New Years

Visiting the missions....

enjoying some good family time

Making the Most of Our Day

beautiful weather.

nice ride.

making the most of our day.

everything was so crowded.

too crowded.

we were in the car for 4 hours and only got out of the car once.

but getting out of the car was great. 

created memories. 

captured happy moments.

thank you iphone.

this time of year people are out and about. 

people everywhere.

a little to crowded for us.

so pulling off and finding a cool spot, where not a lot of crowds are, that's what we like.

hope you are enjoying your winter break so far. 

let's see where today takes us.

Wishing you a

Very Merry Christmas

From Our Family to Yours

Lift Made Lovely - Cooks in the Kitchen

Linking up today with my dear friend Heather

over at 

Life Made Lovely

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little photo shoot for Grandma

she is going to love these

love. love. love.

life is lovely when you can make someone happy

p.s. mom, if you are looking at these, don't!

just kidding. there are 40 plus more so you'll still be surprised. 

Christmas Morning

do you ever remember getting something you really really wanted

on Christmas morning? 

I do, my first pair of Chemen de fer jeans.

L.O.V.E.D them.

Last Day To Order

last day to order is today

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ready to ship teacher gifts

available here

just a thought

Christmas Home Decor Sharing

sharing a little bit on my home over on my friend nancy's blog later today

hop on over

might even be giving one of these away

One of my Most Favorite times of the Year

the holiday season

i love it

love. love. love. it.

the cheer in the air

the gift of giving

the music on the radio

this is one of my most favorites right now

love them

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i love our home

it's decorated in every corner

warm and cozy

we have a fire burning every night

it's wonderful

come 8 o clock i curl up in front

and call it a day

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here's another favorite holiday song of mine

and i'm pretty sure i can sing it

not really, but i think i can when it comes on

hope your day was great

Awh, good friends, good times-Christmas Photo Shoot

wham bam

that's what it felt like

6 kids running around

cameras going off, being handed to one mom and then to the other

placing kids, finding kids

laughing lots

so fun

so fast

so happy 

here are a few of what we got

just a fun shot

not using it but it was fun

awh, my girls. happy to have gotten a picture(s) with them

2 wonderful little girls

sweet girl. just beautiful.

brother and sister. sweet love.

love that they are in our life

we had fun. little crazy. little hectic. 

but tons of fun and some really great photos.

Thankful Tree

our thankful tree
so happy to have created it

pardon the photos, they were from my phone

and they are not the best

but you'll get the idea

cut out circles

used a cup to trace them on there

we each wrote 5 things we are thankful for 

then we shared them all, one at a time

and then tied them to branches that we had collected in the neighborhood

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it was fun

so, thank you bloggers and pinterest

your ideas are inspiring

You Are My Sunshine

it's that time of year again

time to load the girls up in the car

go somewhere and take some pictures

i love this season, this time of year

it seems to come and go so quickly that

i try to enjoy and get the most out of it i can

so, for me

bring on the holiday music

bring on the cold weather

bring on the gratefulness

bring on the crafting

and bring on the picture taking

here's what i got yesterday

one kid was warm the whole time

the other was hot and cold, sometimes loved it the other times wanted to go home

regardless, it was fun and i got some great shots

and we are dog sitting this adorable doggie

so i had too, and with this kid being a dog whisperer 

i had to get a shot

fun. fun. fun.