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Saturday, December 4, 2010
Christmas Card 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
One of my favorite things about Christmas-time is receiving cards from friends and family. And my absolute favorite cards to receive are ones with photos! It is so fun to see how everyone's family is growing and changing each year. If you have never considered doing a photo card, this is a great year to start!
For the past two years, I have ordered my Christmas cards from Shutterfly. They have a wide variety of designs and options to choose from. For example, you can choose to use anywhere from one photo, to five or six photos on your card! You can also choose between flat or folded cards, whether to print them on cardstock or photo paper, and whether you prefer a glossy or matte finish. You also have three different size options -- 5x7, 4x8, or 5x5. But my favorite thing of all about this site is that they have an option to fit every budget!
Last year I just could not make up my mind on which design I liked best. I knew that I wanted a 5x7 card, and I knew what color combination I wanted, but I just couldn't decide between these two, very different designs.
So what do you think I did?
I ordered some of each, of course! :)
This year I am once again torn, but I don't want to order two different designs again. I strained my brain way too much agonizing over which recipient got which card.
So I would like to enlist your help in choosing between these two.
Here is option number 1.
And option number 2!
Leave me a comment and let me know which of this year's options you like best! And be sure to head on over to check out all of the beautiful and affordable card and invitation designs that Shutterfly has to offer!
Oh, and if you are still looking for a great Christmas gift, check out another of my favorite Shutterfly products, their customizable photo calendar!
For the past two years, I have ordered my Christmas cards from Shutterfly. They have a wide variety of designs and options to choose from. For example, you can choose to use anywhere from one photo, to five or six photos on your card! You can also choose between flat or folded cards, whether to print them on cardstock or photo paper, and whether you prefer a glossy or matte finish. You also have three different size options -- 5x7, 4x8, or 5x5. But my favorite thing of all about this site is that they have an option to fit every budget!
Last year I just could not make up my mind on which design I liked best. I knew that I wanted a 5x7 card, and I knew what color combination I wanted, but I just couldn't decide between these two, very different designs.
So what do you think I did?
I ordered some of each, of course! :)
This year I am once again torn, but I don't want to order two different designs again. I strained my brain way too much agonizing over which recipient got which card.
So I would like to enlist your help in choosing between these two.
Here is option number 1.
And option number 2!
Leave me a comment and let me know which of this year's options you like best! And be sure to head on over to check out all of the beautiful and affordable card and invitation designs that Shutterfly has to offer!
Oh, and if you are still looking for a great Christmas gift, check out another of my favorite Shutterfly products, their customizable photo calendar!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Oakdale Homecoming, Date Night, and Prayers Needed!
Friday night we attended the Oakdale High School homecoming game. Though the game did not end as we wanted it to - they fought hard, but ultimately lost to Sunbright - the kids had a great time. Dakoda was very into the game and spent most of the night standing at the fence with his Papaw. He always wants to be as close to the action as possible! Sarah Kate was not very interested in what was happening on the field, but she had a lot of fun watching the cheerleaders and playing with some other little girls that were there, Taylor Smith, Rhylan Hicks and Neve Adkisson. I wasn't able to get any pictures of Dakoda, but here are a few of Sarah Kate and her friends. They were playing "ring around the rosie."
On Saturday, Darren's parents cooked a big country breakfast, with biscuits and gravy, bacon, fried potatoes and eggs. It was so yummy! Then we came home and watched the UT game while the kids napped. After the game, Darren went outside to mow the lawn while the kids and I played together. Then we took the kids to spend the night with their grandparents while we had a date night. We used our movie tickets that I bought a couple of weeks ago and went to see "My Soul to Take" in real 3D. (Not my choice, if you were wondering!) Here is a picture of Darren and I in our 3D glasses. It was taken with my phone, so the quality isn't great.
While we were in the movie, we got a phone call from my mom with some very bad news. My grandfather and his girlfriend were in a very bad car accident near Huntsville, AL on Saturday morning. His girlfriend did not make it and my grandfather was badly injured. He sustained a head injury, broken rib, broken arm, broken sternum and his back was broken in two places. As of today, he is still in ICU at Huntsville Hospital and has not yet regained consciousness. We are very hopeful that he is going to pull through, but only the Lord knows his plan. Please keep him and my family in your prayers during this difficult time. We very much appreciate it.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Allardt Pumpkin Festival
This past Saturday, we attended the 19th Annual Allardt Pumpkin Festival in Allardt, TN. It's an annual festival the first weekend in October celebrating giant pumpkins. The event features a weigh-off, craft and food vendors, entertainment, a car show, a parade, and fireworks.
This was our second year attending the festival. Last year, we put the kids in the stroller and pushed it all around the festival, which proved to be a bit difficult, since there aren't really any sidewalks and it can get a bit crowded, especially around the craft tents and food vendors (which, of course, is where we spend the most time).
