Its begining to look

a lot like winter around here . This morning I woke up to a crispy ,sparkly morning of BEAUTIFUL covered everything . The country side is just glistening white with sparkles and shine all around . Had to sneak out for a few photos .

Dear Vann

I want you to know how much mommy loves you ! All of you ! The crazy little boy that screams
 and then laughs  at the sound that you make after . The way you hold on tight to me and wrap your legs around me so tight , then tuck your tiny hands inside in front of your chest and lay your head right in to my neck like we were made for each other . I love that you try so hard to keep up with the girls .I love that the awe of having a little person in our house has not wore off for your sisters and they still squeeze you so tight and sometimes fight to who gets to hold you first . You are full of energy and little ball of fire some days. you keep me on my toes , learning and dreaming of all things good for you .Your toothy grin makes me smile so big . You have definitely cast a spell on this mama and won me over on your ways . You have a sparkle in your blue eyes , red tint in your hair ,and the will power to try anything . Look out world he's on his way .

This is our Vann Edward at 15 1/2 months .

Silly Boy .

Peek- a -BOO

HEY you !

 Whatca looking at !

These two literally stop me in my tracks . This is the boy I know and {LOVE} for sure .

Love you forever and Always Little man .

 

XOXOX your mama

Happy Halloween

from our Family to yours .

 This is our Pirate Family .

Miss. Serious Pirate 
you may have to walk the plank if she's in charge.

 And this one may put the sword to your throat .

The jacket was not part of the costume but went well together for a chilly Halloween Evening . 

 sitting on my treasure keeping bad guys away !

My hubby whom wore brown nail polish cause his girlies told him he had too .To look like he had dirty finger nails. 
hope you all had a safe and happy Halloween too. 

Craft Weekend PART 2

I have finally posted PART 2 of CW .

As mentioned before this was a outstanding weekend .

Much needed .

Much deserved .

Helpful

Learned

Dreamed

RElaxed

Embraced

ENJOYED!

 EAT .Well that's what we exactly did . I think that is the BEST part of any crafty weekend . All women know the appreciation of GOOD food. So any crafty weekend I go to MUST have good food. I have even been known to go to crafty retreat for the food.

 Apple pie that was still warm from the oven . YUMMO !

 Breakfast Tea , yogurt , granola and doughnut.

 The "FAMOUS "  CW meal : chicken enchiladas , corn salad , & margaritas. It did get a little WILD this night we had balls flying into the margaritas. Pompoms to be exact .

Breakfast last day .
I must of been so hungry and forgot to take pictures of supper night 1 and cheesecake night 2 .
The food was oh so delicious .
THANK YOU very much to this lovely lady .

The another highlight would be the antique hunting .

 Look at that pile of "junk " some may say . But if I had a truck there instead of flying I could of cleaned that up a bit.

 Meg  took this beauty home.

 I love love these chairs .

 I need one of these too .

My sis  and me @ the barn . Aren't we all cute .

Bird eye view of all our goodies together  . I am thinking we cleaned up in the barn for sure .

well going to leave you all with this for now.Desperate for more.....
CHECK OUT
 MEGS BLOG
or the so sweet helper of CW
 Jess's BLOG
TO BE CONTINUED again................

Jimmy turns 7

Jimmy really worked this photo shoot for me like a rock star . Loved that he was willing to do anything that I asked of him .  

 He brought along his hockey stick with him .

 Jimmy had a special request to take picture with his grandpas old car which was a pleasure of mine to do that for him . 

 Hope he will enjoy his sneak peek of his pictures. 
& 
Happy 7th Birthday buddy . 

My crazy kids.......

 Vann may look terrified in this picture . Maybe being squeezed too tight..

 These are some silly pictures of them . I do not think this boy ever has a day that he does not have a scratch , bump or bruise on his face . Must be a BOY thing.

 This was a crazy silly face but whatever tickles your fancy I guess.

 I crazy little girl loves crawling in her brothers crib with him .

 Just hanging out .

 I think she's about to get her hair pulled . HEHEHEE..

Izzy dressed her self this morning . What a outfit !
It was nice taking in these pictures in our green room . As it will be getting a paint job very soon.

CRAFT WEEKEND { Part 1 }

I still cannot believe it ! That I have attended Craft weekend . It was everything I hoped for and so needed too.

 A lovely package from Bake it Pretty and a Craft magazine sat on our bed waiting for us . The goodies inside were awesome. Four XL icing tips & a bag ,Halloween picks , & cupcake liners as well as my fave paper straws.

Some of the beautiful decor. that was in the rooms. Most of it was a thrifty find too which is always my favorite things too .

It was all crafty , inspiring , put together  and just so darn cute .

 Lovely working stations and look at our SWAG .

 Close up of the swag !

Munchies and vintage type writer . BEAUTIFUL . WANT ONE . please.
still wandering .......how Ginger made out with her antique typewriter in her carry on bag.

 We were oh so Creative . {love} this banner hanging on the mantle .

 FRESH Flowers  wrapped in burlap with lace trim . This is so my style .

 THE chalkboard that hold all the memories of past CW .

These boots were made for picking antiques on a rainy Kansas day . So sweet and she even made those sweet lace top knee socks or a least did the DIY . Send me some Jamie and Jill . LOVE me some lace socks.

My sis and I standing at a door that was screaming to have its picture taken . Conveniently my sis and I were color coordinated and only by chance . This was at the antique barn . Well I am going to leave you all here with this with more to come .
{TO BE CONTINUED }