Snow Way Dude!

I must be a mean mom, but this picture totally cracks me up. Rocky went from happy to screaming bloody murder in about 2 minutes. Dang it has been cold this week. It feels like the Indiana weather came home with us. SEP conferences were canceled because a massive blizzard was coming, it sounded so exciting. Well...it NEVER SHOWED UP!

Don't LEAF me!

And the winner is....

Ruby Rich!!!!


About 2 months ago, Ruby received a letter in the mail congratulating her for winning some sort of award in the Utah State Fair writing competition. I was shocked because I never knew she had entered. You would have thought she had just won a trip to the moon she was so excited. She was invited to attend an awards ceremony to find out what she had won. I was so excited for her but kept my expectations for the ceremony very low.

The ceremony was a HUGE deal. We found out that Ruby had entered 2 competitions. She won a blue ribbon (1st place) in one competition and a white ribbon (3rd) in another. She also won 3 door prizes. She said,"Every time I try to stop smiling, they call me up AGAIN!" Way to go Scoobs! We are so proud of you!

I love to see the temple...

Matt's brother James got married on November, 12. We are so happy for James and Amy, we adore her. She is a perfect fit in our family! These are a few shots that were taken on the temple grounds.

When Cooper was about 4, he was balancing on the edge of the reflecting pond in front of the temple. He was sporting his red Power Ranger suit. Next thing I know, he was in the pond. I crack up every time I see that pond. What a great memory!

Trick or Treat Graphing

OK, I am just a little behind here! Life has been crazy and I have been trying to get another blog book made. I had a 20% off coupon which is very rare and I just finished my book tonight. Get ready for lots of posts! Well anywho...

We have a tradition of graphing our Halloween candy. I think my kids like the graphing even more than collecting the candy. Lucky for me, Kit Kats and peanut M&M's were the winners this year. I love how it is almost a month later and they still haven't asked where the loot is stashed.

I HEART Shutterfly

Can you believe it is almost time for new calendars? My sister in law has made several of these from our yearly family reunion. We love to look at all the fun pictures and think of the great memories. I love how you can put pictures of the special birthday person right on their special day!
My dad was given one of these darling photo mugs. He displays it with pride.


One of my favorite parts of Christmas is seeing all the cute Christmas cards from friends and family.
I just saw this awesome deal on my friends blog so I decided to look into it. Shutterfly has a deal where if you write about their products on your blog they will send you 50 free Christmas cards. You already know that I am all over that! Out of all the photo companies, Shutterfly is one of my favorites. I have done a couple photobooks with them that I have absolutely loved. I love that you don't have to download any software to make a book.

They often have amazing promotion codes for free or greatly reduced prices. In fact I am waiting for one of my free books in the mail as we speak!

I am also very impressed by how easy it is to create the cards, it is very user friendly. You can even have them mail them out for you! How easy is that? Easy peasy mac and cheesy!

Currently there is a 20% off deal on some of the cards, photobooks are up to 30% off, and free shipping of orders over $30

Now just image how cute these will be with your pictures!