Tis The Season!!

Those you who have been to our home know that we love to display pictures... everywhere! It may even be bordering on overkill but I don't care! Each Christmas season we start fresh and begin a collage on our pantry doors with the cards and photos our dearest friends and family send us. And there they will stay all year long. We add baby announcements and 'Save the Dates' through out the year as well. It just makes me happy to see your smiling faces everyday! Another fun thing I've noticed is how my kids will interact with the pictures. Pointing at people and asking us things like- What are their names? Where do they live? How old is your cousins boy? It's awesome when so many of those families we love live far from us. Through the pictures our kids will remember them until we can be with them again in person. :0)

Here is a picture of two of my favorite girls with the pantry behind them. This was taken in July and the photo cards are still on display ;o)

So if you haven't thought about doing so yet please do send us your beautiful pictures so that we can enjoy having you in our home this year!

I love the great choices I've found for my photo cards on Tiny Prints this year! I love this one (if only I could get my family to take one single nice picture of everyone!)

I also love (and I think this is new this year) how the back of the card comes printed! Super cute! Check out the other cute choices at http://www.tinyprints.com/shop/picture-christmas-cards.htm.

Merry Christmas!!!

Moments from 2011

Shutterfly 2010

Is it really that time of year again?! November for me seems to be all about preparing for the holidays. Sometimes all of the decisions can get overwhelming... do we do red and white lights on the house or blue? Do we really want to get Olivia a doll house with all of those small components?! Then its time to scour the black friday ads and nail down those decisions on who is getting what. AND this year we are packing up and heading west for the Thanksgiving holiday which entails it's very own list of to do's! One thing on my holiday have to's though has gotten a lot easier... Christmas Cards! We, along with most of America, have gone to the the tradition of sending out photo cards each year and nobody loves receiving them more than me!! In fact I've acquired a bit of a reputation among friends for keeping the cards we receive up on our pantry doors all year long... I can't help it! I just love to see all of your faces everyday! But when it comes to selecting the perfect design for OUR family card I can drive myself a little crazy. I can be quite particular about design and I tend to lean towards the contemporary so in the past I've spent a lot of time browsing all of the available sites sifting through lots of traditional in search for "the one" that I love! But this year I received an email with a link to the 2010 Shutterfly collection and let me just tell you it's my one stop shop!! The designs they have are just fantastically clean, simple and bold!! I honestly could be thrilled with one of ten designs that I've fallen in love with! So my problem this year isn't finding great designs it's in deciding which of these fabulous designs to go with! So go ahead, check em out for yourself and be as pleased as I am. http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Some moments from 2010