Thursday, December 16, 2010

Halloween in St. George


Well my goal was to post this before Christmas so I am a bit above schedule, good thing I keep those goals low. I mean c'mon two months late.  Anyway for Halloween we decided to drive down to St. George to see Nathan's brother Stephen and his family.  Nathan had that Friday off and the kids didn't have school so why not.  We had a great time as always when visiting the Millers of St. George.  Here are some photos of some site seeing we did in Zion's always a favorite.







It was great to be in Zions it was a great temperature and the leaves were starting to change.  I also got a little shopping in at the Outlets.  We were able to go to Little Stephen's soccer game which was lots of fun to see.  Then of course we went Trick Or Treating.  The kids were so excited.  We had pumpkin pizza's that Aunt Heidi made and then got the kids all ready and took them around the neighborhood.  It was so nice to not need a coat, plus we didn't have any rain like everyone up home was having.  We loved spending time with family it was a great little get away, we just hope to see the Millers again soon. Thanks again guys, Love ya!
Aubree the cutest witch ever, and Stephen looking Mario-riffic (I am pretty sure Bryce was envious of that costume)
Elise as our Beautiful Wendy Darling
Brycen our Brave Peter Pan
Kayla Beans our Sweet Tinkerbell
I love Halloween as a Mom. I love planning and making their costumes. Who knows how many years I have left of getting the all dress up in a theme, but I love it.  The Wendy dress turned out much better than I had hoped, it looked gorgeous on Elise.  Peter Pan looked a lot like Robin Hood, I didn't want to put tights or leggings on my son, it was hard enough getting them to decide on a theme together.  Tinkerbell I loved every minute sewing and designing it especially how small it was.  So yep that was Halloween.  Can't wait to start sewing the next costume's next year.  I am going to try and take the kids to Target this week and get there photos done their in their costumes, I know better late than never.  We have had so many colds and gunky noses, I have had to wait. When I do it I will post them on here. 
 
One last Halloween image Kayla trying to wear the vampire teeth like Elise and Brycen, it was so funny!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Christmas Cards

So a while back my cute friend Josie had something on her blog about free Shutterfly cards for Christmas.  I didn't think much of it figured I'd already missed out and put it out of my mind.  Well when I got her darling Christmas card I started thinking about it.  How did she get free ones?  I want some.  I had decided that this year I was going to simplify the Christmas season for me best I could so I might enjoy it a bit more.  So one of the first things I thought of was I AM NOT MAKING CHRISTMAS CARDS! or my kids p.j.s!  I looked on Shutterfly and saw all their cute designs.  I am already a Shutterfly fan and have made books of their site so it was really the first place I looked, not to mention I plan on making a book for Baby Beans for Christmas.  Anyway I googled 50 Free Shutterfly Cards, and found the deal and I was in luck it goes till the 10th of December.  So thanks to Shutterfly and I hope this works and thanks to Josie, and getting her cute card with her darling family in the mail today.  I love Christmas cards, I even made a simple place to display them this year and am hoping I fill it up. 


Here are some great gift ideas: http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts
Here are all the awesome card options http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards
I wonder which one I will pick
Here is something also want to do one day make a calendar:
http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/desk-calendars

Their photo books are amazing. I love them.  They are awesome gifts for family.  Since we love to travel its the best thing for me for actually assembling my photos so that I have them and can share them.  I never scrapbook and have given up that hope thanks to Shutterfly and their awesome products. I can't wait to design my Christmas Cards, I know they will turn out great using Shutterfly.
I am hoping to be back blogging some more here in a few days, gets some Halloween posts on here, and Hawaii and Thanksgiving!