Wishing you a VERY Merry Christmas!

Here are a few tidbits of our Christmas morning. I have to say, that it was one of my favorite Christmas mornings. We all made gifts for each other, which made the day more about our love for each other and not who had what. We have so much to be thankful for and my family tops that list! I hope you have enjoyed spending precious time with your families this Christmas. I'm looking forward to tomorrow when Ryan gets a few days off - he's exhausted and we've missed him. Merry Christmas everyone!!

pj tradition

Christmas eve ended on a fun note as the kids opened their pajamas that I had made for them. I may be biased, but SO CUTE!!!

An elect lady

Grandma was such a loving and strong woman, its hard to believe she is gone. I miss her so much already. Seems like I've cried all day. I'm glad she is no longer in pain. I can just imagine how fast she is moving without her body holding her back. Its nice to think of where she is - if anyone deserves the highest degree of glory it is this marvelous woman.

Quality time

So thankful to be able to spend time together outside. The flower beds look so much better.

So technically we are ready for winter, but

I don't want to be.

Happy Halloween!!

We didn't have snow this year, but we still froze! Our princess, dinosaur, and pirate had fun trunk or treating at the school - but were so tired and cold at the end that there were no complaints about going home!

Happy Halloween!

My kind of wall art!

All it takes is an old barn window, a little elbow grease, paint, hooks, and my latest scrapbook pages to make this lady SO HAPPY!

When we finally got it done and up I couldn't stop looking at it - I smile every time I walk into my craft room, and that is really good for my creativity :)

Sorry Ry, but I couldn't help but share this photo. This is Brodyn's excited attempt at wearing mascara. So cute. But not as cute as the ten minute conversation between Ryan and Brodyn about how "Boys do NOT wear makeup".I couldn't stop laughing when B responded with "Uh Huh!"

Pumpkin Patch

I can't believe how crazy fast time is flying right now. We're past our first big round of sickness, hopefully we'll be good for awhile. A few weeks ago we visited the pumpkin farm and went for a hayride out to pick our pumpkins. We had fun and got some good pumpkins, but fun was soon replaced by drama when we got home and Brodyn wanted Ainsli's pumpkin because he could carry it around.
I couldn't resist taking a photo of his pout. He's becoming very determined and demanding of what he wants. It doesn't help situations when I giggle because he is so flippin' cute!!!!