Cody’s had lots of things for everyone to enjoy. The children enjoyed the hay rides, pumpkin launcher, petting zoo and corn maze. The adults savored home-made apple cider donuts and pies, made purchases of the beautiful assortment of fruits and veggies on display and strolled through the many vendor booths — each one displaying something different than the other and most of the merchandise being sold was hand-crafted.

Showing an Autumn explosion book

Scrapping on the Spot was a vendor there this year and we met so many wonderful people! We had several things available for purchase such as pre-made scrapbook pages, card making kits, explosion picture boxes and explosion picture books — many with Halloween and autumn themes.

Thank you Cody’s for giving us the opportunity to share this weekend with you. And thank you to everyone who came out to the farm and stopped by our table — it was great seeing you!

For more information about Cody’s Farm and the activities they have planned for the rest of October, see their website: Cody’s Farm Marengo.

Life moved quickly on.  Many of us went to college, many of us married and had children, and for some us, working just seemed to consume every extra minute we had.  It wasn’t until a special occasion or holiday arrived that we actually stopped and enjoyed life’s joys reflecting on the good times we’ve already experienced … remembering our own wedding day vows while attending a wedding celebration, recalling the joy of seeing our children blow out their first birthday candle, or smiling at the thought of all of those great times at the family’s annual picnic.

Life is filled with so many memories.  Can we possibly guess how many memories we’d have by time we turned 30?  Or 40?  Or maybe even 50?  The number could well be into the millions.  So just imagine how many memories you would have at the age of 90.

We really tried to imagine this as we prepared our Event Scrapbook during Angela’s 90th birthday celebration this month.  The room was filled with nearly 60 people consisting of children, grandchildren great grandchildren and close family friends.  What could she be remembering about each of them?  We couldn’t even guess  the number of weddings, baptisms, birthday parties or special occasions that she would have been a major part of.

But one thing was very clear — the love they have for each other was very deep and the tribute they paid to Angela was truly remarkable.  We not only captured a special moment for them through our scrapbooking on that special day, we added a beautiful new memory to our own collection.