Reflections

Beth entered some artwork in the Reflections program this year. I was so proud of her for coming up with her own art.  The theme was "Magic of a Moment" and Beth came up with a couple on a balcony holding each other and looking at the stars. She drew and colored it all herself and I just helped a bit with the glitter. She had a great time and even though she didn't win - she still got a participant medal that she was really proud of!  I'm excited that she has been getting into art lately - she told me she wants to learn to design - a very proud mommy moment for sure!  Now that I have this new computer, she can't wait to start learning some Photoshop!

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Sledding

So one of the fun features of this house is that our yard makes a great sledding hill! We have had really fun the past couple of months! We finally purchased some sleds and have had plenty of snow to go sledding. Beth pretty much asks to go sledding everyday. My kids have never experienced sledding until this year, so it has definitely been a highlight of the winter!


(Of course, I picked a poor day to finally take some photos of it. We didn't have much snow that day and I still can't find my battery charger for my phone, so I'm using my iphone-so not very good pictures!)

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JJ's 11th Birthday

My JJ turned 11 on January 26, 2013. I don't know what happened to my little boy, but he is now just a young man. JJ is all about Phineas and Ferb, specifically Perry the Platypus, Angry Birds, and Star Wars, so that's what his birthday was all about.

We had originally planned on visiting Grandpa and Grandma Smith for his birthday, but a nice big storm made its way through Utah and so we opted to stay home.  We spent a casual day at home. We were awakened by a very excited JJ. All he could think about was opening his presents, so we decided to just let him do it, even though it was early.

He received: A Perry Pillow Pet, a Phineas and Ferb Game, an Angry Birds game, the complete Star Wars Movies on Blu-Ray, and 2 Star Wars Books. He was THRILLED and he pretty much hasn't put down his Perry Pillow Pet since then. It has become his constant pal - I think if we could get a real platypus for a pet - he would be over the moon!

He played all day and then we had his favorite pizza for dinner and brownies with ice cream and hot fudge! We ended the day playing the wacky Phineas and Ferb game that is quickly becoming one of our favorites.  Everyone really had fun using the Perry Blindfold from the game. We even got Uncle Aaron to join us!

Happy Birthday, Agent J! 

I'm so blessed to have you as my boy!

Here's the layout I did for my son's birthday:

I used a template and  

"Just the Way You Are" by SuzyQ Scraps, 

plus a few elements of my own!

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