I figured it was time to post October and November layouts. This was for AMM DT call.

Journaling Reads:
Muir Woods is my sanctuary.

The first time your Daddy and I visited Muir Woods, I was writing novels. We were in town for a wedding and your dad drove me to the park as part of our two-day sightseeing. I fell in love with the park immediately. I was so enamored with the magnanimity of nature that I sat there in awe for quite some time. I told Daddy that I could sit in these woods and write all day and all night. I decided we needed to move to San Francisco just so I could visit this place regularly.

Sadly, since we've moved to the Bay Area, we hadn't visited Muir Woods once until two weeks ago, when your grandpa came to visit. I was whiny all the way up to the park and wished I had decided to stay home and scrap. But the moment we walked in, you screamed:

"I see trees!"

And I knew I was doing something much better than scrapbooking: I was living one of those moments that I work hard to capture on my scrapbook pages. For the next hour, we walked along the magical pathways of Muir Woods, and you ran around and explored everything. You looked at the bugs. You watched the water. You kept pointing out animals. Your enthusiasm was contagious.

I am so glad to know that a place that brings me so much peace brought you an equal amount of joy. I promise you, my little boy, there are many more Muir Woods trips in our future.