February…

We got to go visit my sister and brother-in-law in Portland for their birthday and got to see my cute nephews.

We went to IKEA, celebrated their birthday, crafted, visited with them and Neal’s sister and our brother-in-law that also live there (Jordan and Tim go to the same chiropractic school there)

It was so great to visit. Sure love my family!

Aren’t they a cute family?!

Valentine’s Day, was pretty low key but we had fun spending time together. Neal gave me flowers and a wonderful card and I made him this candy bar wreath.

Had the best mail day! Received 2 packages, one from my sister and her kids and one from my mom and dad. Love receiving fun mail! It made my day!

Neal got his new hand gun and just had to try it out on one of our days off, even though it was freezing out!

Went to Frank’s Diner in Spokane with Neal and his parents, it’s a cute little restaurant in an old train car.

$1 Wednesday movie @ garland theater--Wreck it Ralph

November…

Went to Gibliano Brother’s dueling piano bar for my friend Cara’s birthday…it was so fun! If you never have been to a dueling piano bar, it's a bar with two pianos on a small stage.  You pretty much sit and listen to music all night long!  You can put in requests and tip the piano player and they can play pretty much anything and they sing too!  The night we went, a guy put in a request to sing a Louis Armstrong song and sounded just like him.  The pianists are usually a little crude, but funny!  We got made fun of for only drinking water and eating and Erica got asked to dance from a random guy…haha we were all rolling on the ground laughing while she danced with him.

Neal did his first scout out with his scouts. Of course it had to snow that week so it was FREEZING for them but they had a good time.

 

Had a girls night at Cara’s and we made these signs. We were able to make them for free and they turned out super cute!

Here was our Christmas Tree this year…

I won this little lovely from the girls over at Oh So Delicioso! I was thrilled to win something for once :)

We got to go home for Thanksgiving, we ate a delicious dinner with the Bodily’s and then went off to the Guymon’s for the annual Ping Pong Tournament where Neal is the reigning champ. My sister-in-law Mallory and her sister Caitlin and I braved the crowds Thanksgiving night and got what we were after{ a TV for our bedroom and a Blu-Ray player and some boots and clothes.}

{Make it Twinkle}

My friend Jessica  just started Make It Twinkle a monogramming and personalization etsy blog . Such cute stuff to buy for your little ones or baby shower gifts or kids birthday gifts. Go check her out!  Here’s a little taste of all she can do! I’m in love with the little robot!

Christmas Crafts…

This year me and a couple of my friends decided to make an advent calendar. We’re going to put Christmas activities to do with our family in the pockets each day. Here’s the finished product: I LOVE IT!

Also here’s the cards from card club from November and December:

 

We made the clear glass ornaments with colored alcohol ink at card club too!

Christmas Stockings:

 

Neighbor gift: Snowman Wrapper

Found free download for snowman here!

 

HAPPY DAY FOR FUN CRAFTS! We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

Craft Fair…

Me and a few of my friends here decided to participate in a local craft fair this year…we did a baby boutique booth. I’ll be truthful, we didn’t make a lot of money but it was a fun experience!  It really wasn’t a very busy craft fair and there were a lot of craft booths selling baby things (there were 3 of us right next to each other in fact) but now we can say we’ve done a craft fair and check it off our bucket list :)

  

Here’s the links to the other girls blogs and etsy pages if you want to peek at my talented friends!

Simply Created, ChiChiCovers, MyLaineyLou

OC Walk to Remember and some craftiness…

This was the second year I was able to participate in the OC Walk to Remember. I. Love. It. It’s such a great way to remember my sweet angel Jayden and honor him and “walk the steps he will never take”

  

I had some wonderful friends that walked with me since Neal had clinic and couldn’t go.  Thank you girls! I realize it was a sacrifice to come because 1. it was really early on a Saturday morning 2. It was raining 3. it took 4 hours out of their day ….so thank you from the bottom of my heart!

 

Here’s the Halloween themed table runner I made while I was at home last month.

and here’s this months cards from card club

  

ok, this one is actually a bag, not a card…so cute right?! Lovin’ Halloween.  Oh and here’s a random Winter one thrown in :)