Have a Holly Jolly Christmas

Aunt Peggy entertained the cousins with this funny Christmas hat :)

Run Run Rudolph

After looking back at last year's Christmas post I am excited to post this one.

2011 has been a great year for us, filled with good times and quite a bit of happiness.

For us it can be described in Luke 6:19 "And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all." The Lord works mighty miracles and He has done so for us.



Asher's second year has been adventurous. Just last week he ran into a pile of wood and now has a huge gash in his face. Praise Jesus it was the day after these pics were taken. haha.





We are expecting our second boy in April. The house is going to be wild!





Austin still very much enjoys his job. It might be because of all the cars we get ;)



Austin and I have had several Volkswagen vehicles this year. It's so fun. The line up included a Golf, Jetta, Passat (winner of the 2012 Motor Trend Car of the Year Award!), CC, Routan, and soon you can spot me in the small SUV Tiguan.







We sure do love all of you and wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

eleven.

  eggs.

favorite beauty products.

(from top left to bottom right: curious by britney, benefit erase paste, victoria's secret bronzer, clinique smoky eyeshadow, ecotools powder brush, clinique pore minimizer, clean and clear blackhead eraser mask, soul owner, opi in my chiuaua bites, paul mitchell the cream, victoria's secret love spell bath wash)

11:11 a.m.

strawberries.

all our money;)

fall leaves.

scorpios.

 
things i'm grateful for.

1 the garbage disposal

2 crisp cool weather

3 my hairdresser

4 all of my mother's amazing talents

5 pumpkin bread

6 asher's funny words

7 my nice volkswagens

8 fake nails from walmart

9 the southern united states

10 veterans

11 my husband who makes my bday special every year.

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum

About a month ago we hit up the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum and took the Missionary Ridge Local. Asher loved it!

The Cone Home

"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful" - William Morris







We recently repainted and rearranged our space. Shout out to Austin! I so appreciate all his help. As a noun, paint is a great word but as a verb not so much;)



I love this double vanity turned TV stand. Liquidations by Lila in Hixson is an excellent source for deals. This cost just $140. Downside: Austin now wants a larger TV. I have to say, the proportions would be better but seriously?



My sis gave me this painting for Christmas. She will be a HS Senior this year and plans to study art at BYU. The artwork goes well with the pillow covers I found on Etsy. Kendall rocks!



I am thinking about painting this table a charcoal gray. Any thoughts?



The apartment originally came with a repulsive white ceiling fan over the dining room. We replaced it with this IKEA pendant and it has made a huge difference in the feel of this room.



Onto the bedroom. The dresser is yet another from Lila's ($100!). The rug was a steal from Home Goods. The walls were a dreadful peachy taupe. The new Quiet Rain color brightens the room nicely.



For our anniversary, Austin gave me the jewelry hanger from Urban Outfitters.



These glass orbs are a gift from my bro Brendan. He collected them for me while in Japan. They are hand blown glass fishing floats. The bubbles in the glass are mesmerizing.



You might recognize the mirror frame pattern. It's wrapping paper from Target. I mod podged an old mirror that came from Austin's Nonni.

Inspired by an Anthro window display, I made origami art above the headboard. The paper patterns create a faux quilt.



Thanks Mom for the awesome pics!

Best Medicine

Mad Scientists

Trevin came to visit today and boy did Asher have fun with this guy! They threw rocks in the creeks, played at the apartment play place, tried desperately to dig a lucky penny out of a tight spot, did cannonballs at the swimming pool, ate cupcakes, and watched Asher's favorite movie Montie (or Monkey for Curious George).

My favorite activity was the science experiments. Did you know Hobby Lobby is filled with all kinds of projects for boys? Any kind of project a boy could dream of is there. Trevin picked out a Lab in a Bag: Test Tube Discoveries.

We have serveral things going on here. Bleeding paper, lava lamps, bouncing marbles that grew in water and gravity goo.

I had about as much fun as the boys. Trevin is so well behaved and I was very impressed with his patience with my two year old.

VW Family Celebration

What a company picnic! We had so much fun.

Showing the balloons some love;)

Asher was fascinated with the robots on the plant tour. We couldn't take pics while inside so I took these print screens from a Youtube video of the plant.

After the tour we hit up the carnival for some fun!

Moon bounce! side note: Did y'all see the news video of the moon bounce that airlifted with kids inside? That's scary. I did notice that all of these were staked.

mmm mint chocolate chip!

One, two, three strikes...

you're out!

Miles and Kyler won so many stuffed animals.

Asher loved the ducks!

Switchfoot in concert. Miles, Kyler and I were right up against the stage. We couldn't hear ourselves talk after.Following, there was a fireworks show. It was huge and rivaled any July Fourth show I've seen. It was crazy.