*lyssa beth*

Day 5: Thankful For Joe

This guys deserves his own blog. But for now, he gets his own post.
My husband is top notch. I am so thankful for the hours and hours he slaves away at work for me and the kids. He is such a caring and considerate husband and dad. Our kids adore him and I know why. He lets them explore and be a kid. He gets down and is a kid along with them!
And just today, he was with them all day long while I did Super Saturday and didn't hear one complaint :) That is saying a lot!

Gosh, seriously love this man. Thank you Joe.

Day 4: Thankful for Baby Showers

I love parties.

There. I said it. I really do. I love decorating for them and getting fun ideas. So when I co-hosted a baby shower last night, I had so much fun getting ideas from Pinterest and other blogs. I loved the "Sprinkled with Love" theme and here's how it turned out!

I used my eCraft machine to cut out a bunch of circles then used my sewing machine to sew them together to make "sprinkles". I love the end result! I used blue, pink, and white paper since it was a combined shower for 2 friends, each having a boy and a girl.

Look how adorable that sign is! I love the Jen Allyson Designs SD card from eCraft.

And yes, the food was really good. I'm munching on a pretzel stick right now!

We did some fun games, like guessing what candy bar was in the "poopy diaper" and made collages from pictures in magazines to guess what their babies would look like.

Then each guest got a party favor. Loved this idea and couldn't pass it up. So I grabbed S&P shakers from the Dollar Tree. I also used a tag cut out from Fundamentals SD card from eCraft to make the labels. So cute!

We also did the traditional toilet paper measuring game :)

Here are the two lucky ladies with their babies, both #2, mind you! Leah & Jacqui, so excited for you!

Leah is due in March and Jacqui is due in like 10 days!

Thanks ladies for letting me throw you a shower! It's so fun to get together with friends, enjoy each other's company and just laugh really big!

Day 3: Thankful for little helpers

What. A. Week. Tonight, I helped host a baby shower, which meant planning decorations and food.
Theme for the shower was "Sprinkled with Love". So after looking for ideas on Pinterest, I got to work.
I usually just suck it up and do everything myself. I have control issues and things have to be a "certain" way, right?
Well, I realized today that I need to break that because I just had way too many things on my "to-do" list. And seeing how my girls were eager to help, I couldn't resist.

Emma & Kate were dipping & sprinkling masters. Emma was very focused on the job. I think she's a little like me. She likes to create and make it look good.
So we made chocolate-dipped fortune cookies & pretzel rods then sprinkled :)

All you need are some chocolate melts, fortune cookies (or anything you want dipped) and sprinkles, along with a cookie sheet & parchment paper.

I just use the microwave and melt the chocolate. Then I dip the cookie in and shake off excess.

Next comes the sprinkles!

Lay them on the sheet and fill it up. Then place them in the fridge to speed up the cooling process.

MMMMmmmm these are so good.

My girls saved me so much time. They are so wonderful.

Day 2: Thankful for Fall

I never realized how much I love Fall until this year. The past 7 years, we have been TX or Vegas....sage brush & cactus's don't change color...so to be in the mist of it all, it. is. beautiful.
I can't get enough of the colors!

I grew up in UT so I had Fall growing up but I don't think I appreciated it as much as I do now. I grew up near AF canyon and I would love to drive up there and look at the changed leaves. But I guess not being around it all the time, it didn't grow on me...