what’s up lately.

Abe had 2 loose front teeth… that is until Max kicked him in the mouth. The looser of the 2 came out with lots of blood & gore. Now the other one is half out & looking funky in the middle. Every day we try to pull it or at least loosen it a bit.

Tis the season for jell-o juice. Hannah was exclaiming her delight about something to do with it.

Nothing to do with the picture of max but this is funny. I was upstairs resting and the doorbell rang. I heard Max open the door so I came down… only to find him standing there in front of a ward member without pants or underwear. Really child? He had been going potty and was so speedy, he beat me to the door. It happened to be my 1st Counselor, Connie, and we had a nice laugh about it. I began to wonder if having the entire ward bringing the Giving Tree presents to my house was a good idea.

Raspberries. Yum. Our friends let us buy one of their boxes of flash-frozen raspberries from the cannery. $30 for 20 lbs… and they are tasty. We had to repackage them in our own ziplocks. Photo courtesy: Tru.

Speaking of Tru – I like the picture of his feet.

We’ve got specially shaped pancakes. Abe’s favorite – the mad scientist with crazy hair.

Fresh potpourri assembly line with Tru and Max “helping.”

1st Presidency Christmas Devotional

Max’s thumbs up. I like this kid.

Mostly this week I’ve been creating. It’s a nice outlet when we’re cooped up all day in the house (bleh cold!). I’ve done lots of orders from my etsy shop. I made a new quiet book – Old Testament style. Put together 2012 Primary theme posters… mostly because I wanted to have them on our 2012 calendar.

Thanks to my friend Heather H., I got a free code for a Shutterfly Calendar. Love that! I went through photos throughout the years for each month and came up with a few pictures for each one. I’m excited about the cheerful brightness of it all.

Creating is good for my soul. Yes – good.

That’s what’s going on in a nutshell.