Haylie at 9 months!

January 6, 2009

It amazes me that Haylie Belle is only 3 months away from turning ONE YEAR OLD, I think I’m in denial about it. I want her to stay my little baby for a little bit longer. We did a fun little photo shoot today while Brandon was at school, with Annie as my assistant/dancer/giggle face. […]

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Happy 2009

January 1, 2009

Happy New Year! Everyone in my house is asleep (yes, even Jaden at 9:20 pm!) except for me. We’ve had some late nights during the last few weeks with the holidays and family and fun . . . and while it was a wonderful time I am looking forward to getting back in the routine. […]

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Merry Christmas

December 24, 2008

Luke 21 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.4 And Joseph also went up […]

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The Twilight Before Christmas

December 15, 2008

If you have seen the movie “Twilight” then you will get a kick out of this. I thought it was hilarious!

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Giveaway Winners and Fun Announcement!

December 12, 2008

First off, thanks for the votes and comments about my card and our crazy Christmas sweater party! So on to the winners of my little Bella Scraps giveaway. I used random.org to pick my numbers, and it chose:#5 Gina#24 Kelli Woooo! I believe I have both of your emails so I will send you the […]

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Festive Christmas Sweater Party

December 10, 2008

It’s become a bit of a tradition to go to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants with a group of our friends in December and sort of celebrate our birthdays together–3 of us girls have birthdays this month–and we always have a great time. This year did not disappoint. We decided to go with […]

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Please vote for my card!

December 9, 2008

Something fun—so I am a finalist in Tip Junkie’s Christmas card contest. Yay! I love Tip Junkie, people submit the best ideas and Laurie organizes them all for our enjoyment and inspiration. Anyway, our Christmas card from 2007 made the list for the top 4 digital cards submitted, but now I am shamelessly begging/sweetly inviting […]

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Breakfast with Santa

December 7, 2008

Yesterday morning we went with Grandma Wendy and Grandpa Russ and had a special breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus! Well, they didn’t actually sit at our table per se, but we had a delicious breakfast buffet at the Grand America while Santa and Mrs. Claus visited each table. They were fabulous. It was so […]

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Advent Calendar

December 2, 2008

My kids have been looking forward to doing our Christmas advents again–I talked about them last year and thought I’d post about them again this year. One of them is a cute little advent tree where each day they open a little door, pull out a little ornament and hang it on a small tree. […]

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Pumpkining Adventures

November 24, 2008

Pumpkin Gathering So way back in October we went to this great farm to get our pumpkins with the Murrays. It as a bit of a drive but it was a fun place and we all had a great time. It was a gorgeous bright, fairly warm Saturday morning. We went on a wagon ride […]

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