A Special Machine Birthday...

I can't believe he is four already!
(Thanks to Candy for this picture of Fish)



I had to put out the machine decorations & my pages I made for Fish.

I made White Chilli, and just put it in the crockpot.

Blaire is sure adorable. She even has an orange pacifier. This girl knows what color is the best.

Fischer's Machine Birthday Cake...

We had a great turnout this year. We never know because of weather & sickness. It was really nice to see everyone.

Fischer blowing out his candle. We had to light it a couple of times, and Amelia was even able to blow it out. Candy reminded me that the matchbox had 250 candles. We decided to stop lighting the candle before we used all of them!

These two have grown up together. The day Fischer left the hospital was the day Candy went to the hospital. Amelia was born the very next day.

When Fischer first saw Amelia he covered his eyes, and just smiled because he was so excited that she came to his party. They had fun today just playing imaginary games. At one point they were going on a picnic.

Hazen decided to remove his shirt so he could snuggle it, and then decided that he needed to "help" Daddy serve cake & ice cream. As you can see, Daddy was not really in need of Hazy J's "help."

Opening his presents...

He is his father's son...(notice the cheesy grin)
Candy took this shot of Hazen, and I love it. It captures him shirtless (which is common these days because he always wants to snuggle his shirt instead of wear it) & his dump truck is reflected behind him in my fridge. Also his baby is sitting right next to him.

Library Books & Uncle James's Visit

Chris, James and Ashley played lots of cribbage. I just scrapbooked while they were busy playing. Chris enjoyed having some people to play games with.


The boys loved dancing while Uncle James played his guitar. Chris even brought out his harmonica a few times.

We have been to the Library two times now. The boys love it. It is very special for them to pick out their own library books.

Listening to Wee Sing on CD...

The boys listening to The Ants Go Marching while I was making homemade pizza.

Hazen thought he would march along too. Fish just liked looking at the pictures as the CD played.

38/52 Great G'ma & Me

I plan to use an American Crafts Pen to do my journaling in my own handwriting once I get this back from the printers. I cheated a little bit & used two pictures from the same day on my second page. I love how the LO turned out, and I plan to do something similar for my boys and Chris too.

I plan to print this off & use an American Craft Pen as well. I think it is really important to include some of my own handwriting on my LO's. It is something that gets lost when I do lots of digi pages. Now I am going to start to combine them.

In this LO, I am comparing pictures of me & my great g'ma. She is holding her first born who just happens to be a boy. I love that these pictures were taken close to a hundred years apart yet the emotions are similar. We are both new mothers. We are both experiencing the myriad of emotions that goes with becoming a new mother. We are both looking down at our new baby boys in awe. It is pretty amazing to think that this little person was once inside of me, and now depends on me! I plan to think more about this common human bond that spans generations when I journal. I'm going to let it percolate for awhile before I actually put pen to paper.

A Few New Layouts for the New Year!

I can't believe my first baby boy is going to be 4 in 5 days.

Bringing in the New Year with my family...

Picking up G'ma Wendy and Aunt Meagan from the airport.





Waiting for their bags...

G'ma Wendy brought Fish a new Thomas book.

Hazy got some new rubber ducks that light up.
I love how he is holding his little ducks.

Then the boys had to have hot chocolate in their new mugs from G'ma Wendy.

Matching the pictures with G'ma...

G'ma Wendy went with Chris and the boys in the snowblower.

The boys loved playing with Aunt Meagan. They would follow her everywhere. Hazy had to be right next to her and snuggle her t-shirt.

Fischer working out with Uncle James.

Making Gingerbread houses with G'ma and Meagan...

The boys never finished their houses. They just ate everything they possibly could!

These couple pictures sum up our gingerbread house experience. :)

The boys wanted G'ma to wear the chef hat while she was making her yummy popcorn.

Hazy helping Aunt Meagan do dishes. Where ever Aunt Meagan was Hazy was not far behind!

Reading Squirrel Nutkin (the special white books) with G'ma. These books are wonderful, and very special to my boys.

We decided to bundle the boys up and head out for a snowy day walk.

What a grin!

When G'ma came back from sledding up in the mtns, she took the boys around our driveway. They loved it.

I absolutely love this picture of my mom. They went sledding and this is what she looked like right after it was all over. :)