So, this year, we decided to let the kids walk. It was a good idea in theory, and it actually worked out pretty well for the first 30 mins or so. Sarah Kate had some difficulty walking over the rougher terrain (gravel paths, uneven surfaces, hills) and Dakoda started getting restless whenever Mommy and Daddy wanted to linger at some of the craft booths.
But I was on a mission, so we forged on. Last year, I took a picture of the kids in a particular spot, near the car show, with a really cute fall decor setup. I was determined to find that exact spot and take a picture again this year. Of course, we parked on the opposite side of where we did last year, and wouldn't you know that picture spot was closer to last year's spot. But we made it!
Dakoda wasn't interested in having his picture taken until we promised to find him a ball afterward (I prefer to think of it as an incentive as opposed to bribery, haha!). Sarah Kate was even less cooperative. She was having so much fun walking that she did not want to sit or stand still for a photo session. We tried our best anyway.
Take 1
Take 12
Take 18 - oh, look! Dakoda is stealing a mum!
Take 22
Here are the two best shots we got. Sarah Kate wouldn't give us her big, beautiful smile for anything in this world! But these are still pretty good, I guess. I mean, with kids that cute, how could they not be? ;)
And here is the picture from last year, for comparison. I always love to look back and see how big they've gotten in a year!
Giveaway at A Glimpse Inside
My sorority big sis, Allison, is celebrating her birthday today.
Happy Birthday, Allison!
To celebrate her birthday, as well as her upcoming blogging anniversary, she is doing a giveaway over on her blog, A Glimpse Inside. The giveaway will run until November 12, and there are lots of ways to enter, so head on over and say hi!
Thursday, September 30, 2010
140 Caricature Address Labels For $3.40 Shipped!
Just go here and scroll down to where it says Return Address Labels and click on Get Started. Click on the tab at the top that says Personal & Family and scroll down to Caricatures. Choose your design and start creating your family! You can even put your fur babies on there!
Have fun and enjoy!
Free 8x10 Collage Print From Walgreens!
Click here to get started!
Thanks to Kristin at Couponing to Disney for the heads-up on this deal!
Friday, September 24, 2010
Friday Fives
5 Random Question Friday
1. What's your "comfort food"?
Definitely brownies!! (Or pretty much anything chocolate ;))
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2.One thing that's on your mind right now?
Fall crafts!!!
From A Glimpse Inside
From Oopsey Daisy
3.What's the best advice you've ever received?
To always put God first and everything else will fall into place. :)
4.If you found $10 today, what would you do with it?
Probably buy something for my kids.
5.What is your least favorite thing to clean in your house?
Is "all of it" an option? ha! Probably my least favorite thing to clean is the floor. With two kids, two dogs, two cats and two adults in the house, it always seems dirty, no matter how often I clean it!
By the way, if you have not checked out my Big Sis Allison's blog, A Glimpse Inside, you need to go there.
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Disney World 2010 - Part 1, continued
Saturday, May 29, 2010 - Part 2
Let's see, when I left off, I think we were leaving Hollywood Studios to go check out our hotel room and take naps.
We headed back to All Star Sports (without getting lost this time, thank goodness). When we got to our room, the first thing I noticed was that it smelled a little funny, but I thought maybe it was because it had just been cleaned. I also found that they hadn’t brought up the fridge or bed rails that we had requested. I went ahead and called down to the front desk to request that those be brought up. I stayed in the room with the kids while Darren went back down to the van to get the rest of our luggage. At one point I happened to step down onto the carpet between the beds with my bare foot and realized that it was wet – and not just a little bit wet, but enough that I could see the water when I stepped there. I knew that we hadn’t spilled anything, so I checked both of the kid’s diapers to see if maybe they had soaked through, but they were dry. I called down to housekeeping to let them know. They asked if we had spilled anything, and I said no, that we had just checked in. She said that she would send someone up to check the carpet. By this time, Darren had brought up the rest of our bags and was trying to get the kids settled down for a nap.
A few minutes went by and the phone rang. It was the housekeeping manager checking about the carpet. She said that she was sending someone up to shampoo the carpet but that we could change rooms if we wanted. I told her that I would talk Darren and let her know if we decided to switch rooms. Almost as soon as we hung up, the guy showed up to shampoo the carpet. When he was done, he asked if we wanted to leave the door open so that it would dry. Um, do we want to leave the door to our second floor balcony open when we have two toddlers running around? No, not really.
Now that the entire carpet was wet, instead of just the one area, I decided that it was a good idea to just go ahead and change rooms. I called the housekeeping manager back to let her know, and she said that she would tell the front desk and they would call when our new room was ready. While we waited, the kids fell asleep and we decided that no matter when they called, we would wait until they woke up from their naps to switch rooms. It was only about 20-30 mins before they called to let us know. Darren stayed in the room with the kids while I went down to get our new keys. While I was there, I was able to pick up our gift card. On the way back to the room, I stopped in the food court and bought a refillable resort mug.
