Welcome to the 2nd Year Blog Birthday My Mind’s Eye blog hop! My name is Amber Packer and this is your FIRST "hop"!

As I am sitting her typing, the boys are asleep, my husband is with the youth in our Stake (church) on a Pioneer Trek and I hear something wonderful… silence!  I haven’t heard that (silence) for a while.  It feels good.  I am extremely blessed and have been busy with CHA and other MME projects, baseball, swimming lessons, house showings, other obligations and even a short family vacation.

Through it all has been the question of the house situation.  We have pulled out of the house we were going to get in Daybreak and thought we were going to pull our home off the market, but before we could pull if off the market, we had two more showings and they have certainly picked up.

So, our home is still for sale, but I’m so confused.  We DO feel that we need to live close to our parents so that when the time comes that they need it (in the far distant future), we are available to assist them.  That’s why we pulled out of the Daybreak house.  My DREAM is that we will be live in the right home for our family.  The home that will provide the best experiences and friends for our boys.  Whether that is our current home or another home near by, I’m not sure.  What I do know is that we are happy here, that WE make the house our home and we will be happy wherever we are. 

I guess I’m just starting to get impatient with not knowing.  I need to hold on to the dream a little longer and trust that what is in store is exactly what we need. 

That being said, I’d like to share a layout I created for the My Mind’s Eye catalog encouraging Neal to DREAM big…

Lost & Found2_Dream Big_4

Featured Collection: Lost & Found 2 – Breeze; Photo Credit: Haylee Bean Photography

Don’t’ forget my secret word: Dream

 

Your next "hop" will be to the fabulous

Anam Stubbington’s blog.

I hope you will take the time to comment on each blog you visit on your way through the blog hop.  Remember to leave a comment on the My Mind’s Eye blog and email all the secret words to amber@mymindseye.com (that’s me) to be eligible for the biggest prize of the entire year from My Mind’s Eye!

If you came to visit me (thank you!) and haven’t been participating in the hop… take a minute and hop over to the My Mind’s Eye blog so you can play with us!

I hope you enjoyed your stop here.  Look around.  I hope you'll findAmber value in what I have written.

p.s. Tell anyone you know who is looking for a cute, affordable house in a great part of Sandy!

Also, I have not heard from the winners of the Creative Spaces giveaway.  Please email me if you are the winner.

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431 responses to “2nd Birthday Blog Hop”

  1. Meg Avatar
    Meg

    Beautiful Lo

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  2. Nicole Sison Avatar
    Nicole Sison

    How fun is this! Love your layout. I’m not sure I would have imagined the page coming together with that more Victorian, flourished paper, but you nailed the masculine page.

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  3. laury55 Avatar

    great LO…the papers perfectly match your picture

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  4. Anastasia Avatar

    Gorgeous layout! Love-love-love the colours!

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  5. Marcy H. Avatar
    Marcy H.

    What a beautiful layout!! This is my first blog hop~

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  6. kimberlee Avatar
    kimberlee

    that is a stunning LO and photo of Neal, it caught my eye at the CHA booth!

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  7. Jingle Avatar

    This is a really beautiful layout! I love it!

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  8. Alexes Avatar
    Alexes

    your blog is so cute and I totally love the page you did! adorable!

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  9. Tammy Jones Avatar
    Tammy Jones

    Love the LO!!

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  10. Julie Avatar

    Beautiful layout! My favorite collection.

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  11. Victoria C Avatar
    Victoria C

    Great layout!!!

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  12. Kisha Avatar

    I love your blog and so happy to have the opportunity to hop to it:) Your LO is as beautiful as your son’s eyes..Love it! Hold on to your dreams and keep your faith in God. He will provide your family ALL you need and desire. Best wishes to you and your family.

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  13. Jen Barkdull Avatar
    Jen Barkdull

    Love this! The Lost & Found collection is my fave!

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  14. Meredith Avatar

    That layout is beautiful… I love the cool shades, which compliment that gorgeous photo perfectly. We are a house full of girls, which means lots of pink, so seeing the other side is refreshing. Stunning!

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  15. Jodee Avatar
    Jodee

    your Lo is wonderful and this blog hop is just amazing! Thanks so much!

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  16. HollyB Avatar
    HollyB

    Great layout! Good luck with finding the perfect home for your family.

