Tuesday, January 3, 2012

4 Generation Decorating Frenzy

I recently got a Flip video and am just starting to explore it, I wish I had captured more of these moments, but this is a small snippet!
  Christmas Eve was at Vanessa and Matt's house. We had yummy Chicken Rice Burritos chips and salsa. After dinner I commented "We should just come over and decorate your walls for you one day." Haha. Matt says "What?" You need me to get out my power drill? Next thing I know Vanessa reappears from the garage with her arms full of pictures, shelves, wall decals, and a wreath, and lays them all on her ginormous footstool and says "Here ya go, do whatever you want!" A Decorators Dream! 
The next hour we spent deciding on groupings for walls, putting in our 2 cents...or 4, making Matt sweat, and having a BALL! Even Isabel placed a few wall decals.
Best Christmas Eve EVER. Vanessa thank you for letting us do whatever we wanted...I hope you like it!
What I learned:
1. We all love to create with what we have.
2. Doing something for someone else is more fun that doing it for yourself.
3.Family projects are the BEST!
4. They make a power drill that shines a light where you are drilling!



Friday, December 30, 2011

October, November, December Oh My

Life for the last few months feels like I have the fast forward button on. I really want to be a better blogger in 2012, it helps me slow down, reflect and I love looking back on the stories of my little life. Let me catch up.

 October- Isabel was running down the hallway to her bath, tripped and knocked out one of her front teeth AGAIN, poor thing. I really need to wrap her in bubble wrap. She had to be put under for the procedure, which scares me half to death, but she did fine and remembers nothing except getting a shot.
Isabel enjoyed her 3rd Family birthday party...minus one tooth, but had tons of fun! Crafts, cupcakes, and cool presents.






A new pumpkin patch opened near our house and we had a great day enjoying all it had to offer. Petting zoo, playground made of straw bales, paint on tattoos, fresh pumpkin pie and a tracter ride to pick our own pumpkin,  Isabel is still talking about the jumping "pillow." 





Her face still puffy from surgery a few days prior, we donned her ballerina princess costume (all usable at a later date.) We went trick-or-treating at the mall for a special young children only night, and on Halloween we went from our house to Mimi's house with T Em and Rouge. Most of our neighborhood sits out in their yards or porches so it made it fun. By the third house Issy wanted to go up herself. * Josh made her leg warmers, so cute!





November: We had a Lasagna family dinner at my parents for my 31st birthday...luckily there are no pictures, but I did take a pic of what I got with my Crate and Barrel gift card. I love it and have never owned one, can you believe it!

Besides badly spraining my ankle the night before my all nighter setting the Black Friday Ad at work, Thanksgiving was extra fun this year. We did a breakfast and dinner, so everyone could attend. There was chit chat about the last minute decision Target made to open at midnight, which affected most of our schedules. Josh waited in line for a TV from 6pm to midnight, it rained and he had to do crowd control when people started to get out of hand. He was 2 people too late for the TV he wanted, so he got the next cheapest and it was returned within a week. Haha.  I caught these precious moments, my Grandma teaching Isabel how to line dance, and her and my Grandpa playing the piano together.



Oh and my Mom had wine on tap...maybe that is why it was so fun. I told you I took a pic mom!


I did get my most favoritist Black Friday deal this year, a Duraflame fireplace heater.



  In early December we had more than a few rainy days...luckily these Missoni rain boots went on clearance and we could enjoy the rain properly!


We did crafts... I also discovered Pinterst, which is where all these ideas came from.







Isabel had Observation Week at Gymnastics...they did a little snowman routine.




I made my own pumpkin for baking from scratch by baking pie pumpkins for an hour and then pureeing. It was so easy and I think, was more flavorful.



Hubby expanded my Pen for the chickens and they are in Hen Heaven!



We watched Elf 500 hundred times, made Hello Dollies, I got 50mm lens for my camera, Isabel learned to sing Silent Night, we went to Winterhaven to see lights, I redecorated a wall in the living room, I paid off my car, Isabel got her first hair cut, and we made Hello Dollies again. That is the rest of December in fast forward. Christmas will have to be a new post as I haven't uploaded those pictures yet. :)


Friday, September 16, 2011

Five

Tomorrow marks Five years being married to my best friend. I am a lucky girl.
In Five days it will officially be Fall! My favorite season of all.
Life is lookin good!

Vegas Wedding/ Honeymoon '06
My tattoo wedding present from my hubby

Here are some of my Favorite Fall Shots:
 Denver         




Flagstaff

Flagstaff
Wilcox

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Most Loved at 2yrs 11mo

Her ever growing shoe collection.

Her Tutu, homemade by grandma

And her current favorite books:

Last and certainly not the quietest... her instrument set, the drum being her favorite.


Thursday, September 1, 2011

Bear Hunt

 We couldn't stay away and went back for round 2 in the mountains and it was glorious! 
 More thunderstorms, Smores, Apple Butter hoarding (more on that later), movies and great company. But my favorite memory was our Bear Hunt.
 Sunday was overcast with sprinkles but we all needed to exercise so we set off on a walk in the woods. Most of us just wanted to wander in the woods behind the cabin but Mom insisted we take the road due to a bad experience getting lost, so we took a dirt road that lead to a cattle watering ranch instead and I'm so glad we did. It was so much more interesting! 
Along the way Isabel started to correlate her surroundings to her latest book obsession "We're Going On a Bear Hunt"

 We're going on a Bear Hunt.
We're going to catch a big one.
What a beautiful day!
We're not scared.





She had a blast gathering little things like pretty rocks, flowers, sticks to kill the bear when she found it...yes my daughter likes to be scared, just a little bit.
Mimi made clues to follow to the bear (translation:back home.)













Bear Hunts are tiring!