warm beach...

last night we went to the lights of christmas at warm beach with jakes parents...i feel rather lied to...i did not see a beach and it was not warm! but the boys had fun and that's all that matters.

the boys with a giant snowman:

my favorite part of the whole night was when we went into the "joyland café" for some dinner and moses was absolutely sure that this napkin holder was....
...one of his favorite trains; TOBY!!!! (i love my kids!! they're SO funny!!!)
like i said: my kids are FUNNY!!! (and yes, that is a village in a mailbox)
solomon was also sure that there was a piece of bacon in this train...see if you can spot it!

the lights were pretty

and the train was solly and moseys favorite part
good clean (cold/wet) family fun

this was solly's other favorite part and it was pretty impressive!!

the crowds were crazy and we call could've lived without the rain...and the 2 hour drive. but like i said before, the boys had fun and thats all that matters.

p.s. i'm not sure weather or not i'm "back" in the blogging world. but i couldn't resist sharing these pictures (especially the toby picture!!!)

blogging hiatus

thanks to severe depression due to the holidays and financial ruin (ok, that might be a little bit dramatic...but only a little bit) i'm taking a break. i don't feel like write chipper blogs right now. i don't even feel like writing blah blogs.

so, right now i'm working on having faith. lots and lots of faith.

i hope everyone is able to enjoy the holidays they way that they are meant to be enjoyed.

HELP!!!

i have the worst time making decisions on my own (seriously, ask my poor husband). so, i am asking for your help. as you've seen i'm sort of making my own little cupcake business. nothing major. just really making cupcakes for friends and stuff. but, i figured if i had cards and a name it might help. so i've been working on some business cards today (free ones from vistaprint.com...i totally recommend them!) so please vote and help me make up my mind!!

★with fake info...for obvious reasons!★

card #1: i added some cute little titles and things to this one because this one just seemed to have more room. i kinda like the brown too...
card #2: pretty and plan. no witty titles. just the plan info...
ALSO! jake put doubt in my mind when he came up with his own name for my cupcakes. i've been calling them BB cupcakes but he liked BB cakes and now i like them both so much i can't decide between the two...HELP!!! so please leave a comment and cast your vote for favorite business card & favorite name. thanks!!!!

rollin with my homies

on monday i got to do something very rare. i went shopping with my sister, rachel, and my mom...without any kids. it was a strange yet fun experience. we went to the mall (a foreign place to me these days) and then to fred meyer (a little more familiar to me) and then we ate some yummy mexican food together.

me and my little/big

my mama
(who hates having her picture taken)

we had some fun...and i only wish i could get the picture i took on my sisters phone cause it was about the best laugh we had all day long. it's something we should do more often and with about 3 or 4 more hours....

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then later in the day the boys and i headed over to my moms house to play and do some crafts. (and so we could see her house all decorated for chirstmas) and let me tell you...my mama knows how to have fun with little kids. she just makes a huge mess and sits down right in the middle of it.
i don't any other grammy that gives horsey rides like my mom (at least not on hardwood floor...ouch, i'm not sure i'd even do that)
at the begining of summer we went to republic with jakes parents for a few days and the ground there was littered with beautiful pine cone. my mother-in-law had insisted we pick up a bunch and take them home so we could make crafts out of them for chirstmas. instead of coming over and doing the crafts with us she just bought some supplies and left us to figure out what to do with them. solomon was really interested in the whole process...for about 10 minutes and then i was left by myself. here are a few

our penguin ornament:
(my personal favorite)

& i made a few for my mom to hang in her window:

we have some others but their not quite done. we also have about 10-15 plain ones left that we plan on spreading peanut butter on and the roll in bird seed to make bird feeders (i'm sure those birds are about starving in the freakishly cold weather we've been having)

p.s. sorry it took so long little/big. and sorry it's so short. that's what happens when i wait 3 days to write about something. i forget everything i was going to write...cause i'm old and forgetful.
love you xoxo

nope, not gonna do it

i know i have been a diligent little blogger for over a week now...but i'm too tired to get up and get my camera...or even come up with anything witty to day. so, i'm simply taking a break today (well sorta...beside this tiny post that is telling you that i'm on a blog strike. for at least a day)

happy freaking tuesday
i feel about tuesdays the way garfield feels about mondays:
i hope you all have a good day. really, i do!

lovey brothers!

solly discovered the other day that he can now give moses piggy back rides. which is both dangerous and fun! (sometimes moses refuses to let go) but they both love it!!
little mojo has been working to find his favorite place to sit to watch tv now that our living room is rearranged. it's been cute to watch.

trying out the couch:

and then the chair:
(upside down & kicking his feel to make the chair rock)

but, i think he likes having his brother by his side the best. they're so sweet they sat like this and watched a movie for about 20 minutes. i love that they love each other so much.

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oh, and i forgot to post a picture of my nativity all set up. this is only the 2nd (maybe 3rd) time that i have had a chance to set it up. i love it. it was a gift from my mother-in-law. i wish that i had a bigger space for it to be set up at...but maybe next year (or the next).
and the best part is moses is sure that one of the wise men is his papa (my dad) and every time he looks up there he says "ooo papa!" it's pretty cute!

O Tannenbaum

the dreaded day is here...christmas tree day. i'm pretty sure if i didn't have my boys i would not have this thing in my house right now, i'd be skipping christmas all together this year. but, alas the show must go on... so off we went today to find a tree.
we ended up going to a lot where an overly helpful girl helped us pick out a tree in 3.5 seconds, so i didn't have time to take pictures of the picking out process. but i did snap a picture before we hit the road (and might i say, it's a miracle that this tree stayed on the roof, jake and i are not what you would call "tie down experts")
i would like to know why i always get stick putting on the lights!?!? oh well, at least it looks fabulous now.

step 1: lights

grandma (jakes mama) was here to help today too!

step 2: candy canes

oh yes, grandpa was also here...although a little less helpful than grandma

step 3: ornaments
(or ottomans as solly keeps calling them)

all done. moses has been fighting every urge to pull everything off the tree (starting with the candy canes, of course) having his train under the tree helps distract him.

step 4: take a nap!

no presents, but we do have our train!

yeah, yeah its smells wonderful and it looks great! but in a few week i'll have to fight everything off the tree and back into boxes and then i'll have a tree carcass to deal with. i promise i really am getting into a chirstmasy mood...