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. DeeDee Avatar
    DeeDee

    I love the new MME collections! Loved the page you scrapped of your son. Beautiful layout! Hope your Dream comes true in whatever works best for you and your family.
    I am off to hop along……

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  2. Kellie Avatar
    Kellie

    Beautiful layout!!!

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  3. Carol B Avatar
    Carol B

    Beautiful layout! Good luck with your house, no matter what the decision!
    Carol B
    ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

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  4. Peggy Gottschau Avatar
    Peggy Gottschau

    Gorgeous layout! Good luck with your house! I was in the same situation 6 years ago, except we had to move farther away from my family cause we couldn’t afford to live near them. It all works out in the end!

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  5. Lin Avatar

    Amber, this is a beautiful layout!

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  6. P. Estes Avatar
    P. Estes

    Beautiful layout.

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  7. amy Kersten Avatar
    amy Kersten

    Wow love the layout and good luck with the house hunting and selling…

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  8. Louise B Avatar
    Louise B

    Beautiful LO. The right house will come along just keep looking it’s waiting for you and your family.

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  9. Marie-Josée Avatar

    That’s a very nice page! I love all the new collections!

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  10. Pamela H Avatar
    Pamela H

    Best Wishes on finding a home for you and your family..there is so much thought and planning that goes into that. Thank you for the lovely layout!

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  11. Mary Hinson Avatar
    Mary Hinson

    Great layout and good luck on the house hunt. The right one will come along.

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  12. Shannon Blinn Avatar
    Shannon Blinn

    Good luck on the house hunt, but lovely job on the layout!!

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  13. Angela Fehr Avatar

    What a gorgeous boy layout! Love the cool neutrals.

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  14. Aubrey G Avatar
    Aubrey G

    Good luck with the house situation, it’s really tough to be selling in real estate right now. Hope you get to enjoy a little more silence before the end of summer!

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  15. Jona Panesa Avatar

    its a lovely page. I know your dream will come true!

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  16. June Houck Avatar
    June Houck

    Amber, your LO is beautiful…you have terrific papers and a fabulous supermodel! His gorgeous blue eyes really pop 🙂

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  17. Cristine R. Avatar
    Cristine R.

    This layout is AMAZING! I love how the aqua pops out from the neutral-colored layout. This line is gorgeous!

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  18. Patti W Avatar
    Patti W

    Love your layout. I have so much paper with text like you have on your background. Nice to see an example of how to use it.

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  19. Joanna B. Avatar

    Wow this is stunning, love how his eyes match the pattern paper! Gorgoeus! Thanks for sharing your talent! 🙂

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  20. Linda M. Avatar
    Linda M.

    Your layout is beautiful, and the photo is darling!

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  21. Cheryl S. Avatar
    Cheryl S.

    Love blog hops, they are so much fun!

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  22. Theresa Grdina Avatar
    Theresa Grdina

    Soon your DREAM will come true, I am sure. Great layout!

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  23. Samantha Young Avatar

    WOW WOW WOW! what a beautiful layout! totally Inspirational!

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  24. jill_in_AL Avatar
    jill_in_AL

    wonderful layout. our home is for sale too — it’s been on the market a long time. we know moving is the right thing so we hold on, believe God and wait.

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  25. Jean Marmo Avatar

    Gorgeous layout! Good luck with your house!

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  26. Jennifer Roque Avatar

    Very cute layout, I love how you used the subtle blue in the paper to bring out the colors in your photo, great job!

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  27. Melissa Hortin Avatar

    Stunning LO. Those papers are gorgeous.

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  28. Anna Petitt Avatar

    Love your LO! It’s beautiful! This should be a fun fun blog hop!

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  29. Julie Koets Avatar

    Love the blog hop! Thanks for sharing!

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  30. Belinda Achatz Avatar

    gorgeous layout & stunning papers! – off I hop……

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  31. Lisa L. Avatar

    This is absolutely beautiful! I love the colors! Thank you so much!

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  32. Linda Carson Avatar
    Linda Carson

    Such a handsome layout w/such a handsome boy! Love it!

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  33. Cyndi J Avatar
    Cyndi J

    Amber – I am sure the answer to where to live will make itself apparent to you. Best of luck!! ANd congrats to MME on their 2nd blog bday!!

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  34. Rebecca Young Avatar

    Gorgeous page. It’s important to have dreams. Good luck on finding a home.

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  35. romiqueletto Avatar
    romiqueletto

    Beautiful layout.

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  36. Michel E Avatar
    Michel E

    Great layout.
    craftymom205 at yahoo dot com

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  37. Shanna Smith Avatar
    Shanna Smith

    Like your scrap page.

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  38. Jessica Avatar
    Jessica

    I really enjoyed your layout. I have a couple of boy pages and it seems hard to put embellishments on them. Thanks for sharing! 🙂

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  39. Anita Scroggins Avatar

    Wonderful LO – Love all the new lines!! Can’t wait to get my hands on them!

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  40. JoAnne Jones Avatar
    JoAnne Jones

    Love your page…always keep your dreams!

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  41. Regina Avatar
    Regina

    Love the layout. The background paper is perfect.

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  42. Sue Plumb Avatar

    Gorgeous LO Amber! That chocolate & teal colour combo is divine, and perfect choice for that beautiful pic!

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  43. Jenifer noble Avatar

    I saw the cute book on GTU, thanks for the inspiration to get working on projects again!

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  44. Marcia Dehn-Nix Avatar
    Marcia Dehn-Nix

    Beautiful layout! Hope you find the perfect house.

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  45. Janice Boon Avatar

    Beautiful Layout and really liked the color combo of teal and brown simply dreamy!

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  46. Heather Hall Avatar

    That is an absolutely beautiful layout! Keep “Dreaming!”

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  47. Francine Avatar
    Francine

    beautiful layout for a beautiful boy!

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  48. AngMomof3 Avatar

    Amber, you inspire me. Thanks for sharing in the blog hop!

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  49. Heather V Avatar
    Heather V

    Look at those eyes! Your layout is so beautiful!

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  50. Theresa Kelly Avatar

    Gorgeous layout the colors are perfect for that adorable little man of yours there! Good luck with the house adventure too, I’ve been there and you’ll know when it’s time and the right house, Good Luck!
    ((Hugs)) Theresa

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