New 52 - Week 3 or 4

Is it week 3 or 4?  Whose counting anyway?  I'm having way too much fun doing New52.  Since most of my time doing NEW things are on the weekends, this seems to be turning into more of a year of weekends.  So what was NEW this weekend?  First of all, we went to a NEW beach on Saturday.  Tate has been here before but it was a first for Bostyn and I.  We went to Kaiona Beach Park in Waimanalo.  It was perfect, calm, clear, blue waters that make you wish you could daydream your day away there.  The only thing that made us head home early was the weather.  It was a bit on the chilly side for swimming in the waters.  Here are a few photos.

Don't you love a great baby butt shot?  If you haven't noticed, I do.

And a layout from this day for Oscraps Creative Techniques Challenge.

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On Sunday, we went to Bishop Museum.  We only spent time in the NEWly renovated Hawaiian Hall.  Tate and I haven't been there since we were in grade school.  We thought it would be great place to explore for the day.  There is so much that I could share with you about Hawaiian history, art, and culture, but that would be a really long post.  For now, here is a view of the interior of the Hawaiian Hall and a beautiful shell lei that was once wore by Queen Kapiolani.

Now for some NEW layouts:

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Oscraps Copycat Challenge, credits

Fei-fei's Stuff is in the spotlight!  For one, you have to use patterned paper as your background and create a double pager.  Those are both challenges to me.  As you can see, I almost always use a solid paper as a background and it is always one sided.  However, I loved how this came out.

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Off to create more layouts since Bostyn is napping the afternoon away.

NEW 52

I've been trying hard to keep up with New 52 (check out Peppermint and Christine's blog for more info) and so far I've been loving the idea.  I keep talking about having to try new things with my husband and now he is getting into it.  I'll show you what I mean in a minute.  The only thing I haven't been good about is keeping up with the photos or layouts.  So this weekend, I played a little catch-up.

NEW Calvin Klein bed sheets (old sheets got ripped by my husband's toenails), with Bostyn jumping on it.

Bostyn broke my old glasses so I had to get NEW ones.  I had my last pair for 8 years so I thought I was allowed to splurge on this Ralph Lauren lovely.  Not the most flattering photo of me.

I got my NEW photobook from shutterfly in the mail this week.  I loved the way it turned out.  I love the heavy stock paper that they used.  This was my first in ordering a 12x12 from shutterfly.  You can see this book, 2010 Captured: Week by Week,  in last week's post.

Since it is already Monday, I got a head start on this week's NEW.  Yesterday, we went to a new restaurant, Maguro ya, a Japanese restaurant.  I had zaru soba and tempura.  Tate had their bento lunch box with so many side dishes that his head was spinning.  Here you can see what it looked like,

So I mentioned that Tate is getting into this NEW 52 and today he wanted to try another NEW dining experience.  We took a very long drive to Punaluu which is clearly on the other side of the island and ended up in this little country store across the street from the beach.  This store was home to a little kitchen called Kaya's.  They had one of the best red beef stews I've had in a long time.  However, they still cannot compare to my grandma's.  Oh, how I miss her beef stew!  I had their hamburger steak which was ono as well.  We didn't bring the camera along so no foodie photos.

Tate loves to buy t-shirts from small restaurants or stores so here he is modeling it for all of you.

Here are some NEW layouts for the week.  Each layout is linked to my gallery for description and credits.  Enjoy and see you next week.

Recap of 2010 in 52 Weeks

I just completed my photobook of 2010 in 52 weeks.  Here is my link to my shutterfly album.

 Click here to view this photo book larger

I managed to get 2 layouts done this week, both were challenge pages.  This first page is a blueprint challenge at Design House Digital.  This time Gen rocked it by providing this awesome template.  I love the pieces of tape that she included + drop shadows included.  All I did was clip my paper to it and it gave the look of the very hip Japanese paper tape.

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This layout is for Oscraps Biograffiti designer spotlight challenge.  In this layout I wanted to remind myself of the wonderful breastfeeding days.  Okay, so Bostyn still wants the chi-chi, I guess I just want to remember why I even started to begin with.

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So everyone has been doing the New52 or the one little word for the new year.  I sort of in my head picked out the one word "color."  I thought I could find more ways of adding more color to my life this year.  So don't be surprised if I finally buy a pair of cute little red flats, or rock out a purple shirt.  This could also apply to the food I eat, maybe incorporating more colorful fruits and vegetables to my diet.  To my scrapbooking, maybe less white and kraft?  Hmmm . . . maybe not, but I'll try to add more color.  Don't you think my Santa layout has lots of color?!  It's a start.  My new for the week is new sheets for the bed.  Pretty exciting huh.  I also bought a new sweater today so maybe I'll count that as my new for next week.  I know it doesn't have to be a new purchase, but I love to shop!

