Halloween 2009

For Halloween this year, Isaiah was an old man. He was so cute! He- amazingly- kept his glasses almost the entire time we were trick or treating and held onto his pipe most of that time as well. (Fun side note: his pipe is one that his great grandfather used to use!) We did not, however, have as much luck with the mustache.

happy easter!

from us to you. 

Santa Party 2008

2007 (2 months old), trying to nurse on Santa:

2008 (14 months old) Not quite sure what he thinks:

All of us:

My aunt has such a fun tradition: she hosts a santa party for all of the kids the weekend before Christmas. Cookie decorating, singing, Christmas book reading & visits with Santa. Thanks Aunt Lois- it is always so much fun and is such a great memory! Lots of pictures and no captions, sorry!

 

Our Christmas cards

I love paper. I love crafting with paper. Not scrapbooking (maybe if I had more time), but just creating things with paper. At Christmastime, I get so much joy out of creating my own Christmas Cards. Now, it is almost always a bad idea. Making 100 Christmas cards in the midst of the crazy season usually leads to stress, lack of time and sleep and many "why am I doing this" comments. However, when I am in the moment crafting and when I look at the finished product, I love that I handcraft them.

I tried to simplify this year: no eyelets, stamps, brads or sewing. Just paper, tape, glue and a few embellishments. And, of course, a super cute picture of my little man taken by the lovely Jenetta Penner .

They all were a little bit different, so I took a picture of a few different options:

When I ran out of paper, I came up with another quick design, using my Cricut. 

We added in our CD, stuck in the envelope, and off it went.

The cute address labels were a free download from Chewing the Cud . They are actually gift tags, so you can use them for wrapping your presents!

I also participated in a  Holiday Card Swap, for which I made 5 fun cards. Here is what I came up with:

I had so much fun making these and also receiving a few cards from random people around the word. That being said, I am glad that I am done making cards. Now on to gift wrap!

I would love to hear which design you like the best!