Frolick and Play

Thank you everyone for all of your encouragement, excitement and ideas this year. 2008 has been a wonderful year and it's because of my fantastic friends and family. I love you dearly! It's very exciting stepping into 2009 with a bundle of new ideas under my arm waiting to be explored. My first steps with Ruby Coco have been my dream come true. Thank you!
Our hot pink, turquoise, lime green, orange and purple Christmas tree. My one rule for the tree ornaments is- it must be shiny! I've lost my camera (such great timing) you can spot me in the pink bulb snapping a picture with my camera phone.

Mr. Peacock keeping a royal watch from the top of our tree...


Mmmm... can you smell the chocolate chip goodness yet?

We're headed to Houston to hang out with my family this Christmas Eve and Day. Aunt Linda has promised we'll be baking cookies and singing Christmas carols. Will be celebrating the New Year in Albany with Tara and her family, I haven't visited since her little man was a month old. Can not wait to spend time with them and meet some of the ladies I've made paintings for.

Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!

Almost there...

Hope you're enjoying the dashing, running and busyness of the season. Phew! I'm tired! Have been painting, gluing and varnishing like a crazy lady since December 1st! What a relief, I've come to a resting a spot. If you're feeling over loaded or that it just doesn't feel like Christmas -get yourself to the store, buy a little eggnog and snuggle down in front of your favorite Christmas movie. Our favorite's are Home Alone and White Christmas. The picture is from Christmas 2006, I made an advent calendar for Dan out of little gifts some for real, but mostly funny.

Head + Shouders + Knees + Toes

This is the precious show we

received Thanksgiving

evening.

Our sweet Olivia showing off

her new dance moves on

the tramp.

The baby who was quite

and shy

this summer is gone! Olivia is

rough and tumble now and

very vocal.

I love it!

She's not

afraid to growl like a

liger either.

Was wonderful having so much

family together in our

part of the woods.

Dan's mother from

Pennsylvania, Dana and family

from Wisconsin,

Aunt Linda and cousins,

home from college,

traveled from Houston.

And we all squeezed into

Paw Paw's home for one of

the best Thanksgiving

meals we've ever had!