Christmas is in the air

My BELIEVE lettersOrnament from our cruise
Quilt made special for me...... Our family of ' 4 '!!!!!

It is really starting to feel like Christmas in our house. I finished my BELIEVE wood letters and they look great in my TV cabinet & all the other decorations are up. I have a love of snowmen so everything is snowmen, all my ornaments and all the other little decor items. Is your home getting festive too?!

Can I say .....exhausted?!

I am just a tired 'ol soul..... I swear it takes all I have to stay awake the last week or so. I have just been a busy gal. I am 'almost' done with all my home-made gifts for Christmas, I have mailed my Christmas cards - this year I used Daisy Bucket paper & Scenic Route paper and used Stampin' up stamps on both along with Autumm Leaves buttons. I would share a pic but that would ruin the surprise when it arrives in the mail.......Tonight Ashlyn had dance class and her school Christmas concert - double wammy! I have to admit it is pretty cute watching 2nd & 3rd graders sing their lil hearts out. I worked in the store this last Friday & Sunday along with taking holiday photos for those that came in the store- Sunday was quite a mixture of animals, mostly dogs (munchkins,schnauzers,boxer,weiner dogs) & a few birds too. It was fun getting to experiment more with my camera. My plan this weekend is to finish a few projects- my button tree, a NOEL banner, BELIEVE wooden letters, modge podge Ashlyn's teachers gift, finish my neighbors decor board calendar, start/finish my parents calendar, & finish my gifts for my co-workers & lastly if time permits- maybe do a layout or two from Novembers kit of the month. I also have to squeeze in Jeff's Christmas party for work- finish some shopping and maybe some wrapping. OK did I mention that I am exhausted???????

into the game

Tonight I caught a great photo...... Jayton was laying on my bed playing his Nintendo DS & our cat Isabelle (Izzy) was into the game as well. She was watching the action while Jayton played. It was such a sweet moment. Our Izzy is soooooooo loveable and just loves to 'cuddle'. I am glad I caught the moment on film.

My new ride

Today I finally got my highly anticipated new car. It is a 2008 GMC Acadia -Karl Tyler also owns a store in Moscow that sells GMC so Jeff can buy from that store as well as the one is Missoula...... it is silver in color, black leather interior, 8 passenger & just SWEET! Now I have the room I have needed with my kids growing leaps & bounds.....and I can drive Cori & I to scrapbook camp (I think there is enough room for all our goods). I really want to get personlized plates for it. I have to choose either- OHSCRAP, CR8TER, or LV2SCRP, those have been the top three choices people have liked. What do you think? I am sad to no longer have my car, I had it 4 lovely years. Now it will be sold at the dealership to some lucky family!

Calendar

I did a little calendar as a gift for my mother in law for Christmas. (She does not read my blog). It has been a tradition to create one each year, although it becomes harder & harder to come up with unique ideas when creating one. This year I took a Kaiser 'hanging open album' and decorated both sides - one side with 6 months & the other with 6 months. The actual package only contains 5 little sections so I had to steal the 6th from another package. I am happy with the way it turned out- so easy too! All I have left to do it write the days on the calendar.......

FESTIVAL OF TREES

Tonight Ashlyn & her cousin Caylie had their annual dance performance at the Festival of Trees. They both did GREAT!! Their song is from High School Musical.... you cannot help but sing along to every song! Here are a couple pics from the night.

TOO COOL!

You must check out Tim Holtz blog..... oh my goodness, he has been sharing pics & tips of his studio and it is TOO COOL! I just love his style.

Yeah! that is him with me at winter CHA........