Baby Boys Are Angels Too

Tell me if this isn't the sweetest newborn you've ever seen. He is just way too adorable. And he's grown much handsomer as he's gotten older. Awww!!! Full Credits HERE Full Credits HERE Full Credits HERE

The Bear Tree Lives On

This post is to reassure Ashley that her treasured Bear Tree is alive and well. Instead of sitting in a box gathering dust, as it would have been back at home, it is set up in our family room where Katie and Paul can pull the ornaments and bears off of it to their hearts' content. Of course, they weren't interested in the bears before we put them on the tree. Perhaps it's a mysterious Christmas magic that gave them such irresistible appeal once we put them on the tree. The following layout is a picture taken before the tree was fully decorated. I love how this photo turned out. I wanted to put this on the Christmas card paired with a darling photo of Katie and Aaron looking at the tree together. But Aaron refused to send out a Christmas card saying, "Love from the Jorgensens" when I was conspicuously absent. So I had to redesign the card and choose another picture. I do love how this page turned out, though. Full Credits HERE

New Pages

It's been a while since I've posted, so here are some new pages that I've completed lately. Most of these are Christmas layouts since those are the kits that the designers that I create for have been coming out with (complicated sentence, I know). It's been fun to pull out some old Christmas photos and finally scrap them. This one is for a challenge a site had about trying to get the perfect photo. Isn't Paul the sweetest duck you've ever seen? Full Credits HERE Full Credits HERE Full Credits HERE Full Credits HERE Full Credits HERE

Some Adorable Videos

Katie's recently discovered singing, and that's what we do for most of the day. She's definitely not tuneful, but hopefully that will come with time! Katie loved watching herself on the computer. During one take of "I am a Child of God" she was distracted by something Paul was doing, so she kept pausing between lines. As she was watching it, Katie got impatient with her pausing and kept prompting herself. She didn't seem to realize what exactly was going on with the video. This first one is about the sweetest thing I've ever seen. Aaron and I couldn't stop laughing after we watched this one. We would just start cracking up at the most improper times thinking of this video.

Messy Oatmeal

I read a study somewhere that said that kids don't really learn how to use a spoon until they are about 15 months old, no matter how early they start. Since eating with a spoon is extremely messy, I decided that 14 months old would be a good time to start. Not too soon, but not too late. I have to say, Paul's first attempt was WAY better than Katie's. But he decided to get down to business after a while...

We're ambitious...

I think that Aaron and I are some of the best people I know at starting projects. Really. We're amazing. Whether we're so good at finishing them is another question. I can currently think of at least 4 projects that we've started, but have yet to finish. In some instances, it's a lack of time. After putting in our grass over the summer, we have found that our backyard has become the local hangout for rabbits. At first it was one tiny, cute, little bunny. But then it multiplied! Our entire lawn is now 1/2 inch deep in rabbit poo. Not exaggerating. I can't even let the kids play outside anymore, since it's so gross. So last weekend we ripped out the wrought-iron fences that they were just slipping through so that we could put in a rabbit-proof (we hope) cedar fence and gate. We figured, hey, we've got both Friday and Saturday to do this. Piece 'o cake! We'll the old fence is out (which was no easy task), the posts are in, and the materials have been bought. That's it. Hopefully we'll get a bit more done this weekend. Things just always take so much longer than your expect them to when you have kids. I know that this is no amazing revelation to most of you, but it never ceases to amaze me how much I underestimate the length of various activities. Hopefully we'll have the fence up before spring! I have an awesome recipe for pumpkin bread to share for those who are getting into the holiday season (Aaron rolls his eyes at me since I've already begun singing Christmas songs). It's obviously not mine, but I tried it and it was dang good. So rich and moist and yummy...and Connie, you could just leave out the nuts so that Kerry could have some. Although, if it were me, I'd just split the batch and do half with nuts and half without, since it makes 2 loaves anyways. Just give the extras to your neighbors! And now for your viewing pleasure: Full Credits HERE Full Credits HERE Full Credits HERE Full Credits HERE

No Halloween Pictures--Yet

So this is the third or fourth time we've had issues with our 2 gb memory card. It doesn't show that there are any photos on it, even though we know there are and that they haven't been erased. Usually we just run a image recovery program while they're in the memory card reader...but that's broken too. Arghhh!!!! So when we get a new card reader, hopefully we'll be able to post some pictures of the kids at Halloween. As Katie would tell you, "Katie be Nemo and Paul be's a duck." They were pretty dang cute, if I do say so myself! Here are some of my latest scrapbook pages: Full Credits HERE Full Credits HERE Full Credits HERE Full Credits HERE Full Credits HERE Full Credits HERE