Scrapbooks are Time Capsules

This is Sophia Jane's scrapbook that Aunt Trisha bought for her for Christmas. I cannot wait to start filling it with pictures of her.


I really enjoy scrapbooking, it gives me an outlet for my creative energy, but more importantly, my children enjoy me scrapbooking. I keep a book running at all times for each of my children where I tell the ongoing stories of their lives. I document their sports, choir performances, violin concerts and birthdays. I show their favorite days through pictures. They are constantly going to their books and making sure that everything is updated and checking to see if any of their siblings have more pages done than they do.

To me these books are the place where I can create something for each of my children individually. A place where they can go and see the story of their childhood through my eyes and see the words I love you in my own handwriting directed specifically to them. These books are where I share the stories of loved ones who have passed on through pictures and my words. I show them where we came from. I document the homes and places that are a key part of us. Our Grandmother's home, our Aunt's home, etc...I want them to always be able to look back and see these places regardless of what becomes of them through time.

I also keep a family book running at all times which is where I document the majority of our family activies and holidays. These are not only popular with my own children, but with my friend's children as well who are always going through them looking for pictures of themselves.

Scrapbooks are time capsules that you can leave your children. I wish that my mother had left one for me. I know that it would be priceless.


These are some pictures from Zachary's books.



These are from Tyler's books. They got a little funky though-sorry.




These are from Kate's book




These are from Eli's book.