That's been me lately, missing in action! I have no idea where time has gone! Christmas is almost here!! I think my biggest problem is the weather. We have seen no snow and been having 40° days. Not that I'm complaining about the wonderful weather, but it hasn't gotten me into the Christmas mood. I realized the other day that I needed to get the kids pictures taken asap if I had any hope of getting cards out by the end of the year. Memo to self, take pictures earlier next year! There is a new place in the mall called Little Reflections. No appointment necessary and you take you pictures home same day. I even got the disc so I can print as many as I want. That's awesome, I don't have to be stingy with pictures! They turned out great too!
Rylan was very photogenic to begin with, but got tired and fell asleep towards the end.
Brett started off not too into the whole process, but quickly warmed up to the camera.
And Brileigh, the ham...
It was hard to get a really good one of all three. They each wanted to cooperate at different times.
This one is on our Christmas cards. The greatest thing about taking the disc of photos home is I can play with the pictures. In this picture Rylan and Brileigh were smiling soo good. Brett on the other hand was crying. So I found a picture where he was smiling and swapped heads for a perfect picture of all three.
Things are getting very busy at our house. The kiddos are into everything! Every toy they have is pulled out every day. We are finally completely over our colds though. That is something to be very thankful for. Naps are back to normal 12:30 - 3:30 and they are sleeping from 8 - 8 at night! We have 6 Christmas's to go to this year, so hopefully they don't get too out of sorts with all of the traveling. I don't think we are spending the night anywhere so that helps. They don't mind the car rides, it's sleeping away from home. They prefer their own beds, which makes sense, so do their parents!
I hope everyone is has a safe and wonderful Christmas!
Yesterday was a good day. A little chilly, but it was the last day of October. At least the rain held off. As I prepared the kids for church, my husband got ready to go to an auction. An elderly lady, a friend of the family, is moving closer to her kids and she decided to part with a life time of belongings. No doubt Ester came from a hard working family as in her upper 80's she was still living alone, mowing her own lawn every week. It couldn't have been easy for her to watch everything get sold yesterday. After church I stopped by the auction but couldn't stay with the kids because the wind had a little bite to it. I was able to look around at a few things and tell my husband, that would be nice to have, never thinking he would actually bring me something home. Jeremy isn't the gift giving type, it's not unusual for me to get nothing on my birthday, Christmas or anniversaries. So imagine my surprise as he carried in one of the things I had spied! This wonderful wooden butter churn. I've always wanted one and it is so much better, I think, to have one that belonged to someone you know.
Going back to Ester's hard working upbringing, how much butter do you think had to be churned to wear down the handle like this? Ester had told Jeremy the churn belonged to her mother, who brought it to the Midwest from the East Coast.
And lastly, here is a pic of the kiddo's yesterday before church. They are getting so big and we are now in their birthday month! I've been planning and making the decorations in preparation for the bid day!
So I finally finished my second snowman in the old shoe. I formed this guy out of foil then covered him in paper clay. It's hard to see his arms, but they are made from rusty wire. I think I like this guy better than the other one.
I finished this guy today as well. I've never made an owl before, but I think I love him! He's a little guy, but oh so cute! I already have another one started with a rounder body.
