Our little mess maker

In going through some older photos, I found this one that I never scrapbooked, but which needs to be recorded. She is our mess maker for sure! She's constantly getting into something! Sometimes it's paper & scissors, other times it's markers, paint, cottage cheese, lotion, baby powder, makeup, card games, water, dog food, pretty much anything. My husband just told me that he prefers the term, "Creative catastrophes." That's an apt description, for sure! Enjoy!

Halloween 2014

We had a fabulous Halloween this year. For dinner I made dinner in a pumpkin, sort of following this recipe. I set the table with my felt spider web table runner & long taper candles. I had to hang a sheet on the dining room window to make it a little more spooky, but my kids thought it was fabulous, probably because we never use candles. Once the girls finally finished eating, after various reminders that they wouldn't get any candy if they didn't finish their dinner & one spilled cup of milk, we were ready for trick or treating. I snapped some pictures of them out in the front yard & was blessed with perfect lighting & a beautiful yellow-leafed tree in the neighbor's yard. Then we were off to the races. They did a great job knocking on doors & ringing doorbells when they weren't distracted by crazy decorations. They also stopped to pet every cat that we saw, which turned out to be quite a few. We came home with a modest amount of candy, which has since been strewn all over my living room floor. I'm planning on vacuuming up the nerds & skittles once the dust settles. I hope you had a fabulous Halloween! Now, enjoy some cuteness overload, brought to you by Anna & Aurora.

A little snow & other stuff

 The girls played in the snow for about five minutes before they started bawling because it was too cold.

I love him! This was in Oregon for Thanksgiving. We went on a walk together in the fog & took some pictures. 

The girls were excited about the Christmas pajama pants that I made for them.

Halloween 2013

What's been going on?

We've been a little busy with unpacking, but I have still been taking pictures of what's been going on. We've really been enjoying Boise for the last 2 months! Has it really been 2 months since we moved!? Crazy! Without further ado, here are some pictures to show we really are alive.

 I took the girls to the zoo on a beautiful day. We practiced walking like penguins. Sharon was really good at, while Savannah tended to just take tiny steps. Baby steps, right?

At the beginning of October, we bought a pumpkin & had dinner in a pumpkin. The girls liked squishing the seeds in their hands. Who doesn't love that! 

 I finished making Sharon's Halloween costume. She's going to be Cinderella. Savannah is going to be a cat. Should we call her "Lucifer?"

Sharon participated in her first Primary program at church this last Sunday. She did great! She even recited her part from memory, "I am a Child of God. He gave me a family that loves me very much." We sure do! This girl is so fun! She loves playing outside in the dirt, wearing princess dresses, washing dishes, helping me cook, & is such a good big sister. We sure love her! 

 Savannah was way more interested in her sandwich.

We carved pumpkins for Halloween. In this picture, the girls were helping scoop the seeds out of my pumpkin. Sharon picked a knobbly pumpkin that proved rather difficult to carve, so we had to enlist Daddy's help.

Well, that's all I had on my camera. I'll have to check our other cameras to see if anything else has happened. I'll try to post some pictures of our new house soon. We're getting settled & there are just a few more boxes to unpack. Happy Halloween!

Yup, they're adorable.

A "super" day

Scrapbook kit found {here}

Bean Bag

I created the font that I used to write the Beanbag title on the scrapbook page. You can download it for free {here}.

A Family Walk (& pictures of the girls)

Yesterday was the first warm not completely freezing day we've had in about a week. So, when Sharon asked to go on "a little walk" yesterday evening, we said ok. We put Savannah in the stroller & walked down to the end of our road, where there is a large vacant lot & some mountains small hills that are fun to climb. With the sun shining, it was just warm enough to be out with just a warm coat.

Me, Sharon & Savannah

 Sharon is our little adventurer, and loved running up the little bike jumps that kids have created out of the dirt. When she got the top of each one she would jump up as high as she could. She also ran every which way, going as fast as her feet could carry her. When we got to a little saddle in the hills, she immediately set off on her own up the large hill. She fell a few times, but was perfectly fine. We brought our cameras along & were able to capture a couple of good pictures of the girls in the fabulous lighting!

