Murder and Mayhem

This made me smile!

Bowling with Keekin

We had fun bowling with Keekin.  She and Bri always have so much fun together.  What a better way to spend the holiday break than hanging out and playing!

 But...apparently no event is complete without a gaping head wound!  Keekin spent the night and thrashed around and hit her head on who-knows-what.  When I woke up the next morning I was informed of the incident.  A quick call to her mom and a trip to the doctors office, it would have needed stitches but had been too long...
(hi, my name is LM and I break babies...)

Christmas Day

We had a great Christmas.  It was very relaxing.  We always have fun spending time together and not doing much of anything at all...can doing nothing be a "tradition"?

 This year we invited the missionaries to our home to make their phone calls home.  It was fun seeing them come in with huge smiles on their faces after getting some time to talk with their families.  It made our Christmas extra special to spend some time with these hard working Elders.

Christmas Eve

How do you wrap a hippopotamus? VERY CAREFULLY! We totally had her stumped, she couldn't guess what this gift was!

 Apparently I cannot stay awake during a movie...even if it is Christmas Eve!  Bri had my camera and had fun snapping pics of me.  To be fair, I woke up after the movie was over and was up for the rest of the evening.

Christmas Crafts

I have a stack of book "innerds" that I am left with after making my book purses.  I have been wanting to do some crafts with the cool old pages...this is my first one, it is supposed to be a Christmas tree, but isn't quite the right shape, but I like it anyway.

 I saw a craft blog that posted these cool pointy trees...they were a must for my table centerpiece.  I love them!

Dance recital

Bri had another dance recital for Christmas.  She did a good job, and had a lot of fun with her cousins.  She really loves her dance class and I love the confidence it gives her.

Paper cranes

1000 paper cranes for a family we love.  I am so happy to have been involved with this project.

Head Shots

Bri got her head shots back for her musical theater class.  They turned out so good.  She is beautiful!

Finally!

I have been working for months getting things ready to post on Etsy and officially open my shop.  I finally took that big step and got it all done.  Hopefully things will interest people and it will be worth my time and effort!

Stop by and take a look!  http://jolocrafts.etsy.com

Excited for Halloween!

I was very excited to be able to make another costume for Bri.  Last year we had proclaimed it the last year for trick-or-treating, but this year she wanted a costume for a costume party and to "scare" the trick-or-treaters!  She has never been anything creepy, but this year we went with a ballerina zombie!  She had a lot of fun at her costume party last night...creepy little girlie....