Thursday, December 23, 2010

cupcakes!

This silly girl and I made and decorated Christmas tree cupcakes the other day. We had a blast!





Decorating cupcakes takes a lot of concentration...



....all done!





Of course the best part is eating them!



Think she enjoyed it? ;)

Thought I'd throw in this one of Luke too... cause it's AWESOME!

:o)

Friday, December 17, 2010

Lately...

EmJ helped me decorate the tree... it was awesome because now all the "Luke friendly" ornaments are on the bottom. :o) She loved it!

Proud of her sweet tree!

EmJ lookin' cute before her first Christmas program!!

"Joy to the World!"

Love the little smirk ;)


How incredible is Christmas through the eyes of a child?

I love these pictures... you may just be seeing more like this soon. :o)


We just had some fabulous family come visit... there were lots of people who loved to take pictures there, so I didn't take as many as usual. But, here are some shots I loved. This is Janae and Luke... they love each other!

:o)

My fantastic Aunt Janie and me... love her!!!

Luke fell asleep on Nana... holding her finger. Precious.

I absolutely love this picture of my awesome Grandpa. Love it.


We all know this girl loves to color...

...and she's teaching her brother too.

Stinkin' cute!

Sunday, December 05, 2010

EmJ's Prayer

This was EmJ's prayer tonight:

"Dear God, Thank you for making Luke cause he's my favorite, favorite guy. Thank you that Mommy had 2 babies and not 200. Thank you for aaaallll my friends. And thank you that we get to say amen. Amen."

Friday, December 03, 2010

Thanksgiving in Kansas!

 This year we got to go to Kansas for Thanksgiving and boy, did we have a blast! :o)

We had tons of fun, played a lot, laughed a lot, ate a lot... all the things you do at Thanksgiving! I wasn't the best about taking pictures, but here are some from our fun trip!

These 2 rocking chairs provided lots of entertainment!


How cute is this kid?! (even with a bruise on his head) :o)

Jeff and I got to go on a date night while we were there... YAY!

I know this isn't the best picture ever, but we sure had fun hanging out with Kir and Carson and Majkin! :o)


EmJ and Gram

Jeff, Aunt Di, and sleepy Luke

Playing with Grandma!


EmJ and Colton on Thanksgiving wearing the awesome turkey hats Loralee made them!

Luke in his turkey hat

Aww... my little turkeys!


Highlight of the trip for EmJ... :o)

She was laughing so hard... it was awesome!

She even got a chance to drive (which was hilarious!)


Colton, Cami, EmJ, and Luke
(not too bad for 4 kids ages 4 and under!)

Grandpa and Grandma with their awesome grandkids!


She makes her daddy (and Grandpa!) proud!

:o)

At the airport... which was an adventure in itself cause we were delayed almost 2 hours. But, we made it (thanks to Grandma for staying and helping entertain!).

We had such a fabulous time in Kansas and were so glad we could go. I'm bummed that I didn't get good pictures of the kiddos with Aunt Stacey - they had so much fun with her. EmJ even got to spend the night with her... which she, of course, loved! We also hung out with Travis a lot, but he managed to stay out of pictures too. Pictures or not, we had a great time with our family and friends and are anxious to see them again! How thankful and blessed we are!

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Got Christmas Cards?!

I love this time of year... when checking the mail brings much more fun than the usual bills, random fliers, or credit card applications. It brings memories, laughs, and pictures of people we love. Christmas cards are one of the many, many things I love about this time of year.
Right now Shutterfly is giving away 50 free Christmas cards if you blog about them! Check it out here!

SO AWESOME!

I love Shutterfly anyway- that's who I use to do our calendars every year! For those of you who know me, you know I love the calendars... they make such awesome gifts... can't go wrong! :o)

Here are some of my favorites of the Christmas cards this year:
Peppermint Bliss - I love candy canes... stinkin' cute
Mod Snowflakes - I love the black with the bold colors
Top Ten Moments - super cute idea!
Wonder Trees Noir - again, me and color... gotta love it!
I have to say that the cards have gotten better and better every year - and this year is definitely the best so far. They have super cute ones, classy ones, silly ones... anything your little heart may desire!

Yay for Christmas and free stuff!

:o)

Thanks to shutterfly for being awesome!

Monday, November 01, 2010

halloween!

Pirate Luke 

EmJ as Silvermist (Tinkerbell's fairy friend) 

Jonah the racecar driver, Janae as Athena, EmJ as Silvermist, and a grumpy Luke the pirate (he just wanted to do his own thing... he was not happy to be taking a picture!) :o) 




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