Aquaruim

On Veterans day Nana and Papa asked if they could take you (us) to the aquarium, a place we have ALWAYS wanted to take you! You LOVED looking at all of the colorful, different kinds of fish! Your favorite (and mine!!!) was the sea otters! They are soooo cute and you loved watching them swim and play! There was so much to see, we could have easily been there all day but we were there for about an hour and a half and then we all went to lunch :) It was a special day, you love spending time with Nana and Papa and it was fun to go somewhere new, too!









such a great pic!

treasure

I absolutely TREASURE being a stay at home mom and spending all my time raising, teaching, guiding and loving on my two treasures. The other morning we went down to the beach, it was so peaceful and sunny yet brisk. We looked for seashells and pine cones, we chased seagulls and threw rocks into the waves. It was a blissful morning.

Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving this year was rough. A few days before, Kaden got sick and threw up but thankfully it was less than 12 hours. 3 days later and on the day before TG, Kaleiah got it. She threw up all day and night for 2 days including all day leading up to TG dinner with my husbands family. We hadn't gotten any sleep (any of us) the night before and I was dreading taking a sick child out and around 20 people (that's literally how many family members were there). The reason we went was because my sister in law was doing the gender reveal of their baby and I really wanted to be there to see! We were also supposed to take my in laws Christmas card photo. So we decided we would just go for an hour. We ended up staying for 3 because she was doing *ok* but I was stressed out the entire she didn't feel good and it was just too chaotic and I knew she just needed to be home resting. I didn't get to eat more than 3 bites of TG dinner so we took it home. I only took about 5 pictures which is not like me, if you know me! But I was not in the mood and I really couldn't with my sick girl attached to my hip. But we are thankful we got to spend a little time with family and be there to see my that my sis in law is having a GIRL! Kaleiah is especially excited because the only cousins she plays with are 2 boys (brothers). Her closest in age girl cousin (4 mo apart) lives in CO and her other girl cousins are teenagers. So she is excited to have a little girl cousin to play with :)

November pics

aprons

My friend's mom is a seamstress so I decided I would have her make the 3 of us aprons. I love aprons and have always wanted a super cute, girly one and I love the ones from anthropolgie but they cost a pretty penny. I LOVED the idea of picking ot my own fabric and therefor having a completely unique apron (and for waaay less than buying one).
I honestly had no ida what fabrics I would pick or what "theme" to do so I just started browsing Joannes and within 15 minutes I had picked out 3 fabrics from all over that just perfectly went together. they almost looked like they were MEANT to go together. As far as K&K's, I had their fabric for 2 years. I initially bought those fabrics when they were 1, thinking I was going to use it as covers for their baby books but I never did so it just seems to make sense to use it for their little aprons since it was just sitting there unused. It makes their aprons extra special :)

I LOVE her work and they are so beautifully made! I love the pickets and ruffles on ours and how basic and simple Kaden's is! Love them! And they came just in time for all of the Christmas baking we have in store! :)