Happy Birthday Ruby!

Ruby turned 1 on Friday! It's hard to believe that another year has passed by! When my grandma's puppy was having puppies I was so excited...when she had three girls I was even more excited...when she said I could HAVE one...well you know, I was super excited...then when Ben kinda, sorta, a tiny bit, agreed I could keep one I was THRILLED! Now here we are a year later, and she really does fit right in. Ace has warmed up to the idea of having a girl around and for the most part they get along really well! Happy 1st Birthday Ruby girl...

Turkey Day!

Ben and I had a great Thanksgiving. This year Ben's family planned a huge family get together with the entire Hanowell side of the family. Despite the snow, we bundled up and headed out to Ferndale for our first turkey dinner. After a visit with his family and delicious turkey (and salmon, thanks Uncle Jim) we headed back out to Everson for dinner with my family. Like everyone else, we ate way too much and rolled home with very full bellies! I did think of taking pictures for the blog...however, BOTH camera batteries were dead. What are the chances? So I plugged them in while we ate our turkey and when we came home they were ready to go!

This snow was Ruby's first experience with the white fluffy stuff...and let me tell ya, she wasn't a fan! It was a chore to get her to go outside to do her business! Ace on the other hand LOVES the snow, and it's an even bigger chore to get him to come IN the house! He gets all the snow stuck in his fur and it turns into a TON of tiny snowballs all throughout his legs and tummy! This picture does not do a very good job showing what he looks like after being outside, Ben tried to get most of it off before carrying him inside...

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Scentsy...Fund Raiser...

Saturday I had committed myself to a Sumas Elementary PTO fund raiser...all day...it was nice to sit with mom and visit. We had quite a few people come through and it is always great to share Scentsy with people! I'm doing another Holiday show December 4th at Pleasing Hair Salon so come check out all of the new Holiday warmers! They are irresistible!

Happy Birthday Ben!

Happy last twenties Birthday Honey!

This year for our birthdays Ben and I decided no real "gift giving" it was a year of "romantic gestures"...sooo...for my birthday we went out for a nice dinner, and Ben was in charge of reservations etc. But we all know what's romantic for a girl might not be romantic for a guy...so my romantic gesture for Ben's birthday was his FAVORITE homemade New York Cheesecake all to himself...when he came home from the football game! I didn't manage to get a picture of the actual birthday boy, but I did get a quick picture of the cheesecake before he cut into it! We went out to dinner the next night and enjoyed an afternoon of spending time together in town...Hope you had a great day Benji...I love you!!!

Happy Halloween!

My favorite trick-or-treater of the night! (A close second was some little boy who told us we had a HUGE house with an AWESOME staircase!)

Landen wanted to be "Bruce the Shark" this year, and his Mommy delivered! The best part was when he said "Name's Bruce!" just like on "Finding Nemo."

We try to avoid candy for the children we have to see later that evening so Landen got matchbox cars...he loves to line them up on the hardwood...check out the second picture...I love how the puppies are right next to him watching him!

It was vital that ALL his cars be in the bag! Ace thought there might be something in that bag for him...no such luck, sorry buddy!

Oh, he also got a Clifford Halloween book, he took a quick "picture walk" before heading out to the next stop!

Next year we will have TWO favorite trick-or-treaters! Can't wait!!

Birthday Boy...

On Sunday we officially celebrated Landen's 3rd birthday! I have always loved kids...but I never knew loving a child until I met my nephew! He stole my heart from the SECOND he was born! The first thing I said to my sister when he was born (and continue to say to her daily) "He is so cute!" I started looking through pictures to find a newborn picture to post with his latest and came across this one...how do you not LOVE that face!
At his party...with his ORANGE, MONSTER, CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE! He was dying to eat this sucker for a good 24 hours!

I wish I had been more on top of things at his party...but sadly I was not! :( I didn't get very good pictures this year, and even worse...I didn't get Landen on video when he was singing Happy Birthday to himself! Even though it's not the same...it went a little something like this!

Landen: "Hey everyone start singin' happy birthday!"

Everyone: "To who?"

Landen: "TO ME!"

Grandpa-grandpa: "Who will start us out?"

Landen: "YOU!"

Grandpa-grandpa: "Ohhh no, not grandpa-grandpa, how about you start?"

Landen: "Okay...Happy birthday to me..."

after the entire song has been completed our precious three-year-old claps incessantly with the biggest smile on that same darling little face!

Where does the time go??

Toy Yorkie...?

You've heard the term "toy" to describe small dogs...well now we use that term to describe Ace in many ways...he is small yes...but apparently he likes being in the basket with all the toys too!