Happy Birthday Pinky!!!

Sue has this great cupcake pan. . .what cute is this cake???

Smile Pinky. . You too Steve!

The fairy of chocolate. . . how clever is this??

Sue made Pinky a grandchildren braclet from GM Ida . . she LOVED it.

Tammy,Russ and Alex came too.

The necklace that Sue made from her. .

The Guest Room. .

Its not really a zoo. . but it will house the babies!

One crib. .

two cribs. . bring it on babies!!!

Wren's Nest Is Moving. . .

I stopped by to VT Wren this afternoon, and she was busy making floral arrangements, so I hung out for a few and we visited. . she is moving her store at the end of the month, so her BIG candles were on sale. .. .mmmmmm. . Mom's Sugar Cookies is coming home with me.

She has truffles. .

and the shop all tree-ed out. .

Here she is doing her thing. .

How pretty is that!!

You can see more of her stuff at her blog. . she's linked to mine

The Wren's nest

Popcorn Popping. . .

We're giving caramel corn to friends this year. . so Taylor came over

and helped us this afternoon. .
Steven air popped a few sack fulls. .

I made the coating. . .brown sugar, butter and corn syrup. .

bring to a boil. .

add soda and watch it grow!!!!

Pour it over the corn in the bags. . shake and microwave for a minute

Here's Steven shaking it!


Then pour into a tin to cool!

Gift bag it. .

Put on your Santa hats. .

and go share it!!!

Taylor and Emily

Tay and the Larsen girls

The Lacatour children were all sleeping, but Brian said he would tell

them when they were awake how good it was!!! HAHAHA

Tay and Lac

Happy Birthday Bethany

Its Bethanys birthday today. . .

and here are some of the things that I love about her. . .

I love that she enjoys life and takes advantage of the blessings that come her

way. . her "truck" and her thriftiness and an apprication of hand me downs. .

her ready smile and her fiestiness. . how talented she is at teaching and sharing

those inportant things in life with others. .

AND. . .

that she loves her family. . .

and that she loves the Gospel...

that she loves her soldier/man/husband!

loves her dad. .

I love that she loves her country enough

to encourage her husband to serve this country

and her children ( and playing civil

war. .well, she kinda loves this)

her ipod and music. . and jewelry. . and short hair!!

her family. . of mostly BOYS

her eyebrows. . . and taking pics of herself!! HA!

I know she loves her GM and her sister. .

and she loves her friends!!

I love that she loves children and

dressing up and going in public and enjoys surprising people with her

wackiness!!

and I hope that she loves her mom. .


HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISSY. . . WE LOVE YOU!

Merry Christmas ...Here Comes The Stuff

My Christmas shelves. . .

and my Christmas elf!!
I love Santas!! and snowmen and reindeer and penguins and. . .

My Country Tis Of Thee..

My tree this year is dedicated to Brent and Joseph, and

all the soldiers who help to keep our families safe during

this wonderful time of year. . Merry Christmas to you!!