{these are a few of my favorite things}

inspired by a local morning radio show, Ace and TJ, who was inspired by Oprah, who was inspired by the song (I guess)... here are ten of my favorite things (not people and the normal things we're thankful for...covered those at Thanksgiving).


computers & the internet

ice cold beer at the end of a long day

DVR (or TiVo...whatever)

Books, bookstores and libraries...love going there

cell phones

music

cheese

scrapbooking, of course!!!

accessories (hats, gloves, scarves, headbands, cheap jewelry, pocketbooks, etc)

porches & patio - no better place to hang out!

{letter to santa}

spencer protested a bit on writing his letter to santa for some reason. i told him he wouldn't get anything if he didn't write one, and of course he didn't believe me. however, when i said "are you willing to test it?", he gave in.

what's cute about this year's letter is that they have learned at school how to write a "proper" letter so he automatically included the date, opening, closing, and all. plenty of misspelled words and grammatical errors...but that's what gives it character!

photo {rio}

i posted some pictures of cooper last week and i can't leave rio out...

about two weeks ago, i did a photo shoot with both dogs to try and get an acceptable picture to include on our card. i did get one, but not in front of the tree, as you can see i was trying here.

photos {thankgiving}

thanksgiving at my sister's...
this was the first year i'd spent some time on thanksgiving with my family in several years, so it was really nice. my sister hosted about 30 people and my dad was there as well. we had deep friend turkey and tons of other great food.

brother-in-law carving the turkey...






















my sister's beautiful table...


















my sister and her two boys that were fighting right before the blessing...

photos {cooper}

just a couple of snapshots of cooper basking in the sun. he will lay in the house wherever the sun is shining in and he'll rotate as the sunny spots do. these aren't the best pics because of the light/dark aspects, but i still think they are cute of course.

mosaic {silver christmas}

i used to not be fond of silver associated with christmas (loved it outside of the season). i thought gold was so much *warmer*. however, i have broadened my horizons lately and do enjoy silver as part of my holiday decor now.
so, just for some inspiration and eye candy, i put together this silver-inspiration christmas mosaic.





















1. Silver Tree, 2. Question, 3. x-mas ornaments, 4. picking out the perfect gift..., 5. Enchanted forest, 6. Jingle Balls, 7. Silver Self-portrait, 8. Vintage Holiday, 9. If I Am Suddenly Murdered, The Reindeer Did It., 10. it's that time of the year..., 11. Chlla cactus, 12. Christmas 2007 (our apt.), 13. Quiet*

photo {spencer & future daughter-in-law}

ok, i know it's mean to harrass them but i love this child and she's only a year older than spencer so i've decided they should get married :)

this is them at the house for the USC vs Florida game when they came downstairs long enough for a snack break. as you can see, it was slim pickins! most of the fried goodies were all gone.

{little pink tool kit}

for quite some time i have eyeballed a "little pink tool kit" advertised in the airport. i've studied the brochure and couldn't convince myself to waste a hefty amount of money on such a thing... well...then i got lucky.

it might not be nearly as nice, but spencer's school fundraiser book had this little pink tool kit for a mere $15. happiness! it's perfect for my scrap studio and those little projects i may have (saves a trek downstairs to the garage).

{christmas ornaments}

last night i made these felt ornaments while watching tv. i am participating in a couple of swaps (one through Red Velvet Art and one with my mom & sisters), but haven't decided what i'm going to do with these yet. just wanted to make something.

layouts {Christmas}

Last night I tackled getting started on Christmas layouts from last year (I hate not having them completed when the following Christmas rolls around). I only got three done, but it's a start...

The first one is a very blurry picture of Spencer and I in the car when we went to look at lights. The second is Spencer making ornaments with me. The third is Matt and I exchanging one gift on Christmas morning (we do our true Christmas morning the day after Christmas because of Spencer). All the pages are based, at least loosely, on a PageMaps sketch.