Because Boys Need Cute Things Too.....

A fire shirt for Trey

Thought it needed a little something more,

the FD & maltese cross on the pocket-

cute, right!

And because she was such a good helper

at craft time.....

She got a "hup-cake"

Us, Crafty!!!

Mel and I found this really great idea

and thought, "we could do that"

So, we did.....

cute little birdies

a hen for Kaylie,

probably my favorite!

my cute bird on a branch

More cute birdies-

Mel's idea & I just copied it for my shirt

We loved the idea and results so much we are planning

what we want to do next.

Tree Removal

We had some BIG, pesky trees in our backyard....

we hated them

our neighbors hated them

they needed to come down!

See them in the background

Devin's friend Kyle and our neighbor Steve

came over and spent most of the day

cutting, chopping, loading, un-loading

those pesky trees

looks fun, right!

We had over 4,000 lbs of tree

Once the trees were gone, even

peskier stumps were still there

so.......

Devin brought his truck into the backyard

and pulled those suckers out!

Now..... thats fun!

Even Kaylie helped with her car

1st Birthday

70 of Trey's closest most personal friends

came over to our house to celebrate his 1st birthday.....

try to fit that many people in our old condo!

Ka-Chigga, What!

I made tortilla soup, quesadillas

and 7-layer bean dip

Yum...Yum....and Yummy!!!

cutie pie Elijah driving the car

friends playing store

baby Kate was the hit of the party

everyone wanted to hold her,

lucky Jen.....

love birds

Auntie M got stuck in the kitchen making

quesadillas ALL night....

Seriously, she never left that stove

birthday boy in the bounce house

he loved it!

birthday dinner

He LOVES it!

Cupcake.....

now thats a different story

he HATED it...

and wanted NO part of it

it took FOREVER to

convince him he would like it

FOREVER

he finally decided he liked it

he really liked it!!!

Trey had lots of help opening his gifts

Ka-Chigga Ka-Chigga!

Found the best Christmas ornament idea here:

http://www.littlebitfunky.com/2010/12/make-these-now-handprint-snowman.html

.....she always has great ideas!

So yesterday Jen and I did the kiddos handprints

on the bulbs

and today I put Devin to work on the

snowmen part.....

I thought the first one came out cute-

Until he did the second one....

SERIOUSLY CUTE!

Santa Visit

Every year Santa visits my parent's neighborhood.

It is one of my favorite Christmas traditions.

With the help of his elves, Santa brings a gift

for every kid!

They get to sit on Santa's lap

and open it. Kaylie was in heaven

She LOVED Santa.

"Santa, Santa, Santa!!!!!"

Kaylie got Curious George!

Trey got a Fire Truck with blocks

SO fun, can't wait for next year!

Christmas number 1

Auntie M gave Kaylie a babydoll

that looks just like what her future cousins

will look like .

Kaylie LOVES her.... isn't she cute!!!

Auntie Cake and Uncle Justin with the kids & their gifts

And the hula skirt Kaylie had to wear! haha

Opening their first gifts of the season.

So thankful for family that love my children

Thanks cousins we love you too!

Boat Parade