Easter - Part Two

Easter Pics

Valentine's Day at Our House

I made some garlands out of pink yarn and red and pink construction paper and hung them in Sam's doorway, '70s style.  He was interested in them, the moment he woke up and it was fun to see how they kept grabbing his attention throughout the day.  I also made a fourth one and hung it across the dining room window to add a bit of Valentine cheer to our meals.


Brian bought me a lovely bouquet of spring flowers, which I much prefer to roses.  And, he was kind enough to pick them up on Wednesday evening, so I was able to enjoy them all day on Valentine's day.  There is something about having a vase of fresh flowers in the house that just makes the rest of the day seem better.  It also motivates me to keep the table cleared off, so I can really enjoy their beauty and not be distracted by all of our day-to-day clutter. 

And there were cards and kindness and texts and plans for fast food tacos with wine and candles.  We're fancy like that.  Sadly, our schmancy dinner plans were canceled, as I was called in to work.  But.  I was only there for a short while and back home before Sammer went to bed.  Yep, it was a good day.    

Merry Christmas!

Baking Cookies

Last Saturday = Cookie Baking Day.  As always, it was great to spend time with some of my most favorite people in the world.  Amber mixed us up some yummy drinks, Amy taught us a really fun game and a good time was had by all.  Also, we made some cookies.  By some, I mean many.  It was a lovely way to spend my day. 

Entryway

When we were looking through floor plans for our house, one of the things that I really wanted was an entryway.  It bothers me that so many houses don't have an entryway and the front door instead opens right into the living room.  

I enjoy this space (and the wonderful storage space of the dresser and coat rack) year round, but I like it best at Christmas time.  I love our nativity set (thanks Colleen!) and the backdrop for it and having a place to keep all of the holiday photos and cards that we receive and now a place for our stockings.  Aren't they pretty?  I bought them from this etsy shop and they are a really pretty teal color that, for the life of me, I can not photograph.  They look much more blue in the photos than what they look like in real life.    

Thanksgiving 2012

We traveled to Kansas City, MO for Thanksgiving.  

The highlights:

• Sam enjoyed his first nights in a hotel.
• We all had a great time in the swimming pool.  
• We enjoyed the kind hospitality of Brian's aunt and cousins.  
• I really appreciated the traditional Thanksgiving slush (with lots of yummy vodka), since I didn't get to partake last year. 
• We stopped at a fabulous scrapbook store on our way home and I got lots of goodies to get me started on next year's Project Life book.
• We ate too much.
• It was great (as usual) to spend so much time with the fam. 

Decking the Halls

Our house has been Christmas-a-fied in the past few weeks.  Brian did an awesome job putting up the exterior lights and even managed to do most of it on the day before Thanksgiving, when it was still warm outside.  I love the fact that the holiday season provides a reason to rearrange the furniture and change out the decorations around the house.