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Graduation and Teacher Gift Printables - End of the School Year Goodies!

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 Here it is, Maycember! Once the month of May starts it quickly snowballs into a continuous stream of concerts, recitals, final games, awards ceremonies, graduations and parties! It's almost too much, and yet, how could it be too much? This is it! This is what it's all for! All the hard work of going to school and taking the tests and practicing the piece and dreaming of the celebration, this is the culmination of all that effort!  Over of the years, as I've prepared teachers' gifts and graduation cards to use, I've saved the printable files to use again in the future or make available for others as well.  Here are some of my favorites: I like these green flowers and the Pink & White cookies at Trader Joe's. I thought they made a nice little bundle for either Teacher Appreciation week or a thank you at the end of the year (if you can keep the cookies around long enough!) Two color options available in case you are low on ink!  LINK TO LISTING Cowboy Caviar f...

let's let the pro handle this

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The amazing Katherine of Wallin Photography took some great photos of us when Emmie was just over a week old. I can't post all of them, I have to keep the baby announcement and Christmas card pics a surprise. . . but here are some of my other favorites. I'm lucky to call her one of my good friends, but don't worry. . . if you're not, you can still have her do your baby photos . . . or wedding photos . . . or family photos . . . or facebook profile photos. She's a pro! Not only does she have a great eye and fun style, but she also retouches and makes lovely images even lovelier with a little Photoshop, which I endorse. Another thing I love, is that she'll take photos right in your home, so they're trully unique and represent you.

milestones

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Lucy's first day of preschool and Emmie smiling. . . Now this is by no means the first time she has smiled, its just her first documented smile. People tell you newborns don't smile, that its just gas, but I don't believe it. Emmie's been smiling since she was only a week old and it was definitely in reaction to being picked up or smiled at. But I'm so mesmerized by her cute little cheeks and that amazing gummy smile, I never get my camera, I'm just living in the moment. Anyhow, I finally looked away for a second and grabbed the camera. . .

best of . . .

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We spent Labor Day weekend in Idaho at one of hubby's old college roomate's farm. We had so much fun with our friends and their kids and their animals and their wide open spaces. Here are some of my favorite pics from the weekend. . . Best of the Trampoline: (Sidenote: I did very little photo-editing here. . . just played with the levels on some of them, this is all legit! I had my camera set on the sports setting so it had a super fast shutter speed. I was also kneeling on the ground and had the camera pointed up so the kids were sillouetted against that amazing expanse of sky.) I actually did it with Lucy twice, here is the Best Of her other jumping photo shoot: Best of Me: Best of Hubby: Best of Baby: