Scrapbooking

So, it's no secret that I love to scrapbook. I don't know if it's even so much that I love to scrapbook as much as I love having scrapbooks for my kids (and I) to look through. THEY LOVE IT! And, I love that I can do that for them. They are my journals, as I don't keep one otherwise (well, unless I can now count this--my blog--as one! hee hee). I always make sure to journal on each layout and I'm one of those who likes to cram as many pictures as possible on each layout (you know, tasteful cramming, cropping is key). I have too many books already to be putting one picture per page! I know it's cute that way, but, c'mon! . . .is it really feasible?!

Here are a few example layouts of mine, nothing spectacular, just pictures and journaling:
Anyway, nothing extraordinary, but we LOVE them! So,now I'm on the verge of looking into digital scrapbooking, I'm just not sure I want to make that leap. If I was convinced that it was either cheaper or faster I would really consider it. Dave just got me a laptop because I've always said that I would never dream of digital scrapbooking without a laptop, but now that I have one, I'm not quite sure where to start. Any ideas? I suppose I should buy a program (I've heard Photoshop is the best) and just start playing with it (but the time I spend doing that could be used catching up on my other scrapbooks!). Anyway, I suppose either way I'll still get to invite my friends over every month or so for scrapbooking parties--and that's really what it's all about, right girls? :)