the princess turned 8!

Okay, it was over two weeks ago...I'm a little slow on blogging. This year was pretty low-key in the birthday department. With my hours at work and Sean at Teacher's College in July we opted to skip a party. We've had a party for her every year, so I thought I year off was in order. We had a special breakfast at home (Sean and I filled the dining room with pink and white balloons the night before), went shopping for a brand new bike at Canadian Tire and out to dinner with a friend of her's and her lovely Mom. It was a fabulous day. And now for the photographic evidence:

a little bit sad...

My Auntie Louise passed away on Saturday and we are all a bit sad here. Auntie Louise was my Mom's sister, and a very interesting woman.
She was so smart and remembered everyone's birthday, where they lived and any detail you could ever want to know. She was the unofficial family historian. As a scrapbooker, I loved that. I knew where my grandparents grew up because she remembered. There's a lot I never got to ask her.
She raised three great kids (now great adults) as a single Mom and put herself through university, all on a teacher's salary. I don't know if she ever knew how much I admired her.





Even though my daughter didn't see her great aunt very much they had a special relationship. Auntie Louise would send her notes and stickers all the time. I'll never forget the encouraging note she sent Sidney when she was frustrated about being left handed. It made her feel so much better...since Auntie Louise was left handed (and had such nice printing) it was okay that she was too.
We'll miss you Auntie Louise.

those sweet faces...

Look at those girls! Aren't they lovely???I could just eat them up. Hmm...maybe I shouldn't say that, guinea pigs are considered a delicacy in some places in the world. Euw.

Anyway.... a good chunk of this page was made with Pebbles patterned paper, chipboard and rub-ons. I also used some doilies I coffee stained. I'm loving that technique...I picked up here via Pinterest.
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Thanks for peeking!