Happy Birthday, Jesus!!!

May your day be a beautiful reminder of the real reason for the season.
Merry Christmas!

George the Elf

George showed up at our house a few days before Thanksgiving.
(Since we were going out of town for Thanksgiving)
He usually brings gifts but this year his gits were AWESOME!
So was his entrance.
He went around the house taking pictures of himself in differents places.
THEN he put them on the digital picture frame in the living room.
SMART elf!!!

Silhouette Cameo

Have you been wanting a Silhouette Cameo?
I got mine at a great pre-order price in August but no one has had a great deal since. SilhouetteAmerica.com claimed they were having a great deal for black Friday. It was only $50 off (15%) which is better than full price but only $7.05 savings over expressionsvinyl.com every day price. I saw on Facebook some others were just as disappointed and they left a few tips. My awesome sister in law found this great deal after researching the tips:

Get the Cameo for $215 total.
How?
Go to wwww.ohmycrafts.com
use the code "thanks20"

Merry Christmas!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!!
I wanted to share a Thanksgiving Prayer.


A Thanksgiving Day Prayer
Lord, so often times, as any other day
When we sit down to our meal and pray
We hurry along and make fast the blessing
Thanks, amen. Now please pass the dressing
We’re slaves to the olfactory overload
We must rush our prayer before the food gets cold
But Lord, I’d like to take a few minute more
To really give thanks to what I’m thankful for
For my family, my health, a nice soft bed
My friends, my freedom, a roof over my head
I’m thankful right now to be surrounded by those
Whose lives touch me more than they’ll ever possibly know
Thankful Lord, that You’ve blessed me beyond measure
Thankful that in my heart lives life’s greatest treasure
That You, dear Jesus, reside in that place
And I’m ever so grateful for Your unending grace
So please, heavenly Father, bless this food You’ve provided
And bless each and every person invited
Amen!
-Scott Wesemann

Birthday Boy

My big birthday boy!

for the first time we don't have the same striped wall as it was added to in the recent room switch.  So we took the picture in the recliner this year!

Birthday Lego Snack

D turned 6!

He wanted Lego's for a snack so this is what we came up with together!

Brownies, Chocolate o cereal & chocolate cream cheese

Wedding Shower

When I found out that Marti's wedding colors were PURPLE, red and green I knew I was going to have fun planning this shower.  My MIL, Jody, and I went to work.  It was SUCH a fun day!

The M&J banner is under the glass table top

Robot Sweatshirts

I cut out these robots with my silhouette and ironed them on the pockets of some pull overs.  I think they're going to LOVE them!

Book Shower Party Favor

My friend, Jennifer (crafty crayola Jennifer) helped throw a baby shower for one of her friends.  She asked me to help with the party favors.  The theme was Golden Books.  So we came up with this popcorn wrapper . . .

Boy Shower

Here are a few pics from that impromptu baby boy shower.  2 days to plan.
Thought it turned out pretty good!

Cupcakes from Green Goodies

including Ding Dongs (they call them Green Hostess but for our purposes we called them Ding Dongs)

Krispie Apples

I did NOT make these.

They were a gift but I HAD to share as they're

TOO CUTE!

Rice Krispie Treat Apples

Tootsie Roll Stem

Sour Green Apple fruit strip

it tasted as good if not better than it looked!!!!

First Day of School

Made my own "posters" for the boys to hold in their first day of school photo.

learned my lesson to ONLY use black for letters :)

7-UP Lifting Things

The boys got to start the first week of school with

7-UP Lifting things.

Smooth & Clean Teacher Gifts

Teachers' first day of school gifts!

Here's to a SMOOTH year! (Lotion gift)

Here's to a CLEAN year! (hand soap gift)

Hang Your Art

We have a place to hang the boys' art in the playroom.  But they like to hang items in their rooms too.  So I made these handy Art Hangers for each of them.

School Shirts

I made my boys shirts for their Cookie Lookie (meet the teacher night)

and the first day of school.

Warm World Kindergarten ROCKS

1 Cool Caterpillar

Trash Can

Another Pinterest idea:

a cereal container for a car trash can.

It is VERY handy!!!

Pencil Sandwich

First Day of School

Pencil Sandwich Bento Box

Ruffle Skirt

I made this ruffle skirt out of 3 tshirts. 1 medium for the base and 2 large for the "ruffles"  I found the idea on Pinterest.  It took about 20 minutes.  It's not the greatest seamstress item so don't look close but I love it!  Differences from her demo:  waist: I folded over the top of the base shirt stitched and then put elastic through.  I also did not pin the ruffles as she does in the demo.  I just stictched as I went. 

linking up at the Summer Lovin' Weekend Soiree & Blog Hop :

 

Cinnamon Melt Waffles

Tastefully Simple sells this AMAZING muffin mix.
Cinnamon Muffin Melt Mix

The mix according to package directions is AMAZING!
I've even tried the snickerdoodle cookie recipe on the box.
One morning my boys wanted some waffles.  I decided to use the CMM Mix.
Thank goodness it worked and was just as delicious as the muffins but in waffle form!