Christmas time favorites....

 

my new handmade photo Christmas ornaments.....

"let it snow" banner i made from my pintrest boards.......

being surprised with a sweet painting from my sweet boy......

going to our Christmas parade.....

making cookies and ornaments in A's class....

going to see the nutcracker with the girls...

Christmas party tradition with friends at Maggiano's........

polar express p.j. day ....

going to D's class Christmas party......

taking kids to see Santa......Dawson said he was too big ; )

taking kids to see the rockettes with friends.....

wearing my Christmas slippers......

drinking lots of hot chocolate and watching Christmas movies together......

and just being at....

picture taken by: Avery : )

Home for the Holidays......

Christmas is almost here!!!
So I thought I would share what our home looks like for the holidays...

 Decorating for Christmas is my Favorite!
 I love the cozy feel with all the glimmering lights, fresh tree smell, Christmas music playing, handmade decorations, stockings hung, and most importantly remembering the" reason" for the season....

I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays!!

"For God so loved the World......"  John 3:16

go check out my moms home tour: HERE
and LuLu's: HERE

She's Seven!!!

On Sunday we celebrated my baby girls Seventh birthday!!
She wanted a party...so we gave her one!!

My sister and I transformed the dinning room into Avery's Sewing Boutique.

it included button cupcakes.....

 

ribbon, button, embellishments, and more.... 



the party bags were filled with kid friendly sewing kit and a few other little treats.

I finally got to put my vintage fabric to use!

The girls made a fabric hoop to take home.  We used fabric glue and did some hand stitching.

they all turned out SEW cute!

after cake and ice cream we all played pin the heart on lalaloopsy. (Thanks Heather!)

It was a great day!

Happy Birthday to my sweet girl!!


you can find where I got my ideas and inspiration from HERE

Cookie time.......

I will be making these with Avery and 20 other kids today in her class. 

Should be fun : )

 

I wanted to try and find something cute and easy for the kids and something other than the typical iced sugar cookie.

 

So when I came across these cute little reindeer I new they would be perfect! ( plus who doesn't love nutter butters??)  

Thanks to my PINTEREST I new exactly where to go when I found them. Oh pinterst..how I love thee
I'm sure by now everyone has pinterest, but if you don't you need to get it! It's super fun and easy. I use it all the time.

So wish me luck.

I'm off to make cookies.

Wordless Wednesday: Christmas train

We love our new train around the tree!

{Wordless Wednesday}

precious....

a little behind.....

No pumpkins or turkey left, but since this was our first Thanksgiving at our house I want to share......

this was my very first turkey that I made.... I was a nervous wreak about making it...after all it is the "center piece" of Thanksgiving!!  Over all I was pleased with the way it turned out...just wished it was a little darker on the outside.

On Friday we celebrated again with my side of the family.....

the newlyweds..... my sis and Brad

my mom looking so happy that I am taking her picture ; )   {sorry mom}

poppy carving the turkey...

and my mom's beautiful table scape...

Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving!!