Holiday Recap

Decorating the Christmas tree...

Posing by the tree..

Making reindeer cookies!

Christmas eve I took the kids to get a real hair cut. Kassels first REAL haircut (besides mom hacking at it) and Kaitlyn's First hair cut EVER!


Christmas eve get together with my moms family


Christmas morning



Especially gotta love this one!

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season!

2009

Happy New Years Everyone!

It was a nice quiet night here at home tonight. Right before midnight we broke open the champagne and sparkling cider, then count down. Happy New Year!! Hope everyone had a fun and safe new year!

My 2008 Top 10

1) Moved yet again but hopefully in the town where the kids will grow up and keep the same friends for years and years to come.

2) Got Kaitlyn into school!

3) Kids (yes both of them) got their FIRST HAIR CUT

4) Got alot more caught up in my scrapbooking!

5) Got on two scrapbook store teams!

6) Kaitlyn turned four, its just crazy to me that I am a mother to a four year old!

6) Kassel turned two, and really starting to come into his own.

7) We went on our longest road trip since Ken and I was first dating. Fun times!

8)I got involved in a mom support group.

9) Ken and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary!

10) Ken and I celebrated our 11th New Years!

We are looking forward to a very happy 2009 and wish you all the same!

Year in Review

SoCalScrap is having a really cool challenge to make a layout with a picture from each month a Year in Review layout. I had never thought of it but I LOVE the idea! I might try to go back and do it for past years too! It was kinda difficult for me to fir all 12 pictures in but all and all I'm really happy with it!

White Christmas!

I have only seen snow on the the very tip top of our mountain here like maybe three times in my whole life. This year we actually got a white Christmas! I know this may not look like anything for those of you who are snowed in BUT this is huge for us!
This is the view from my drive way to our Corona hills! Like I said I've only seen snow on the very tips a few times, Look at all that snow! Crazy!

Now these mountains to the North of us often gets snow but not usually this low. So pretty! I just love it!

And yes I was out taking pictures while I was driving, bad I know! lol


Hope everyone had a great Holiday!

BIG Scrappy news!

My Friend Andrea has some really cool news over at Blueprint Sketches!
Check it out and start scrappin!

Give Away!

Life as Lou is doing an AWESOME giveaway!
LOTS of Cosmo Cricket Goodies!!!

Check it out Here

I love the holidays but...

Man, I'm SO ready for them to be over! No, I'm not ready for them but I'm just tired of being stressed, the traffic being horrible everywhere and every store is crowded! Calgon take me away!! Tomorrow im running out in the morning to get some gifts cards and some more bakign stuff, then baking all day! Maybe getting Kassel's hair cut, thats it! So if it doesnt get done first thing in the morning, it isnt going to get done!
I used to be completely done shopping by Thanksgiving and went out on black friday just to get extra goodies. that hasnt happened in a few years! lol

Hope everyone else is ready for the holidays and relaxing by the fireplace with a cup of cocoa and Baileys!

Merry Christmas!