Our Life...

Lunch is served.

You gotta love that spring, sunshine, and warm afternoons are here! Lunch reservations on the front porch are open.

Happy New Year!

I realize that it is now towards the end of January, but that is life.

Our first family picture of 2012 taken at 12:44AM on January 1, 2012. (Of course, Elsie ran and made a sign for our shot.)The kids got to stay up with us, as we celebrated with friends! Elsie actually remembers how we stay up until midnight when I told her it was New Year's Eve. What a memory.

And with another year, brings another start to taking a picture each and every day :) So far, so good. It is actually like second nature to me seeing that it is my 4th year running with this. I found a very cool way of keeping track of my pictures too. It's called Shuttercal, and you can find me HERE. If you decide to join in, please share your username! AND you don't HAVE to take a picture each day, I just choose to. It is actually really fun to see your month all in one shot. Yes?

Busy busy...

{I actually had this typed up for December 21, 2011 but I was having issues with Typepad.Thought I would still share!}

How is it almost Christmas? We've been shopping, playing, and shopping some more! Yesterday, the kiddies and I ventured to the mall for some Daddy shopping. We ran into a silly mirror and HAD to share. I was dying laughing. Maybe I was just delirious, giddy, over tired, and ready to go home... but it made me laugh out loud.

 

 

These just completely crack me up! :)

Happily Ever After.

They just completely crack me up most days. I won't tell you what they do to me on those "other" days. Sigh. Monday was a good day though. We had some dress up with one special wedding.

Meet Spiderman.

Meet Princess Bumble Bee.

They fell madly deeply in love, put there "marry-ing" clothes on, and kissed. May they live happily ever after.

End of October Briefing

Of course we went to the Pumpkin Patch.

Had a special surprise guest to celebrate my birthday!

Sam dressed up like a Scarecrow for his halloween party at school.

Elsie made one cute witch at her halloween party at school.

After another rainy soccer season, Coach Dad and Elsie had their final game.

And then we topped it off with our Halloween fun! Elsie switched up her witch costume to a buzzing bumble bee, and Sam was a roaring dinosaur. Sam has been insisting on being Batman, but while shopping he ran across a blue and green dinosaur. He insisted that was his choice. My Dad can attest to that! Well, it was a little on the small side. After a trip to Marshall's, we found another dino costume that fit much better AND he was excited about. Can't really complain too much, as it was already clearanced out. Perfect. There was also a bee costume. I asked if Elsie wanted to be a bee for next year. She said yes! ... Of course, you see how that turned out too. Oh well, at least my kiddies love to play dress up!

Happy Halloween!

{A mini-Update} End of April-ness ...

Thought I could share a quick rundown of our End-of-April events ...

 

We have the big birthday party of my sweet little 5-year-old girlie girl. She insisted that Princess Ariel had to be on her cake. I very much obliged.

 

We have our Easter celebration :)

 

Our special guests who saved the day...

 

When this happened. Easter evening, I made a visit to the ER. Monday morning, I said goodbye to my appendix. C'est la vie. All is good, but they had to stick around longer than they had planned and then missed out on heading south to visit my sister... sorry and a big thank you! (Boy, do I look good in a hospital gown. Oye.)

Craziness...

I am still here, trucking through life, and documenting it :) I guess I am just moving a little slower than I planned on. I have to just pull the time aside (and motivation) to update my album. We've been busy with this little one...

 

Planning a birthday party fit for a 5-year-old princess. Hard to believe five years ago, I left work to have a "quick" doctor's appointment only to have a big surprise of "looks like you are going to have a baby this weekend!" ... my sweet little baby girl will be a 5-year-old come this Friday. Eeks. (P.S... she even picked the location of her lovely picture with Birthday Bear... in front of the plant)

 

And we can't forget this one. He keeps me busy with his little dinosaur obsession.

(Oh, and I have been keeping my own self busy getting all scrappy-ish too. Now to work on my Project Life Album ;)

Sunshine and warmth, we shall miss you.

 

We are back from our first official Family Vacay! I've got lots of stuff to catch up on. Pictures. Pictures. Pictures! Let the sorting begin. Will update soon :)

Now, when can we go back?

{365} Project Life | Week 6 & 7

Just another update on my little project...

Week 6:

We have a little man who loves lining up his Cars, two littles who love to create, one big birthday boy, a trip to Sonic, movie night with cousins, a present opening celebration, and one tired little bug.

Just a little closer-up of each side...

 

On the title card, I included my Mom's recipe for lasagna, which was the birthday boy's choice of dinner for his big day. If you know me, I am not a fan of lasagna. I am not a fan of anything with lots of onions. YES, sorry Mom, but when you put onion soup in something, then that is also considered onion. You people out there, can't fool me. I digress. I typed up my Mom's recipe, and then wrote in my changes. AND just so ya'll know, the birthday boy loved it. I guess he can't really complain too much... otherwise someone might stop cooking for him ;)

 

 

Week 7: (figured I might as well, share this one with you too since it was done!)

 

We have a little fun with Pledge, a special Valentine, an Expedit assembled, Christmas cards ready come down (yes, I love to keep them up forever), running a-muck, first time hockey game, and a visit with a friend. I will also have an insert to hold the Valentine that Elsie made us in school, but for now, it is proudly displayed on the fridge.

 

I even had the photographer and artist sign her card.

 

On the filler card, I tied our tickets from the hockey game with a little bit of twine.

So, there you have it; two more weeks documented.