Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Our Card!


Merry Christmas to all of you! Hope you are enjoying the day in the company of loved ones. Love ~ Loren, DeAnna & Marshall

Friday, December 19, 2008

Thanks Michelle!


gotta thank one of my favorite farm broadcasters for this great tigger outfit! can’t wait until daddy and i can go play ball

Another Advent Calendar Post


more pictures from Marshall's Advent Calendar!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Marshall's Happy Place


celebrating Marshall's Happy Place - his changing table - AND don't get me wrong - there is no better choice for a happy place than that place!

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Did I mention...the blog keeper is back?


Now I think I have caught back up for today... we'll see what happens from here on out! Dee put up a very nice picture of Marshall with Santa AND I am not trying to out-do Mom - just wanted to let you see the finished product from the pictures that Mom has been taking! Enjoy! ~ erin

Read the Shirt


Just for Grandma & Grandpa...

Advent Calendar - More




More pictures from Marshall's first Advent Calendar!

I'm back!!




With less wisdom - the keeper of the blog has returned! Enjoy!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Meeting Santa

Marshall met Santa this last weekend. He was pretty content and even told Santa what he wanted for Christmas. Santa said he could probably bring him some formula and diapers. and maybe even some wipes too!

Keeper of the Blog

well... my keeper of the blog is out for a week. Erin had her wisdom teeth pulled this week and will be out until at least Tuesday. So that means you have to look at my simple pictures. Which isn't that terrible. I just don't have the creative scrapbook website and stuff. but I am sure as soon as Erin sees my entries...she'll revamp them!

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

November Recap


Here is a recap of the month of November!

Advent Calendar - Dec 1 & 2


My grandparents used to put together an Advent Calendar for me and my siblings to get us in the Christmas spirit. My Grandfather passed away this past year and since I have to children of my own to pass this tradition down to - DeAnna & Loren were kind enough to let me pass it on to Marshall! So much fun putting it together and can't wait to see what everyone thinks of this new tradition! ~ erin

Mommy's First Art


Christmas is Coming...what did you ask for?






Sometimes the things you don't ask for are the most special gifts of all!

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Mir.a.cle


Austin's Present


Austin left us a little present ~ which we discovered this morning when the sunlight hit the TV just right!

Cousins


Bratetic Thanksgiving 2008




Had a great meal and was thankful for everyone who could make it & thinking of you all who are too far away to be with us now!

Gettin' Ready for My First Thanksgiving!


Wednesday, November 26, 2008

O Christmas Tree


From Dee's Work Blog:
I have worked at the Wolf for almost 8 years and in those eight years…I have not put up a christmas tree. One good reason was that I had a house cat. Another reason, I just hate decorating it. My mom puts enough up for me. Last year she put up 11 trees in her house. And not little Charlie Brown trees either. These are big 6 to 9 foot trees all decored and looking beautiful. But this year I thought, I have a new baby boy and no house cat so I will attempt to put up a tree. With the help of my husband we put up our first Christmas Tree together. We have white lights on it with a few balls that I hand painted and small mirror orniments with snowflakes on them that we used as decorations at our wedding reception. The angel on top is from my Grandmother who collected angels. She passed away two years ago. Our first Christmas tree is filled with wonderful memories already! There are even a few presents under the tree.
To view Dee's work blog in its entirety:



Uncle Earl's




Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Buddies



What can I say...we are so connected we even matched this day! ~ erin

Grandma Time


Sweet Dreams


Morning Sunshine


Mom caught these this morning and they were too cute to wait in line to be scraped! Can't beleive how annimated his is getting - there is a whole little person in there! ~ e

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The King's New Clothes



When I took these pics and saw this scrapbooking kit I thought of the King's New Clothes (also known as the Emporer's New Clothes) - the children's story from when I was little. This is a shorten version made into a song. Here is what the page says:

This is the story of the King's new clothes:

Now there was once a king who was absolutely insane about new clothes and one day, two swindlers came to sell him what they said was a magic suit of clothes. Now, they held up this particular garment and they said, "Your Majesty, this is a magic suit." Well, the truth of the matter is, there was no suit there at all. But the swindlers were very smart, and they said, "Your Majesty, to a wise man this is a beautiful raiment but to a fool it is absolutely invisible." Naturally, the King not wanting to appear a fool, said:

"Isn't it grand! Isn't it fine! Look at the cut, the style, the line!
The suit of clothes is all together
But all together it's all together
The most remarkable suit of clothes that I have ever seen.
These eyes of mine at once determined
The sleeves are velvet, the cape is ermine
The hose are blue and the doublet is a lovely shade of green.
Somebody send for the Queen."

