Chirky

Yesterday Steve asked me what a scrapbook was, and why so many girls are into it. I'm delighted to answer, Steve. Scrapbooking isn't much different than blogging. It's just in a more tangible form. Scrapbooking is simply a record of anything you want to share. I love it because I feel like it is a way that I can allow my future children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren to know what my life was all about: faith, love, and family.

At first glance, it is unassuming.

But this is not your grandmother's photo album. This is a record of Roger's and my love relationship: how we met, fell in love, and became engaged. I am still in the process of creating it, but I have carefully chosen several pages to show you.

This is the page I was working on at my scrapbooking party. It is the "title" page that introduces you to the book. I chose to use the theme of The Game of Life because Roger and I actually met playing this board game! See that big blank space in the lower right corner? Eventually there will be a picture of us there (I just haven't picked one yet.)

Close-up view of one of the board game squares.

After we had dated a couple months, Roger and I went on a camping trip with my brother and sister-in-law.

Close-up view of a very important part of this page!

A couple months later, Roger's sister visited during Roger's birthday weekend. We drove down to Fossil Rim for the day. Roger's sister freaked a beak when the giraffe wrapped its slimy black tongue all the way around her hand!

Roger and I also visited his sister in the Carolinas. *Please note that all surnames and cities have been blurred to protect the innocent.

For my 25th birthday, Roger surprised me � twice! He planned a surprise party for me at Benihana's, and also planned a scavenger hunt (in his apartment) that was CSI-themed. I l.o.v.e. CSI.

2nd half of the page, my party at Benihana's.

Close-up of the fingerprint heart.

Roger and I visited Las Vegas for his 15th high school reunion.

Full page

Corresponding page

Labor Day weekend 2003 we visited Roger's parents. If you look closely at my scrapbook party pictures, you'll notice that this is the page that my scrapbook was opened to in all of the photos that were taken of me.

One of the most fun Halloween parties I have ever been to was up in Denton. We carved pumpkins and then blew them up. Here is the full page photo.

Close-up of the picture at the top.

Close-up of the "title" with burned edges. I thought that added an extra-special touch since we were exploding the pumpkins.

Roger and I are not die-hard Lord of the Rings fans, meaning he didn't dress up like an elf and I didn't dress up like a troll. However, we did drive down to Shreveport, Louisiana to watch all three movies back-to-back when the third was released in 2003.

See? These are all great blogging stories, but they have been recorded into hardcopy format instead!!