It's a tradition around here to let Emily open one present on Christmas Eve, which always includes some new Christmas pajamas. Well, mommy messed up and gave her the wrong one to open, so she scored and got a Care Bear first. Oops! So then I had to let her open the right present with the jammies and the doll, so she was one happy little stinker! I'm just in love with the first picture since Stella (left) and Chewy (right) are tilting their head one direction, and she's playing along in the opposite direction. Cracks me up. I think they all deserve a bone!

More pics of Emily tonight with her new doll and Care Bear. And a couple of a typical snuggle session with me and my 3 kiddos. If one wants to cuddle, the others have to pile on as well. Silly monkeys!

Here's my sweet Emily. I've been trying to get a great picture to send with our Christmas cards, and I just haven't quite gotten the right one yet. But these are pretty cute I think, so one of them just might have to do. The ones in the purple were taken just yesterday. She really wanted 2 ponytails, which has only happened 3 times in her life. She usually won't let me mess with her hair at all. The other pic of her in the black and red dress was taken Friday after her school Christmas program. If you care to comment and let me know which one you think would be best with Christmas cards, I'd sure appreciate the input!!! Merry Christmas!!

Home Sweet Home. Here's our new house in progress. The outside is now ready for paint, and they just painted all the walls inside a gorgeous soft butter/wheat color. The stair rail is in and stained, and the cabinets are sitting in the garage just waiting to be installed. So exciting! The picture of Emily and me was taken in her bedroom. She has really loved getting to visit her future room in all of the different stages. I can't wait to paint some girly colors in there for her - that's always my favorite room to decorate because she just gets soooooo excited about it. Less than 2 months to go now!!!

I made this TinkerBell wall hanging for Emily's room with my brand new TinkerBell cartridge. Thank you, Michael's for such an awesome sale. Woohoo!! I can't wait to do more designing with this cart - it has so much on it!

Tuesday, November 18th from 6pm-9pm, I will hold this this Stampin' Up! class here at my home in Rocklin. You will create a variety of Christmas cards and tags, and even a hanging photo ornament. I will also include envelopes for the cards. Some of these are my original designs, and some are from the various Stampin' Up! idea books. The gorgeous Christmas tag on the left was actually originally designed by Mary Pickett, and only very slightly altered by me. You can see her blog here:
www.creativejuicesbymary.blogspot.com
This class will be $12, and requires pre-payment as I only have 12 spots available. Hurry and sign up as my previous class sold out in less than 2 days! If you are interested, but didn't receive my evite, please leave a comment with your email address and I'll contact you with details. And don't forget to scroll down to see my other 2 classes on the 19th and 20th. It's going to be 3 days jam-packed with Christmas creativity! I'll be doing a layout class with my original design, as well as an explosion box that is almost yummy enough to eat!

Wednesday, November 19th from 6pm til 9pm here at my house will be the Stampin' Up! class for this 12x12 2 page Christmas layout. I designed this with Stampin' Up! Holiday Treasures Designer Series Papers, coordinating cardstock, and several stamp sets and punches that you will get to play with. This class is $16 and requires pre-payment as I only have 13 spots available. If you are interested but didn't receive my evite, please leave a comment here with your email address and I'll get back to you with details.