Our little Valentines

We had a fantastic Valentine's weekend, and I'll post more pics from our family breakfast soon, but I did want to make sure and get these up. I wasn't as efficient as I had hoped to be about getting Valentine cards out, but I did get on the ball the make sure we got the pics taken. I have taken pics every year, so I wanted to post the cute ones from this year. Hope you like them:) Happy Valentine's Day, we love you all!!!

And the winners are...

Hey guys!! The search is over, the five lucky winners are Lindsey,Megan,Chelsea,Kari, and Jenn C.! I'm excited to get started, and I hope that you all enjoy your homemade presents! Thanks for playing along with me!

Feeling Lucky edited...

Ok, I think that perhaps people don't think that they might have the time or resources to do this for five other people, so I am here to tell you, that you don't have to do the "catch" part of it if you don't want to. I still just enjoy using my creative outlet. So anyone who wants to sign up with no strings attached go for it!

Feeling Lucky??

Feeling Lucky??

Our cute friend Kacey had this posted on her blog and it sounded fun-

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!

2. What I create will be just for you.

3. It'll be done this year. That gives me a good eleven months to get it done!

4. You have no clue what it's going to be. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!

5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! *Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!*

The good stuff...

So my sweet hubby got me a beautiful Tiffany's necklace as a Christmas present to match the Tiffany's bracelet I already got for my birthday three years ago. I love them both so much, ( sorry I don't have any pics at present to show you) - but anyway, it's not everyday that you get something in that little blue box; so being the sentimental sap that I am I have kept them both. While trying to get organized and get things put away the last couple of weeks they happened to be out. Ronan found them and latched onto them immediately. I don't know if it was the blue color, or the way the boxes sounded when you hit them together, or the fact that you could put stuff in the bags-all of which he loves, but he quickly became obsessed!!!! He wanted nothing to do with any other toy for three days straight. I finally took them away, so he wouldn't completely destroy them, but it was quite fun to watch him play. They were ALL he wanted, I guess he knows what the "good stuff" is at a very young age!! Let's hope he keeps up his love of pretty blue boxes to buy his own wife a little trinket or two someday! So here's to you-Ronan's wife, I have taught him young what pretty girls like:)

99 Things Tag

I'm accepting this challenge from Kari. It seems like a fun and easy sort of tag!

(Just copy and paste this to your blog and bold the ones that you HAVE done.)

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band -if you count junior high
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain-well climbed a lot of the way up anyway:)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris- my favorite:)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty-as far as they would let us, they don't let everybody do it anymore
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipseI think it was anyway
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp(wasn't a camp, but a village where they killed EVERY SINGLE person that was there, 650 people, including women and children-it is left exactly the way they found it like jumping into 1944)
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (I've seen the changing of the guard at Arlington Cemetery.)
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake -been to it, and on a boat, but never do i want to be in it!)
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee (I'm going to count a hornet)

I tag anyone who wants to do it:)

Lessons Learned

I decided a while ago that I wanted to start writing down some of the lessons I have learned in life as I go along. Not only to remind me of things that I should do in the future, but to also be able to look back and see if I have really learned anything. This list may consist of funny things or serious things by the end, but I decided now was a great time to start. We had a hectic night to say the least, with the 911 call and paramedics at our house; but don't worry everything is probably fine. Long story short Ronan's ear infection is most likely to blame, or so the doctor tells me-having left most likely a big glob of mucus that did not drain out of his ear or nose, and then dislodged down his throat, gagging him in his sleep from which he woke up with bloodcurdling screams and very pained gasps for air, with no sign of relief, (it's never good when your children can't breathe and you have no idea why!!!) probably still choking on the mucus, causing some symptoms similar to a febrial (sp?) seizure, me calling 911 while Noah tried different methods to get him to breathe better, and 6 uniformed strangers appearing at our door. Finally some better breaths from the babe, some vitals/temp were taken, and told us to go in asap this morning to his pediatrician, where he worked up this mucus theory and thinks not a seizure because he never went fully unconsious-and sidenote-his ear infection isn't improving at all after 6 days on amox so we also left with a new prescription for stronger meds for another 10 days! So anyway, after all that filling in:

my lessons I have learned-#1 I now know that I do PANIC in these situations, I always thought I would probably be the type to be calm and collected, afterall I know that is what you SHOULD do, but wow, I am a panicker! So I hope I am never the one around in a life threatening situation with you, I don't know how much help I will be. I was a mess. It was the most scared I have ever been.#2 Always wear full pajamas to bed. In this situation they were incredibly speedy, and with the panic I was in, they were at our doorstep before I could blink. I would not have had time to put any other clothes on had I decided to sleep in my underwear! This is a new for sure for me!! I do not know what I would have done if I had not been fully clothed! There was no time to think about it! #3 It's ok to be very protective with your babies. That what mommies are for, everyone was extremely nice, and even though he was feeling better fairly quickly they didn't think we were crazy at all. Always go with your instinct, and better safe than sorry is definitely the way to go!!