a bazillion photos.

im not much for making resolutions. but....

i am more than 6 months behind on pictures. (as in organzing them.)
there are over 400 pictures on the new camera...
i am about a year behind in scrapping. (that is another story.)

starting this year, i have given myself a challenge.

the 1st of every month... i will transfer, sort, save and print the previous month's photos.

im not off to a bad start... i at least got all of december and january's pics off the camera.

i have jotted down all the pictures that i want printed from june 2007-january 2008.
i need to download them online, and have them printed.

from there i hope to get them into photo albums, and whenever i am caught up on the photos that have already been printed to scrap, i will print new ones to scrap.

sounds like a plan to me.

and now, in honor of the kajillion photos that i would like printed, here are a bunch of pictures.

from our runny nose and coughing house to yours... have a great weekend!

hello.

i'm still here.

we survived the holidays, i havent blogged since then!

dave is recovering well from his surprise apendectomy.

we got a new camera, and i still take tons of pics though my scrapping is pretty much non-existant these days.

ive been busy with all the kids, and been having fun stitching in all my enormous amounts of 'free' time.

below are some recent pics, but i may backtrack a bit in upcoming posts so that you can see christmas pics too.

lilly requested mashed potatoes as her snack for pre-school a few weeks back. never thought i'd be making mashed pototes at 7:30 in the morning, but we were making mashed potatoes before the sun came up!

here is the little man posing for his 9 month picture :)

and miss lilly looking for a little limelight.

cohen loves his sippy and this is how he always drinks from it. goof.

ok.. that is it for now, but i am hoping to blog much more often.

we will see if life agrees with that idea :)

have a great week everyone!

holiday hello

Not too much longer till another Christmas is here.
My 'to-do' list is a mile long.
Thought I'd squeeze in a quick post while my machine is stitching out some Christmas gifts :)

The kids in matching PJs :)
On the couch, which is in front of the tree for baby-proofing purposes.

Dave and Lilly made gingerbread cookies.
Not sure who had more fun, Lilly or Daddy :)

A sample from our annual Christmas card photo shoot.

This pic was from the 1st of 3 sessions.

It gets more challenging every year.

Happy Holidays to you all!

Not to be out done.

Well, Lilly doesn't like being out of the spotlight.

She wanted a post of her own, so she gave me something to blog about.

So, she went and got her finger stuck. For real.

I don't think it really hurt, I think she was just scared (and mad cause I took pictures instead of helping her get unstuck.)

It lasted just long enough for me to get some pictures :)

If you couldn't tell already, click here to see what her finger is stuck in.

The best is when she said... "Mom, if that was a real kitty I might have poop on my finger." To which I replied... "If that was a real cat, you wouldn't be putting your finger in it's rear end!"

Oh, I do love this girl :)
I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

Have a good week everyone!!

happy heart day!

this day last year we were taken on a wild ride.

today we celebrate 365 days of mom's new heart valve.

we love you mom!

(we sent these balloons to surprise mom at work... and wahoo for mom and dad taking pictures and emailing them to us!! im so proud. )

poor baby

cohen is 7th months old today.

and what did he get? a few things.

3 new teeth. (the 3 to left of his fang)

(he's not always this unhappy, only when we hold him down to take pictures of his 3 erupting teeth... and i think he was ready to eat too!)

and the chicken pox.

he has been surprisingly chipper, but we can tell when the medicine wears off!

well, my machine is stitching, and my sunday night TV is almost on, but i just wanted to share these pictures, as i know some of you were patiently waiting to see them :)

have a great week :) hugs to you all!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from our home to yours!

I'm having a 'black' friday sale at the store... actually it's now through Saturday, check out the details here or here.

I made the BIG candy corn hat for Mr. A (the custodian) at Lilly's school. (Thanks to Daddy for being a sport in being my model!) Mr. A was wearing his hat Tuesday when I picked the kids up, so that made me smile!! The little hat was a garage sale find when Lilly was a baby...

The fang! (The pic is blurry but you get the point!) The boy now has 5 teeth (2 came in at once a few days ago)... so I had to get a picture before the other ones come in more.

Here is one of my pumpkin rolls. I think I've made about 12 this season :)

The kids... this morning!

Happy Turkey Day!

a post for me!

when cohen was born we got the most adorable burp cloth with his name embroidered on it. as soon as i saw it, i wanted to be able to make my own.

well, i did something special for myself.
i bought myself a 'little' toy.

welcome to my new hobby!
hope you enjoy :)

the princess herself.
modeling a shirt she helped design.

pillowcases for some special boys (a new big brother and a bday boy)

part of my first official 'order' (from my great neighbor lesley!)...

a fun little tote for a little lady.

then i had to try another as a bday gift for a dear friend!

burp cloths for every baby i know :)

onesies.

may i just say how cute they are??

the next several pics are gifts i made for twins :)

i took lots of combination pictures, just because i think they are too darling.

ok. that's it for now, but you know i'll be sharing more :)

and of course, i'll take orders ;)

(i'm working on a 'price list' for those interested.)

:)

deja vu

as soon as i took these pictures of cohen, i immediately remembered some i had taken of lilly.

funny, huh?!?

i showed lilly her pics, and she was actually whining and in tears saying "no mama! tell the truth. that's not me. that's cohen."

i think i finally convinced her :)

hello.

this is dave's very cool pumpkin :)
it won him 2nd prize at his office's pumpkin contest :)


our family on trick-or-treat night!

the little man loves to stand...

here cohen models a onesie embroidered by mommy :)

hope everyone enjoyed the time change!
its always intersting to see how the kids react.

what did i do with the extra hour? (that i can remember)

-went to an 'embroidery party' (i have a new toy... )

-made 2 pumpkin rolls (after making my 1st one ever on saturday with our neighbor!)
-folded 4 loads of laundry
-made pumpkin soup

-made 2 trips to meijer

now ill try to stay up to watch my normal sunday nigh TV. sleep may be more appetizing.

have a great week everyone!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween...
from Pippi Longstocking,
and her little monkey, Mr. Neilson :)

goodness me.

i havent posted in almost a month.

life is busy.

here are some recent pics.