Dreams really DO come true!

I remember this day as if it was yesterday...

These pictures are some of my most cherished.  As a girl growing up, all I ever really wanted to be was a Mommy.  When I became one, I couldn’t have been more happy.  I may say more often than necessary, but I love my kids!  My family is the most important thing to me, nothing can compare.  I didn’t date these pictures so I’m not positive, but these pictures were taken when Nicholas was around four months old…he was a big boy! 

We lived in Key West Florida at the time and as we did many times while the kids were growing up, we were visiting a park.  There was a very nice, small park at the Truman Annex (a no longer used submarine base) on the south side of the island, very near the southernmost spot in the continental USA.  Because the base was no longer being actively used, and because only Naval/authorized personnel could access it, the park was most often unoccupied…our very own, private park!  We often went there for a cook out or picnic because at that time, there weren’t too many places to go the island…these were back in the pre-commercialized days of Key West. 

I feel like my true emotions of being elated as a new mother relay perfectly in these pictures.  As is true with most 70s vintage photos, the originals had  aged with a “yellow” cast.  I was able to scan them and digitally restore the color and couldn’t be more happy with the results.  So, of course I had to make a spread with the pictures. 

This spread was done using the December 2008 ClubScrap kit Milestones.  The “Priceless Memories” letters were cut using my old QuicKutz squeeze tool and “Phoebe” font dies (maybe my favorite).  The vines were cut with the Vintage Findings design card using the Making Memories Slice die cutter; I cut several and placed them [basically] end-to-end as a border on the right-hand page; the one at the bottom right-hand corner of the page was cut slightly larger and placed in the opposite direction. 

This spread was submitted as an entry on the current season of the ProScrapping League in the ClubScrap forum.  Unfortunately my legs have been bothering me the last few weeks so my creative time has been limited as has my exercise.  They are feeling better so I am hopeful to be more productive in both areas in the coming weeks.

Happy Scrapping!

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