My retreat pages!

I got done this time. Not as many as usual, but I promised myself I would finish EACH ONE, completely. As in all journaling and everything, so they took a little while longer! I got 4 more pages almost completed too, but they aren't titled and embellished yet, so I will post them when they are finished ;) I also tried to use swap stuff, so if you see it, claim it please!!



"Cinnamonless Rolls"
sketch by Rachel Ricks



Untitled
sketch by Day
This self-portrait doesn't have a title yet, but I am not convinced it needs one... The tag is a swap item.




"Splash"
sketch by Day
This title is a swap item...




"Like a kid in a candy store"
sketch by Day
Journaling:
"Most kids like to draw on plain paper, but Aaron prefers lined notebooks. He can fill one up in less than an hour with cars, trucks, Super Mario Brothers, stories, all kinds of random stuff. When we went school shopping for first grade, these notebooks were on sale for $.20 instead of the normal $.96 al WalMart. So we boguth 20 of them and he was happeir than a clam! When the flyer came out when it was time to go shopping for second grade, I saw that the notebooks were only $.05... And I had an idea. I took Aaron to WalMart and told him we were going shopping for school supplies. We got the usualu stuff.. A backpack and lunchbox, glue sticks, pencils, crayons, etc. When we were all done, I took him down the isle that had all the spiral notebooks and told him that he could hace as many of them as he wanted! He just stared at me, like "Huh??" So I told him again, he could have all the notebooks that he wanted. At firsthe just looked at e, not quite sure what to do. When I gestured to the notebooks, and reassured him that he REALLY COULD have some, he picked up a few and put them in the cart. He looked at me again, still not comprehending that he could have more! So I said, "Do you want more?" HE said yes, and put a couple more in the cart... It took some encouraging, but we pretty much cleaned out the store, and ended up with 196 noteboooks. He ws SO happy, and I felt pretty good too. How often can you tell your kids that, here, have as MANY of these as you want??? All for less than $20 too.... PRICELESS!!"





"{Happy Feet}"
sketch by Day
Journaling:
"These Asics shoes are worth their weight in GOLD! Kim, Matty, Calie and I went to Fairhaven Runner to get fitted for some good shoes, and I sure got my money's worth out of these. They started by having us walk barefoot so they could really see how our feet moved when we walked. I must have tried on a dozen pairs, but I kept going back to these ones. Each time I tried on a pair, they would lace them up for me and then they encouraged us to walk down the street, and even around the block to really see how they felt. I was extremely happy with the staff nd even more so with these shoes! They saw me through over 250 training miles and 44 miles during the 3day walk, and whoever thought you could that far with not a SINGLE BLISTER?!"




"First Day"
sketch by Day
This is a swap tag I made. The background is a piece of pp that I cut out with an Exacto knife, and I think my finger still hurts!



"Drama Queen"
sketch by Day
These were Deco Squares I made for a swap



"Obsess much?"
sketch by Rachel Ricks





"Happy"
sketch by Day





"Monroe Crop House"
sketch unknown




"Sun-Kissed"
sketch by Day




"Just Me"
sketch by Valerie Salmon




"Last Day of School"
sketch unknown



"Chillin Out"
sketch unknown





"4th of July"
sketch by Chris Geiser





"{fire}works"
sketch unknown




"Diggin' 4 Gold"
sketch unknown




"Silent Auction"
sketch by PageMaps




"{fun}-draising"
sketch by PageMaps




"Lake Whatcom *Park*"
sketch by Shanna




"Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can." -Danny Kaye
sketch unknown




"Saving Jenny's Jugs"
sketch by PageMaps



"Strawberry Festival"
sketch by PageMaps





"Flower"
sketch by Chris Gieser