Merry Christmas!

Wishing you a Happy and Merry Christmas!!

Cans for Comments... Last day!

Thank you all for all the comments! I will be getting together all my cans/food items together in the next few days. So keep the comments coming, they count until tonight, midnight.

And since I hate posting without a picture. Here are a couple I took out front in the rain. My kids didn't want to participate out in the cold, but the flowers didn't argue!







I can not believe how fast Christmas is coming!! Just around the corner:) I am slowly getting everything together, and now that hubby is done with the semester, I have more time! Looking forward to the month off with no school!

***Just a note to all, I will not be answering any emails Dec. 23-28th! I need a few days off to enjoy the holidays!

Baby Maggie again... | {phoenix newborn photography}

I took these just a couple days after I took her first ones! but I just went back to look at them again and found these 2. So I couldn't not post them!

I just love this one of her!



Love the little baby details too!

Julie | Just because {Phoenix Portrait Photographer}

My sister Julie wanted to get some pictures taken, just because. We set the day and of course it got COLD and cloudy the day of the shoot. But, besides the cold, we got some great images!









I love all the images we got, but these ones against this inside wall, I just love!



After walking around inside and outside the beautiful Kierland we went out front and this gorgeous light was shining through the clouds! So, I couldn't pass up these beautiful lit images! Thanks Julie for sticking it out for a little longer!:)



I love the golden light of the setting sun!

Sharing the love | Kendra Jean Photography

I need all of your help on this one!

Another great reason I love this time of year is being able to give back! Each year, my husband and I (and now our kids too) like to do something to help someone else out. This year I am leaving it up to you guys, so lets get started!

Starting today through December 15th, I am going to donate one can/food item for each comment that is left on the blog, to the local food bank.

(P.S. if you are reading this on Facebook, please do not leave the comment on here, make sure to go on the blog and leave one!)



So be sure to keep on coming back and leaving me some comments, so we can all help out the local food bank! It can be on any post that has already been on here, or any new ones that I will be posting between now and the 20th!

(thanks Courtney Reece for reminding me through your blog!)

December already!

WOW!! It is already December, how time flies! this is my favorite time of the year, fun long weekend of Thanksgiving, putting up Christmas decorations, beautiful cold crisp weather(although its still slowly trickling in!) and just the season. The nummy cups of hot chocolate, cozy sweaters, Christmas music playing, holiday baking, the parties with family and friends! just a fun, busy time of year that I love!

We had fun over the weekend taking out all of our Christmas stuff and the kids pretty much decorated the tree and told us where they wanted the outdoor stuff. It is so fun that they are at the age where they just love helping and have so much fun doing it. It just takes the stress of decorating right out of it and turns it into a FUN time full of laughs!

Anyways, now we get to start thinking about the shopping that needs to get done! my kids have been scouring ads and giving us all kinds of ideas. So, what better excuse to go out on a date with Hubby and get all the shopping done in one night! Is that possible??! Maybe we better make a couple date nights out of it;)!