It's all about Ella!

Today was a day all for Ella...she is the diva princess and it was her birthday afterall!  The day started with the "Birthday Bucket" then a couple of hours of playing and crafting, followed by a nature walk, onto lunch with Grandma and Uncle Jeff at Red Robin, more playing, dinner, and the finale of presents and cupcakes at the fire station with Daddy.  Here's some pics of the day....





And here's the grand prize present, since the bike she got for her 2nd birthday kinda 'exploded' at the BMX track a couple of weeks ago!



We tricked her with relighting candles!

And then tomorrow...the day of Lisa...it is my birthday afterall!  LOL!

Today's the Day!

Ella-Belle is 4 years old!

Almost 4...

Saturday Ella had a birthday party with 5 of her friends at Oregon Street Tea Company.  It was the perfect party for little girls!  It took a bit for everyone to get over their shyness but eventually everyone loosened up and had a great time.  The girls got to play dress up, had a cupcake hunt, a story, an etiquette lesson and a yummy lunch with hot cocoa, heart-shaped sandwiches, fruit, scones, and cupcakes with fluffy pink frosting.  So sweet!  Click here for more photos.

Thank you

Thank you to everyone who has given me compliments and support with this new business venture.  I'm
happy that people are liking what I'm producing, cause I'm liking producing it!  I will be continually putting more items up for sale as quickly as I can.  I have lots and lots of ideas, just need the time to implement them.  Seems the kids still want to eat and play, they don't seem to realize I have another enterprise to run! 

Thank you again!

Juella Designs is here!

One of my goals for this new year was to make my fantasy handmade jewelry shop a reality and now that dream has come true!  Juella Designs is up and running!  I have joined an incredible online marketplace that sells handmade goods called Etsy and so far everyone there has been completely helpful and inspiring. 

For quite some time now my days and nights have been consumed with thinking about everything and anything related to making and selling jewelry and the more I get into it, the more I don't think that will change!  So much for a part-time business....LOL! 

You can check out my shop here.... juelladesigns.etsy.com

Our baby girl is going to be 4 this month!

Beautiful Day

• Lunch with my Mom at Oregon Street Tea Company (look at that tray of food all for us!)


• Seeing the kids so cute Valentines they got at school today


• Eating their chocolate treats

Happy Birthday to Rob (cause I'm sure he reads this blog!)

He's 36 today and playing Madison Square Garden...bummer I can't be there!  LOL! 

Latest video and my new fav....

These Hard Times

Become an M&M

Can you guess who's who?

Lots of fun stuff on this site.

 

My lil' BMXers

We've spent a good deal of this long 3-day weekend at the BMX park.  We took Jacob there to see if he'd be interested in getting into it as a hobby and guess who showed the most initial interest?  Yep, our little daredevil princess! 

Been busy, a Big Reveal Coming Soon!

Movie Recs

I have had a bit of a movie filled week this week...and got
to see two wonderful movies.  Monday night we had a girl's night out and saw the movie 27 Dresses.  Really cute movie and the absolute perfect chick flick! 

Then last night Aaron and I had a date night and saw the movie Juno.  I had been wanting to see it for awhile now and I really, really liked it.  Like the ad says, "a fresh, unusually intelligent comedy," it reminded me of "Little Miss Sunshine" which is another movie I really like.  It was also nominated for a few Oscars....wonderful performances by all the actors. 

Both of them had great music throughout and today I plan to buy the soundtracks! 

OOoooo, I'm getting excited!

Tour has started and I can't wait for our show!  The countdown has begun.....48 days.....

Little something that amuses me

And here's a flashback to when Aaron and I met Kyle a couple years back...

Don, don, don, don-da-don, don-da-don....

Jacob's room -- THE AFTER!!

Ski and Wii, Part 2...The Video

Ski and Wii with the Lee's!

Saturday we had our 3rd Annual Couple's Ski Day and combined it with our turn to host Dinner Club....it was an INCREDIBLY FUN day!  Best part is just about everyone joined us skiing (Steph came and hung out at the lodge, we only were missing John). 
It was a beautiful day on the mountain and I was sorry to see the skiing come to end.  But all was well, cause we had big plans for the evening!  My brother had prepared most of our dinner in advance so we just had to pop things in the oven and heat some stuff up and we were all set for a gourmet meal.  Everything was so tasty and for the first time ever, people went home with doggy bags from dinner club!  Thank you so much Jeffrey!!!  For appetizers we had stuffed mushrooms, flat bread and a roasted red pepper spread.  Dinner started with a tomato bisque, then we had ham and bleu cheese stuffed chicken, fettuccine alfredo, and salad.  For dessert we had a delicious chocolate and strawberry cake, complete with extra fruit sauce, drizzled on chocolate and ice cream.  Mmmmm, mmm, good!

Then after dinner the fun continued with hot tubing, playing Guitar Hero and the Wii!  I think we might have sold a couple Wii's in the process too...such a fun game system to play with a group and the family.  Such a fun day and again I am so thankful to have such great friends....love you guys!! Ski and Wii pictures...click here!

My Mom on National TV!

Remember a few months ago when my Mom and I went to Chicago and saw a couple of tapings of the Oprah Winfrey Show?  Well the second the of the two episodes aired yesterday and my Mom was caught on tape!  Check it out!


LOL!!

The Force has been with us

Big changes for Jacob's room have been happening.  Here's a before...






After pics coming later this week!

A look back

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Gosh, let's hope 2008 has more happiness to reflect on!

Vintage Goodness

Calm before the storm

Wednesday we took the kids up to Mt. Shasta Ski Park for lessons for them and some slope time for Aaron and I.  Jacob had his first snowboarding lesson and Ella had a ski lesson.  The snow was great and my skis were freshly tuned so it was wonderful.  Unfortunately Aaron and I didn't get much time alone on the mountain during the lessons!  It was a beautiful and even warmish (as far as skiing goes anyhow) day but now we're bracing for some big winter storms, biggest since 2002 or so they're saying.  Snow levels are going to fall over the next few days and we're expecting 65-80mph winds.

We sure know how to wear out our kids!

Happy New Year!

Wow 2008!  We rang in the New Year last night with great friends...
Ella and Jacob holding the youngest two at the party-Nate, 7 months and Sunny, 9 weeks!
Dinnertime for the kids


Fun times for the kids...crazy soccer game in the night/cold and duck, duck, goose
Fun with the girls

Drink time for the adults! 

Looking forward to seeing what the New Year brings us!