Happy New Year

We had a wonderful Christmas at Candle Lake and now we are having a quiet evening at home on New year's eve...
Santa found us...


We were all spoiled...


We shared the experience with family...

and ate most of the candy while decorating the gingerbread house...

Merry Christmas

We are so excited for Christmas and the joy that it will bring...
We hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New year!!!

The quest to get a picture of the girls...together

Here are a few of the shots Melina took trying to get a picture of the two of them together...

Rhys' first time skating....

Well it had to be the cutest thing I have ever seen!!!
She was so little and so excited!!!
Joey was beaming and she was having a blast...more great times to come.

Little Miss Rhys

Melina gave Rhys two candy sticks...she was making sure no one took them...hee hee hee

Building with blocks was a big hit!



Thanks again Melina...we love them all.

My Favorites of Kenadi..,.

More great shots from Melina..

Check out these pics of the Girls Melina took...

Aren't they beautiful!!!
More to come...
thanks Melina

more pics with the new camera!!!

I am loving this camera...just can't wait to get another lens with a better zoom!
Santa's Little helper...

Furry baby..

Cheese...

If a tree falls in your living room does anybody hear?!?

Well we went to Home Depot and bought our$54 tree...set it in the stand and let the branches fall.
Sunday before we had lunch we all decorated it...then mid-afternoon (while I was out) it fell...Joey cleaned it up and salvaged all he could...set it back up and hoped for the best.
Then at supper it came crashing down again...all my childhood ornaments smashed into thousands of pieces!!!!
Saucy...I feel your pain!

Some pictures with my new camera....

so my poor girls have had hundreds of pictures taken in the last four days...here are some of my favs...

i looooovvvvveee this one...






rhys is toooooo cute with her santa hat....

Toggle Party Creations....

Here is a charm bracelet that I made with the extra charms I took to the party...there were so many that people had made that I didn't need these ones so I made a second bracelet!

Here is the one from the exchange...


It was so much fun!!!
Thanks Saucy and Sassy

Digital Rebel

I did it...with my splurge money I purchased a new camera.
I have to download the software onto the computer before I can post any photos...hopefully tonight I can show you some new photos!!
The girls have been posing all day!

Santa Claus is coming to town..."I scared no"

What a difference a week makes!
Last week at Joey's party Rhys was scared of Santa and was trying to escape as soon as she sat on his knee!
This week she sat and smiled but was staying a safe distance away!!!
She told us "I scared no", so sweet!!! Last week she said "I scared Santa, I want my mommy".
We still have mall photos, two Christmas parties and a visit on Christmas Eve with Santa so we will see what kind of photo we get by our last visit.


Stay tuned for more photos and my 3 new charm bracelets!!