Holiday Cards!

Okay, so technically I have never ever sent out Holiday cards with our picture on them. I've always wanted to but ran out of time. I think they are the perfect way to say Merry Christmas to your family and friends. Well this year, I am actually going to make these magnificient cards and send them out! I am committed to doing this. I'm going to be using Shutterfly.com to make these cards. I am really excited because they have the cutest designs to choose from. I've never made cards through them before but I have made photo books in the past and they are absolutely adorable and super easy to make! I even have a great family picture of us in the fall leaves that I am going to use. It's going to be great, just wait and see! Oh, and I'm also working on one of my new favorite projects, photo calendars. I'm making a few for Christmas presents and can't wait to see the end result. If you are interested in making calendars or cards you can go to the following websites:

Christmas cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards · Calendars to http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars

LAKE POWELL!!!

We went to Lake Powell this past week and stayed in a house boat. It was lots of fun and just a slight bit chilly!! BRRRR!!!! Jenna loved the sand and water and continued to play out there no matter how cold it was!

Updates

I guess it's about time that I update this old thing!! I've decided to just post some pics of some things over the past couple months. For Labor Day we went to the cabin and it was wonderful. A much needed time off for our little family!! Kaleb is still in school and teaching. I'm just the same as ever, creating more and more goals for myself and feeling pretty good when I achieve one of them :) My lastest goal/idea is going back to school when Kaleb is finished. I'm feeling the desire to go but I want to make sure it's what I'm supposed to do first. Regardless of what happens, I'm excited for the future! Jenna, well she's 2 and I don't think I need to say more. But she is talking a lot more and with that comes less temper tantrums (NOTE: I did not say no more tantrums!!) On a side note, I CANNOT wait for Fall. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Fall. I never really used to but it brings back lots of wonderful memories, mostly of Kaleb :) So when I see/feel the weather changing, I just sit back, put on a sweater and sigh!

If it looks like she took dirt and rubbed it all over her face, it's because she did. She loves dirt.

My brothers and sisters were able to come camping with us and we had such a great time going for rides, etc...

Jenna's birthday was really fun. I did a beach theme and tried out my cake decorating skills again. I think it's proof that I am not supposed to make cakes for a profession. I will probably just keep trying and trying and never make anything spectacular but it's fun to try, right?

This is what Jenna was doing secretly while I was making the cake. Yes, it's green food coloring and believe me, doesn't come off of everything easily!! So she was stained green for her birthday!!!

Two Years Ago Today....

Some of my most fav. pics of all time! She can have quite the attitude sometimes but I love all of her, including her sass!! I am so excited to see what this next year will bring!

SPRING TIME!!!!

Kaleb & I enjoying some food!

This is not an uncommon look at our house. She loves to ride her bike in or outdoors!

We are so excited at our house for warm weather!! Jenna absolutely loves it outdoors and always throws a fit when we come in. So to solve this little problem, we just open our patio doors and she roams the back deck. We took down the gate from inside and put it on the stairs of the deck so she can't escape. She just loves coming out/in whenever she chooses! With the warm weather I've had about a million ideas of what I need to be doing right now. I'm feeling so motivated. But I've decided that I need to slow it down and do things one at a time. I just realized that life is like pie. If you eat the whole thing all at once, you're gonna be sick. But if you eat it slice by slice, you'll savor it and keep wanting more!! That definitely describes my life right now!!

Next Holiday

Okay. So the next Holiday that is coming up is Valentine's Day. It's never been a huge holiday in my house but thinking about all of the things I love, I decided to write some of them down. I'm sure I'm forgetting lots of things but here's a start at least! Oh and I had to include a picture of Jenna!

I LOVE:

getting some little message throughout the day from Kaleb saying he's thinking about me.

watching Jenna laugh at something because she sees me laughing.

getting movie tickets for gifts. Seriously is there anything better?

Reading through my journal at all the good times!

A long, hot, bubble bath!

window shopping!

friends that take the time to make you feel special.

a good book.

NEW MOON!!! Oh and some snow!

I love these pictures of Jenna!! She was so excited to come out and play in the snow. Before we had time to get her in her snow stuff and actually play, she would walk out into the snow with her regular clothes and shoes on. She's getting HUGE and I can't even believe everything she's learning. We took away her binky for good and so far she's been great. I feel bad at the timing though because she's getting her molars in!!

Now about New Moon. I am SO excited I can barely contain myself. I know I'm a little bit of a nerd but when you do the same things every day, you have to get excited about something. And what better than Twilight? I mean seriously it rocks. A friend at Kaleb's school actually got me tickets for the 5:15 p.m. showing today. That's even earlier than the midnight addicts!! I feel so privileged :) So until the actual showing I will be going stir crazy!!!!