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  17. Shauna {SK Studios} Avatar

    such a gorgeous LO!! I love all the layers in the corner with the “Dream Big” and “boyish charm” taking center stage along with the precious photo 🙂

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  18. Marta Valdes Avatar

    You have a beautiful blog. Newbie here, love your beautiful layout. I am always happy when I find a new blog to follow. I hope you that you find the right home soon!
    Marta – craftysassymarta@gmail.com

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  19. Brandy Hamilton Avatar
    Brandy Hamilton

    love the layout and how the picture just pops off the page…also your blog looks great 🙂

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  20. Jennifer O. Avatar
    Jennifer O.

    The layout is beautiful and best wishes!

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  21. Kay Savage Avatar
    Kay Savage

    LOVE this layout.. Thank you for the inspiration. Happy Dreaming!

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  22. Tina H. Avatar
    Tina H.

    Love the layout!

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  23. Missy Whidden Avatar

    What a gorgeous page!! I admire all of your work…you are so talented!

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  24. Tracy Martin Avatar

    Beautiful Layout! Loving the colors!
    Tracy Martin
    chillysam@att.net

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  25. Victoria Posko Avatar

    It’s always good to dream big and have many little dreams as well. Everything will work out and you and your fam will find yourselves in the perfect place, exactly where you should be. Sometimes it’s not where we think we should be, but remember: wherever you go, there you are!!

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  26. HellePF Avatar

    Love your blog. It is my first visit. You make some beautiful creations. Hope you got your house situation solved sood

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  27. DeniseP Avatar

    Thanks for the chance to win, this is kind of fun. Beautiful layout!

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  28. Melanie Makes Avatar

    You have an really handsome little boy, the blue is perfect.

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  29. Mary Avatar
    Mary

    beautiful LO!

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  30. Beth E. Avatar
    Beth E.

    That LO is gorgeous!!!

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  31. Cyndi Greenwalt. Avatar
    Cyndi Greenwalt.

    Love your layout! Cute little boy too!

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  32. Nancy Roth Avatar
    Nancy Roth

    Beautiful layout! Love the collection too!!

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  33. Michele Simon Avatar
    Michele Simon

    A lovely layout.

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  34. www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawm4H99j3k_htfkzEewxdTjsSTwmHa34B6k Avatar

    Happy 2nd birthday to mme’s blog!!! Love your layout. I love the breeze line. Good luck with your house!!!

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  35. Mayol Limson Avatar

    Great LO, i love it! Love the blues and how it syncs the background & the photo of your handsome boy. All the best in your house-hunting! 🙂

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  36. Jennifer Avatar

    I share in your confusion. My family has also been going through times of change and the decisions are sometimes very difficult ones to make. But if there’s one thing I know it’s that God is greater than anything we will face and He will guide us and be with us through it all! I absolutely love your Dream Big layout! The colors are wonderful and make the blue in your son’s eyes shine!

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  37. Monwonn.blogspot.com Avatar

    Love this layout, the blues and browns look great together!

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  38. Kimberly K Avatar

    AWEAOMW giveaway. Love your layouts and love all things MME!

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  39. Tabitha Avatar
    Tabitha

    I believe that everything happens for a reason, in God’s time. Hang in there! Your work is awesome!

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  40. Dee in N.H. Avatar
    Dee in N.H.

    Love this page! The colors and the textures are just fabulous! Wishing you luck with the house and all those difficult decisions that go with it!

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  41. Monica Avatar

    Gorgeous layout. love the colour combo!!

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  42. Jen C Avatar
    Jen C

    Such gorgeous work!

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  43. Nancy Parker Avatar
    Nancy Parker

    Your layout is simply beautiful

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  44. Shelly Scott Avatar

    WOW! That layout is just beautiful. I’m in love with the colors and textures, and the photo is stunning.

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  45. Jessica Wekenman Avatar

    Your LO is absolutely incredable! It jumped out at me and caught my eye when I started at the MME blog and saw it! The picture you chose is so beautiful! What a sweet face!

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  46. Jen McD Avatar
    Jen McD

    Enjoy your quiet home while it lasts!!

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  47. Nicole Doiron Avatar

    Such a lovely layout! Your boy is the cutest! Good luck in the sale of your house!!!

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  48. Whitney S. Avatar

    I have recently started scrapbooking again after a 2 year break. I have tons of catching up to do as I have a 1 year old and am just starting to scrapbook for him. Love your layouts and pages for little boys that are still a little more classic. Love your blog!

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  49. Astrid Avatar

    Loved reading your latest news. I do agree that it is great living close to your parents. Mine moved almost two years ago from one side of the city to the other side in our neighbourhood, also my fil and mil live in the same neighbourhood. Good luck with selling your home and find a new place. On with the hopping now….

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