My Girls!

Salt Dough Ornaments!

We had made plans to go to a Christmas parade but it got rained out. So we decided to make Salt dough ornaments instead. We told the kids that they could put a special tree up in their room to put their new ornaments on. I thought they did a great job!!

These last four are Garran and mine. 

You can tell his. 

He is so stinking talented. I just love it. 

He makes great ornaments when we do this each year!!

Magical Zebra!

So this sleepy little girl came to me in a very sleep voice, and said..

"Look mom.. I am a magical Zebra.. See my stripes!!"

Winter Concert!

Kael had a winter concert that his class put on at Barnes and Nobles. It was very sweet. Each class sang one song. Kael's class sang " I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas!" I only got a snip of it because we were face timing with my mom so she could see it LIVE! So grateful for technology!

Whose Happy?!?

Oh that's right...

It's us. 

Know why?

Because it is December and we are dressed like this!!

My Talent!

The other day, Briea and I were delivering cookies to some different people and it was just the two of us. I said to Briea how much I loved spending one on one time with her and doing fun things like delivering cookies! She said "Me to MOM! I think it is my talent. You know....
Making people Happy!".

Oh I loved it. I loved that she felt that way. I hope she always enjoys making others happy! She is such a fun and sweet little girl. 

I am so thankful she is mine!

Ready for Church!

Pop tart. Sunglasses. Glitter Boots.

Ready for church. 

And whatever else!

Happy Thanksgiving

This year now that we are living in NC, we got to spend our Thanksgiving with Garran's sister and her family!

It was a lot of fun! We had great food, great company and lots of fun!

 Post turkey bliss!

And..The long awaited DR WHO episode!! 

Thanks Aunt Jerusha for recording it for Cullan and the rest of us!!

New Traditions!

This time of year is one of my favorites for lots of reasons. I think mainly because it gives me a good reason to try and teach the kids about the idea of "giving is better than receiving". 

We have a few traditions that the kids love, but I wanted to do one that really focused on doing something nice for others. 

So this year, on the night before Thanksgiving.. we are starting a RAK Night. 

(Random Act of Kindness)

This year we made goodie bags. A bag of popcorn, some chocolate candy bars, a few candy canes and some hot chocolate.. I think I may be forgetting some stuff. Anyways, we made them and I let the kids decide where they should go. The kids went back and forth on where they should go, but ultimately they decided to share them with the fireman in our area. 

So that is what we did! 

We visited 3 different fire houses and gave them out. The fireman were really great. They were very friendly and were great to the kids. They even gave the kids fire hats! The kids had a great time and we really felt the spirit of doing something nice for others. I am excited to keep this tradition going!

(Our little RAK for the mail-man!)

Baking like crazy!

So I have a confession. I love to cook and bake.

If I could just do what I wanted with my life and did not have to worry about money or things like that. I would spend my days cooking and baking. I would experiment and try things and then just share the food with everyone. I don't necessarily want it in my house. Because, well for obvious reasons.... I don't want to return to my former size! LOL

Here are some of my most recent things I have worked on.

 Homemade bread..

(finally got a recipe i really like!)

 Deep dish chocolate chip cookies!

Pineapple-Banana cake!