Christmas Blessings 2011

Whiskers nestled under the tree for a snooze!

We are so Blessed with a wonderful family!

Kylee's boyfriend Mitch and Family..Kylee, Mitch, Brenda, Matt,Hannah,Kelly, Aaron

I love this plate Hannah made..This is the reason for the season.. Jesus Christ was Born!

We took her foot and painted it and made a manger out of it. I got the idea from Hand and footprints Arts and crafts.

Celebrated Christmas Eve at Christ Church of the Valley with The Mullers and The Lowes..

The service was wonderful. There was a Jazz Band. Sang Christmas songs. Came home and ate chili and peppermint ice cream angel sandwiches.

Friends with Ties!

I love this picture of Aaron and his buddies. Aaron, Coley and Nick. They have a lot of fun together. They told a group of friends to dress up to go to the movies. Aaron is wearing a pair of slacks that belonged to Nick's grandpa. He looks great but, I know they were joking around! They also went to the mall and all bought the same ugliest shirt they could find. 20 kids going to the movies wearing the same ugly shirt. They definitely stand out. Good Clean fun! I love it!!

The best thing is they have a bond with each other Friendly Ties!

Granny Nanny Turned 77 years young!

On November 30 we celebrated my mom's 77 birthday. I love this picture of Grandpa Paul, Hannah and Granny Nanny in Prescott, AZ... Hannah loves her grandparents. She is a special lady and a wonderful Grandma. We had owl ice cream sandwiches and BBQ hamburgers.

Paul John Svenson 81 years young!

December 6, My dad celebrated his 81st birthday..He is doing great! Yes, he may have a bum hip and some aches and pains here and there. But, He is a chip off the old block. We shared how much we love him and what is special about him.. Mike said he sneezes louder than anyone he knows Ha Ha! We had Fatso's Pizza with salad and a Lemon cake with ginger snaps. Family fun!

Advent Stockings

I made some cute little stockings to count down until Christmas... Inside each stocking is a activity to do for others. We have so much to be thankful for. Each day Hannah pulls an activity out of the stocking .

Gingerbread People

Uncle Chris, Kelly, Grandpa Paul's, Granny Nanny on the top & Hannah, Kylee, Mitch, & Mike on the bottom... Aaron was at work and his job was to come home and eat them. We had fun!

We Decorated the tree and made Gingerbread cookies. They tasted so good. Grandpa Paul's looks just like him.

Giggling with the Chicks!

Lunch with our friends the Chicks... Janaye and Kathy came to lunch and we made Owl candles.

They are fun to spend time with. Lots of laughing and giggling! Good Friends...Good Times!

Honey Doo Mike

Mike installing a new facet... When it rains it pours. After he installed our facet we discovered a leak. Our floor is torn out and we need to repair a pipe in the wall. Oh Boy!! I am thankful for a handy honey!!

Halloween 2011

Fall mousse Parfaits with homemade whip cream

Little Red Riding Hood

She tamed the wolf.... Ahhh, she is so cute!

Big sis curled her hair and gave her ruby red lips!

Pumpkin turkey sandwich with strawberries for lunch!

We had a fun night... Cooked some White beans & Chicken Chili with fall mousse parfaits

Hannah dressed up like Little Red Riding hood. Could not find a costume anywhere that was appropriate for a 9 year old. So we made the costume with a little help... I found a red cape and added a hood... the skirt with the bib I made. Found a cute blouse at gently used store.

Give me Smore Family Fun!

A beautiful fire can't wait to roast them dogs!

Ok, my son does wear a shirt! This is his postage stamp shirt.. He purchased at Good will for 2 bucks.

Yeah, we found something to keep her quiet! The world's biggest marshmallow!

Smores with reese peanut butter cups..ooooh!

It worked for Hannah...Mitch and Kylee be quiet!

On guard! Ha Ha

I am Blessed! Kylee and Hannah my beautiful DaughtersI really was enjoying my Smore.. the marshmallow was so big I couldn't get it all on my graham cracker

Tickle,Giggle,Giggle

Happy Birthday Melissa!

Mini Apple pies

Painted Pumpkins this year...

Sunday evening we had a fire in our portable fire pit.. Thanks to my mom we are enjoying many fun memories around the fire. I grew up with a fire pit in the backyard and I loved every minute of it. We roasted hot dogs and had chili in the crock pot. I made little fall apple pies for Melissa for her birthday. Roasted the biggest marshmallows in the world! and of course made smores!

Ohhh! Yummy for our tummies!

Aaron's 19th Birthday

Aaron and Melissa in the land of pumpkins!

Say cheese Aaron! Oh wait that isn't Aaron!

Mike and I in the corn field maze..

Mitch driving Kelly,Hannah,Kylee to the farm!

Pumpkins heads aren't they cute!

We went to Tolmachoff Farms for Aaron's Birthday! Had fun at the pumpkin patch. It was a hot day..Had BBQ ribs & chicken, red mashed potatoes, corn and ice cream pie for dessert. We each picked out a pumpkin.

Coconut Cake for my Honey!

Mike loves coconut... so I made him a coconut cake because he is Special! It was delicious!

Fall Sleepover

Owl icecream sandwiches

Decoupage pumpkins

Cutie Patooties!

ZZZZZZZZZ!!!!! Somebody was snoring!

Peek - a - Boo!

Hannah's dear friend Victoria is moving to Logan, Utah... Boo Hoo!

They leave on Saturday..So we had a sleepover and the girls had a lot of fun. They made a tent in the living room and slept in it. They decorated little plastic pumpkins with fall paper and glued the paper on the outside. Went swimming at the pool at Mike's work. Temps in Phoenix 95 degrees. Created owl ice cream sandwiches. I got the idea from taste of home magazine.

We are really gonna miss the Headley's.

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