Great Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful time at my mom’s house yesterday! WE took advantage of having the family together again and took lots of photos! Here are a few of them:

The Kuoha Family

The Kuoha Family

 This photo has my husband and myself along with our 5 children, 2 of their spouses and all 3 grandchildren.

 

Kids with my mom

Kids with my mom

Here are all the kids with my mom, Sue. She does not like having pictures of herself taken, so this is special!

 

My 3 grandchildren from left, DeVon, Lucius, and Lily

My 3 grandchildren from left, DeVon, Lucius, and Lily

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SEMI-FINALS!!!

Well, the Vista Murrieta High School Golden Alliance marching band made it through to the semi-finals!!! They were sensational!!! Although they did such a fabulous job performing in the semi-final round, they did not make it into the final round. This was their first time participating in the Grand Nationals and for a band that is only 6 years old, they did so much better than anyone ever expected. Here is the screening that I taped:

Blog Carnival – Digital Scrapbooking – November 15, 2008

Welcome to the November 15, 2008 edition of digital scrapbooking.

News

Karen (aka Karooch) presents Are you a Good Photographer? posted at Scraps of Mind, saying, “If you want to get some extra exposure and new readers for your blog they this might be just the opportunity for you. Scraps of Mind is looking for someone who can write a couple of photography tips posts per month to help scrapbookers to improve their photos. If you’re good with a camera this might be just the chance for you.”

Tutorials

Karen (aka Karooch) presents Are You a Scrapbooking Cardmaker or a Cardmaking Scrapbooker? posted at Scraps of Mind, saying, “Scrapbooking and cardmaking are closely intertwined. Use your scrapbooking skills to make your cards for this holiday season. Here are some tips to help you get the best result.”

Mathew Needleman presents Film School for Video Podcasters posted at Open Court Resources.com Blog, saying, “How to create better video podcasts.”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of digital scrapbooking using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Bands of America Grand Nationals!!!

OH MY GOSH!!!! I just got back from the live screening of my two high schoolers playing in their marching band at the grand national competition in Indianapolis!!! They did SOOOO good – check it out here:

We find out tomorrow night if they made it to the semi-finals out of 90 total bands!!!

Happy Veteran’s Day!

Wishing you a great Veteran’s Day today – don’t forget to say thanks to our troops!

 

Help my friend in need….

My friend, Royanna, is having an emergency sale – read below:

Please help her and her family out!!!

Thanks!!!

Romney in 2012!!

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New AD Challenge at DSO!

Check out my new Ad Challenge fro November! If you have not tried this challenge yet, what are you waiting for?! It’s fun and you can get my FREE posting gift!!!

This month, the inspiration is this travel ad for the country of Turkey – appropriate for this Thanksgiving month! I love the colors, the way the photos are arranged and overlapping a bit, and the clean, simple white space. Choose one or two things from this ad that inspire you and give it a go!!

1. Use anything from this ad – colors, angles, title, whitespace … anything that inspires you! Go for it!
2. You must STATE in your layout description what it was in the ad that inspired your layout, and how you used that inspiration.
3. Please post by November 30th to the November 08 challenge gallery.
4. Please place link to your layout in this thread to receive your posting gift! 

When you post a link (the URL is listed under your layout in the gallery – not in the address bar!) to your layout in this thread, I will send you a pm for a link to your posting gift shown here: