home made gifts

it was so fun making our gifts this year here are some made and received gifts

one of the necklaces that i made for friends
















these are some magnet boards that mike slaved over what a good husband i have, then the kids helped make the magnets












amanda made this jewelry box for madison she is a modge podge experts now















nixon and his blocks that amanda made aren't they so cute

























it is kind of hard to see but this is madison with her dance bag that i made

christmas 09

christmas was so fun this year matt and reba came home and spent 2 weeks at my moms house it was so fun to get to know reba better. we did a home made christmas this year (pictures of some of the things to follow) therefore we had only about a dozen presents under the tree which was awesome. it wasn't all about the gifts this year it was more exciting to watch what others had made and how excited everyone was about there gift they were giving instead of getting. here is picture of my kids in there christmas pjs that i finished sewing on christmas eve (yes andy i was sewing in christmas eve again). maybe this year i will be finished before christmas eve but then again it kind of become a tradition.

i hate building

enough said nothing is going are way. building is for the birds. we are at a total stand still and to think i said i wanted to do this again. here are some pic of the progress

Christmas is coming fast and we are all getting excited for the holidays there is nothing better then no schedule. Matt and his wife Rebecca are coming and i am looking forward to getting to know her better. we are doing a homemade christmas this year and it has been kind of fun making gifts for the persons name we drew. i am not going to put any thing on here cuz i don't know who reads this but i post some of the things we have been busy making after christmas.

black friday

i have decieded that we women are strange creatures. well some of us any ways. last weekend a group of girls and i went down to Kalispell to do the black friday thing. for those of you who don't know what that is ,it is really good deals after american thanks giving. we went to kalispell this year and it was so much fun. we stayed at the cabin witch was awsome cuz the group of us got to stay up the next night and show each other the deals we got and of course the things we were going to take back. it was so fun i am already looking forward to next year so get ready girls it will be a blast

i hope you dance

it has been a long time since i put any thing up about madison and we just got some darling pictures of madison in here ballet stuff my friend jill took them and they turned out so cute. Thanks Jill. madison is my little dancer she loves it and so do i. she is always dancing around the dinnig room and every where she goes she dances and sings.

baby nixon

my baby is one i can't believe that a year has already gone. he is so much fun, i really like this age he always is making me laugh. he is my only baby that even cares about me and wants me. but he still wants his dad more often, i guess he is just more fun than me. things about my nixon
-he learned to walk at 11 months
-he has such a cute smile
-he looks just like his daddy
-he can really bust a move
-he loves to wreastle with his dad and drew
-he loves to help empty the dishwasher while i load it
-the stairs are his favorite toy (so i spend my day taking him off them)
-he is so loving and such a sweet baby
-he still has 2 naps a day and i love it
but he is still my baby and he better stay that way
lucky boy got to have 2 birthdays and this was one of them. Amanda made matching monkey cakes for the boys. and then for the second party amanda helped me decorate this cow cake they both turned out so cute. good thing we have amanda who is so talented. nixon looks terrifed in these pics.