So, I decided that I should make my own logo, for all this stuff I do... just in case and to identify my work and for fun. So, I created these versions... I would love to know which one you like the best. So, Share with me :-) You can click on the image to make it bigger.
We signed Hannah up for dance class starting in January. She will be learning how to tap and ballet (as much as 2-3 yr old can). It is going to be so much fun. I went and watched the class today and the kids were so cute in their little leotards and skirts. I can't wait and Hannah will just love it. And the best part is the recital she will get to perform in come June.
Hannah got to sit on Santa's lap at our ward Christmas party. She is not afraid of him one little bit. It is because she sees all the other kids doing it and of course she wants to do it too. She gets on his lap and talks to him and then waits for the treat. She is so funny and such a follower (we are hoping that changes in years to come).
So, I had to take a picture of Hannah kissing either Chris or myself... so I thought I would post this for fun. And nothing like pictures that capture my nice, round pregnancy face :-)
We took Hannah out for a family date night. The first thing Hannah said when she woke up Friday morning was "let's go see Happy Feet mommy!" So, after all day of hearing about Happy feet, we finally headed out for our ate.
We went to Johnny Rockets for dinner (which we won't go to again) oh, my expensive and greasy and not that good. But Hannah had fun, hugging her dad the whole time and eating all the onion rings. Then we went to go and see Happy Feet. The first mistake was that it was on IMAX, so it was bigger than life and louder than anything. She was so excited when the movie started and sat in her seat. But then the preview for Night in the Museum started and she wasn't too sure. But once the penguins came on, things got better (a little).
She is such a sensitive girl. Anytime the penguins were sad, she was really sad and then the part with the scary seal trying to kill the penguins came on and she lost it. She was crying and so scared, but had to watch, she wouldn't turn her eyes from it, so eventually I had to take her out and love her and help her through it. It was so sad and it made us realize she isn't ready for movies yet. After that, all she said throughout the movie was "the penguins done?" She was ready for the penguins to be done! She still watched, but was ready to leave as soon as possible. And she sat on our laps the entire time.
When the movie was over, she told us how much she liked it and all about the penguins. So, at least she thinks she liked it. So, lessons learned this evening - 1) don't eat at Johnny Rockets 2) our 2 1/2 old is not ready for movies or the IMAX 3) don't spray for ants in your house when you are married to a man like my husband.... (this is a whole other story!)
So, after I looked at this designers website, I decided that although she is a great designer and it is a good idea. I could do this myself, instead of paying someone else to do it. So, I had fun last night creating my own labels that I am going to use, just by going to Staples & PaperSource and buying some different size labels and printing out my own address labels, gift labels and other fun things. So, I thought I would share my own designs and labels for you to look at. this is just a start. I am going to do a collection of several designs. Something to look forward to (at least for me - I like designing). Hope you enjoy!
So, Ellen is doing her 12 days of giveaways on her show. And yesterday, she highlighted a great paper designer and website. It is Erin Condren. What great designs, color and fun products. I love websites like this!!! Thought I would pass it along, just in case you missed it.
Hannah is getting so much better at letting me take her picture. she actually asks for it now. So, when she asked, I jumped on it. She decided the photoshot was to be with her friends - mr. panda bear and her fairy princess. So, here are some shots! Picture taking is now so much fun. (I am also learning photoshop and conversions, so that might explain the weird coloring. I think I got the second one right, but the first one needs more help).
I took some pictures of Hannah being cute with her stuffed animals, so here is the storyboard I did. Enjoy!
So, I found these cards on a scrapbooking site. They are for sale, but they are a really simple design, so I am duplicating them on my own and using my own pictures. I thought these would make great cards to give to people. I plan on taking pictures for a birthday card, christmas card, baby shower card, etc. But these is just a start of the photos I have. I thought I would share, since they are fun and colorful.
We bought this sweater for Hannah while in Denmark and it is finally cold enough to wear it, so she wore it to church today. I had to take pictures too. So, here are some of a mini photoshoot I did today. Hannah is getting much better at letting me take pictures of her, she now smiles, looks at me and says "cheese"...we are progressing!
While we were in Denmark last year (over Christmas) I learned about the Nisse Men. They are cute little elves that look like little santa's helpers. He is possibly the best known creature in Norwegian folklore. Even today, some people believe that he exists. These mysterious little fellows come out of the mountains for a twelve-day period during the Christmas season. He will come to a certain farm at that time. If he is treated kindly by the people on the farm, he will remain there for that full time. Then he will disappear as suddenly as he came. Farmers believe that having a Nisse living in their barns will bring them luck and good harvests.
So, I had to get my own nisse man. The come in all different shapes, sizes, looks and characters. But they are all cute and festive. So, here is my nisse man... cute little guy!
While we were in SLC, Hannah got to play and meet her cousins. She met Walker for the first time and so I had to create a storyboard about it. She loved him very much, until he tried to sleep in her bed. Then she wasn't to sure about this guy. She has a hard time sharing with babies, but she better get used to it, she will have to do a lot of it in the future.
So, I was at the grocery store yesterday and saw a new ghiradelli chocolate bar. It is their Holiday Peppermint Bark. So, I bought it of course. Oh, my gosh. It is so good. It is a mixture of chocolate, peppermint and crunch! My favorite. I just had to share - keep an eye out for it!
I love these mugs. They are just so darn cute. Santa was going to get them for me last Christmas, but they didn't have our initials, so maybe this year! We will see. In case, you want them, you can get them here.
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Here is this month's memory card. If you click on the card itself, it will enlarge, so you can read it.
