cards for my parents anniversary

I know I am not as good as a lot of other talented people (Dawn, Pam, Jen, Kazan); just to name a few. But, I am sending one of these cards to my parents for their 51st anniversary and would like your opinion(s) on the cards and which one to send. Hurry, their anniversary is soon, 51 years; now that's an accomplishment!!

I've been tagged by my daughter Dawn

My daughter Dawn who is an awesome mom, and daughter has tagged me. She has two beautiful daughters herself, and works part-time at a doctors office and also is a creative memories consultant. She is so creative, and talented; of course I am a little biased probably, but other people think so to, so am I? Anyway, Pam emailed me back and said the eyelets I used were from eye-lettes(sp?). The scrapbook store we were at was scrapbook destinations, in Highlands Ranch, CO. On to the tagging questions:

1) 10 years ago, our son had just graduated. Our daughter was expecting her second child. Our oldest granddaughter was almost 2. We had just purchased some property in Pennsylvania.

2) 5 things on my to do list today are:

dishes
laundry
stop at grocery store for salad stuff
have 3 meetings for referral and lead generation for business plans
oh, forgot - need to take a shower(that's the first thing to go is the mind, as you get older)

3) Things I would do if I were a millionaire:

Payoff mortgages for ourselves and children and parents
Take our children and our best friends back East to Israel
Travel
Make sure our grandchildren are set for college
Donate enough to our church to set up a campus church

4) Places that I have lived:

I was born in Jamestown, N.Y., have lived in Falconer, N.Y., Newport
News, VA., Westfield, NY, Sherman, N.Y., North East, PA, Denver, CO(suburbs)

I don't have anyone to tag, so I guess it will end with me. Sorry!!!!

Paper Askew Scrapbook night

Here's a page I did on Saturday night at Pam's scrapbook get together with her blogger friends. She said that included me, that's so sweet!! I had a great time and got quite a bit done. I'm not sure where the paper came from that they gave us to make something with. I did get the gold rope ribbon at the scrapbook store we were at. The picture is of me and wonderful husband, our church had a photographer come in and take pictures for mothers day and gave them to us. What a great gift for mothers day.

My 1st Birthday - 1959

This is a picture of me and my Papa. The back of the picture says Ginger's birthday, with her presents. My papa is sitting behind me, smoking his pipe. I remember so well the smell of his pipe; even now if I pass by a tobacco store, and smell his tobacco it makes me feel like he's still here.

My papa was a very important part of my life, and hopefully the feeling was mutual. He was what they called a "good ol Swede", I don't remember him angry only once or twice. He played the harmonica, and the accordion. The polka music reminds me of him as well, when it is played by someone with an accordion. He was always whistling, or strumming his fingers on something, or humming a tune.

After my Grandma died, he would take my Aunt Ruthie and I to Titusville. This is where his sister Hilda and her family lived. They would play cards into the wee hours of the night. When we got up, we had Aunt Hilda's Swedish pancakes. I remember we'd get the money from their game Penney's from Heaven and walk down to the corner store and get penney candy (I don't think there is such a thing anymore). We'd fish in the creek by their house with a stick and string. Then we'd listen to them tell stories about when they were little and living in the Pennsylvania hills, and my Papa worked in the coal mines.

I miss them a lot, and those times.......

1959

This is a picture of me with my mom. The back of the picture says Kay and Ginger, Kay is 6 months into her 2nd pregnancy, and Ginger is 10 months old. The picture is getting old and is cracked, so my mom's face looks a little strange. It looks like the wallpaper in the apartment was starting to come down as well.

This scrapbook page took me all day to do; for whatever reason my computer is running slower than I don't know what. But, I am starting to get the hang of the digital scrapbook pages. Maybe someday I will come up with my own designs... The paper and the elements are from Shabby Princess.com.

My Parents

This is a picture if I remember correctly of my parents before they were married. My mom and dad were 14 and 17, when they married. It was 1957; they had run away I believe a month or so before and were escorted home. My Grandparents decided they better get married, and so they were at a justice of the peace. Before you knew it, I came along; and then my brother Raymond, and my youngest brother Mickey. My parents are still married, and will celebrate I believe their 51st wedding anniversary, soon. Hope you like the scrapbook page. It was an image already in the PS6, I just added the picture.