Long Time Friends

Is it really the last day of September? Wow!
Had a good weekend. Mike was unable to make it home to us due to things happening down at the job site. So that was a huge bummer!
But we kept busy. Erin had dance class on Saturday and then we headed to the mall for some much needed Fall clothes shopping. Plus, a little side trip to the Lego store always helps. And a movie night. :)
Today I want to share a layout I made just because I wanted to make it. I have been wanting to do a comparison layout like this for a while. And when I won the entire Cameron line from the Elle's Studio blog, it seemed the perfect time to finally create this page.

I am proud to stay that I stamped on this page! Remember my goal to use more stamps on my projects? Well, I loved the stars on the strip at the top, which made me think of my old, old collecting dust foam stamps by Heidi Swapp. The ones with the hearts and stars? Well, they work beautifully with my regular ink stamp pads. The five stars down the middle are stamped images :)

And I found the most beautiful quote to use on this page (after I had already started using the stars) that describes my son's friendship perfectly.
"Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they are always there!"
I may have done a little happy dance when I found that quote.

Here is the journaling:
"Evan, you and Anthony met when you were just babies. And we spent a lot of time together the first few years of your lives. But then they moved about five minutes away. And they weren't just around the corner anymore. Plus you started going to different schools. We stay in touch, but it's just not as easy to get together and hang out as it used to be. Despite the crazy schedules, you are still friends. I think you have the type of friendship that no matter the distance or time, you can pick right up again where you left off. And that is a very good friendship to have!"

Right now I am working on my first page for the Design Challenges class I am taking at Big Picture Classes. What are you working on right now?