Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! We hope you all had a great day with your families. We celebrated Christmas Eve with a little party at our house with some friends from our ward. One family has girls the same ages as our kids so they are the perfect playmates. Jace's friend is a perfect fit-- she is just the female version of Jace-- wild and crazy-- they get along great!! It was a fun-filled evening of food, games, and opening some presents. The kids all opened their Christmas PJ's together before having a small sleepover at our house while the adults stayed up and played some more. Everyone finally went home just before midnight, just in time for Santa to show up! Christmas morning was a lot of fun with the kids excited to see what Santa brought them. We took it easy and had a great morning relaxing and playing with our new toys. We left for Wyoming that afternoon to spend some time with the Hamblins. We had a great visit with them. It is so fun to celebrate this time of year with the lights, snow, and special feelings we all share. We hope you all had a great holiday and look forward to the new year.

Merry Christmas!!

The kids in their new PJ's.Jace enjoying his new train. Talking to Elder Pickup serving a mission in Baton Rouge, LA. Taking it all in. Jenna playing with her My Little Pony.
Putting their new ornaments on the tree.
Dr. Hamblin-- I highly recommend him.That stroller has put on a lot of miles already. Blaine and his toys.The Christmas bewilderment. Did I mention she loves clothes and shoes? All Girl.

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Happy Birthday Jace

We celebrated Jace's 4th Birthday with a few friends from our neighborhood. It was a lot of fun to let the kids play and the adults visit. He loved his garbage truck cake and thought it was cool that it was 3 trucks in 1. After cutting into it, we found that it was 1st- a garbage truck, 2nd a box truck, and 3rd- a flatbed truck. Can't go wrong with that. Jace found one of his presents early. By looking out the window he saw the swingset that his Dad had set up earlier that day. I swear he never looks out that particular window, but it gave him some time to play on it before it got dark. I think it will have a lot of use as soon as the snow melts. Here are some fun things about Jace:
He has a great imagination and loves to pretend.
He loves cars, trucks, tractors, and trains.
He has been riding a bike with training wheels for awhile and loves to be outside.
He has been doing well in Sunbeams this past year and likes to sing.
He will talk your ear off.
He can't wait to go to school.
He loves to play with friends and especially cousins.
He dresses himself and picks up after himself.
He is very particular about his toys. They have a certain place they have to be and he takes good care of them.
He loves to be outside and help his dad.
He is a great big brother and Jenna loves him.
He is very polite- saying thank you, please, excuse me, bless you, etc.
He is such a blessing in our home and we love having him.

We love you Jace and hope you had a Happy Birthday.

We made lollipop cookies to match our necklaces.

The lollipop necklaces the kids got to take home with a note from Jace.

Jenna liked the cake as well.

Where has December Gone?

Wow, Christmas is soon upon us and the New Year is around the corner. Here are a few things that we have been up to recently.

Hamblin 2009 Christmas Photo

Jace turns 4 today, but we celebrated it with a few friends and neighbors on Saturday. More pictures of that to come later. He requested a Garbage Truck cake and this is what I came up with. Don't look too close, but he liked it. Decorating the House and Christmas Tree

I have always wanted to make matching stockings and finally got around to doing it this year. They still need little embellishments added to them, but I love the way they turned out.

I swear she does have her hair done once in a while.

It's So Hard Being Special

Jace was born with a "key hole" pupil. This just means that one of his pupils didn't form completely before he was born. It doesn't affect his vision at all, things are just a little bright because it doesn't dilate completely. Anyway I caught him looking in the mirror last week, just looking at one eye and then the other. Then he told me, "Mom, one of my eyes is a circle and the other is a triangle."
I said, "Oh really- what do mine look like?"
He looked at my eyes and said, "You have two circles. Why do I have one circle and one triangle?"
I said, "You must be special and that's how Heavenly Father made you."
Final words. "I guess you're not special then, huh Mom."

I guess not.

Craft Update

Wow--- Thanks to everyone for their feedback and support. I am feeling a little more confident now. I am taking online orders by the way. First come, first serve and prices are negotiable for friends and family!! :) Email me at hamblins@hotmail.com

Angie


BTW: Missy I do have a full size apron that I can email you a picture of. Send me your email address.

That's a Boy for Ya!!

Jace is sporting a nasty bruise on his forehead after taking a fall last week. He tried getting the mail off of the hood of my car (after I had told him no) by stepping on Jenna's "car." Well long story short, the car went flying out from under him and he took a header right onto the concrete. He had an instant goose egg and bruise. I think he may have even received a concussion because he said he just wanted to sleep afterward. No worries, we kept him awake and he is doing just fine. So now instead of black and blue, the bruise is that pretty yellow color. The pictures don't do it justice.

Busy as a Crafting Bee

Just a glimpse of what I have been up to the last couple of months. My mom, sisters and I have a booth and are vendors at an upcoming Craft Fair this Saturday. It will be in Evanston, WY and we just hope to make some good Christmas moola$$. I would appreciate some feedback on my items. What would you most likely buy, how much would you pay, how would you do something differently, etc. I also need to give credit to others for some of the ideas-- Collette, Chris, Sandy- thanks you guys. So if your in the general vicinity of Evanston on Saturday, come on buy.........err by.
Magnet boards

Mommy & Me aprons

Baby carrier covers (reversible)

Nursing covers (hooter hiders) :) Vinyl signs A lot of work!!!
Working on another one of these. These aren't quite finished. Haven't had any inspiration just yet.

This is only about half of what I have done and am taking, but I thought I'd leave a little mystery. Like I said, I would appreciate the feedback. Let me have it-- I can take it!! :)

Halloween 2009

Here is a glimpse of what our Halloween was all about. Lucky for us, Daddy was able to come home and spend it with us.

We carve pumpkins a little too early and they didn't make it until Halloween. So here is our replacement. We hurried and got him painted and assembled then we stuck a flashlight in him covered with orange paper and he worked great.

Reaping the trick-or-treating rewards.

Neighbor's house. She was dressed up the Twister game. So cute.

Our scary skeleton. Or as Jace called himself "A costume with bones."

Our pretty ballerina, or princess, or fairy. Whatever she was, she pulled it off.