Our new room was in the same building, on the same floor, on the opposite side. Here are a few room pictures. (These are actually of the first room, but they looked exactly the same, just swapped sides.)
Dakoda trying to see what Daddy was doing
And some pictures of the kids playing before their nap.
I love what the Florida humidity was doing to her hair!
The kids woke up around 3:30 and we lugged all of our stuff over to the new room. Thank goodness this room was in much better shape than the first one. Darren and the kids played and watched TV (Phineas and Ferb, I believe) while I unpacked.
Around 5 pm, we decided to have dinner and head back to the park. We ate at the AS Sports food court and we both got the Chicken Alfredo, which was really good. It looked like it might rain and we realized that we had forgotten to pack our ponchos, so we picked up two Mickey ponchos in the Sport Goofy gift shop. While we were in there, Dakoda found a baseball that he wanted, so we got that for him.
We arrived back at Hollywood Studios around 6 pm. We walked over to Pixar Place to check the wait time for Toy Story Mania. Of course, it was something outrageous, like 80 minutes, which was just not happening for us with two toddlers. (*Moral of the story, always ride Toy Story Mania first thing in the morning!!)
We walked back over to where we had seen Darth Vader earlier. He was still there and the line was really short, so Darren went over to get his picture taken. Unfortunately, Vader was getting ready to go on a break, so he missed out on the picture again. :( While he was standing in line before they announced Vader’s break, some Storm Troopers came out and I took some pictures. One of them noticed me taking them and started walking towards me in a somewhat menacing fashion. I got a great picture of him and then quickly scurried off. Even though he knew he was just an actor, they creep me out in those suits!
After they announced Vader’s break, I asked Darren if he wanted to hang out and wait till he came back, but he said he didn’t want to waste our park time. We decided to go catch the American Idol Experience finale. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much out of this attraction, but it was actually a lot of fun. One of the performers in particular was extremely talented, and I would love to see him on AI next season.
When the finale was over, we decided to head back down Sunset Boulevard to get in line for Fantasmic. I still had my Rockin Roller Coaster fast pass, so Darren volunteered to stay in line with the kids while I rode.
When I got off the ride, I had a text message from him saying that they were already seated in the theater. He also casually mentioned that he was thirsty, so I bought a frozen lemonade at the rock station (love that place!) and then headed to find them. They had gotten really good seats, and the show was great, as always. I was able to take a few pictures, even though I was holding a squirming baby. :)
Sarah Kate was in a silly mood.
I don't know where she gets it.
He was so totally into the show.
Beauty and the Beast
The Little Mermaid
Snow White
Evil Queen
Evil Queen and the Magic Mirror
Scar
Jafar
Dragon from Sleeping Beauty
Mickey battling the dragon
It was a GREAT show, as always! Afterward, the park was getting ready to close, but we decided to go ahead and make a couple of purchases. First up was Dakoda’s Jedi Mickey. We tried to go back to the shop where we had seen it earlier, but it was already closed. Darren told me to run over to the shop beside the Star Wars ride and get one and he would meet me near the front gate. I’m really not sure why we thought that it would be a good idea to split up, especially considering that my sense of direction is not great. I somehow managed to get completely lost and was wandering around the Streets of America pretty much by myself in total darkness. It was a little creepy.
I eventually found my way over to the gift shop and purchased Jedi Mickey, then headed to meet Darren. Thankfully, I did not get lost again. On the way out, we noticed that the gift shop outside the gates carried Jedi Mickey. Of course!
Darren saw this mug that he fell in love with and decided that he wanted it for his desk at work.
We got to our car around 10:15 and headed back to the resort. It was a pretty quick trip and we were in bed by 11:15. Tomorrow was going to be a very exciting day – it was Dakoda’s 3rd birthday!!
Let's see, when I left off, I think we were leaving Hollywood Studios to go check out our hotel room and take naps.
We headed back to All Star Sports (without getting lost this time, thank goodness). When we got to our room, the first thing I noticed was that it smelled a little funny, but I thought maybe it was because it had just been cleaned. I also found that they hadn’t brought up the fridge or bed rails that we had requested. I went ahead and called down to the front desk to request that those be brought up. I stayed in the room with the kids while Darren went back down to the van to get the rest of our luggage. At one point I happened to step down onto the carpet between the beds with my bare foot and realized that it was wet – and not just a little bit wet, but enough that I could see the water when I stepped there. I knew that we hadn’t spilled anything, so I checked both of the kid’s diapers to see if maybe they had soaked through, but they were dry. I called down to housekeeping to let them know. They asked if we had spilled anything, and I said no, that we had just checked in. She said that she would send someone up to check the carpet. By this time, Darren had brought up the rest of our bags and was trying to get the kids settled down for a nap.
