April 7, 2015

Mom's Jump Start Scrapbook

My mom is an avid scrapbooker via Shutterfly, usually making one book per season each year.  When she got to last fall's book, she realized she had too many favorite pictures of Connor and I from Jump Start HT last year, so she ended up making an entire book about it!

I knew she was making it, but didn't know she was making me a copy until it arrived in my mailbox this morning.  It's so cool!  She used quotes from my blog throughout, which makes my blogs feel...purposeful...from that time.  It's really neat.



My favorite Jennie Brannigan quote is on the first page!  Opening up a book about winning a competition with a quote about the journey with the horse being a journey and not a destination - that is just my style.  Thanks, Mom!
Top picture makes me want to braid him just for fun, I love the repetitive nature of braiding.  It's my pre-show meditation.  The middle picture has to be the least flattering picture of Connor ever taken!  (But I still love it, despite his front end being in a ditch!)






Closeup of one of my favorite jumping pictures of us, over the gate.


Yeah, the desire to run XC again reached a fever pitch by this point.  I actually stopped reading it to text my trainer about XC schooling here.  Cannot wait to school XC in a saddle that fits me!



And the last page is all about me and my mom, including a picture of the three of us from Fox River Valley.

As I told my mom, that whole show felt like a storybook from top to bottom, and now it really is one!  Thanks, Mom!

25 comments:

Unknown said...

She did a great job! Love it!

Hawk said...

Super awesome job! Those pictures are all so amazing.

Austen said...

Your mom is seriously the best. :)

Alli + Dino said...

This is so awesome! Your mom is so talented!

jenj said...

What a great memory! LOVE IT!!!

Anonymous said...

Maybe she should start a business of designing these... I love them but I'm totally not good at that kind of thing!

Unknown said...

This is so sweet! I love it

Britt at Red on the Right said...

That is SO sweet!! What a thoughtful, fun present :)

Piccolopony said...

That's so amazing! I really wish I had a talented photographer in the family because as it is I'm lucky if I get a blurry iphone picture from time to time haha.

Lynn said...

This is the cutest!

Animal Shelter said...

that's awesome!

Mare said...

Love this! Love making shutterfly books!

T said...

Your mom is amazing! What a nice gift.

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful idea!!

SprinklerBandit said...

That is super cool. Yay mom!!

SheMovedtoTexas said...

Aw, that's so sweet! Love it.

Stephanie said...

Aww, that's absolutely wonderful!!

Kate said...

That's such a fabulous gift!

emma said...

that is just so incredibly sweet - and very well done!

Alanna S. said...

That is beautiful. What an awesome gift!

Unknown said...

So adorable!

Micaylah said...

Tried not to cry, so cute!

Calm, Forward, Straight said...

Totally ♥♥♥ this!
Your mom is amazing. :D

Aoife said...

Such an absolutely awesome gift ♡♡♡

Kelly said...

Amazing book - and even better that your Mom put this together!!! You can tell how proud she is of you :)