Easter Dress

Grandma came to town and brought presents. She has been working on this easter dress for Isabelle for the last little bit. Isabelle's only request was that her dress would be pink and that Grammy would add a butterfly. The butterfly is in the center of the bow on the front of the dress.

Grammy not only made one dress for Isabelle but she made a matching one for her cousin Paige. They both felt like princesses!

Isabelle loved it and didn't want to take it off all day!!

Paige loved the flower on her dress. She would point and show it to anyone that was looking.

Grammy's two grandbaby girls in matching easter dresses. What could be more lovely then that. Thank you Grandma for a wonderful Easter gift.

Oh Yes, We Are Excited!

Can you believe Halloween is less then a week away??!! I just can't believe it is already here, the year is just flying by! We are very excited to get all dressed up and eat lots of candy! We have been seeing lots of black and orange, eating lots of apples, and have pulled out our gloves, scarves, and sweaters. Lots of talking about costumes. parties, and treats.


I love this time of year. We are also excited that our plans FINALLY passed and we have permits to start our kitchen this Monday!! A little nervous to have our lives turned upside down for awhile, but excited to know that our kitchen will be that much closer to finished. Just planning to take it one day at a time.

The Hunt

We had a great Easter Egg Hunt at the Robert's Home with family and friends. There yard was perfect for the hunt.

This little guy didn't do much hunting on his first Easter, but he sure enjoyed playing with the eggs.

Easter Morning

Valentine Cards

I didn't spend a lot of time on these cards, just put them together. I used some red cardstock, patterned paper, and some scraps of linen. I sewed the linen heart and square directly to the card.

I also put some buttons on a couple of the cards.

With the black card I will have to print out my little Valentine note on some lighter cardstock and adhere it to the inside.

These were super easy to do!! I'm trying to keep it simple and easy this year. If your interested, this is what I did last year.

Valentine Cards

I've been so impressed with this boy and these Valentine Cards. Here he is going down his list, writing down each name, and crossing them off. He has been so focused on doing this job, hasn't been discouraged or frustrated, just working hard to get it done. He has a few more to do and he will be ready for his party on Friday.

What to do with your Christmas Cards??

I love getting Christmas Cards/Letters, it truly is one of my favorite parts of Christmas, reconnecting with family and friends. Well, I didn't like having this stack of cards I didn't know what to do with at the end of the season. I got this idea from one of Ali Edward's books and I just love it. I did it last year and I did it again this year. I just took my square punch and took bits and peices from cards, letters, and pictures. I make sure I get parts of everyone from each photo, I try to punch out handwriting and signatures from the letters, and I punch my favorite parts of some cards. I don't get everything from each person's correspondence, but I end up with pieces of each documented for years to come.

Opening Presents In Utah

We left for Utah a couple days after Christmas. It took us a couple days to get there, I-84 was closed at Pendleton, but we made finally made it there Sunday night. When we got there Jakob immediately asked for his presents. (What a well mannered child, we love presents, what more can I say, I teach him well!!) We sat and opened presents with Grammy and Grampy. I was so glad we waited to open our gifts when we were together.

My Christmas Present

The Canon Rebel So excited to get this camera. It has so many bells and whistles it makes me nervous. I finally figured out how to take pictures, then I had to figure out how to upload the photos to the computer. Really, it wasn't that complicated, I just had to sit down and figure it out. I'm excited to take the time to learn how to use this thing. Thanks Steve for the wonderful Christmas gift.

Red, So Festive!

Late Christmas Post

The night before Christmas.....I can't believe I didn't get any photos Christmas morning. I was too busy video taping the morning, so we did document our Christmas that way. It was so fun waking up to a room full of presents and three happy chicklets ready to enjoy it. We always open our stockings first, have a big, yummy breakfast, and then finish opening the rest of the presents. After Jakob opened his stocking he said, "This is my best Christmas ever!!" Wow, next year we'll save some money and just get the kid a stocking, so happy he was so happy. We spent the rest of the day at home, snowed in, and enjoying each others company. It was a wonderfully, relaxing day, enjoying our gifts, feeling the love and magic of Christmas, and spending time with the ones we love most.

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