What I'm thankful for everyday...

Cozy Winter

I am keeping myself busy making these adorable winter hats in adult and children's sizes. Check out my etsy shop to see the serious cuteness!

First steps

Yay! LaurieAnn can walk, but she only does it under specific conditions. She is very timid, and gets knocked down a lot but the other kids, so she mostly walks around when they're asleep. I love her jibberish in the movie. She sounds like a Sim character. What is that? It is a video game my younger brother and I got addicted to one summer. Hmmm...I think we may have to break that out while he's here this weekend.



My green eyed girl. Looks like a haircut might be coming soon Callie!

I found this cute chair at a garage sale for cheap. Spray paint, $4 fabric and a staple gun took it up a notch for sure.









Now I have something cute at the end of my hall!

Before there was Edward...

There was Angel. Vampire and soulmate to Buffy Summers (oh yes, the slayer).



How many of you remember this pre-twilight series?

Gobble Gobble Gobble

A cute couple to welcome in the spirit of Thanksgiving! Aren't they adorable?


One of our family traditions. The kids enjoy adding "thankful feathers" to our Thankful Turkey throughout the month. Pretty soon he will be nice and fluffy for Thanksgiving!

Cute kids stuff

I thought this was so funny. We have this old mat that Doug's mom made 25 (or more) years ago. Its the cutest little town with a gas station, school, houses, a church, shopping center and even a lake! The kids love racing throughout the town and picking out which houses their cars live in. Today they had a parade complete with fire trucks and horses.






I bought these boots for Hyrum over a year ago. He has worn them almost everyday, and fights us every Sunday when he can't wear them to church. They are both cracked all the way around and have holes in the soles. I decided it was time to invest in some new rain boots.

A worthy replacement! "Car Movie" boots make him so happy!

Tricks and Treats

We had the best October and Halloween this year! Gabriella and Hyrum really loved getting dressed up and trotting around the neighborhood once they understood candy was involved.

Gabriella couldn't decide until the last minute what to be. "At our first party I am going to be a cheerleader, then at our next party I'll be...." She finally settled on a fairy princess.


Hyrum wanted to be buzzlightyear. Yeah, we had a hard time with that one, so he settled for Woody. I love his oversized hat and his mustache.


LaurieAnn makes the cutest little bug. I cannot take ANY credit for this costume. My friend Ericka made one for her daugher and I wanted one so bad I kept thinking about it all day. She had offered me all her stuff. Doug finally said, go get everything and make it. This was 8pm Oct 30th. Ericka is the queen when it comes to sewing stuff and she was so sweet to cut everything out for me, so I whipped the cape out in 20 minutes. The tutu took a little longer but it turned out so darling. And when you took her cape off, she reminded me of Renesmee (all you twilight fans) with her black and red tutu!


Nobody would pose for the kid photo. I got a crier and a booger picker! AHHH!