Oh Yeah, it's real!

So last weekend we decided that if we were going to get a Christmas Tree this year it was now or never. I was thinking that we were just going to get a little fake one to sit on the end table, but Abby wins again, Surprise, surprise.

I'd have never guessed, but Caleb and I have totally different thoughts on what a Christmas Tree should look like. I like the super full and bushy that smell really good and Caleb likes the Charlie Brown trees. So this is what we got....

I actually like it, after having it up for a week now we have both decided that we should have taken off the top section. I know you can't really tell, but our decorations are the best! Candy Canes. You can't go wrong, no storing them for next year, if they break you just eat them and I don't think they look that bad.

I should do an advent Calendar thing with it. Eat a Candy Cane for every day until Christmas with a little thought or service project attached. It sounds like a good idea, I just need to put into action.And now for the best picture yet...

Trunk O Treat

Abby loved this bag I made her until she saw all the plastic pumpkin buckets all the other kids had and then she was mad that she couldn't have one... kids.

Okay so these are close ups of Abby yesterday after the 2 trunk or treats that we went to. Not much to say we went to a hayride/trunk or treat that the school put on (I forgot the camera) and then the ward trunk or treat. Abby got more Candy than any 3 year old will ever need, so I think some of it might be donated to the kids of our ghetto neighborhood.

Pre-School Party

Halloween is here!! And naturally we had a preschool party.

There are nine kids in the preschool and we had a blast! Us mom's were very good we even had a healthy snack at the end of all the festivities. The kids got to do cool things like go fishing (It's hard to tell in the picture below, but this is the fishing, behind the couch is where all the 'fish' are) I think was one of Abby's favorite games. She loves to go fishing, some day we will take her fishing for real.

Then we had a cupcake walk, a lot of the kids had a hard time walking on the pictures and stopping when the music did, but it was fun to watch anyway.

We made masks...

and then we decorated cupcakes (from the cake walk).

This one is Abby's. I think we might have to buy MaryAnn some more sprinkles...

Needless to say I think the kids had a good time.

The Craftiness

Okay so most the girls I hang out with are pretty crafty. So I decided that if I was going to be able to keep up with them I would have to really get on it. The walls in Abby's room were basically bare, and I have a hard time spending money on something that will get packed up in a box to move and then get ruined in a year, I'm cheap, I know.

I was talking to some of my friends which got my curiosity going and i started looking online for things to do and I came across this website.

www.jonesdesigncompany.com

I was inspired so I thought that I would share my new found craftiness!

A litte canvas, Mog Pog, Tissue paper and glitter! So easy, Abby loved doing thi

s one. She's had a thing for butterflies lately...

I love this wreath! This is the first one i've made, and I would do a few things different, like make the cloth flower removable so you could make thisa year round wreath by simply changing what you had to accent it. May i also say that I love the dollar store, it's my newfavorite place to shop.Those were the only ones inspired by the web site. the next ones were just little projects that I thought would be fun and useful.

This is a Halloween bag I made for Abby, not exactly butterflies

but I figured it would work. I forgot to take pictures of the lining but it was cute. The pumpkin is the back; the cat, pumpkin and tree are embroidered on. I actually really enjoyed embroidering, I didn't think that I would but it was surprisingly relaxing.

This is a baby blanket that I made for a friends shower. It has little velcro straps so that you can attach it to the car seat. It took me all of 4 hours to make. I was really impressed with myself. Lana did a lot of helping and reassuring.

The Cottage

Well, I thought since we've been in our house now for about 2 ish months that you might like to see what the Yakima Valley has to offer people w

ith cow sized dogs, to rent, we don't own this beauty. This is the front of our house. The big bush like thing over the house is a huge pine tree, that I love, except for the sap that Abby will inevitably find.

This is the view of the house if you were standing back by the alley, I'm actually sitting on the hood of the rodeo.

This is the view from the back door looking at the yard and alley. Happily the yard is suppose to be getting fenced here in the next little bit. Our awesome grape vine that only produced 3 bunches of grapes that weren't very goo

d, we'll see how they do next year.

To our right we have the part of the year cover patio. We were told that when the grapes aren't cut back in the middle of the summer they will grow over the entire top of the trellis. Either way it has been great for BBQ's. This just next to the patio. (these are the view standing in the doorway of the back door)

Okay now you have seen the whole outside of the house! After I clean the house I'll take some pictures of the inside of the house.

We're doing pre-school this week so things are a little crazy this week. The letter D.

White Coat

On the 11th Caleb had his White Coat ceremony. So here are a few pictures of the event.

After the ceremony we went across the street to Olive Garden, it was lovely. I tried the Lasagna and i think it might become a favorite it was fabulous!

Another New Beginning

Well It's been a bit, Caleb has started medical school and has his second test block this friday; they test like the boards so he has all of his tests back to back like when you take your boards. I think it will pay off but for right now it's stressful. Caleb has allotted us two hours in the evening for dinner and hangout time, so we don't see him much but Abby has been a good sport about all of this.

On the up side Abby is really excited to start school since daddy is always there. Our ward started a pre-school co-op, so last week was the first week and we learned the letter F. This week is the letter E, so she is learning how to write the alphabet (the capitals only). She has a blast practicing.