It’s A Christmas Miracle

 
All five 

are looking in the general direction of the camera

No one is crying

No one is screaming

I was able to crop out the candy cane bribes

(that kept the two above mentioned things from happening)

They are all staying in the near vicinity of where they were placed

No one can see what Ryan and I were doing 

to get the above pictured children 

to do or not do 

the above mentioned things

While not all are smiling, 

the majority don’t look like they are being tortured

I count this venture a whopping success.

Merry Christmas to me

I survived the adventure with my sanity intact

Well, mostly intact anyway.

Handi Andi is Rocking Very Jane Once Again

What do you get 

when two sisters

stay up way too late

and spend way to much money on fabric

and don't know how to stop with the simple?

 

and have a good friend that says,

"hey, you should make 

farmers market totes to sell on Very Jane"

 You get a

a whole new section 

in the apron shop

 

and these are lots more fun

than the ugly ones 

that you get at the grocery store,

and lots more durable

made of duck cloth 

(light weight canvas)

and triple stitched on the sides and bottom

Who doesn't love ruffles?

and pretty fabric

and something that is functional

(Go ahead and chuck it in the washer after a messy day)

as well as good looking?

and if you turn the pocket inside out, 

it folds into itself

so you can chuck it in your purse

or diaper bag

or car

and its just a little pocket

That takes up even less space.

Check us out at Very Jane today 

 for a screaming deal on them. 

And keep checking back in the apron shop

to see the new fabrics that we are going to make them in

We have all kinds of ideas that we are still perfecting

(think vintage buttons, and fabric yo-yos and such)

Maybe we'll do a give away this week.

Does anyone still read this blog? 

Anyone? Is it even worth a give away?

My laptop is broken (virus :-( )

so I stole holly's to post this.

Hopefully there will be a blog to follow again soon.

But if there are people out there that want to win a tote,

give a hollar.

And then visit us on Very Jane.

We would love that!

www.veryjane.com

National Apron Day

Not kidding.

Its National Apron Day

www.nationalapronday.com

How awesome is that?

 Especially since today

Just Happens to be the day

that 

Very Jane

Is featuring Handi Andi's Apron Shop

as their deal of the day. 

Totally not planned that way,

but a really cool coincidence.

At least go and check me out.

Just because maybe you love me 

and want to help me out

by getting me lots of page views.

While you are there, 

go ahead and sign up for

Very Jane's Deal of the Day emails.

If you want to.

You don't have to

But...

Its all high quality, crafted/handmade stuff.

So cute and a good variety

with AMAZING PRICES/discounts

And if you are a

high quality, handmade, crafty, kind of person

and you might want to sell your stuff on Very Jane. 

Give them a little email

and tell them I sent you.

They are great to work with

very nice

and who couldn't use a little extra cash in their pockets?

Not gonna lie,

I have been a nervous wreck

wondering if I was even gonna sell one.

But I have also been super excited 

at the thought of selling even one.

So whether you have time to show the love

or not

Happy Apron Day to you!

Happy Apron Day to me!

The Giggle Pile

The straight faces and nice smiles don't last long

Because once one person starts giggling,

the whole pile starts to wobble 

 

and thats even funnier

and with every person laughing 

How could the babies resist 

such a huge pile of happiness

They didn't really get the point of the game

But they knew they wanted to be part of it.

And they laughed alongside the giggle pile

Because like I said

How could they resist.

The mood from a pile of happiness is contageous

Discovery Park with the Family

I love that

Family

in our little World

means so much more 

than just my brothers and sisters.

So when I say that the family went to the park

that means that

Logan

Silas

my sisters sister in law and her kids

Michael (pushing) and Carter (in Blue)

her brother and his kid

My sister

 and her husband 

Brynley Bug

 and kid

Vienna

India

and my sister in law with her two kids

Jovan, Cali and Hayli

Bryan

one of my very bestest friends and her kids

and Ryan 

 and I

 

and our kids went to the park,

 

oh, and one of Caden's friends from school.

Pretty safe to say we DOMINATED the park that day.

The weather was PERFECT and we had TONS of fun.

 Yay for the park in the springtime!

 P.S.- It is a really good thing

I decided not to bring my bow and arrows

or my horse

to the playground

because they are NOT allowed

This sign seriously cracked me up

Thanksgiving Point

One of the  

best investments we make every year

is a pass to Thanksgiving point

My kids never get tired of the dinosaur museum.

Never

 

They never get tired of 25 cent ice cream cones after either.

The babies have reached the

ripe old age of being able to eat dairy

so they got to have their first cones. 

It may be putting it midly 

to say that they loved it.

If it even looked like I was reaching for the cones 

they would shreak 

and arch

and clamp on with both hands

so that I could not take them away.

Collin made a huge mess

by eating the bottom of the cone first 

so whatever stayed in the top of the cone when upside down

then melted and ran out the bottom when turned right side up.

I don't know if Keegan spilled a drop. 

He ate every last piece of the dang thing.

I took this on the way out.

Cute kid huh?

I am such an observant mom 

that we were there for two hours

and as we were leaving

I noticed this.

Awesome 

What do you do huh?

I chose to laugh and move on

but secretly I was wondering how many people

were thinking 

"how the crap could his mom

let him leave the house that way."

But that quickly left too

and I just laughed again.

and got in the car

Big Boys with Big Boy Haircuts

We were looking pretty shaggy 

as we approached the big day

and

My mother in law informed me 

 

that Keegan was starting to look 

kind of girly

I even got these text pictures

while she was babysitting one day

They made me laugh 

and I got the message.

So we had a little haircut party in the kitchen. 

 and they didn't love it so much,

But I love that Keegan

doesn't look homeless

and neglected anymore

 (however I miss playing with the wild, curly, silky hair)

and that Collin's is now short enough

that we can spike that blondness right up

Big Boys with Big Boy Haircuts

Pretty cute huh?