December 31st Photo - New Year's at the Pan Pacific

December 30th Photo

December 29th Photo

December 28th Photo

December 27th Photo - Snowmen and Candlelight

December 26th Photo - Boxing Day

Christmas lasted three days for us. Christmas Eve at my sister-in-laws, Christmas dinner at the In-laws and Boxing Day at our place with my folks. We're very lucky as our whole family spent this special time of year together.

December 25th Photo - Merry Christmas!

Christmas Dinner at Farmor's and Farfar's and special moments to remember.

December 24th Photo - Christmas Eve

It's been a tradition of ours to let Emily open one Christmas present every Christmas Eve. Tonight, she looked like our very own little Christmas angel.

December 23rd Photo

Stopped over for a visit at mom's today to see her Christmas tree.

December 22nd Photo - One of my Favourite Ornaments

I just love this Santa! I found him last year and just had to have him! He's one of my most favourite Christmas ornaments!

December 21st Photo - O' Christmas Tree

I used my highest ISO setting on my little point and shoot (1600) to try to capture the glow of our Christmas tree. I love the way it lights up our livingroom!

December 20th Photo - Decorating the Christmas Tree

December 19th Photo

My family and I picked up some old movies for the weekend and Emily picked out Apollo 13. She is crazy about Tom Hanks and thinks he is the best actor ever. I really enjoyed the movie. It was full of suspense and the fact that it is a true story, it made it even more entertaining. Definitely worth watching!

December 18th Post - Time for a Christmas Haircut

December 17th Photo - Santa Pays a Visit

Santa surprised both my boss and me by stopping into our office today to say Merry Christmas.

December 16th Photo - Waiting at the Post Office

Looks like I wasn't the only one who waited till the last minute. The lineups at the Post Office have been crazy!

December 15th Photo

A while back, my friend Carrie published this great post on her blog, Pay it Forward. If you happened to be the first few lucky people to respond she would create something special for us. I was one of the lucky ones to respond and this is what she made for me. Isn't it beautiful?! I have it hanging in my kitchen window. I just love it! The deal was that if you responded, you had to post it on your blog as well. I did and will be making two gifts for two of my friends. Thanks Carrie! I love my paper wreath!

December 14th Photo

I love the curiosity and creativity of youth! Emily decided to conduct her own experiment now that our temperature is dropping.

December 13th Photo - Crop-a-mas (Hands)

The Scrapaholics had their annual Crop-a-mas today. It was great fun! As organizers, the group got us all Olympic mittens. What a great idea! Thanks Jadranka for picking these out for us! I love mine! We had a fun photo shoot posing with our new gifts!

December 12th Photo

Emily picked out these gifts for her teachers, wrapped them herself and personalized each card. I love how they turned out and am so proud of her!

December 11th Photo - In My Neighbourhood

December 10th Photo - Tis the Season... (Concrete or Cement)

and even the cement trucks are lit up.

December 9th Photo - Another Ultra Sound

December 8th Photo - Emily's First Band Performance

There's my girl in the brown sweater playing the clarinet, just like her mom did.

December 7th Photo - School Days

December 6th Photo - Stamp Club

We had our monthly Stamp Club at my friend Sue's house this afternoon and made some gorgeous cards! Thanks Sue!

December 5th Photo

Hubby hung the outdoor Christmas lights today.

December 4th Photo

My birthday flowers opening up.

December 3rd Photo

December 2nd Photo - Birthday Dinner

Mom made a lovely dinner for my birthday. Thanks for having us over Mom and Dad. xoxo

December 1st Photo - The Count Down Begins...

Time to pull out the Advent Calendars. December is here and Christmas is just around the corner! Our wreath was the first festive decoration up.

November 30, 2009 Photo

Hubby brought home a new beer today. I thought the picture on the can was interesting.  How many women do you know ride a bicycle with thigh high stay ups on? LOL He insists he DID NOT buy the beer because of the picture! Rightttttttt lol

November 29th Photo - Tag Swap

The Scrapaholic gals participated in a tag swap and these are the ones I received back. Aren't they pretty?! I love them all!

November 28th Photo - Sleep Over

Emily and her friends had a special "naming ceremony" tonight. She has "officially" changed her name from Emily to Emma-Lee. Gotta love her!

November 27th Photo

I remember not too long ago when it was 54 cents. Will we ever have those prices again?

November 26th Photo - Hockey Night in Canada

What a fun night and a great game! We smoked the Kings 4-1!

November 25th Photo - Tickets

Guess where I'm going tomorrow night with hubby?

November 24th Photo - Christmas Tags

I made 75 of these for my friend Daphne's business. It's beginning to feel more like Christmas around here!

November 23rd Photo - Art Assignment

Another one of Emily's latest Art assignments. Now that took patience!

November 22nd Photo - Breaky!

Our traditional waffle breakfast on our last day. Yummy!

Noember 21st Photo - The Traditional Cowboy Hat

Here's a photo of Diane's cowboy hat. Each retreat it gets passed around and when the buzzer rings, whoever is holding it wins a prize. Each time it is passed, we have to add an embellishment. At the end of the retreat, Diane has a fun souvenir to take home with her.

November 20th Photo - Off to Timberline Ranch

Here's a photo of my friend Diane at our Timberline Ranch retreat that we went on from November 20th to 22nd. What a fabulous weekend with lots of laughs and good times! I got lots of scrappin done and will be posting my layouts on my regular blog, so pop over for a visit if you like.

November 19th Photo - And the Countdown Begins....

November 18th Photo - Certificate

Emily got her babysitting certificate and is LOVING her new job. She's already had several jobs with some of the local neighbours. She was so ambitious, she went to several houses and dropped off her certificate and a little advertisement that she made up on the computer offering her services.

November 17th Photo - Old Fashioned Barber Shop

I love the look of this cute little barber shop!

November 16th Photo

Our new dishes. Thanks Auntie Tricia!

November 15th Photo

Emily's favourite magazine. Her grandfather orders this for her every year. Thanks Farfar!

November 14th Photo - Hobby

Ya, I'm a little obsessed with my hobby. I can't get enough of it!

November 13th Photo

Finally feeling a bit better but still so little energy. I've been dying to create but have just lacked the motivation. Tonight I made this little Christmas tag for my girlfriend.