Christmas Cards Galore!

I love sending out Christmas cards! I love sending out pictures of the kids. Every since Andrew was 1 year old, I dressed him up in his Christmas outfit and put him in front of the Christmas tree. Then when Kaitlyn came along, it was more challenging, but still fun! Then, last year the day before I was going to put the kids in their best and put them in front of the tree, Kaitlyn broke her arm and none of her dresses fit over the cast. So, I did a picture of them at Silver Dollar City. It was a great picture, but I am looking forward to putting them all in front of the tree for a picture of the three of them!

This year Shutterfly is giving away 50 free cards to any bloggers out there, and here are three of my favorite!!

Traditional Damask

Merry Modern Collage

2010 Wishes Christmas

I have also loved doing calendars with Shutterfly! I put up a collage of pictures and put everyone's birthdays and anniversarys and give them out as presents to my in-laws and parent. Grandparents love pictures of their grandkids and like to see how my kids have grown over the past year! http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Thanksgiving! Be sure to count all of your blessings, I know I have several!

Really behind!!!

Well here it is the week of Thanksgiving and I am just now publishing Halloween!! We have been busy with life and stressful life events! For now I am going to just publish pictures from our Halloween!

Kaitlyn went to the pumpkin patch with her class and then went trick or treating and dressed up in their costumes. Andrew had a fall party that I helped out with. We went to the pumpkin patch with just the four of us and then later went as a family! We painted our pumpkins instead of carving them so the kids could have fun doing that! Then went trick or treating in Collinsville. I realized later that I did not take an individual picture of the kids and the only group one I took on my phone. Andrew was a baseball player, Kaitlyn was a ballerina and Matthew was a cow. But here are some pics, all backwards, but I can't get Blogger to do it any other way!

We had so much fun, I love fall, and pumpkins and colors and the fun things to do!

Trick-or-treating in downtown Collinsville. They shut main street down and we go up and down the shops! It is so fun!

Our pumpkins! Andrew did the big one, Kaitlyn the two little ones and I did the littlest. Andrew did another, but it was out on the porch.

We went on a "hay ride" at the pumpkin patch. The kids had a good time at the Pumpkin Patch at Carmichael's feeding the animals and picking out pumpkins!

Andrew painted a tree at his party. The pic of him and boy is his bff Dylan. His mom and I did MOPS, but didn't know until after the boys started playing together.

The kids at the pumpking patch, I have several of these!

This is at Katilyn's school. Of course Matthew had to tag along in his cute cow costume, he was adorable! We went to the Pumpkin Patch with her class, that girl is her bff Ella. It is so neat that her mom and I are too!