{ Christmas 2012 }

We had a great Holiday Season this year. 

Christmas Eve was spent with my wonderful family and friends.

My kids were awesome this year, every gift they opened, they loved and were grateful for. The phrase "Thank You" was flowing on Christmas day. 

I loved it!

I'd would like to say THANK YOU to all of you who sent us cards, I loved getting each and every one of them. 

I am going to try and send out something one of these days. 

But at the rate I'm going they will be a Valentine's Card. :) 

Here are some pictures of our Snowman themed tree this year 

(a couple are from Christmas Eve and the rest I took on the 26th when I took her down). 

How is it that the Christmas Tree comes down WAY faster then putting her up? But my house is back to normal. 

In fact it feels a little naked. 

I suppose I should get to getting some winter decor up.

I hope you all had a great Christmas! 

The next couple posts will be crafty, I promise.

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{ Christmas Craft }

I had a few minutes to whip up a Christmas craft and this is the one that my Friend Nanette and I choose to do.

WE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!

Seriously, this was the easiest thing to make and looks totally amazing when you're done.

Items used:

Foam Board

Cheap-o foam paint brush

Black Craft Paint for foam board edges

Print made at local Copy place.

Inspiration was from HERE

PRINT PDF can be purchased HERE

We made the 16x20 size. 

 Seriously, this would make a great last minute gift for someone. 

I gave one to Addison's Pre-School Teacher and she loved it.

I have another Christmas Craft that I will be making this week, but I cannot post about them yet as they will be Christmas Gifts.

 But I promise to share after deliveries have been made.

Thanks Nan for crafting with me!

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{ C's Baptism }

Do you ever have an event in your life, where you are so busy getting everything ready that you take hardly any pictures? 

Well, that my friends was how Corbin's baptism went. 

Don't get me wrong it was an awesome, spiritual day. 

We combined his baptism with some friends in our ward and the program turned out really, really nice. The music was amazing, and I cried happy tears through most of it. 
I was mad at myself for not getting many pictures but here's what I did manage to capture.

I made his invitation in Photoshop CS3. 

Can you believe these shots I got for a kid that was hating this photo session with his mama! 

Thankfully, for Corbin it only lasted 10 minutes.

The CTR banner I made using some brown shopping bags from Wally's that I cut to size and ran through my printer. The white pom pom's I made with my friend's Nanette and Danielle. 

The rest of the of the filler was loaned to us by Nan. 

We had lots of treats for after the baptism, but sadly this is the only shot I got with my nice camera of the mini pumpkin cupcakes I made.

photo via android
This photo was taken with my cell phone. Most all the food was eaten, we only went home with a handful of the mini pumpkin cupcakes.

Here are my boys, Corbin was so darn excited.

We are so happy that he is Choosing The Right!

We want to thank all of our Family that drove so far to support Corbin, we love you all.

Thank you to my fabulous friends for baking, loaning, crafting and listening.

 You are my glue.

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{ ARG! To The Pirate Party! }

Here is the invitation I made for Corbin's Birthday.

Corbin had picked out these on etsy, but we were running out of time trying to convo back and forth with our 3 hour time difference and I had to get these done asap. 

So, I did a little more looking around on Etsy and found the kit. 
(Pirate kit was found via another Invitation seller's Etsy shop, 
she stated what kit she used and where it could be purchased from.)

So, 1.5 hours later in Photoshop (i know i am slow) 

I had whipped up a very similar version based on her super cute layout.

Now to figure out the cake, goodie bags, games, and, and, and......

Invitation completely inspired from HERE.

Pirate kit purchased from HERE

(She also has a cute pirate girl version as well, just type "pirate" in the search box) 
Free Fonts that I used: Blackladder ITC
                                    Century Gothic
Click on the font name to download them for yourself.

EDITED: I take no credit for the design of this invitation. 
The invitation was completely inspired from HERE.
Yes, I changed a few things to suite my own taste,
 I do not sell this invitation on Etsy in any way, shape or form.

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{ 2-Wheels! }

 Guess who learned how to ride a 2 wheel bike WITHOUT training wheels last month? 

Yup, this little dude.

He is such a stud, his birthday is this week. 

So a pirate party in in order, you know what I'll be doing this week. 

I'll post his invite I made tomorrow, right now I have errands to run.

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{ Happy Birthday #42 }

Just a little shout out for my main man who turns 42 today. 

Love this man more then he knows. 

Glad he's mine forever.

Love you Babe & Happy Birthday! 

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{ 9/11 }

Our family will NEVER forget.

The following pictures were some I took with my phone at the
Tri-Cities  9.11 Memorial in Kennewick, Washington last month.

Seeing a part of what used to be one of the Twin Towers in tangible form is incredible.

To know that people built & walked among these pieces.

To know the strength that building had.

Then, to remember the hate that brought it down.

But being able to watch via the internet The National 9/11 Memorial being built from that hallowed ground in New York City, just goes to prove that the human Spirit may bruise, but it can never be broken.

Our thoughts & prayers go out to all the families affected by 9/11.

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{ She's Growing Up }

My baby will be 5 this Halloween and proof that she is growing up is in the following picture. 

Yup, that's right she went and lost her first tooth the night before she went back to school. 

Sigh......

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{ First Day Mugshots }

I am a fiercely devoted mom who loves her kids.

But, School is a lovely thing.

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{ Super Saturday Crafts }

I was asked to help again with Super Saturday this year, I've been struggling with what craft I should do. 

Here is the first craft I though about doing: Round 1

Then, I went through all the steps and decided that sewing was never going to happen on my watch while teaching a SS class. 

(I'd rather give birth naturally to a 9lb baby (i should know i have done it 2 times) 

Then I moved onto these 2 crafts from this Etsy Store: Round 2

But, sadly time wasn't on my side, nor the shipping prices for 6 sample pieces (3 of each, unfinished) now, if I were only ordering 1 piece I would have been golden. 

So, I decided to move onto the simpler side of things. 
Round 3- ding, ding. 

Here are the 2 items I will be teaching:

 The idea came from Jen, she is such a sweetheart and has some pretty rocking craft ideas along with some super cute 
Activity day ideas. 

Okay, so her blog is pretty much stocked with cute ideas. 

You can read her blog here: Cinnaberry-Suite.

I loved this Temple Silhouette from the first time I saw it, and decided, hey we could make this!

 I've been reading Clarendone Lane for a while now. This gal has such great style and her home decor is awesome, she also has an Etsy shop, so if you want to order a Salt Lake Temple Silhouette you can order them from her Etsy Store.

I pretty much went for more of a "use year round" type of craft, instead of going so holiday. The Big Boss's wanted more of a gift type craft so that's what they are getting. 

Are any of you attending a Super Saturday this year? 

What will you be making?

Well, I better run, we have a laundry list of things to get done today, 

these poor kids of ours are gonna wish they were in school today! 

We parents love a good holiday. :)

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