Welcome, season of light!

Happy Santa Lucia Day, umm, yesterday :)

We had many Lucia's at our house this year since everyone was awake before we were ready! That never happens to us! I've slacked and Ally didn't even have a dress! She wore my temple dress that (shocker) I didn't even have to pin up! Granted it touched the floor but we tied her in a red ribbon and that was it! Livvy followed in her baptism dress and red sash, I've decided that once they are baptized they can be Santa Lucia's helpers if they want to. The baptism dress becomes their first Lucia dress. I like that :) One good moment for this year anyway :)

Ah, how can I complain? The rolls were good, the kids were happy, and Alex took care of Jack before breakfast! And there's still yummy hot chocolate waiting in the fridge for me!

Life is good!

And Happy Birthday Joshie! I bet you love that we can never go a year without thinking of you! We love you!

Holiday Mantels

I love Holiday decorations don't you! And a mantel makes such a statement :) I'm thinking of doing something a little different this year.... What do you think? Still maybe I should add a little greenery. Hmmm... Oh well! Merry Christmas!

Can you guess what day it is?

Here's a Hint.... My baby boy is turning one!!! Here's my big boy on his big day! Happy Birthday Little Jack! We all love you! Can't wait to see you demolish some cake tonight!

Holy freaking cow. Jack's taking his first steps tonight!! ...and I have no camera. I'm reduced to cell phone pics and video. Yuck. I'll see if I can get anything even slightly decent tomorrow.

Hi there! I'm Little Red!

Ally did a full page monologue awhile back and I finally figured out how to get a video you could see and hear because the ones I brought home were awful. We got home from the talent show and this is what I wrote: I'm incredibly proud right now! Ally just preformed at her school talent show, and did AWESOME! I have only silent video from there and black video at home... geez! Here it is anyway :) (I've edited it up and lightened the black video so that you can see what's going on but the color is horrible.)

Tons of compliments and she just looked so at home up there!I think she blogged about it when it happened!

Building tents

OK this happened way back in the summer but it was awesome! I remember building tents when I was a little girl and whatever day this was the girls filled the entire basement family room almost wall to wall tents! They were so proud! So was I :)Everyone got in on the game :) I hope they are always building such happy memories!

Back 2 School

These are my back to school pics that never quite made it. As you will see at the bottom I started this post on time. Yesterday was quite the big day! (Yesterday? Sheesh what happened?) I thought you'd want to see some pics anyway. Even if I'm a slacker :)