This past Saturday, Jan. 3 was Jordan's 18th birthday. I can't believe my baby is 18 -- an adult!! We woke up that day, to find it snowing again (darn it!). What is going on with the weather here in Metro Vancouver? This is the west coast -- isn't our claim to fame mild weather no matter what season? Aren't we supposed to have golfing weather pretty much year round???? I swear, if it is like this again next year, I'm buying a tank to drive around. And with a list of so many things to do that day, I was annoyed to find that my car battery was dead when I tried to start the car that morning. So off we went to Walmart to get a new battery -- another $85 bill to add to all the Christmas spending that we just did. How lovely. I had the whole family over for dinner that night for Jordan's birthday. Here are some pics:
Father & son, enjoying cake and ice cream.
Birthday boy with his cousins....cutting the cake and serving the ice cream.
Serious Nintendo Wii action after eating cake. Notice the looks of concentration on their faces!! Gotta win, gotta win!
Here's a little video Doug did of Jordan with clips from infancy till today -- the original video was done to music, but You tube blocked some of the audio due to copyright. This is really for my close friends and family to see -- but if you fast forward to 2:13, you will see Jordan being interviewed by WOIO TV in Ohio from when Doug surprised him on his 15th birthday with a trip to see his fave team the Cleveland Cavaliers and his fave player Lebron James. They had courtside seats. Read about it here as well.
Lastly before I end -- cause I haven't posted a card in at least 2 entries - here's one!
I know Christmas just finished and it's not even mid January, but I'm fast forwarding a bit and making Valentine cards! Just felt like it.....this one uses Heidi Grace paper.
It's very easy to color in plain rhinestones, turning them any color you wish using copic markers. So if you are struggling with color and don't have anything that suits your project, just pull out your copics and create your own custom embellishments!
To create the background behind the images, I used this "love" stamp from Stamp Savvy. I've owned it for ages.
Here's a close up of the final card. I added some ribbon behind the central image to add some interest.
They grow up fast, don't they? My little one is turning 20 this year. Yikes!
Posted by: Sandy | January 06, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Aww he was so cute and you looked so young :)
Posted by: Fleur | January 07, 2009 at 07:22 PM
Thanks for sharing your memories, Eleonor...they do grow up fast- by babies are 23 and 17...where does the time go???
Posted by: Pat Chadwick | January 09, 2009 at 12:19 PM