christmas {card} shopping

now that thanksgiving has come and gone ... christmas cards are right around the corner! i am already thinking about how to display the sweet photos and cards that we will recieve from family and friends this christmas season! i love seeing how families have grown, kids have changed and what events the past year has held for those we love so much! that also means that i need to get on the ball and decide what we are going to send to our loved ones this christmas season!
i absolutely love photo cards. i love the designs, love how they so tastefully display our photos and they are simple to design! as much as i love photo cards, i also love a great deal! shutterfly is an online photo company that i have used for various photo projects such as photo books, photo calendars and this year they are offering 50 free christmas cards to bloggers!

the folded cards are adorable... i love this one!a cheaper, but still very attractive option is the simple photo card
i love the look of a square card! this is one of my favorites!

well, there you have it! happy christmas {card} shopping! and thank you shutterfly for this great opportunity! i'm so excited to start designing!

thankful

praising and thanking the Lord for the many many undeserved blessings He has bestowed upon us this past year. we are thankful. "enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name." psalm 100:4

a peacock and a monkey

last night our babies turned into an adorable peacock and the cutest little monkey ever! we had so much fun visiting people with these 2 little animals... here are our adventures...

we started the night off at the nursing home in holdrege... this hamburgar, dragon, peacock and monkey had to visit their great grandpa and his hundereds of friends! scary crew, huh?!?

great grandpa delford sharing the love

it did not take long for the hamburgar and peacock to figure out that all they had to do was hold up their bucket and ... SCORE... CANDY!!

we then visited great great uncle speedy... (learning how to ring the doorbell)

then nana and papa and great aunt laurie and uncle chuck

and back home to have chili and cinnamon rolls with friends!

it was a fun night! good bye october!