:: I won a giveaway!!

If you only knew how many giveaways I have entered, you would understand my excitement. I've tried to win just about anything under the sun (that I wanted of course) when my favorite bloggers out there held giveaways on their blogs. So, you can imagine my surprise when Rita, from The Coffeshop Blog, e-mailed me to say that I actually won something! And that something was $100 to use at Florabella Collection! If you have not visited her site before, she has amazing photographs...most have which have been edited using her photoshop actions and textures. Check her site out when you get a chance!

:: Valentine fun

For Valentine's Day this year Tom and I exchanged (more like shared) a gift that I just had to mention on my blog (could be used for next year's inspiration!).  At Dayspring they have a Mr. & Mrs. Love Collection set that works as a great Valentine's Day gift.

:: Gotta Love Child Labor!

(and my blog will be somehow flagged for that title, even though it's tongue-in-cheek)

:: C's Birthday Party

To celebrate C's 7th b-day, he invited a few friends from his class to come over. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but I quickly found that 5,6,7 year-olds have very strong opinions! It is amazing how 4 of them can quickly exhaust you.

:: Happy Birthday to my Little Boy!

Hard to believe you're 7, and that you've been with us almost 3-1/2 years....

We love you more and more every year!

:: Snow days make you do crazy things!

Here it is, day 2 of keep-the-kids-home-and-make-mommy-crazy (or KTKHAMMC for short). Yes, due to extreme cold temps here in Colorado (4 degrees currently...at 3pm) schools have decided that it's best to keep kiddos home and let the parents deal with "I'm soooo borrrrrred!". As a result, I did something I normally avoid. I pulled out the finger paints. Going further, I also thought it would parlay into a fun photo session (inspired by this French photographer...but please don't compare techniques).

:: Happy february!

To start the month off right, (in)courage has a b-e-a-utiful desktop background available.  Since this is a website mainly for women, it has a nice spring-ish flowery look.  It also has a great verse and February calendar on it too.
Right click on the the correct image for your monitor size and "save as desktop".   Enjoy! :)

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