We went to SLC for Thanksgiving and ate and had fun. Thanksgiving dinner was yummy as usual. Hannah had so much fun making cookies with her aunt and cousins. But the highlight of the weekend was Grandpa Christensen's 95th birthday celebration. 95 years is quite an accomplishment and he is one of the greatest men I know! We were so glad to be a part of it.
So, I love all the holiday decorations on this site Ballard Designs. Especially these darling stockings. So, I think (now I am not promising) that I might try and make them myself. I just have to find the right fabric to make them just as cute... but I am on a mission (at least for next year). But I wanted to share how cute they are and all the great holiday decorations on this site.
my family
my faith
my husband
my darling little girl
my pregnancy
that we are going to SLC for thanksgiving
my mac and the internet
that we are getting our house painted
good neighbors
the holidays
my talents
that I am going to be getting a new car in 2 months (my civic is more than old and worn-out)
my friends
my education
my experiences
the weather
and my chaco shoes :-)
So, after many an agonzing hours and a few squabbles with the hubby, these are the colors we have decided to paint the house (more or less) I think they look a little differnt on the computer screen, than on the paint swatch, but you get the idea. I never knew how hard this would be. I am so excited to finally get our house painted and have it look nice again. Too bad we already had a ton of family in town, before we got this done. but oh well, better later, than never.
So, hannah is always still so excited each night when her daddy comes home from work. She runs and jumps into his arm and gives him the biggest bear hug around his neck. It never gets old, thank heavens!
So, Hannah loves (and I mean loves) Curious George. It is the only movie she will watch and be mesmerized by it from beginning to end. So, I had to capture her watching him. He really is the cutest little thing. I can see why she likes him so much. I just hope he isn't giving her any ideas... she is already curious enough as it is. If you don't own this movie, I recommend you get it for Christmas, it is so darn cute!
Well, I haven't taken pictures for awhile, so instead of posting new pictures, I thought I would post a new storyboard of old pictures. These are so much fun to do. So, here is one of us at the very most nothern tip of Denmark where the North Sea and the Baltic Sea meet. And you can actually see them meeting, it was so much fun that it had to be captured!
I forgot to mention that we saw a black bear while we were driving through the park. We got out of the car and were literally about 200 ft away from him. He looked at us, but didn't seem to mind us taking his picture and marveling at him. This is the second time Chris has seen a bear at Sequoia... I think they roam around quite a bit.
This weekend Chris' brother Brian was in town, so we headed to Sequoia National Park. It was tons of fun to walk among the giant sequoias and visit the largest living thing on earth - General Sherman. We also walked Congress Trail and visited the Senate and the house which are clusters of giant sequoias - quite amazing. The trail was 2.5 miles and Hannah walked probably over half, she loved it, but one the way home, she crashed for 2 1/2 hours, it definitely wore her out. Here is my storyboard to show you a bit of what we saw.
So, the big thing right now in the digital photography world is Storyboards. (Well, it might have been around for a while, but I am just starting to get into it). It is a fun way to showcase photographs into a simple but fun format. So, here is my attempt at 3 of them. Hope you enjoy! I think this might take over my digital scrapbooking efforts. It is just as cute and creative and a lot easier!
So, here is the memory card for this month.
What a fun month, it started out with your first college football game - Fresno state vs. Hawaii. You loved the crowd and cheering and climbing all over the seats. One Sunday, we played classical music and you told us, you thought it sounded like butterflies and started running around the room fluttering your hands like wings. You are always singing. When we put you to bed, we can hear you singing before you put yourself to sleep and in the morning you wake up singing in bed. You had two costumes for Halloween - a fairy and a catepillar. You love the catepillar, you wore it around the house weeks before Halloween. So, that is what you were for Halloween - A Catepillar! You were so good at saying “trick or treat" when the doors opened and you told people you were a "catepillar costume".
So, nothing is more cute than watching my little catepillar walk down the street holding her daddy's hand as she goes off to trick or treat. It was so cute, with her little catepillar legs and head bobbing in the street light. Hannah loved trick or treating. She did it for more than an hour. She would say "trick or treat" each time a door opened. And when people asked what she was, she would say "a catepillar costume". I have to say this was the best halloween ever for a proud mom and dad.
So, it is finally getting cooler here. The rest of the week is in the high 60's to low 70s and the leaves are turing colors. Yipee! I was even able to light my Yankee Candle, since the evenings are now cool. So, I thought I would post this photo I took - to get ready for fall! Finally!
So, this weekend we had our primary quarterly activity combined with our ward halloween party. Here is a picture of the sign I created for the evening. What a project, the thing was huge. And it took awhile to draw and paint the whole thing, but it worked out pretty well. Just wanted to post it for fun!
Even though it was 83 degrees (not your typical fall day), We headed to our local pumpkin patch. Hannah has been watching Dora's Halloween which taught her about pumpkin patches. So, every time she sees a pumpkin, she says let's go to the pumpkin patch... so we finally did. She didn't care to much about the pumpkins, but loved the bounce house of course. Then we took a walk through the corn maze and about half way through she wanted to be carried the rest of the way. There were also a bunch of bales of hay that she loved crawling and climbing all over. On our way out, we bought a baby pumpkin that was perfect for her, she loves her pumpkin and has been seen cuddling it and telling it "I love you pumpkin".
This pumpkin patch trip was also another excuse for mom to take pictures. There were so many cute ones, it was hard for me to choose only a few to post, so I chose these four... Hope you enjoy. Also, Hannah dressed in her tights was my attempt to keep her cool, but still have it look like it was a crisp, cool fall day (wishful thinking).
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