Sweet Whispers

5:30am - Sounds of an elephant walking into the bathroom...aka, Dylan. He walks so hard!
I lay him back down and say he needs to sleep longer.

Walking out of Dylan's room I hear a little girl voice, "mooooommm". It's Cadence, she was woken by the stampede. :) I tell her to go back to sleep. She asks how long. I say 1 more hour (knowing it would be a miracle if that happened!)

I lay back in bed. It is quiet for a minute or two and then I hear whispers coming from the girls' room. Cadence keeps shushing Isabelle to talk quieter. I can tell that Isabelle has crawled into Cadence's bed and they are whispering to one another.

It was so fun to hear them together talking, thinking they were getting away with something. :)

I really hope as the girls get older they are great friends and have many more mornings like this!

Check Mate

Mark taught Dylan how to play chess this weekend and took this really great picture while they were playing!

He caught on quick and really enjoys it. :)

Looking like Christmas

We decorated our tree this weekend. I love the smell of the fresh tree! Dylan was really excited about decorating and did most of the work. Cadence did help a little and Isabelle really had no interest in it at all. :)

It looks beautiful, just need to get the gifts wrapped up now!

Here is how our house looks in the evening. :)

And my front door area, you can't really see in the picture but they are little wire reindeers on the bench.

We've been playing Christmas music and the girls love it, such a fun season!

Backyard Camp-out

After Cadence's Christmas performance my parents stayed the night at our house so that my dad could have a camp-out in our backyard with Dylan. Earlier in the afternoon Dylan got the tent all set up (along with air mattress). He was super excited about spending the night outside and being allowed to go pee in the bushes if he had to go during the night. :)

I couldn't get a good picture of him because he kept squinting because of flash, needless of what this picture looks like...he really was having a great time! The night was very cold but they were bundled up and said they were toasty all night long.
The next morning my Dad, Mark, Dylan & Cadence went to the Home Depot workshop and made some snowman decorations. They also picked up our Christmas tree!

The late morning was filled with hanging out and my mom helping me with some projects I wanted to get to get done. It was a great weekend!

Cadence Christmas Performance

Friday evening Cadence's school had their Christmas performance.

We were sitting pretty far back so I wasn't able to get any close up pictures. But the above picture is of her preschool class singing jingle bells and ringing bells.

She is 2nd from left side on bottom row.

She was so cute in her new dress! :)

Pallet Project Featured!

I was featured in a blog that I follow that is called road kill rescue. It is site that features projects that people create from free or curbside treasures. First time ever being featured on another blog site...kinda fun. :)

http://roadkillrescue.net/2011/12/pallet-gallery-wall/

Jill from Jill Roberts was inspired to create a wood wall hanging to provide a rustic backdrop for her framed photos. Jill scored her materials for free when she found some pallets in an alley.

Jill’s sweet son removed all the nails and tore apart the pallets, and then Jill arranged and cut the wood pieces to create her desired pattern. Once the pieces were all attached, Jill hung the finished product on the wall and added framed pictures of her precious children. The wood backdrop provides a great focal point above the bed and looks awesome paired with Jill’s frames.

Carefree Swinging