Christmas Tree Hunt 2010

Just when Rick had convinced me that we should have an artificial tree this year, our children informed us that we would ruin Christmas for them if we didn't go to our South Hills to get a tree. So, Rick and I, Brady and Kylie, Hannah and her best friend Amy, and Jake, Becky, Jackson and Lilly went to get our trees.

Hannah and Amy with their tree

Jake, Becky, Jackson and Lilly with their tree

Becky and Lilly

Jake and Jackson, Jackson never quit running!

Brady and Kylie

Our family that went tree hunting

View of the scenery on the way up

Deer in a farmers field at the bottom of the mountain, this was one of two herds in the same field

It was an awesome way to spend a Saturday morning. Now I just have to finish getting my ornaments and decorations out of our storage unit! Not sure that will happen today. We are experiencing blowing and drifting snow today. Winds in excess of 40 mph, not sure we're going to get out. Might be drifted in!

Have a great day!

Donnelly

SNOW!

We are in a blizzard warning here in the Magic Valley! We are supposed to have another 6 to 8 inches of snow today, and the winds are blowing at 33 mph with gusts of 41 mph right now! And the blizzard hasn't even got here yet! We are supposed to have winds of up to 60 mph winds. We have huge drifts, the wind is blowing so hard right now, I can't get out to take photos of them.

Here are some photos that I took over the last weekend. The snow started Friday night and we have had snow everyday since then!

This is the view out of my craft room window on Saturday morning. I love the light that was coming through. Makes everything so soft!

Hopefully, I will have photos of the drifts tomorrow.

Have a great day!

Donnelly

I am getting really excited about getting these in the mail! Shutterfly is so easy!

Classic Without Edge Wedding 5x7 folded card

Unique party invitations and announcements by Shutterfly.

View the entire collection of cards.

Have a great day!
Donnelly

Wedding announcements waiting for approval!

Our middle daughter, Cassie, is getting married the day after Christmas.

Her love story is sweet! She is marrying her high school sweetie. Funny thing is that we didn't even know she had a high school sweetheart. Chris moved to Alaska to be with her. Now they are coming home to get married since most of both families live in the same area.

Today I have attempted to add the final draft of both the invite (for people who can come) and announcements (for people too far away to come) to my blog. Shutterfly offers a Blogspot link to post your projects to your blog which is cool. But the link keeps posting to a group blog I belong to that deals with quilting instead of my personal blog. And I tried to link it to my sidebar, but that didn't work either. I am uber-frustrated, but determined!

Here is what the invite cover looks like:

And here is the inside of the invite.

Here is the announcement for friends and family that can't join us. I am ordering them through Shutterfly. The prices are great and I a super excited to get these and get them addressed and sent out. I am getting excited for the wedding!

Have a great day!

Donnelly

Baby Shower

This last weekend, I had the priviledge of attending a baby shower. It was for my daughter-in-law, Becky. It was so much fun to be honoring a new mother with a group of beautiful women!

The shower was put on by Becky's good friend, Keisha. I was very remiss in not getting a photo of the two of them. I was having so much fun!

It was held at Becky's mom and dad's house.

First photo is of Miss Lilly wearing the hat that Keisha made. It is adorable!

Next up is the beautiful table that Keisha set for all of us. We had mini-quiches, asian spring rolls, cupcakes, individual pumpkin cheesecakes and spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.

Yummy.

Keisha made a tutu for Lilly's first birthday and a hair ribbon hanger for Lilly's bedroom. You can see glimpses of them in the table photo! Keisha is an amazing crafter.

The next photo is of Becky with the afghan that my mom made for Lilly. My mom makes the most amazing baby afghans. Lilly's big brother, Jackson, still naps with his!

Next up is a photo of Lilly's big brother, Jackson, in his cowboy outfit that we bought him. Can't have a 2 1/2 year old at a baby shower without presents!

He got a lot of presents which is always fun. Most of them related to Toy Story 3. Jackson is all about Woody from the Toy Story movies and cowboys right now! He was NOT into having his picture taken right now, so I have to sneek them!

There are no photos of me holding Lilly at the shower. I have been trying to recover from the flu and I am still feeling under the weather. I would hate to think that I could pass something on to such a little one. So I will wait until I feel a lot better, just in case.

I was indeed blessed to have had such a fantastic girls' day out! And I would like to thank Keisha and Becky's mom, Diana, for such a great time!

Have a great day!

Donnelly

Sheriff Woody!

Sheriff Woody came to visit us last night for trick-or-treating!

Sheriff Woody looks alot like my grandson Jackson...just saying!

Our daughter-in-law, Becky, wasn't feeling well last night, so we missed seeing our Miss Lilly as a ladybug.

I finally got the flu myself, so it is probably a good thing that Becky and Lilly didn't come to visit, I would hate to pass on what I have. Not fun! Hope Becky feels better soon!
Have a great day!

Donnelly