Day 2/31 - Tree Farm

Didn't feel so hot today, but managed to get this done after a warm bath and lots of ibruprofen! Heidi Grace papers, Fancy Pants Ribbon, Little Yellow Bicycle overlay transparency, misc chipboard and letters painted over, then removed for title. Stamp is Stampin Up with stickles added.

{31 day Scrapbooking Challenge

1 down, 30 to go. We'll see how my persistence pays. Visit Christina Klauer's blog to read all about the challenge.

{ Christmas Memories 2008

A little myriad of Christmas photos - big item presents like the Ipod (Avery got a shuffle and Hannah a new nano) and an electric scooter for Gracie. Avery putting our reindeer food for Santa's little friends. So cute! Santa's cookies (yum, yum) and the girls standing in their Santa sacks to see if there was anything else at the bottom :o). And somewhere in there is a self-timed photo with half of Lance's head cut off. Hoping your holidays were memorable!

{Twas the Week before Christmas.....

and boy, what a fun week we have had. The girls spent their last week at school. Christmas parties were changed to Thursday from Friday for an impending ice storm. We spent Thursday afternoon making our gingerbread house. Lance and I finished up our shopping on Saturday morning. He was called in to plow at 3pm, just after we got home and "unloaded". As I was folding laundry waiting until 6pm when we were to be at my sister's for a Christmas party, I heard Gracie yell "Mom, Santa's outside". "I'm sure he is Grace" was my answer. "No, no Mom, really he is". So I went to look out the window with the girls and sure enough, there were two elves, Santa and a sleigh coming down our street. The girls went to the door and yelled "Hi Santa" to which they said "Put your coats on and come outside to say Hi to Santa". So I grabbed the camera, bundled the girls and trekked outside. A local family that owns a horse stable/riding lessons business sleighed through town finding kids, taking photos and giving out stuffed animals. How fun and what a neat surprise! Then, we traveled to my sister's (6 miles away) in blizzard, white-out conditions. Stayed about an hour and a half and then headed home before we were snowed in there! Came home and drank hot cocoa and watched Christmas Vacation. That show never gets old! Today we are chilling at home due to the temperatures (-25 with wind chill) and finishing all of our wrapping. How was your week and did you get snow/ice too?

{ You Gotta Believe....

Apparently, someone is questioning if Santa is real. As my friend Missy and I were chatting this afternoon in the living room, I looked over at the Christmas tree to find this little notebook and "note" with marker set in the tree. Sure hope he has time to find her note in the Christmas tree and sign it.

~All Gathered Round for a Birthday

Here are some pics of Gracie's family birthday party, which we had Friday night at our home.

{One Happy Family}

My niece Kylie, my brother Shannon and Hannah