Sharon

 Savannah rode in the stroller up the hill & then I let her get out and walk around. While she is pretty much fearless at home, she was a little less certain on the rocky ground, and kept stumbling. She was a bit grouchy after falling down a few times, and was only too happy to get back in the stroller. She sure is growing quickly! She has 4 teeth, loves to try to jump, climbs on everything at home, loves to dance & sing & direct music by waving her arms. She is starting to throw food on the floor, mostly because she likes to watch Jack eat it, rather than because she doesn't like it.

Savannah

It sure was nice to get outside & spend some good family time. We're definitely going to be going on more walks in the near future!

A Little Dirt Never Hurt

Savannah's Red Dress

A catch-up page

Savannah turns 1

Savannah is 10 months old

What we've been up to lately

It's been awhile since I just did a normal blog post. I haven't really had much time or space to do any crafting lately. My craft room is a disaster as it has kind of become a general dumping ground for things that don't have a designated spot. I'm working on cleaning it off so that I can get back to my creative ways. We do stay busy around here, though, so I thought I would share some pictures of what we've been up to lately. Savannah has started standing up all on her own. The bottom left picture shows her first attempt outside. She thankfully didn't stand up, because I'm sure she would have fallen right onto her face.

We spent a week in Phoenix with my family last week, and while we were there I got my hair cut (it's finally the cut that I've been dreaming of, since the last guy kind of did a hack job on the stacking in the back), I went wedding dress shopping with my sister for her upcoming wedding (she was able to get the perfect dress for an amazing price! Score!), I took the girls to the Children's Museum of Phoenix with my Mom & sister, Janelle. Sharon had such a great time at the museum! I would definitely recommend it to those of you with smaller children. There were things to explore everywhere! She loved the 3 and under area, where they have a little house, with a little kitchen & a monster mom! Savannah enjoyed all the baby areas, and I loved how she looked holding on to the little ballet bar. My favorite thing at the museum was the interactive cactus next to the noodle forest. The cactus has a crank on one side, a belt that goes vertically up the trunk and has little squares of velcro attached to it, little critters that also have velcro that you stick to the belt, and a fan at the top that whacks the little critters all the way across the room when you wind the crank & move the belt. So fun!
While there we went swimming a few times, I found some great clearance clothes, including my favorite shirt from Target for only $3 (I bought one in every color), went out to eat with my sister and her fiance, and just hung out with the family.
I also entered a few things into the Mohave County fair. I won a first place ribbon for this picture of Sharon with the fish she sort of helped catch.

And got a second place ribbon for this photo of Savannah.

I also won a first place ribbon for my prickly pear jelly, second place for grape jelly & an honorable mention for my bottled chicken.
Sharon loved seeing all the animals at the fair, and even Savannah got pretty excited to see some of the little critters! She would start kicking her legs and waving her arms and making all sorts of squealing noises. They liked seeing all the lights once it got dark, but definitely didn't like all the noise from the rides and the people.
One of the most hilarious things I've seen was the chicken wearing the sweater! It was on display with all the other animals at the fair! On the tag it said, "Chicken sweaters for sale (xxx)xxx-xxxx." So hilarious! I'm glad Ammon thought to take a picture of it!
I've been making lots of yogurt, trying to catch up on laundry, chasing two munchkins around, enjoying our homegrown veggies, playing out on the back lawn in the evenings, getting rid of clutter around the house, and just enjoying life.

Savannah is 9 months

A few catch-up scrapbook pages

Savannah's 8-month page

Sisters

The other day, as Sharon and I were walking back from checking the mail at the mail box, she told me, "Sanannah's my friend." What a heart-melting moment. This picture definitely doesn't show how much they like each other because they were both so done taking pictures. Sharon usually comes in my room first thing in the morning and likes to climb up and play in my bed. As soon as she hears her sister making any sort of noise over the baby monitor, she slides off the bed, and runs into her room yelling, "Sanannah! Sanannah's happy!  Good morning Sanannah!" I was actually trying to take Savannah's picture, but Sharon kept trying to insert herself into the shot. I finally let her sit with Savannah, and this was the only picture I got.
I sure am happy that they like each other at this point. I only hope it continues as they get older!

Savannah's 5 month page (I forgot to make it)