This Christmas season, part 2...

This Christmas season...

some highlights in photos...

These are all pre-Christmas day...more to come...

Merry Christmas

Gather 'round, ye children come

listen to the old, old story

of the power of death undone

by an infant born of glory

Son of God, Son of Man...

So sing out with joy

for the brave little boy

who was God, but He made Himself nothing...

*Lyrics from "Gather Round, Ye Children" on Andrew Peterson's wonderful Christmas album Behold the Lamb of God: the true tall tale of the coming of Christ

{this moment}

Inspired by SouleMama, {this moment} is a single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Scrap Fabric Wreath

I made this pretty little scrap fabric wreath for the door to Piper's room.  I was inspired by ones here and here.  (I love Pinterest!)  It was an easy project - I selected fabric scraps that coordinated with the colors in her room and cut them into 1.5 inch by 7 or 8 inch lengths.  I pinked some of the ends, but not all.  Oh, and I didn't have a wire hanger for the frame so I just twisted together some floral wire. 

Even though this was super easy - cut fabric, tie a knot - it took me several weeks to finish and then several more weeks to get it hung.  Because I have two little kids and difficulty managing my time.  Speaking of which, there's a baby crying so I gotta scoot!

{this moment}

Inspired by SouleMama, {this moment} is a single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

p.s. because I know someone will wonder - that's not our tree or our house.

Deals of the Week

This week has been frustrating for me because I feel like I've accomplished nothing beyond keeping everyone relatively clean and well-fed.  Today I semi-cleaned both bathrooms and did two loads of laundry so I feel better. 

One thing I did manage to do earlier this week was get these deals:

The candy canes were free (paid $1.27, got $1.27 in extra care bucks), and the diapers were only $3.49 after sale, two coupons, and extra care bucks. 

Now I'm going to take out the trash and feel even more accomplished!

{this moment}

Inspired by SouleMama, {this moment} is a single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Hey, I put some new shoes on...

I celebrated my birthday this past weekend by obtaining shoes.  On the top row, Matt got me some brown no-lace chucks and my parents got me the brown boots (and my mom put up with my extremely bad attitude while shopping - thanks, Mom!).  Then I found the bronze and grey flats on the bottom on clearance at Target.  I'm very pleased with these purchases since after my pregnancy my feet seem to be a bit bigger and many of my old shoes don't fit so well.  We won't talk about the other items in my closet that don't fit so well right now, either.  9 months up, 9 months down, right? *wink*