Woops! and other Funnies!

And after the tears this morning, this is what he did? I feel horrible!

I think SOME of the food made it into her mouth!
I guess dinner wasn't that appealing.
Is it just me, or doesn't she totally look like the step-mom off of Pete's Dragon?
Thoughts swirling!

Feeling the Love

I love the blogging community! It's nice to be in my cozy little world and still feel a part of so many other people's lives. It's nice to drop in and be inspired by other people too... like Camille, who has the most amazing fabric line and beautiful quilts (see the sneak peak pic). Not to mention adorable family! I'm so glad I stumbled upon her site. I think I'm going to borrow her theme for my new year and Simplify a few things around here too :)

Is it really still January?

Anabelle says 'hello'... she looks so grown up :)

I love snow... sledding, skiing, watching it fall...
the snuggly blanket and hot cocoa that follow.
But with days like we've been having, I don't miss it too much :) We've been having weather in the low 60's... beautiful. So we've had some fun outside.

Girls playing together (not fighting for a few minutes... miracle)!

Our boys... they've got to stick together.

We had a play date with the B Boys... Dylan and Nolan came over and the kids had so much fun!

So I just ran across this Nesting blog and I love it... thought you might too. People and their ideas are AMAZING!

(Credit... this photo is from their site... I only wish it were from my family room.)

And check out my side bar for the other cute blogs I found!

Holiday Recovery Under Way

It was a super fun, busy holiday season... a boutique and a wedding on top of all the other holiday events made it a nice crunch... but I like pressure. I keep wondering why I am feeling like a turtle wanting to hide out in its' shell... then I remember, oh ya... maybe I just might need a little breather :) So to let you know what I've been up to, here's my half of a 12 days of Christmas.

6 Teacher Gifts:

5 Flower Girl Dresses:

4 I spy bags:

3 Frame Stitchings:

2 Hand-made Pillows:
1 Holiday Boutique:
Everything seemed to turn out just fine, thank goodness I started in October! Meanwhile, I'm veerrrryyy slooooowwwly getting back into my new year. Trying to get things in order, and adding a little more structure to my anti-structure way of being. I'd rather just wing it, but with 5 kids and a lot of ambitions, I'm realizing that order is the only way I can get things done that I need and want to and end up with some sort of sanity in the end! So these are some of my attempts to get things in order:

The post-it note weekly plan--set yet post-it flexible! Sigh :)My laundry solution--eliminate 1 step to the dreaded event :) Surprisingly, the kids get so excited to put their laundry in the correct basket. How does it go?... "Find the fun, and snap, the jobs a game"... yes, Mary Poppins is my hero, and I want her bag!

Christmas in Utah 2008

Laughing, talking, sewing, puking
Weddings, presents, stockings, cooking
Two full weeks of fun-packed bliss
These are the things (minus puking) we'll miss!

Kids all decked out for Christmas Sunday!

This picture pretty much sums up the Wedding...
totally fun chaos :)

Christmas Eve PJ's

Sledding at 'The Bowl', before the ramp gone bad :)
P.S. More pics on my Facebook

It snowed!!!

Spending last winter in Phoenix was so weird for the kids... they really missed the snow. So when they woke up to this on the ground they were SO excited! It required a 7 am trip out to play followed by some hot cocoa. The hilarious thing was that school was delayed because of the snow! Ha... you'd never see that happen in Utah.