Welcome 2011

Just wanted to say Happy New Year and welcome 2011.  Here is a photo of Bostyn and daddy playing with sparklers on New Year's eve.  Will it be her last time playing with sparklers?  Oahu has a new fireworks ban now in effect, so this may be the first and last time for sparkler fun.

Almost New Year!

Well, as we come to a close to 2010, I would like to thank each and every one of you for your friendship and support this year.

This has been a great year for us.  We did a bit of traveling to the Big Island and Alaska.  My nephew Nicholas (from Oregon) came to visit us and Josh and Luke (from California) moved back home to Hawaii.  Bostyn is growing into the sweetest thing (on most days) and really enjoys playing and taking care of her cousins.  I have some photos but will have to post them a bit later.  Bostyn is quickly picking up more and more words everyday.  It is so neat to see her expressive language emerge.  However, she refuses to say her name.  We threw out different names we could call her and she wanted "honey girl."  So now when you ask her what her name is, she will reply with "honey girl."  It is just adorable to hear her say that.

What do we have in store for 2011?  Hopefully a fully potty trained little girl, preschool, and another trip . . . hmmm . . . perhaps Disneyland?  What are your plans for the new year?

I've went several weeks w/o doing any scrapbooking but I sure made up for that on Wednesday.  Bostyn took a 3 hour nap so I got a few challenge layouts done.

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Aloha and I'll see you all next year!!

water, lights, and trains

Last weekend, we went to Wet n' Wild for Kammi's 7th birthday.  Bostyn had a blast going down the water slide with her new best friend, Kamryn.

On Sunday, Tate walked the Honolulu Marathon.  He does this every year.  Why?  Because he likes to torture himself.  Since he didn't train this year, I'm just glad that he was able to cross the finish line.  Every time my phone rings during the race, I get so worried that it is the marathon officials telling me to pick up my husband because he fell asleep at the bus stop.  At least he took a nice photo this year.

This weekend was much more enjoyable for all of us.  We finally decorated our tree on Saturday.

We then went on a trolley ride through downtown Honolulu and Waikiki.  It was a really nice night but just super crazy packed.  I think we will try the vintage firetruck or the Cinderella lighted carriage next year.  I think Bostyn will enjoy that more.

Today, we were swamped with a storm front that brought tons of rain all over the island.  We braved it anyways thinking that the mall wouldn't be as crowded.  It wasn't the rain that was the problem at Ala Moana, it was the partial power outage.  I told Tate that it was a good thing that LV and Tiffanys was open so he could pick out my Christmas present.  hahaha, no luck.  Just a train ride for Bostyn and a Nordstroms return for me.  Here is a picture of Bostyn on the train.  She really loves them but never smiles for us.

As for the digi scrapping world, not too much action for me.  I just got this Thanksgiving layout done with some super funny group shots of the kiddies.  I've been busy helping to babysit my little, high maintenance nephews who just invaded my mother's home.  Yup, they are those little boys in black in the layout below.

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Have a great week and a very Merry Christmas to all my family and friends near and far.

Car, Santa, and Trees

So my last post was filled with tons of layouts, today it is filled with only 1 layout but tons of photos.  This layout is a Halloween one.  I'm just trying to finish up 2010 layouts so I can have a photo book ready to print at the year end.

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Tate's car finally broke down.  He had a leak in his fuel injector pump so he really couldn't drive it anywhere.  So here is his new car, a Honda CRV.  He enjoys driving it especially since it has a working a/c system.  He got a really good deal on it since they were clearing out all the 2010 models.

This past weekend, we went to the mall to visit Santa.  Bostyn wasn't thrilled to be sitting on his lap but at least she didn't cry.

Time for a family photo at Kahala Mall and the sweetest photo of Bostyn kissing her daddy.  You bet you'll be seeing this photo on future layouts.

After visiting Santa, we went to Helemano Farms to pick our own Christmas tree.  Last year we got a Norfolk Pine that was more eco friendly since they cut off only the top and the tree continues to live.  However, that was just too big for our tiny house.  This year, we got their Leyland Cypress.  It is a lot smaller and looks and smells more like your traditional Christmas tree.  The tree will die after the season, but at least it was locally grown and FRESH.  Here are some photos of us at the farm.  As you can see, it was very bright and sunny.  I just wish they had a snow blower to add some wintery atmosphere.

Finally, one of Bostyn's favorite books to read are toy catalogs.  She can just sit and flip through the pages.  She enjoys pointing out different things to me.

That's it for tonight.  I'll be back next week with pics of a decorated tree.