Charlie's Blanket

Charlie loves his blanket...he drags it around everywhere! It is cozy and cuddly and made of soft fur.  He loves to bite it.  He often has a tuft of fur on his tounge in the morning when he wakes up.  If his blanket is on the floor he will lay on his tummy and put his face on it. Oh, to have a friend like that!

Gracie's Purse

Gracie's Purse...Oh. Yes. Every girl must have a pincone and a couple of leaves in their purse...one never knows when those might come in handy.

Snow Removal

Logan Loves to Shovel...he is a worker and he loves to help others.

Happy Birthday!

I can't believe my little babies are 5 today...they have grown so fast...I love who they are becoming and I feel so blessed to be their mom.

Since our family is far, we have been recieving lots of gifts and cards in the mail...Logan and Gracie have been waiting anxiously to open them all...so they did in their pj's.

They chose McDonalds for lunch then later we had a party and pizza dinner

with our friends the Nielson and Perkins families.









Gracie the Giver

Gracie is so thoughtful...she is always making a picture for someone and thinking of others.  For their birthday, all on her own, she made a gift for Logan and put it under his pillow.  She found a scrap of wrapping paper and made her own bag by taping the sides up. Then she added a stuffed dog from the toy box, a pine cone (everyone needs one of those), and she asked for a treat to give him out of the candy box. She was so excited for him to find it.

Logan and Gracie's 5th Birthday

The Invite

Oh Christmas Tree!

I love decorating for Christmas...it was always something I would look forward to when I was little. Our home was always so festive for the holidays...I remember going with my parents to pick out trees...we always got three, to make a beautiful cluster...sometimes my dad would flock them.  My dad would work all day putting lights up around the house and then when it was time, we would all go to our light switch and turn the outside lights...Oh! What beatiful lights we had! I also remember having a special decorating day at my grandma Wallaces house each year...I would get to take out all (she had a ton) of her Hallmark ornaments out of the boxes and she would hang them...I loved these decorating days...it was always so fun getting everything out of the storage boxes and displaying them to make the holiday pretty and special. Now that I have my own home, I still love decorating.  When we moved to Moscow, I left most of my Christmas decor in our storage shed...frown...we had what we needed though...a mini tinsel tree, lights, stockings, and of course Leon!