I was reminded today about how important it is to keep up with scrapbooking! The girls and I took a few minutes to look at a few scrapbooks and they loved it. Sage loved seeing me as a little girl and Molly kept saying, “Ashley” for every baby picture she saw. Sage loved her baby book and I’m so sad that Molly’s isn’t printed yet. (But at least it’s done on Shutterfly!) She kept saying, “Where’s me?” 🙂
It was fun to show them pictures of Grandma Janet (the reason I got out the books) and they loved seeing old pictures of Papa, though they didn’t recognize him. And when we got to my high school years, they immediatly recognized Tom. It was so cute! Sage also was quick to find Aunt Patti and Uncle Chuck in many of the pictures too. We even had a few of Aunt Amie, Laura and Tia when they were little, to which Molly asked, “Where’s Rose?” (Amie was probably 7 or 8 in the picture.)
I think the scrapbook added to my roller coaster emotions for today, but after a nap, very good cry and a short time of questioning God as to why my kids will never get to know their Grandma this side of heaven, I’m doing better. A walk out in the sun helped too. 🙂 The day dragged on and seemed like it would never end, but it’s almost over (yea!) and Tom is on his way home . . . so on to January 24th . . .
