Snowed In...

I love the snow... I love it! I think it is so beautiful and this weekend we got plenty! I made the journey to Idaho to spend Christmas with my family this year and on my way I drove through snow like I've never seen before. It was up to my car windows... and the little town of Burley Idaho has never heard of sand or salt... my mom swears that they plow several times a day but I just don't believe it... I was going no more than 15mph and I would slide sideways... Then on Christmas day we got even more snow and HWY 27 (the only road leading to or from the house) had 8' snow drifts... It was insane... We couldn't go anywhere, the snow plow slid off the road. They had to bring in tractors to dig it out. The wind had blown snow up to our front door and there were times we couldn't get out of the house. Poor Beasty just had to wait inside til we could crawl out a window. On the up side, for Christmas mom bought a new 52" flat screen to go in the living room so we had plenty to keep us entertained. I took some pictures of the new living room.

On Christmas Day we had a family dinner and it's the one time of year mom lets me pull out the real dishes... They LOVE using paper... Less work for Tia I think... Anyway I had to take pictures of the table because I loved it so much.

Babysitting

Christmas just isn't the same without a little family time, so when Trevor and Ashlyn needed to do some shopping I jumped at the chance to watch the boys. Tanner and Trenton were sitting together on the couch watching a movie and it was the cutest thing. So, silly me I went on got my camera... they LOVE to have their pictures taken.

Tanner and Trenton on the couch.

Gotta represent.

Karsten wanted to be taking all the pictures.

and my favorite ones... Trenton kept throwing up his gang signs for the camera... he did it all night...

How to...

So I know that everyone wants to make Christmas cones just like mine so let me give you the run down...

What you will need.

1. Cardboard Cones (I found mine at Zims, they have sand in them so they stay standing)
2. Paint ( I just found cheap craft paint at wal-mart)
3. Glitter Glue
4. String ( I found gold string at Zims)
5. Sequins
6. Glitter

I painted the cones with the paint and glitter glue then I put on the sequins and string. I sprinkled with glitter and let them dry.

Super easy, I think it took me about an hour... maybe an hour and a half from start to finish including drying time.

Christmas Time

So I have decorated my house and my tree for this holiday season and I'm so excited! I went to Modern Display (my favorite store) and looked around wishing that someday I will be able to afford buying even one thing for my house, they have the most wonderful decorations and themes... They even have a whole room decorated to the tiny snow and Christmas villages (my favorite thing). I always get so excited! As my friend and I were walking out we happened to see these cute little red cones all covered in sequins and glitter, and she said... " I bet we could make these"... so we set off on an adventure to find the supplies we needed to make our perfect Christmas crafts. We succeeded and these now grace the entry way of my house.
This is my tree topper... She sits crooked because her wings are a little too heavy... wood wings + plastic cone = poor planning and crooked angels.

And this is my tree... I know that you can't see the details very well but I thought it was a pretty good picture anyway.

Merry Christmas!!

Adventure in the woods

A little bit ago my sister called and asked if I would take some pictures of the changing seasons to show her pre-schoolers. So I called my friend and we went on an amazing adventure in the woods... we captured some trees and found some treasures. I also got some good pics of the leaves.

This is were we captured the tree...

Kristen got a little hungry... She decided it was a good idea to eat rope...
As you can see we also captured a swing...

Then it decided it wanted to capture our sword... so we conceeded and let the swing win while we still had our dignity...

The last few months...

And by last few months I mean.... let me start in August...

Let me just catch you up on the last few months in pictures.... This is me and Tiph in Idaho we went up for the Twin Falls temple dedication, Tia was in the youth celebration dance and got to perform for President Monson, she was really excited about that.

This is a picture of the Living Water Celebration... I can't even begin to point Tia out.

Later...

We were bored and decided to take lots of picutres making crazy faces... These are my favorites....

my sister...

(I miss these people!!!)

My brother in Law...

and end in October...

This is Halloween, I was Corpse Bride and my friend was Elphaba... We had a lot of fun!

This is our little office Halloween pot luck... as you can see we have some pretty interesting peole... Napoleon and Xena we also have a smarty pants and the karate kid... we have a lot of fun at work...

I think that's about it... Ok so maybe not the last few months but it took a few months for me to get all those pictures so I think that counts...As you can see my life is pretty off the hook...