just because

Before we get too far into the school year, I thought I would share this layout I made just because.  It's not often that I get to create a page for no other reason than I want to make one.  Don't get me wrong--I get plenty of photos scrapped and stories told, but most of the time I have an assignment or there's a page call so I'm scrapping with those in mind.  And I love that.  I love the challenge of using the photos I have and the stories I need to tell within my assignments.

But it was really fun to scrapbook this page just because I felt like it. ;)

When I saw this grade card paper from Crate Paper I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it.  I journaled two things I'm proud of about each of the four older kids.  I want to make sure they know I think they're awesome when they look back through our family scrapbooks.  So...if you need some back to school inspiration for a scrapbook page here ya go. =)  Even though I kept to a school theme with this page, the journaling really has nothing to do with school.  But I like it--it makes me smile.