July Stash challenge

OK, I know July is long gone, but here is what I did with:

 Paper pads of any size (8x8 pads )
flat stickers
one of the oldest things in your stash (heart page)

These 8x8 pages I did for my "things I think about" album and are very old pics. I was going through old pics for some reason I don't remember and drug a few out.
 I started with the one of the  dds with the cat. On the wall behind them is a picture of their big sister and her family who were in Thailand at the time. I was thinking of a quote and the journaling says: "There is a quote about raising children that says, "The Days are long but the years are short." In the midst of the busynesss of work, worry and problems, no one understands until it's over. When I found this picture, taken in 1989, I realized that the years were getting very short. Jenny, Mike and Joshua had just gone to Thailand and Courtney and Wendy were teens. In only 6 years, Courtney would be married and in 9, Wendy, too. I wish I could have enjoyed those very short years more.
 The 1986 pic is remembered because these 2 were waiting for "room inspection"...my attempt to try to get them to clean their rooms. I probably would not have remembered that I did that except for this pic.