So pretty!

I don't have a lot of decor for Valentines day so I bought these hearts from the dollar store, they were on picks for flower arrangements.  I ripped out the sticks and sprinkled the inside of the hutch with them.  This is my grandmothers cake plate, it's very old, I just loved how this picture came out, so simple, so pretty.



linked to this party:
http://www.theshabbycreekcottage.com/2013/01/transformation-thursday-no-188.html

December

Christmas, YAY!  

We did other stuff in December, it just wasn't as fun as going to my parents for Christmas with the whole family!!

Visiting Santa at the church Christmas party, Mason was already on his way down!

 This was our Family Christmas eve nativity, words can not express how hilarious it was!!  Mason's down in front as a sheep, the three boys were wisemen/sheperds, and Sammy and her brother Robert were the parents of the dear baby bear/Jesus.  I have lots more pictures, some of them Robert looks like he's earning a Karate belt, Sammy's no where in sight, we lost the baby a few times, it was great fun.

 We celebrated Great Papas 85th birthday, this is him with ALL the grandkids, such a sweet picture.

Christmas morning!!  This was about 6:40am, Damen couldn't wait so we got up and looked around, then woke everyone at 7, it was fun, chaos, and more fun!

 We came back to Idaho just in time for this!  Damen was excited about it for a few days, then he was over it, me too!  The snow is still here, and it's been a month!

Mason really wanted to go out in it, but then he wasn't so sure. . . 

November

Yes, that's right I'm updating by month!

So in November, this pretty lady got married!!

She is my sister Christi, she married this guy, Anthon.  They're just too cute, happy, loveydovey, it's almost too much!  Were we EVER like that???

Also, there was Thanksgiving in Wyoming with the WHOLE Howard family!  It was fun to hang out with everyone.

YUM right?

 Mason with Grandpa, one of them needs a haircut!

Also in October

Halloween!

We got to celebrate this free-candy holiday in California AND in Idaho!  Damen had his school party and carnival a few days before we left and then got to go Trick or Treating around his cousins neighborhood on Halloween.  

Damen and our friends after the school carnival, he was a fireman zombie?

 Damen the Spiderman and Mason the soccerball

Dustin(in the afro), Damen and Mason with Dustins bro. Blake and his son, Lincoln the power ranger!

So, back in October. . .

Mason turned 1!  

We've been busy, packing, moving, unpacking, holidays, etc. . . 

So let me update now on this glorious event that was Masons first birthday.

We invited some close friends over and had a little party.

He's stinking adorable this kid, but he's a bit of a monster.

  He loved all of the attention, it's his favorite thing.  The cake, he wasn't so sure about, licking off the frosting was as far as he got. 

He got lots of fun things, a ride on toy, a ball blower thing, a new winter coat, books, and a singing/talking dog, he loves music!  

At a year old, this kid is already an avid explorer, he's curious about everything, usually gross and off limits things, like the toilet scrubber and the trash.  He's learning how to climb.  He loves music, dancing is the best!  

He loves his brother and always wants to be with him.

He gives great snuggles.

We're so blessed to have him in our family, he fits perfect.

Aunt Flow

I am WOMAN, 

hear me

ROA-----

No, wait, this part sucks.

Don't you just hate it when. . .

You're doing the dishes at 11pm, by HAND, because the "new" dishwasher your landlord ordered won't be in until Thursday and you just know that tomorrow morning someone's going to want breakfast, and you'd like it if your son waited until he was in college to figure out how to eat cold cereal with out any spoons,
when suddenly
 you feel like
 maybe
 you need to pee.  

But it's not that urgent, and it's probably just because of all the warm drippy water, and besides, you don't want to get sidetracked by that pressing article in the bathroom about how to handmake everything you've ever previously purchased at the store, 
so you press on.

Grrr, there's a lot of spoons in here!  

Then it happens, it sneaks up unexpected and because of your wet soapy dishwashing gloves you don't stop it in time. 

 ACHOOOOOO!!! 

Awwww crap, now I'm washing the dishes at 11pm and afterward I have to shower. . . .