New Layout - I Spy

Its been a busy last couple of weeks.Work has had its obstacles and school has been a little more challenging with each assignment. I did, however, complete my art course. I had a lot of fun in that class and learned a lot about the more modern works, thanks to my professor. She added some information that she had written and substituted her knowledge with a few chapters in the textbook. I really admire that she included other pieces of information and discussed some of my other favorite photographers when teaching about new media.

In any case, I did get some free time and was able to create t his layout for Challenge #43 at SD4U. This is James and Cassius on the Queen Mary deck using a telescope to view Long Beach. It was a sunny day and the ocean breeze felt fantastic on deck.

Los Dos Molinos Birthday Sketch

This is a little late. I have so many photos that I need to scrap by the end of the year.

Well.. this one is from March. My family from James' side and my sister's family met up at Los Dos Molinos to celebrate March birthdays.

Los Dos Molinos is a great little Mexican restaurant in Phoenix. They aren't kidding with their slogan, "Some Like It Hot!" I'm not sure how better to classify their food other than HOT.. its so hot that it supercedes the "Spicy hot" classification...

Well, it was a grand time with everyone there. The restaurant even did a "black out" for the birthday celebration. During this time, the whole restaurant makes a ruckus and the staff brings a flaming tray full of dessert! Its crazy! I actually think they drizzle Sambuca on the tray to make it fiery. As you can see, I got a pretty good image of it as they placed in in front of my nephew, Nick. His birthday is in March too.. and was the day of the dinner, March 7th.

Last weekend's Sedona Trip

Last weekend we had a quick family get-away to the Sedona area where we visited "Bramma" and Fred. Cassius can't quite enunciate "grandma" so she's become "bramma." Its really quite adorable and he's on target for his speech development according to his last Pedi appointment.

Anyway, I'm getting off track here.

We went to visit the Chapel as you're driving into Sedona. The views that day were spectacular! Here is James & Cassius at the Chapel entrance.

© 2009 Celeste Wyrick

On Sunday, we had a great hike to Cathedral Rock. It got pretty hot that day searching for the creek that I heard about. Turns out, we took the wrong trail in the opposite direction. In any case, it was a great day outdoors with the family. Here are a few pics:

Alt Book Class for A Cause

Its such a tragedy that a natural disaster has affected so many lives in the Phillipines. Please follow the link below to participate in this online class. Proceeds benefit victims of Typhoon Ondoy (aka Ketsana). The class is only $5 and you'll not only help people in need, but you'll take away a fabulous project in the process.

Here is a little snippet from Prima Designer Iris Babao-Uy's blog:

"Enjoy The Process" is a layout class that is all about letting go and enjoying the process. It will be freestyle with lots of embellishments and photos. Plus, there will be NO PATTERNED PAPER at all, except for the cardstock which is meant to support the fabric layout. Of course, there will be lots of Prima goodness! So please sign up for the class, let's have fun creating, and get those Prima products of yours out of their boxes and into your pages. ~Iris

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

In support of Breast Cancer Awareness month, please help by clicking the following image link. It'll only take a moment and it helps to fund free mammograms. It wouldn't hurt to donate either :-)

Thanks!