A few minutes went by and the phone rang. It was the housekeeping manager checking about the carpet. She said that she was sending someone up to shampoo the carpet but that we could change rooms if we wanted. I told her that I would talk Darren and let her know if we decided to switch rooms. Almost as soon as we hung up, the guy showed up to shampoo the carpet. When he was done, he asked if we wanted to leave the door open so that it would dry. Um, do we want to leave the door to our second floor balcony open when we have two toddlers running around? No, not really.
Now that the entire carpet was wet, instead of just the one area, I decided that it was a good idea to just go ahead and change rooms. I called the housekeeping manager back to let her know, and she said that she would tell the front desk and they would call when our new room was ready. While we waited, the kids fell asleep and we decided that no matter when they called, we would wait until they woke up from their naps to switch rooms. It was only about 20-30 mins before they called to let us know. Darren stayed in the room with the kids while I went down to get our new keys. While I was there, I was able to pick up our gift card. On the way back to the room, I stopped in the food court and bought a refillable resort mug.
Our new room was in the same building, on the same floor, on the opposite side. Here are a few room pictures. (These are actually of the first room, but they looked exactly the same, just swapped sides.)
Dakoda trying to see what Daddy was doing
And some pictures of the kids playing before their nap.
I love what the Florida humidity was doing to her hair!
The kids woke up around 3:30 and we lugged all of our stuff over to the new room. Thank goodness this room was in much better shape than the first one. Darren and the kids played and watched TV (Phineas and Ferb, I believe) while I unpacked.
Around 5 pm, we decided to have dinner and head back to the park. We ate at the AS Sports food court and we both got the Chicken Alfredo, which was really good. It looked like it might rain and we realized that we had forgotten to pack our ponchos, so we picked up two Mickey ponchos in the Sport Goofy gift shop. While we were in there, Dakoda found a baseball that he wanted, so we got that for him.
We arrived back at Hollywood Studios around 6 pm. We walked over to Pixar Place to check the wait time for Toy Story Mania. Of course, it was something outrageous, like 80 minutes, which was just not happening for us with two toddlers. (*Moral of the story, always ride Toy Story Mania first thing in the morning!!)
We walked back over to where we had seen Darth Vader earlier. He was still there and the line was really short, so Darren went over to get his picture taken. Unfortunately, Vader was getting ready to go on a break, so he missed out on the picture again. :( While he was standing in line before they announced Vader’s break, some Storm Troopers came out and I took some pictures. One of them noticed me taking them and started walking towards me in a somewhat menacing fashion. I got a great picture of him and then quickly scurried off. Even though he knew he was just an actor, they creep me out in those suits!
After they announced Vader’s break, I asked Darren if he wanted to hang out and wait till he came back, but he said he didn’t want to waste our park time. We decided to go catch the American Idol Experience finale. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much out of this attraction, but it was actually a lot of fun. One of the performers in particular was extremely talented, and I would love to see him on AI next season.
When the finale was over, we decided to head back down Sunset Boulevard to get in line for Fantasmic. I still had my Rockin Roller Coaster fast pass, so Darren volunteered to stay in line with the kids while I rode.
When I got off the ride, I had a text message from him saying that they were already seated in the theater. He also casually mentioned that he was thirsty, so I bought a frozen lemonade at the rock station (love that place!) and then headed to find them. They had gotten really good seats, and the show was great, as always. I was able to take a few pictures, even though I was holding a squirming baby. :)
I don't know where she gets it.
He was so totally into the show.
Beauty and the Beast
The Little Mermaid
Snow White
Evil Queen
Evil Queen and the Magic Mirror
Scar
Jafar
Dragon from Sleeping Beauty
Mickey battling the dragon
It was a GREAT show, as always! Afterward, the park was getting ready to close, but we decided to go ahead and make a couple of purchases. First up was Dakoda’s Jedi Mickey. We tried to go back to the shop where we had seen it earlier, but it was already closed. Darren told me to run over to the shop beside the Star Wars ride and get one and he would meet me near the front gate. I’m really not sure why we thought that it would be a good idea to split up, especially considering that my sense of direction is not great. I somehow managed to get completely lost and was wandering around the Streets of America pretty much by myself in total darkness. It was a little creepy.
I eventually found my way over to the gift shop and purchased Jedi Mickey, then headed to meet Darren. Thankfully, I did not get lost again. On the way out, we noticed that the gift shop outside the gates carried Jedi Mickey. Of course!
Darren saw this mug that he fell in love with and decided that he wanted it for his desk at work.
We got to our car around 10:15 and headed back to the resort. It was a pretty quick trip and we were in bed by 11:15. Tomorrow was going to be a very exciting day – it was Dakoda’s 3rd birthday!!
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