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. sweetlilscrapper Avatar

    beautiful layout!
    sweetlilscrapper.blogspot.com
    sweetlilscrapper at hotmail dot ca

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  2. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    Great layout!

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  3. jan m Avatar
    jan m

    You are right, the people make the home!!!

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  4. Christina Avatar
    Christina

    Love this layout!

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  5. Jennifer Avatar
    Jennifer

    your layout is gorgeous!!! i hope you sell your home soon & everything works out for where you will live.

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  6. NinaN Avatar
    NinaN

    Gorgeous layout! What a beautiful boy 🙂

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  7. Karen Letchworth Avatar
    Karen Letchworth

    Amber: I enjoyed your entry and sincerely hope that your house sells quickly and at a great price. Thanks for participating cuz this is fun.
    Blessings,
    Karen

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  8. kimberlee Avatar

    Love the layout. 🙂 Good luck on the home issue.

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  9. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    Beautiful layout. Thanks for chance to win. Good luck with decision of home buying. Karen

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  10. Rachel Vinciguerra Avatar
    Rachel Vinciguerra

    Love your blog! You have a great scrapbooking talent. Thanks for sharing and good luck with the housing situation.

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  11. photochic Avatar
    photochic

    Love the boyish paper! The colors are so awesome.

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  12. Helen Avatar

    I would love a house in Sandy…used to live there years ago and I loved it! It’s just not in the works right now, but good luck! Love those blue eyes and love the layout.

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  13. Denise Avatar
    Denise

    One has always got to have a dream or something to aspire to…it keeps us focusing on the directions and “places” we would like to be in life… I encourage my son all the time to dream BIG.
    The layout is lovely…need to do a dream page for my son too. He is 4 today!!

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  14. Diane Miller Avatar
    Diane Miller

    Wonderful layout!

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  15. Carol Miller Avatar
    Carol Miller

    Love your layout. MME papers are the best.

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  16. Mia Aarnio Avatar

    Beautiful page!
    Good luck with the new home!

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  17. Carole Avatar
    Carole

    Beautiful layout – love MME products! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  18. Niebiesko_Oka Avatar

    Great layout!
    🙂

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  19. Luz Maria Martin del Campo Avatar

    Amber I loved your layout. I saw the video of your tv appereance and you did great. Your boys are so cute, congratulations and I wish you find the best house for your family!!

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  20. Airin Permata Avatar
    Airin Permata

    love the color combination on the layout…thanks for the inspiration.
    Good luck with the house situation 🙂

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  21. Kelly Avatar

    Beautiful LO. The colors really make his eyes pop!

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  22. Christel Nall Avatar

    Your layout is “dreamy”! Love your projects-thanks for the inspiration!

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  23. Rose C Avatar

    Amber, your dreamy layout is stunning! What a way to work those beautiful blue-toned papers. ~ Rose

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  24. Peggy Nardini Avatar
    Peggy Nardini

    What a beautiful layout you did using the Lost & Found 2 collection. The blue in the paper and the blue in your son’s eyes are both gorgeous!
    Good luck with the house hunt/sale.

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  25. Robyn Beck Avatar

    What a beautiful layout! Good luck with the house search. I’m sure the perfect one is out there waiting for you 🙂

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  26. Anna Andersson Avatar

    A beautiful layout!

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  27. Christine Wallschläger Avatar

    I love your LO and your Blog! Wish you all the best for your house situation.
    Greetings from Germany
    Christine

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  28. Sara Andrews Avatar
    Sara Andrews

    Wonderful layout!
    Best wishes with your housing situation.

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  29. Laura Borghello Avatar
    Laura Borghello

    Beautiful Lo!!!
    And good luck with the house ^-^

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  30. Beth Avatar
    Beth

    Love your blog and lo’s good luck with your home.

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  31. Dana Avatar

    Hi Amber. This is the first time I have ever been to your blog and I was so blessed bye your blog title. I have my own blog and my blog name/title is along the same idea that you have here. Preserving the Past is so important and I truly believe that reliving the past gives us hope and a vision for the future, thus my blog name Reliving Tomorrow. There is so much we can learn from yesterdays gone bye. I so love your work and am overwhelmed with the charm and charisma behind todays page layout. I so love MME and have some of their lines, but the newest lines I think are the best I have ever seen. Some may beg to differ, but I am in love with them all. I read your post here and I am sorry that your family is going through some tough times right now. I know what your going through right now because we are in that same place, looking for a home and wanting things to work out. I have come to the conclusion that I should trust in the Lord to show me what is right for my family and I. The book of proverbs tells us to trust in the Lord and to lean not on our own understandings, to acknowledge Him in all we do and He will direct our paths. I know that can be difficult to do at times especially when your stressed and things are not coming together, but remember we are His and He delights in us and always has our best interest at heart. So I pray that things will come together for you sweetie and that in His time you and your beautiful family will be blessed with an answer to prayer. Don’t give up the fight! Good things are just around the ben! Big Hugs.

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