My Creative Scrapbook August Sketch Challenge

I am having so much fun with all of the challenges lately on the blogs I follow.  You are going to get super tired of me and challenges, but it's been working for me!  I have limited crafting time during the school year, so I can get in the groove so much faster when I have a clear direction.  

So this one comes from the My Creative Scrapbook August Challenge (which is open until September 14th if you want to play along and there is a prize, so you should!)

I have got to tell you about making this layout.  First of all, my husband and I have an office/hobby room that we share.  Our computer is in there (you know, for looking up sketches!) and so are both of our craft tables.  And by the way, no, he's not a scrapbooker.  He ties flies and makes fly fishing rods.  He would want me to clarify that for you.

So my twin nieces turn 10 tomorrow.  10.  Let me just say that again.  10.  I think they were four in this picture.  I got to spend a lot of time again with them this summer "baby"sitting them, and I just think they are more and more awesome all the time.  But still, they're turning 10, which is making me feel all kinds of reminisce-ish these days.  I have printed a lot of old pictures of them lately for layouts, and as soon as I pulled this one out, I showed it to my husband (who was right in the middle of something involving glue and feathers and a hook) and I continued to comment a lot about how little the girls were, and does he remember when Sophia burnt her finger on a hot dog on this camping trip, and does he remember them making s'mores in this picture, and does he remember how they didn't want to use the outhouse, and does he remember why their faces are orange--Doritos, of course--and does he remember their little footie pajamas they wore?  You get the idea.  I'm pretty sure he wanted to tell me YES I DO REMEMBER, NOW WILL YOU ZIP IT?  But he didn't because he's that awesome.  But seriously, these two girls are amazing.  If I could have kids just like these two, I would.  The title says it all, thank you very much Echo Park Paper Company and My Creative Scrapbook for this kit, which I LOVE and which says it so perfectly.  You will see this kit with more pictures of these two on future layouts for sure...