getting crafty- Part 2

All the Thueson girls got together yesterday, to make turkey decoration. Dara purchased these @ The Wood Connection with the intention of doing them for each sister and giving them as Christmas gifts. Instead, she decided to invite us all over, which was more fun anyways. We had lots of fun, as some people learned how to use a drill, and glitter objects. It was quite amusing.

getting crafty...again.

I'm really getting into these advent calendars this year. In one of my previous posts,(see October) I made a Halloween calendar for the kids. We had so much fun, I decided to make a Christmas one. I found this cute scrapbook paper @ Pebbles. It is called Christmas Countdown by Echo Park Paper Co., one of my new favorite scrapbook paper lines. A few months ago at the DCWV warehouse sale in Provo, I picked up these metal easels for 1$ and some embellishment squares for 4 for 1$. What a steal!
I wasn't sure what I would do with them, but I knew I would find something to do with them. Anyhow, I put some magnets on the back of the metal squares for easy removal. I also cut circles on my cricut, to mat the numbers to make them a bit bigger. For a twist-on the backside of the number, you could write a activity to do with your family, or maybe even a service you could provide. Enjoy!

Supplies Used:

Monday Metals Metal Easel by Lasting Impressions
Monday Metals Embellishment Squares by Lasting Impressions
Echo Park Merry Christmas line-Christmas Countdown.
Sticky-backed magnets
Cricut(used to cut the circles)

How we spend our days...

Who says being a stay at home mom has to be boring? Kate apparently thinks she is a Renaissance rock star, and well Jake, he is just cute in whatever he is doing :)

growing up

Can't believe how fast my kids are growing up. Lydia is blossoming into a young woman. I've actually caught a young man at church looking at her. As a Mom, it makes me a bit uncomfortable. Maybe we wont be getting those braces after all.....lol.

Trick or Treat?

It's that time of year again. Time to go candy begging door-to-door!

No, I really love Halloween. I have to say, I don't make home-made costumes like my Mom did when I was little, but I still get into it, nonetheless. We kept it simple this year, especially since we are in a new neighborhood, and Derek's parents were coming back for their mission on the 30th. Derek took the kids around neighborhood, while Whitney and I, passed out candy. There were some great costumes this year!

Lydia was an Indian maiden, Kate a dancer(go figure!) and Jake was Woody, from Toy Story. Of course they got way too much candy, and of course, I had to steal some from each bag :)