Well they sent for the Queen and they quickly explained to her about themagic suit of clothes. And naturally, the Queen not wanting to appear a fool, said:

"Well, isn't it oh! Isn't it rich! Look at the charm of every stitch!
The suit of clothes is all together
But all together it's all together
The most remarkable suit of clothes that I have ever seen.
These eyes of mine at once determined
The sleeves are velvet, the cape is ermine
The hose are blue and the doublet is a lovely shade of green.
Summon the court to convene."

Well the court convened, and you never saw in your life as many people as were at that court. All the ambassadors, the dukes, the earls, the counts, it was just black with people, and they were all told about the magic suit of clothes. And after they were told they naturally didn't want to appear fools and they said:

"Isn't it ohhh! Isn't it ahhh!
Isn't it absolutely wheee! (whistle sound)
The suit of clothes is all together
But all together it's all together
The most remarkable suit of clothes a tailor ever made.
Now quickly, put it all together
With gloves of leather and hat and feather
It's all together the thing to wear in Saturday's parade.
Leading the royal brigade."

Now Saturday came and the streets were just lined with thousands, and thousands, and thousands of people, and they all were cheering as the artillery came by, the infantry marched by, the cavalry galloped by. And everybody was cheering like mad, except one little boy. You see, he hadn't heard about the magic suit and didn't know what he was supposed to see. Well, as the King came by the little boy looked and, horrified, said:

"Look at the King! Look at the the King!
Look at the King, the King, the King!
The King is in the all together
But all together the all together
He's all together as naked as the day that he was born.
The King is in the all together
But all together the all together
It's all together the very least the King has ever worn."

All the courts positioned to call an intermission. His majesty is wide open to ridicule and scorn.

The King is in the all together
But all together the all together
He's all together as naked as the day that he was born.
And it's all together too chilly a morn!

The Cat Wrangler


I think Marshall will do just fine out on the farm - he is already keeping the cats in line and like every little boy does (and sometimes I do to) he will be kicking the cats! I couldn't be any prouder and I don't think Mom or Dad could be either! ~ erin

Monday, November 17, 2008

Photography By Mom


Give Mom the good camera and she goes crazy!!! Now I have a million new pages to put together - and believe you me they will get done in a more timely manner this time around! And let me tell you what - Mom's photography is pretty darn good! Also if you noticed the blog header - Marshall has become "The Cat Wrangler" and I will have a whole page on this to come! Enjoy this one for now - in the new duds Mom bought on the shopping trip - not all purchases were for Marshall - she did get herself some - maybe Loren wouldn't want me to disclose what his wife is purchasing to wear while... I think I've said to much already - Enjoy! ~ e

Friday, November 14, 2008

Annual Characature


do you think they got it closer this year or last year?

Weekend Getaway


wished you all could have come along (then our bus would have been full) - but maybe next year! ~ d & e

Visiting Marshall


Felicia Borg and Sara Jorgenson came to visit Marshall on November 2nd - not so far behind on this one! ~ e

Halloween


Here is the finished page from Halloween - again noticing that I am 2 weeks late! I know...but if I just let Dee do it - you are only going to get the snapshots and I already set the bar way too high for that! ~ e

I am sooo slipping....





I admit it - sooo slipping! I mean I just finished this new bath page and the pictures are from over a month ago! Ahhhh.... But just look at how much the little man has grown since the first bath time page I put together. The first page is from a week after Marshall was born - the other is from the 5th of October! ~ erin

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Trick or Treat


Here is Marshall at one of his stops while trick or treating. He is with his favorite neighbor...Andrea.

nothing new

Sorry everybody...not too much new on here...Erin is slipping. Actually Marshall has been sick with a head cold so he hasn't been too photogenic. I think Erin will be coming out this weekend to take some pictures so there may be more updates soon.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

October Recap


Here is a recap of our past month...

Halloween Party 2008


Another successful Halloween Party! Already planning for next year!