Maxwell. Granddaddy loved to tease and play with Maxwell. Here are some photos where he was telling Melinda about how a cat can jump. She was a little too fascinated and I know Granddaddy was chuckling. This digital scrapbook page about her playing with a black cat goes along with this time of the year.

Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil

My Uncle James liked the three of us to pose as the 3 wise monkeys: Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Speak No Evil.

Mom's Family Supper

Luke wanted to come out to the Farm so Mom invited us for spaghetti supper on their deck. Uncle Glenn and Aunt Janis came too. It was a very nice evening!

Welcome Home Luke!

Our nephew, Luke Harris, has spent the last 4 months in Iraq as a member of the Air Force. We really missed him! But he came home the weekend before Labor Day weekend and we celebrated with family cookouts for a week.





Luke had been planning for the last few months on upgrading his Ford truck. He had purchased some stuff online and had it shipped to his parents home. So he couldn't wait to get to work on it. Here he is taking off his old bumper to add a new bumper.











Lee



Hannah is 5 months along now



Mom


Melinda



Dad



Elaine

Hershey Kisses

Melinda made Brett a chocolate teddy bear to take with him when they moved to Illinois. Her handmade teddy bear was a hit! I wanted to scrapbook the moment she gave him his teddy bear. She named the teddy bear Hershey. So I used Hershey Kisses as my theme. I chose a chocolate colored paper and silver metallic matting or frames. I added a teddy bear element and some stitching and silver brads as embellishments. I used a label and a funny font for a caption. But I used a Photoshop brush to add some lines for Melinda to do her own journaling about the bear. I cut one photo of Brett and his bear into a heart and matted it with the silver metallic and gave it a shadow to make it look raised. I thought it symbolized the love she showed him in making him his special bear.

Scrapbook Page of Melinda's Art Photos

Elaine on Your Carolina Last Year

Elaine last year when she and Melinda were on a local TV show called Your Carolina with Jack (Roper) and Kimberly (Kelly).

Melinda on Your Carolina Last Year

This 2 page layout is Melinda's pages on the day she and Elaine were on Your Carolina with Jack and Kimberly.

Melinda At Work At Church

Melinda at work.

Melinda On The Praise Team

A scrapbook layout documenting Melinda's years on the Praise Team at the church.

Melinda And Her First Motorcycle 2006

Mike and Melinda's 25th Anniversary In 2006

When We Could Ride....

Elaine and Melinda grew up riding horses and are natural horsewomen. It had been a dream of mine to be able to ride with them but I was always afraid of the horses. Finally, in my 30's Melinda had a horse I could learn on and she taught me how to do everything. Then she and Elaine would take me on trail rides with them. I got to do it for about 3 years before my body gave out. I'm so thankful that I got those 3 years to do something so enjoyable.

Lee grew up riding too. He rode "Roller". Jenny and Luke rode too but not as often as Lee. The kids are naturals too.


Here is just a little bit showing Elaine and Melinda riding together.


Elaine on Deacon


Elaine's horse, Deacon.

Elaine, Melinda, Luke, Jenny Riding Horses

I'm taking the video.