Lights, Tree, Action!

Usually I love to get our Christmas trees from and actual tree farm, the kind you pick and cut down, but it has become so expensive. Last year our tree was over $65.00 and only about 5ft tall, and since I like Nobles I know they wont get any cheaper. So when I went to Pet-co to get Duke some food, I just stopped in to this Christmas Tree 'section' in the corner of the parking lot. It was actually pretty big and had a lot to choose from, and I was just going to see how pricing was, not expecting anything special.

I ended up getting a Noble Fir about 6ft tall, and only got it for $32.00! I love Christmas, don't get me wrong, but it had gotten a little mundane the last few years as I have gotten older, but when I walked into the house with the tree and saw Rylee's face I definitely remember how Christmas used to feel when I was younger. Rylee kept looking at it and going "OOOOO" and "See", she would touch the branches so gently and would leave it even for a second. When she went to bed that night I put the lights and ornaments on, when she woke up she freaked!! She couldn't stop touching it and squealing.

The tree has to be the best tree we have ever had, it is so worth it after seeing Rylee's reaction to it all.

SNOW!!!

Whew, what a different a couple weeks make. I was really hoping for snow, I love it, but wasn't expecting the winter storm that is blowing outside right now. I am crossing my fingers that our power doesn't go out, last time it went out a bout 2 years ago and the power was out for nine days straight.

We have the little one in warm pajamas most of the day to keep her warm, so she is loving that. I am so thankful we got our new windows put in this last June. I was able to bundle up and get a couple pictures of our house with the snow and Christmas!

Everything looks so much more festive with snow.

Family Pictures

This past Saturday we packed Rylee up to Bill's parents house to get some pictures taken of Rylee, and some family pictures with Bill and I with her. We even got a picture of Rylee with each set of grandparents.

When Rylee was 5 weeks old we took her to get some Halloween pictures that a photographer in Puyallup was offering for a great deal. So we decided to give it a try and the pictures turned out so great!! Below are the pictures from about a year ago.

I decided to call her and get some professional pictures we can have hanging in our living room. I am so glad I called her again, Amber from Amber Sheree Photography is so great! She really knows how to get a great picture, they are candid and so cute! She is the nicest photographer I have met, and really takes the time with little ones to get a great picture.

Her website its http://www.ambersheree.com/ . If you look on her blog she has more examples of recent work.

Here are a couple sneak peaks of the pictures, and I cant wait to see the others!

If anyone needs some family pictures done at a AMAZING price, and not the typical studio pictures give her a call. It is so hard to find someone that is so patient and understanding when dealing with babies and toddlers, and we will most definitely be using her for all our family pictures.