A new love…It’s name is Silhouette!

DISCLAIMER-I know I need to blog about Christmas still, but I can hardly contain my excitement, therefore I have to blog about something different tonight!  :-)

I don’t know about you, but I love just about anything with a name or monogram on it!  Well, I have a new found love that will do just that!  Jen got a new Silhouette Cameo for Christmas and man is that thing fun!  I NEED one too!  The Silhouette site lists them for $299, but I see them on a few sites for $269.  Gotta start saving my money! 

Jen, Hayden, and I made a “quick” trip (as in didn’t open and close the joint in the same day) to Canton and got some great deals.  Just about every booth had everything half off!  We couldn’t wait to get home to get started on our projects!

What I love about the Silhouette is you can design anything you want on your computer and print it out!  You don’t have to buy a cartridge for it and you can use any font you want!  Also, you can buy numerous images for 99 cents each!  I think it is a little more expensive than the Cricut, but seems to really be a lot cheaper in the long run. 

Today, we used the Silouette to put vinyl on everything we own.  So, the first thing you do, is design your vinyl print on the computer.  Another thing I love is that you pretty much don’t waste any space/vinyl! 

Then, you get to cutting!!  Are you ready to see some of our projects? 

We got these desks at Hobby Lobby.  They are $6.99 and we used a 40% coupon of course!  I am so in love with how Hayden’s turned out!  To our friends with birthdays coming up, don’t be surprised if you get one of these!  ;-)  We bought the truck image for 99 cents and cut out a blue one and a green one, then just used each other’s for the accent color.

I got two huge signs today at Canton for 50% off.  They are about 2ftx2ft.  Before and after…

Are you as excited as me??  The letters of our last name are about 5-6 inches tall.

Cute ornaments for next year…

Picture fame…

Christmas Plate…

We have more projects in the works for tomorrow!  Stay Tuned! 

Christmas Eve 2011

We had a great Christmas! We have one blessed little boy that was SO MUCH FUN!!   

On Christmas Eve we enjoyed our time with Mom, Dad, Robin, her boyfriend Colt, Jen, Jeff Gray, Landree, Hudson, Cindy and Don. 

Mom, Dad, Robin and Colt came over that afternoon and we exchanged presents.  Hayden was so excited! 

 

Hayden and Colt kind of like each other.  Hayden cried when he left on Christmas Eve!

Dad got him a spiffy new hat.  He is always telling Hayden he needed one like his, so he got one!  ;-)  Along with a new Thirty-One Large Utility Tote and aftershave.  Mom got some new outfits, a candle, and a shadowbox picture.  (I didn’t do very good getting pictures).

Their gift from Robin.  LOL!

Hayden got a huge new TONKA fire truck, LEGO’s, puzzles, DVD’s, and various other games.  He was ready to start playing! 

Time to eat!  Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Pulled Pork Tacos and Vegetable/Deer Burger soup were on the menu. Dips and other snacks too!

More presents!

Jeff and I got a little spoiled too!  Mom and Dad got me some new tennis shoes and some Juicy perfume!  Jeff got an Under Armour hoody and some Light Blue cologne.  Thanks so much Mom and Dad!  I even got some suprises from Jen and Cindy!  I LOVE my  Bird of Paradise candle, Nutella snack and new Christmas ornament!  Thanks so much Jen!!  Cindy spoiled me too with another Christmas ornament and a SPA gift certificate!!  Jen got one too!  Thank you so much Cindy!!  I can hardly wait for us to go use them! 

Robin also got us this cross.  We love it!  She knows me well!  I can’t wait to hang it up!

Mia got to play LEGO’s with Hayden while the big kids played a game!

Santa came later that night…

Friends Christmas Party

Today we had our second annual Friends Christmas party at our house!  We had so much fun talking and catching up, meeting new friends, eating delicious food, exchanging books with the kids, and exchanging some of our favorite things with the mommas! 

I was trying to get Hayden to stand in front of the Christmas tree for a picture before the party.  Ha!  He thought it would be hilarious to run back and forth in front of the tree and tease me!  Stinker!

Our friends arrived!

Hudson, Jen, and Landree.

Shada and Addisyn

Kelly and Kaden

Kristin and Payton

Amy and Hudson

Us!  Why won’t he take a picture?  Have I ruined him?  Or is he just TWO??  ;-)

Everyone brought a yummy dish to share!  We had dips galore (corn, dill, fiesta, apple pie, pumpkin pie, ranch), cheese balls, fruit, veggies, ham and cheese, tortilla roll ups, sloppy joe crescent roll ring, brown sugar and bacon little sausages, some yummy pretzel things Jen made and more I am sure.

Look how pretty Kelly’s fruit dish was!

I couldn’t stay out of these!

Kristin made these Hershey Bar reindeer for the kids.  So cute and yummy of course! 

We were able to get some outside time in!

 

Poor Payton!  It was quite windy!

Book exchange time!  We tried to do a little left/right game, but that got kind of old quick so we let them dig in! 

I am so thankful for my friends!

 

The Favorite Things exchange was fun, but no one stole from anyone.  I think our curiosity got the best of us and we wanted to know what was left in each unwrapped package!  I don’t think it was because any of us are too nice not to steal!  ;-)  Candles, Bath and Body Works, and Hair Products were on the list of favorites this year!

We may have had to break up a few fights over toys, wrestling, and even witnessed a few fits.  Ha!   Tis the season of many two year olds!  Pretty much just the boys were acting a little crazy at times.  The girls were perfect and probably wondering what all the fuss was about!  But, WE HAD A GREAT TIME!  Thank you all for coming! 

Here is our attempt at getting a group photo! 

TAKE ONE!

TAKE TWO!