I do things simple. I have one album per year. So that encompasses all we have done that year, all birthdays, graduations, weddings, trips, christmas, etc. The scrapbooks are for me to document our family.
And they are in chonologicial order from Jan - Decemeber. So if you want to see my youngest birthday, head to the back of the album, since her birthday is Dec 27th, while if you want to see my other DD's go to the front because her BD is in January.
My albums do get quite thick tho.
And I use the We R Memory Keepers
page layouts, so it the photos are not scrap worthy, they still go in the album, just in those 4x 6 sheets. And only certain events get a 12x12 layout. I also like to the 6x12 or 12x6 layouts, those are fun. I also enjoy doing just a little embellishment on a 4X6 spot, if I have room, or use the 4x6 spot to journal.
The kids can fight after I am gone for whatever is there.
It works for me!