Secrety craft

Since my big sister said I had to, here are the photos of the shadow box glitter painting we made for my mom for Christmas.

And just because I have them...

Merry Christmas!

Milton!

Erin and I threw Diane a little baby shower last Sunday in honor of baby Milton (that's what I call him since Diane and Jake won't tell anyone his name).

My favorite part of the shower was decorating onesies. I bought white onesies and puffy paint so everyone could make a onesie for little Milton.

 I can't wait to see the little guy in these.

I am thankful for purple potatoes

That's right, I said purple potatoes. Ever heard of them? They're pretty cool if ya ask me. Check it out:

Kendra came down from Greenville and spent the week with me. We had three Thanksgivings on Thursday... First was our own small meal of Tofurkey (it's a Gilmore Girls thing...)

Next we went over to one of my sweet friend's house for a "misfit Thanksgiving". We played Apples to Apples and had a great time. Unfortunately, I have no photos so you'll just have to imagine Kendra & I playing Apples to Apples with a bunch of random people.

Finally, we ended our day at the Teller's new house.

Diane, Jake and Javen were there as well. We all contributed to the delicious meal. I brought the green bean casserole and cranberry sauce, Kendra made the [purple] mashed potatoes, Diane made sweet potato-apple goodness and chicken noodle-something that Jake loves. Erin made hashbrown casserole, Paul made a strawberry-pretzle surprise. And of course we had turkey and pumpkin pie.  It was a very colorful meal (as you can see above).

Brody and Javen enjoyed their Thanksgiving for sure. All that food. Could be their new favorite holiday.

i love the beach

This past weekend I got to spend a relaxing day on the sunny east coast of Florida.

Diane, Jake, Javen and I flew down Thursday morning and spent the weekend with Granny, Grandad, Aunt Jerrie, Jeff, Dennis and Jen. We had a great time playing cards, eating lots of good food, playing tennis, more cards, more food, playing pool volleyball, even more cards, and chasing Javen around. Jeff and I went to the beach on Saturday. We built a sandcastle (which points to the ocean, in case you were wondering where it was), played a little volleyball and soaked up some sun.

 

These birds cracked me up. They would run really fast toward the ocean as the waves receded so they could find food in the sand, then run even faster from the crashing waves coming towards them. Their little legs moved so fast they looked like cartoons. I kept calling them cartoon birds, much to Jeff's dismay (I believe they are really some kind of sandpiper- according to bird-man Jeff).