Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 15

Something girly

Little miss arden has decided she's all grown up...... she now has a boyfriend!!! here is her boyfriend brandon - he's a pretty nice kid! and arden is handling being all grown up pretty good too!!!

Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 14

Something green

this is brynn's Christmas outfit this year!! i am totally in love with it!!

Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 13

a gift

here is a gift we just received from wyatt's parents. wyatt is like one of our kids - he falls between mason and daniel in age and just fits in sooo well!!! he's here at our house almost all the time.... in fact when he's not here we miss him!!!
so anyways his mom and dad made this Christmas wreath for us..... miss frula lula decided that the wreath was hers that night.........

Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 12

Mega-close up of an object

here is my friend Adina with two Christmas tree ornaments she just made..... we were having so much fun that she put them on her ears and pretended they were earings!!!

Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 11

A lit candle

we got this new for this Christmas season - it's an oil burner and we got peppermint oil to go in it!! it smells sooo good and i love the snowflake all lit up!!

Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 10

A smile

at stamp club this friday we made some different Christmas tree ornaments...... here is my friend jodi holding up a 3D star she just made!!

Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 9

Your Christmas Tree

here's a picture of our tree this year

Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 8

Stockings

today we hung the stockings!! i just love our basket stockings! they are my fav!!!

i think our mantle looks incredible this year!!

Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 7

Clutter

here is one of the ornaments that broke when we were creating the center piece. since they took so long to make we are having trouble throwing it away.....

Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 6

Something sweet

we just made these ornaments as gifts for all the kids teachers!! it's santa's sleigh made out of candy!! the kids had so much fun making them!!

Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 5

Anything relating to the Christmas holiday

last year we started a new Christmas tradition where we would add a new nativity set to our collection.... this is the one we added this year......

Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 4

Something shiney

we wanted to do a center piece for our dinning room table but we didn't want it to take up room on the table ....... so we decided to hang ornaments from the light that would be right above the table! we broke a couple of ornaments while we were putting them up - so it needs a little work - but so far - so good!!!

Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 3

something silly

here's our miss frula lula all dressed up for Christmas

Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 2

Something that puts you in the holiday spirit

we got this new slate this summer and we've just been dying for it to be Christmas time so we could hang it!!

Christmas Photo Challenge - Day 1

Something Red

i found this Christmas soap this year and i just have fallen in love with it!! it's so cute and fun!!!

our new basement!!!

i have been MIA for a while now ........ it's because i have been re-doing my basement!!!! remodeling, taking down wall paper, painting and re-decorating....... im in the final stages now...... so i have taken some pics of what it looks like......

Football Season comes to an end!!

yesterday sam and mason each played in the championship game in their football tournaments..... spencer county was so excited about the games that they gave our team convoy a police escort out of town!!! people pulled over on the road and honked and waved as we went by in our decorated cars!!! and the police were posted at every light so we didnt have to stop and get seperated!! it was sooo incredible!!! at one point mason turned to me and said "mom - my heart is beating like 200 yards"!!! and even though it didnt make any sense at all - i knew exactly what he meant!! sam did his best job ever at sitting the bench...... poor kid only got to go in on the last play of the game........ he played corner back and the play went the other way - so he didnt get any action at all....... mason played his heart out!!!!!! he was incredible at center, handed the ball off like a pro and blocked like a brick wall!!! as nose guard he pushed and pushed and PUSHED!!! he got through the line quite a bit - making one huge tackle that the entire world felt - i think there were even after shocks!!!

but sadly both sam and mason's team ended up taking second place....... an honor that today sounds pretty good - but yesterday brought tears to their eyes!!

but to dear old mom - all three of my football hero's take first place!!!! great season to all three of my #16 Cooper football players!!!

sam's birthday

sam turned 7 yesterday!! wow !! where did the time go??? seven years?? im thankful for each and every day i have had with sam-bo - he's a great kid!!! Happy Birthday Sam!!!

happy halloween

i LOVE halloween!!! fall is my favorite favorite season!!! i love the cooler weather and the fall colors!! halloween to me means visiting with neighbors, kids having fun and everyone laughing and smiling!!!

the kids had a great time trick or treating this year....... the weather was perfect - 68 degrees - so we didnt even have to wear jackets!! AND we had all of the cul de sac kids and mom's over for dinner before we left for trick or treat!! it was the perfect night!!!

new fall look

mom is always the last one to get new clothes around here....... however since i dont have any clothes that fit me anymore...... i had to get some clothes!!!! so here i am in one of my new fall outfits!!! pretty fun!!!

princess room

little miss brynn finally got some bedroom furniture!!!......

she hasnt had a bed frame or dresser since she was born, so when i saw a discontinued sale at pottery barn kids i jumped at the opportunity!!! she got a new sleigh bed, a new trundle for underneath and a new dresser....... plus you can see her little tea party table and chairs she got a month or so ago!!! so now she has the perfect little princess room!!!

the littlest ballerina

little miss brynn started ballet classes on friday.... she was just sooo excited!!! the class seemed like it was created just for brynn!!! they did princess walks and put on princess crowns and did princess toes and princess marches and the wore all pink!!!!! brynn was in heaven!!!!

best friends!

my neighbors decided that we needed a break and that they wanted to make us dinner, so we could hang out and just relax!! and that is exactly what we did - hang out and relax and just have fun!!! here are some pictures of all the kids and another one of the moms!!

first day of school

here are all the kiddos - ready to head off for the first day of school!!!!

last day of summer

cant believe school is going to start tomorrow!!! where did the summer go?? wish we had more time to just swim and relax and do nothing!!!!!

Jesus is a Buckeye

O - H - I - O

weekend vacation at the lake

we took off to the lake for the weekend to visit my parents. it was absolutely beautiful the whole weekend!! we had such a great time that we didnt want to leave!!!