family tradition…

gives so much meaning to the holidays whether it means keeping them or setting them. My mother always made exquisite gingerbread houses when I was growing up and I loved everything about them. I was always fascinated by miniature things. A little candy and imagination later and I was a part of the entire wonderland [...]

take two…

of the photos with Santa was much better than our first attempt! Santa made an appearance at the library on Tuesday night and he was in a much better mood. :) Unfortunately, he was supposed to be at story hour on Wednesday but we were informed he had a car accident and couldn’t make it [...]

my 16 random things…

I’d like to share. I was tagged by some friends and here were the instructions (I followed all but the last)…
Once you’ve been tagged, you have to write a note with 16 random things, shortcomings, facts, habits or goals about you. At the end choose 16 people to be tagged, listing their names and why [...]

woohoo…

time for christmas card pictures!!!

MAN, I can’t wait to do that again! :)

i finally got a shot…

of the new talent. :)

And you see what that hair likes to do after its been pinned down all day? It has a mind of its own.

sometimes the free santa photo-ops…

could use a little help. :) I’m not sure if we were late, if it was time to close up shop, change shifts or what, but our Santa was awful quiet when we came to visit Sunday. :( He may have said all of three words while we were there – and they weren’t even [...]

as go the children…

so goes the blog. After a week away it looks like the blog became a little stagnant. I guess our lives just aren’t that interesting without the kids. But on a good note, despite all of the doting and spoiling that occurred over the last week, Abby and Jadon were still excited to see us [...]

four is such a BIG number…

for my sweet little boy! As rough and tough as some people think boys should be, there is really no better way to describe you. You LOVE to cuddle and be right next to me or your Daddy, you share some of your favorite treats with Abby without any reservation, and you are so sincere [...]