Fun with friends

OK, by now you know the drill. I am a couple weeks behind so I am going to play catch up. I am starting with pics of Emer's visitors.

Emer & Caroline building a castle

Caroline's masterpiece



"Cheers" to matching bunny watches

Sweet Ella came by for a visit.

Emerson hijacked Ella's marshmallows


same pose

pretty smile (with marshmallows in hand)

giving Santa kisses

thinking about it...

Monkey see, monkey do

They proceeded to take turns kissing Santa.

drawing on the chalkboard (Ella has a purse around her neck)

We love when friends come to visit.

Thanksgiving

Well, since Christmas is next week I guess I should blog about Thanksgiving. For some reason I decided to try not using the auto mode on my camera & did not get very many good pictures. I like the idea of not using the "flash of death" but haven't quite got all the rules down for doing so. Here are some of the cute (blurry free) pics I did get...

we made this turkey hat the day before

A little fuzzy but still sweet

a shot of Emer's cute dress

Em & her "Pops"

sleepy baby girl

the best shot of all 3 of us

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving & is enjoying their Christmas season!

morning silly

Just minding her own business. Coloring.

Sweet, without a clue...

that Roxy is about to attack!

Silly girls!

finished

back to her own thing

Cheeser!

JUMP!

Emerson wants to jump any time she sees our neighbors trampoline. These make me smile because of her WILD hair.

Don't judge her shorts. We had some crazy weather in November which included many 70 degree days.

A Shutterfly Christmas?

With Thanksgiving behind us, the Christmas decorations come out, and holiday traditions begin. One of the things we look forward to is designing our Christmas cards. (Side note: Emerson seems 110% against posing for pictures these days so that should be interesting!!) My NEW favorite place to get cards is Shutterfly.com and right now they are doing a wonderful promotion for bloggers 50 free cards! There were SO many cards that I loved that I don't know what I'm going to do yet. But I will DEFINITELY be getting my cards from there this year. And let’s be honest, we all love the feeling of getting a card in the mailbox that isn't a bill or credit card offer!

The thing I love about Shutterfly is it's not just a place to get prints, or CHRISTmas cards...they seriously have EVERYTHING. You can personalize t-shirts and necklaces, mugs; calendars....pretty much anything for anyone for the Holidays. Although, I'm sure their cards are one of their most popular items.

It's also a great way to store your pictures online. And you can order them and have them delivered to your house or pick them up at Target. Who else loves an excuse to go to Target???

We are looking forward to sending out our cards from Shutterfly as well as receiving cards from family and friends.

I really like the cards with spots for multiple images. Since I can never decide on my favorite shot!! ;-)