Krislynn is Crawling

Krislynn is amazing.. she would rather crawl than sit up by herself... She love her Big Sister and can't wait till she can keep up with her!

My Nativity

The other day I was surfing the many blogs I follow and I found the cutest nativity. So that night I searched the Internet for HOURS upon HOURS looking for the super cute stickers they used. To my luck they had been discontinued, so I searched to see if anyone was selling a pack or two of them. NO LUCK!!! So then the next couple of days I tried to see what kind of nativity stickers were out there.. and let me tell you.. they are hard to find (if you are looking for the whole scene) I started to get frustrated and Andrea and I drove all over town looking down sticker isle after sticker isle to find NOTHING! Then I started looking for clip art that would be cute to use, and I found a couple I liked, but the creators were charging up the ying yang for it so my search continued.. and then to my dismay I stumbled upon what your eyes are looking at.. and I fell in love... I rushed to Home Depot got the wood, David cut it for Andrea and me, and the painted began... then Modge Podge to the rescue and TA DA!!! my personalized Nativity. Thank you very much!!! But there is more.. stay tuned for the other Nativity I am working on... you are going to love it!

Last Night of Christmas Fun #11-The Nativity

Tonight was our last night of Christmas Fun. It has been a great month of fun activities, and the kids have had a great time getting ready for Christmas, and enjoying the Christmas Season. We have made: countdowns, a gingerbread baby, visited Santa, played Christmas bingo, Christmas FHE, built gingerbread houses, made Christmas cookies and sang songs, and tonight we ended with the Story of Jesus. The kids were so gitty to dress up and act out the different parts. I think Lizzie made the prettiest little Angel. We hope your month was as great as ours...

Malea (Mary) and Lizzie (Angel)

Steve (one of the wise men)

Lizzie (Angel) and Alex (Joseph)
Andrew(The shepherd) and Andrea (Wise men)

The whole cast

Now if you know me I can't end a function without dessert right? Well I was blog surfing Bakerella again and I found these yummy treats. If I have made you Oreo Truffle it is kinda comparable to that. They are called Cake Balls, and they are so yummy. The recipe calls for red velvet cake, but Andrea and I used Funfetti with Chocolate Almond Bark and holiday sprinkles. These balls are a must!!! You will love them!

We froze the balls to make them easier to work with

Let the decorating begin...

The fellow cake ball makers

Christmas

walking down the hallway to see what Santa left us...

Lizzie was so excited about her Dora house and Mini Van

Crimped bangs don't you love it?

So this Holiday Season I have been seeing the Kay commerical with the love embrace necklace and telling DAvid everytime I see it that is what I want for Christmas.. he would always tell me, "You are not getting diamonds sorry! not in the budget this year sorry honey" After the billionth time of asking and getting shot down I gave up.. well on Christmas morning this is what I got...

the necklace I wanted!! Thanks Honey for the greatest gift of all!

Krislynn and Daddy opening gifts

This year I made all of David's gifts. He was so excited about all of them, maybe I should make his gifts every year? ( Creative Dates for the year, photo puzzle cube, photo tie)

Projects for christmas

So my friend Amy told me about Poppy Seed Projects, and I had to check it out since I have found my craftiness again. Here are some of the homemade gifts that I made this year. My mom loved her magnetic board, and the girls love their temple blocks. I just love being crafty!!! My friend Angie nicknamed me "Craft Goddess" too funny!!!

Miss Independent's in our house

The other day Lizzie wanted some cereal to snack on so I got her a little bowl and put some in it, and got her something to drink, and of course Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.. and off to the shower I went. Well after I got out I checked on her, and she was nicely sitting on the couch watching her show. So I went back in my room to blow dry my hair. After I was down I went into the living room and found this....

Remember this was a full before she decided to help herself to the cereal and dump it EVERYWHERE! The rest of the box was smashed into my carpet. Thanks Lizzie for being independent!

Krislynn on the other hand loves to put EVERTHING in her mouth. She loves playing with her BIG sister and can't wait to get big enough to keep up with her. She loves all of Lizzie's toys.. she eyes one she wants and then she pounces!!!

Gingerbread/graham cracker Houses-Christmas Fun #8

A couple friends got together to make gingerbread/graham cracker houses. The kids had a great time decorating the houses with lots of yummy candy, but I think their favorite part was just eating tons of candy and getting a massive SUGAR rush! but my favorite part was Jenny's 7 layer dip she brought to share!!!

Christmas Fun FHE #7

FHE with our friends: The Daniel's, Lingo's, and Johnson's

Kids
Singing
Ice Cream
AMAZING Brownies
Pictionary
Christmas Story
FUN FUN FUN!!!!

(Thanks Angie for being the Photogragher!)

Beehive Pancake Breakfast

I had my beehives come over for a Pancake Beehive Party. We had a great time with lots of yummy food, and then we made treats for the girls to take home. The girls loved playing with Lizzie and Krislynn, and they even helped Lizzie color her Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Poster. I'm grateful for my Beehives and all the fun we have together.

(Also thanks Andrea for coming over on such short notice to fill in for Angie!)- you are the best!

Christmas Fun-Gingerbread Man Hunt #6

Today we had a great time we headed over to Andrea's house and baked a gingerbread man, then read the story, "The Gingerbread Baby", we hid the gingerbread man in the house and the kids had to search for him. Then we decorated him, and ate him! What a great day!

Brody and Lizzie enjoying the frosting
Time for more candy!

Here is the masterpiece!!! I think the wolf took a bite out of his head. Poor Gingerbread Baby!

Christmas fun-Library story time/craft #5

Today we had a great time at the library, we got there a little late. Totally missed story time since some kids were acting up and the librarian was sick of telling the kids to sit down and be quiet, but we had a great time decorating snowflakes with glitter for our Christmas tree.

I think this is pretty darn funny!!!

Christmas Fun #3

So today we headed to Andrea's house for some more Christmas fun. We played Christmas Bingo, painted ornaments, and read Christmas stories. Here is the link for Christmas Bingo,(perfect for little kids learning shapes and color)

http://www.optimalprint.co.uk/s/xmas_advent_calendar/ChristmasBingo.pdf . We had prizes from the Dollar Store (BIG SUCCESS!) Then we painted the ornaments below, and when we got home Lizzie hung them on our Christmas tree. We also read a really cute book called, "A Letter to Santa" Can't wait for more Christmas fun... stay tuned for more fun ideas you can do with your kids!

Christmas Fun #2

Today we went to the Library for story time and a craft. The kids all had a great time. We read books about snow, sand a song about snow, and then made our very own snowman necklace! Lizzie loved the sticker face on her necklace, and by the time I got it home there was only 1 eye left on it.

Can't wait for more Christmas fun!

December is here!!! and you know what that means... Countdown Time!

My friend Andrea and I decided that we wanted to do some fun things with our kids to get ready for Christmas. So today was my day to plan the craft.. and since it is the first day of December we made a countdown chain to Christmas. Lizzie really like the craft since she got to play with glue (her favorite) and then we had lunch. Can't wait till Thursday for more Christmas fun!