Lucky You!

I have seen this on a few blogs and finally decided to join in on the fun...hope you do too! :)

{Lucky you!}The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It'll be done this year.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or an article. I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.
The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!}

No Clever Title

I have never gone to a Salon/Spa to get a manicure/pedicure. Lately I have really been wanting to get one. Does anyone know of a good/inexpensive place to get a pedicure? If you do let me know....and if anyone wants to join me you are more than welcome!

GWL

What does GWL stand for you might ask? It stands for Great Wolf Lodge. We were able to spend an amazing night and day there this last Thursday! It was incredible to have a little day of summer in the middle of winter. For those of you who don't know, the Great Wolf Lodge has an indoor water park that is heated to 84 degrees....Heavenly! It's a small water park but they have everything you need to have fun and feel like it is summer. It took Janey awhile to warm up to playing in the water but she loved it. Russell loved it from the beginning...so much to look at and hear, what baby wouldn't be in heaven? Kevin and I have always had a hard time remembering the name of the Lodge but after spending almost 2 days looking at the back of Janey's life jacket with the initials GWL on it...it is now imprinted in my brain what it stands for. Afterward we continued on to Portland and spent the weekend with Kevin's sister. We were able to see her new twins be blessed. It was a wonderful weekend...hope you all had a good one too!

Best cinnamon roll ever!

The other day I decided to make cinnamon rolls and I must say they turned out delicious!

The recipe is supposedly the actual cinnabon cinnamon roll recipe. I think it even kind of
looks like the cinnabon cinnamon roll, what do you think? I was pretty proud of myself and
just thought I would share that. If anyone wants a cinnamon roll come on over....but you
better hurry cause Kevin and I are eating them pretty fast!

Things I Love

Okay, so these are a few things that I LOVE that my kids have been doing lately.

Janey:
1. Walks around saying Honey Honey trying to get my attention. I am no longer Mommy, I am honey and Kevin is as well. Yesterday Kevin left for Choir practice and Janey was yelling to him the whole time bye honey bye honey...it was so cute!
2. She is really starting to communicate...it is so much fun to see what she is going to say. She comes up with something new everyday. And she is quite the entertainer. She is always trying to make Kevin and I laugh.
3. Her favorite phrase right now is "so annoying" I guess I say that a little too much. I have realized how careful I need to be around her these days :)
4. She is the cutest little mommy and takes such good care of Russell. She is always entertaining him and making him laugh....I love it!

Janey has also been very "princessy" lately. She loves to dress up and wear pretty dresses and necklaces. Here she is playing with my pop beads from when I was little!

Russell:
1. He is just the sweetest boy ever. He is always all smiles and so lovey. It is so much fun to play and cuddle with him.
2. He is learning how to get around. He somehow scoots himself all around the floor.
3. I love how his face lights up when Janey is around. He loves watching her and is already trying to mimic alot of things that we do.
4. He LOVES his solid food. It is so great to watch all the little milestones that he is making.

These are just a few things that I love about my kids. Of course I have a million more but I won't bore you with those.

He is just so sweet and so cute!

I'm cheap

Janey woke up with a little red mark under her eye on Christmas morning. I thought that she had just scratched herself and that it would get better. The next day it seemed to be all purply-red in the corner of her eye...it was very wierd. I finally decided to take her to see the doctor this past Tuesday. The doctor informed me that she had an ear infection and prescribed antibiotics and eye drops for her. I went to get the prescription filled and found out that the eye drops would cost $30 after insurance. I don't know about the rest of you but that seems pretty pricey to me and since I am so cheap I figured that I would wait to see if her eye would just get better. Of course it didn't and yesterday morning I walked in to get her out of bed and her poor little eye was glued shut and red all the way around! I felt horrible, so I quickly ran to wal-mart....but I am still to cheap to buy the expensive prescription so they phoned the doctor and he finally sent them a prescription that can be filled in generic. It took almost all day to get that done but it was only $5 instead of $30. I know,I am horrible to be cheap at my daughters expense. We gave her the eye drops yesterday and she already looks so much better. Its still red, but it is much much better!

Too Cute!

The other morning Russell was on the floor playing with his fish toy and Janey was sitting in the chair reading a book. All of the sudden she says "a hold you". I thought she wanted me to hold Russell but she informed me that she wanted to do that. I picked Russell up and put him next to her on the chair and she instantly put her arm around him and started reading him her book! I think it is one of the cutest things I have ever seen! She is such a good little mommy and Russell even had fun looking at the book with her. She would turn the page and say and then sign everything she knew to Russell. This went on for a good 5 minutes, and I had fun taking pictures and recording every minute of it! :)

As for Thanksgiving we had a fun time staying at home with just our little family. It was nice and relaxing. We ate dinner around 1:00 and then put the kids down for a nap. We even got to take a nap....it was so nice! When we got up we made dessert and then decorated for Christmas. I thought I would be a little sad being away from family but it was kind of nice starting our own traditions. I was very proud of myself for making a full Thanksgiving meal all by myself. (very small scale I might add) I was going to post on Thanksgiving some things I am thankful for, but since I never got around to it I will do it now. These will be in no particular order...just as they come to mind.

1. My family

2. The Gospel

3. This time of year

4. Two wonderful little kids

5. How Kevin makes me smile everyday

6. Holiday comfort foods

7. Clean house

8. Beautiful sunny days

9. nap time/bed time

10. Date night

There is so much more I am thankful for but I will not bore you any longer. I hope everyone is enjoying this time of year as much as I am!