Remembering Simple Joys

Here's a scrapbook page from our trip to the Tree Farm last Christmas. It looks a lot better if you click on it to see it larger and more clearly.  It uses Club Scrap's Great Outdoors collection and inspiration came from Shimelle's prompt (in her Pretty Paper Party class) to cut out images from patterned paper, ink them and pop dot them.  The journaling reads "It's wonderful to see the kids playing together happily, joyfully . . . It seems all too rare now that they've become teenagers. It's amazing what the outdoors, a tree swing and beautiful weather can accomplish.  Even Paul got in on the fun. No wonder the tree farm is one of my favorite holiday traditions."
I love all the pictures on this page, and it was a good layout to do right now because Clara is being particularly challenging and driving her brother (and the rest of us) crazy. It's nothing outside the norm for a 13-year old girl, I'm sure, but that doesn't make things any more pleasant. Everyone tells me it will be alright - in 7 or 8 years! LOL! Any tips for surviving the teenage years with a spirited daughter???
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Today I am grateful for: Paul, recently retired and now working from home, is able to spend so much time helping Clara navigate through this stage of her life.