Phew!!

Boy it's been crazy lately in the Ostrowski Household, but it looks like we're finally coming up for air! We've got wonderful, exciting news and I couldn't think of a better way to announce it here than on a layout :)

My eldest, Monika, is engaged! They don't want a long drawn out engagement and are planning for a spring wedding, so the craziness of wedding planning will have to kick into high gear pretty quickly! While scrapping about Monika's true love, I decided to do a layout about her first love too:

And finally, I thought I'd leave you with an adorable idea I heard about: Did you know that if you take an unopened can of sweetened condensed milk and boil it for three hours it turns into caramel? Well, I had to test this out so I tried it tonight, and it really works! So scrap a "caramel" label, put it in a basket with some apples and a corer, and call it a gift!

Just a little note from a proud mom.

An age old ritual, we watch as our children don a gown and cap and walk across the stage (or in this case, a football field) towards their adulthood. They're handed a little piece of paper, and suddenly it's official, no longer children, but young adults, faced with a myriad of scary, life altering decisions. It's been a long, rough 13 years getting here and despite the challenges, I never doubted for a second that this day would happen. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, Michal Ostrowski, graduate of Parsippany Hills High School:

For those of you that may have witnessed my reactions to any and all ceremonies involving my children, you will be happy to know that I remembered the tissues, lots of them.