The Story behind the picture

First, I wanted to post some pics of my two little heartbreakers, and then the story... Enjoy!

Ok, so we are getting our pics taken at this awesome little rundown barn near our house, and inside the chicken coop (where the previous posted pic was taken) is a huge pile of nice big boxes... I'm thinking, 'wow! Those would be nice to have for storage when we move in May...' So after we take some shots and Teri is getting pics of my kids, I go in to check 'em out. I go to push one aside and it won't budge... OK, something is inside that box, something is inside all the boxes!!! This pile is as tall as I am!!! I call Cam over to check, and sure enough, there are TV's, Computers, Cameras, Vacuums... wow!!!!! So we call the police and let them know what we've found and then head out to finish up our picture session. On the way back home we see 4 cop cars parked there, one with lights blaring and sirens going, and like 8 cops looking through the barn. Later that night a cop came to get a statement from us. In total, there were 47 items in the coop that were stolen, all from Sam's Club. They had already caught someone the night before with the same merchandise but couldn't pin this to him since we didn't see anyone. He also said it was an inside job... how pathetic that people think they have a right to steal... Anyway, Sam's Club never reported it missing so the cops said the stuff would go up for auction in 30 days unless someone else can claim it... Anybody need a new flatscreen tv?!!

Picture session

Teri took our family pics yesterday and they turned out so good!  We have an interesting story to go with our picture session, so I'll get to that in a bit!!  Enjoy this pic for now!!

Christmas is coming...

the geese are getting fat...
We are gearing up for the cold. So far we've only had 1 snowday! It's been a warm fall so far and I *love* it!!!!! Last night we had the missionaries over for dinner and then did FHE with them. We sent letters to Santa in our new Magic MAilbox and today we got letters back and some sweet treats for being on the nice list! My kids were so excited! Jace was yelling at me to come downstairs at 7am!! Campbell just wanted me to open her Tootsie Rolls! --- Thank goodness for tons of leftover Halloween Candy!! (FYI, we aren't big candy/sweets-eaters over here, so we still have a pretty full bucket!) Anyway, my camera has a low battery and won't take a pic, so as soon as I replace the batteries, I'll get a pic up of our awesome BIG mailbox!! Until then, enjoy this one:
This cute one was after Jace gave his first talk as a sunbeam! He was so brave and super cute, of course!!!

Bebe in her dress

Here are a few cute ones of little bebe in her Christmas dress. It's much cuter on, I think! She was having a hard time standing still (or sitting still, for that matter!)

Finally occupied with a piece of paper!!
I'm gonna make some black headbands with pink flowers to go with the dress... tfl!

Crafts

Here's my most recent creation, last night to be exact.... this bad boy only took me 2 hours to complete from start of pattern making, to finished product... ok, so it's not quite done, but oh so close!! This will be Baby Punk's Christmas dress and Boy Punk will have a sweet bowtie to go along with it!! Here was the first of the two, my friend Lang helped me bust this one out over the summer!! Love this style! the original style we copied from is a Matilda Jane dress... such cute and funky stuff!

We've had a few fun things going on the last couple weeks, birthday parties, Holidays, chuck e cheese, pre-school... But I've been busy as ever! A bunch of us are throwing a craft boutique the weekend before Thanksgiving, so I've been trying to get stuff completed... here are some sneak peeks to whet your appetite:

These awesome little tutus were so-o easy to make! We will have ribbon tutus and bracelets as well!

These are just a bunch of random shots of all our stuff. Paper crafts, wood working, vinyl lettering, fabric.... we've had A LOT of fun crafting the last couple months!

Message me if you're interested in coming to the show! All our stuff is pretty inexpensive, we've just had so much fun doing it!!

Anyway, we are doing well, Cam is trying to finish up patient stuff so we can finish up school. Boy Punk is living it up as a 4 year old, Baby Punk is sweet as ever, lovin' on everyone and everything! Life is good!