My Pinkalicious...

The other morning Briley asked me to read Pinkalicious to her and I told her as soon as I was done fixing breakfast I would read it...

A few minutes later I hear this sweet voice "reading" Pinkalicious to herself on the couch and of course I had to catch it on video...if you can make it to the end please do.  It's worth it for a good laugh!!

Of course I was laughing too hard and couldn't keep my video going after that...and we had to have a little talk about the words we use, lol.

Gotta love 2.5 year olds :)

Love my Pinkalicious girl!!

In Christ's Love,

My little skier...

A couple weeks ago Daniel and I were working on a project with cardboard and had to cut different pieces to fit a frame.  We left the scraps on the floor while we were working and we heard a little voice say...

"Look Mommy and Daddy!!  I'm skiing!!"

I know she's my child and I'm biased but I thought it was pretty creative for a 2 year old to grab scraps of cardboard on the ground and pretend they are skis.  Daniel and I laughed so hard and had to take pictures of course!!

We hope to take her skiing for real someday!!

In Christ's Love,

A Christmas filled weekend!!

We had a wonderful weekend...

On Friday, Daniel, Briley, and I enjoyed a quiet night together :)  We went to Home Depot to buy some drawer knobs for a desk Daniel is building for our bedroom and then ate at Pizza Inn...it was a really low-key night after a long week and as boring as it sounds I loved it.  When we got home Briley asked to have a "sleepover" and so her and I made a pallet on the floor with about 10 blankets.  Daniel thought we were crazy and I so wish I would have snapped a picture of Briley's beaming face!!  Around midnight, I woke up with a horrible pain in my back and soon realized that I am officially old and can't sleep on the floor anymore.  However, we still had fun having a girl sleepover in the living room...until about 12:15 a.m.  Ha!

On Saturday, we headed to watch Daniel perform in a Christmas parade for the city he works for.  He learned to play Hark the Herald Angels Sing on his bag pipes a few weeks ago and is already playing it so well.  We are so proud of him!!  Here are some fun pictures from the night...

Today, I completed a Christmas pinterest project :)  I have been wanting to display our Christmas cards but I didn't want to spend a lot of time making something.  So, I found the Christmas card blessing ring idea and I loved it.  All you need is a necklace hook from Hobby Lobby, ribbon, hole punch, and your Christmas cards.  I love how it turned out...

I have looped all the cards we have received so far on it and I also have every Christmas card Daniel and I have sent out on it.  I like the idea of keeping our families cards on there each year and then adding our family and friends new ones.  I also love how it looks on the tree.

I also spruced up our tree a bit and added red tulle around it.  Daniel loves a plain tree with just ornaments but he actually really liked this and so do I.  What's great is I had the tulle already...no money spent!!

This afternoon, Briley and I headed over to my Mom and Dad's to let Briley spend sometime over there and so we could both see my grandmother, Mega, who had been out of town over Thanksgiving.  We missed her a lot!!  While we were there we did the perfect activity for a Sunday in December...decorating a gingerbread house!!  

 I love that cheesy grin!!

 4 generations of women decorating a gingerbread house :)

 Definitely not the prettiest house ever made but B had fun and that is what counts.  You might be wondering what that weird red shape fondant is.  A snake of course.  Yep, our Gingerbread house wouldn't be complete without a snake on the roof.  My daughter cracks me up.

I love Christmastime!!

Only 5 more days until Christmas break and more wonderful Christmas memories ahead!!

In Christ's Love,

Catching up and a Day of Beauty!!

I can't believe it has been so long since I have blogged.  I have been so looking forward to this week off with my family and school has kept me super busy as well, and sadly time has just gotten away from me.  

Now that my Thanksgiving break is finally here we are enjoying our time together as a family and the first thing we did was take family pictures :) Daniel was so thrilled!!  HA!  His lovely sister was so sweet to take them for us and they turned out great.  Here is a preview...don't want to share them all because we are using them for our Christmas card!!

Did you notice the "H" I'm holding??  I love it and so does Daniel :)  It is so important to us to include Hadley's memory in everything we can.  Even though she is not here we are a family of 4 and we wanted that shown in our pictures.  So thankful to my sis-in-law for taking such great pictures!!  Can't wait to share the rest with you!!

Monday we had a fun day planned for Miss B!!  1st on the agenda was her VERY FIRST haircut.  I know that is crazy since she is 2.5 but her Daddy has been very apprehensive about getting it cut even after reassuring him that cutting it makes it grow longer and healthier.  He finally agreed and I'm so glad we did it.  It looks so much healthier and no split ends (not that she had that many)!!  Here are some pictures from her haircut...

 I didn't get an after picture because she was so worried about getting her treasure box prize they offered her.  It was the cutest place called "Pigtails and Crewcuts" and we will definitely be going back!!  I didn't even have to ask for a little clip of her hair...the lady already had a small baggie for me with her hair in it at the end.  It's already in her baby book :)

Our next stop was something I have been VERY apprehensive about for a long time.  Daniel has been begging me to get her ears pierced.  He wanted to do it when she was itty bitty and I said NO WAY.  I wanted to wait until she was 4 or 5, could ask for them, and understand the responsibility of taking care of them/cleaning them.  So we compromised and settled on 2.5!!  It's all about compromise right?!?!  Here is our little sweetie after her haircut sitting in the chair picking out earrings.

The next few pictures you can see how my face is getting worried, more worried, and pretty much scared to death at the end!! 

 

Marking her ears...

 She looks so happy and I look like I'm about to have an anxiety attack!!

 "Daddy what did you get me into?"

:( So sad!!!!

 Mommy practicing cleaning them...I can't even handle that little tear!!  Breaks my heart!!

 Lolly's make everything better!!

Now a few pictures to show them off...she was completely over it by now and loved them!!  

 Those lips, eyes, and cheeks kill me!!  I keep telling her Daddy we are in big trouble!!

Getting primped and poked is exhausting...every girl needs her beauty sleep!!

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving!!  Can't wait for yummy food and spending time with loved ones!!

In Christ's Love,