Merry Christmas!

12:01am...I hear bells...better get to sleep!

WOWZA! Look out HGTV...Here comes Sue's Speedy Decorating Show!

My mother has patiently waited to do any major cleaning or repainting for the last 4 1/2 yrs. It was my grandmother's house so changing anything without her approval was almost impossible.
Well since my grandma's passing, Sue has been a busy beaver. The first started in the garage and my grandfather's room (yes he has been dead 10 yrs and his stuff was still in there). Then after Thanksgiving they started gutting the main living area. I am overwhelmed by the progress they made in 4 weeks. New floors, new painted walls and ceilings, new cabinets, appliances, and man oh man that backsplash!

I am so happy for my mom to have this beautiful happy space to live in. We can't wait to visit! I will be having these layouts printed and framed for her.  Enjoy mama, you deserve it!

Sugar Frog Fonts - Free fonts

Sugar Frog Fonts via kwout

Winter break = Snow Fun!

We had a bunch of snow on Friday night and the boys were so excited they could barely sleep. They headed outside as soon as they could on Saturday morning.

This was Friday at 3:15pm.

Now around 4:30pm.

Now around 5:30pm.

Peanut tried to escape...he didn't get really far.

Saturday morning!

 

Jeffrey making snow butt prints...he was very impressed with himself.

 

 Look Alex...MY BUTT!  HA HA HA

Looking at his footprints.

 

Lots of layouts...

So I finally photographed all of the layouts I have done in the past 5 months and a few that I found in a box from a long time ago. Enjoy!

 

Gift cards galore!

So with so many nieces and nephews that live so far away, I sadly can't really "shop" for them for the holidays.  I wish we knew if they liked cars, trains, or which is their favorite princess but alas we don't see them often enough.  So we now just send gift cards.  Hopefully they will enjoy spending it with mom.   I always let my kids pick out their own stuff if they receive a card.  It helps them learn about money a little bit.  So this was my scrap table last night.  I got a lot done.  My older nieces I picked up cute clear ball ornaments from Bath & Body Works that I altered a bit.  I added a gift card in a personalized holder and swapped out the fragrance for the new "Twilight" scent they had.
Enjoy!

Out of this mess came these!