christmas lights

i love christmas lights!!! i'm sad that people will be taking down or unplugging their lights now that christmas is over! i love the glow and how happy i feel looking at them. the white lights can be great and the simplicity of them is gorgeous but i love the colored lights best! :] here are some beautiful christmas light pictures i found on we heart it. i love trees with lights in succession and on sidewalks/streets!!
this tree is fab-u-lous!! i want one!!

and star lights on trees? are you freaking kidding me? love!!!

the big, colored lights are my favorite!! remind me of my childhood when we used to put these on our house and on our tree... :]

and i love an exceeding normal amount of lights on each tree! :)

hope the holidays are/were great for you!!

brrr.. and xmas!!!

it's freezing here!!! brrr.... it went from 40's to single digits and i was/am not prepared. but i love the snow. snapped a few pictures around our house tonight mostly to get moving around to try and keep off some of the chills. :)

here is our beautiful tree. although it is mom's tree and i tend to resent it because i prefer a real tree like we used to have and wish for our family/handmade ornaments as the decor as it used to be; i must admit it is pretty to look at.

love when there's some holly nog in the fridge!! so yummy!!

mom's little fire unit is the closest thing we've ever had to a fire place and i have to say i'm loving it. being able to stand next to it and be insta-warm is a great thing. plus it's pretty cute.

saw this t-shirt lying around in my brothers clean laundry pile. made me laugh. i think deer are incredibly beautiful; then i read it... chuckles :)

i think i hooked this little guy on our cubbard when i was 6 or so and he's been there ever since. he just makes me smile :]

that's all for now. hoping to try my hand at snow pictures tomorrow seeing as how the amazing gina is stilling letting me have the rebel. ps. gina is currently doing a can's for comment food drive so visit her page, leave her a comment, and do the easiest donation possible (she does all the work) :]

tis the season | cookies

today my momma and i made the majority of our christmas cookies. we take a day each year and make em; sometimes we have help from others some years we don't. this year it was just the 2 of us! :) we have our usual/typical kinds that we stick to. pretty much the tasty ones that don't require too much work :]

we made spritz's!! with a manual spritz machine. these are pretty much my favorite to make!!

we also made the peanut butter hersey kiss ones (we made a double batch this year; may be too many....)
and haystacks mmmmm.. so yummy!!

and russian tea cakes

and these peanut butter town house chocolate ones that i don't know the name of but that are sooooo tasty!!!!

and there will be a few more kinds made tomorrow!!! i love christmas time!!!!

gina is awesome!!

so as most people who know me already know, i think my good friend gina is pretty much the coolest! she is very creative and amazing photographer and always does/decorates/dresses aesthetically pleasing (at least to me!!). even when the things she does aren't maybe necessarily my taste i still adore them and adore her!! so while i was at her house tonight (before her) i snapped some pictures of her office. her office has been a work in progress for you since it became her office, but i love it! she is still wanting to change a few things, but i think there are a lot of things in there that really represent her! and i llllllove the color on the one wall (salmon-y); it makes me light up every time i see it. it's a very cheery color! any who, here's a few details from her office.

first up is an awesome plant and the salmon-y colored wall that i love!!

then here is one of her book shelves with awesome bins that we found at target
just one of her many fantastically cool bags she has just lying around teasing me :)

i love stars!!

some vintage items, my wall, and a sweet frame with a pic of her and her hubby matt (whom i also adore!!!)

her super sweet computer that i want and love!!! gina loves all things apple!! :]

a cool find i hadn't seen before, calendar!!!

and who doesn't have a mustache for every day of the week just lying around? :}

and this book shelf really makes the room!! it's full of vintage books, cameras and other vintage classics along with some bins and a tv (complete with biggest loser on) :)

gina really is the bees knees in all things creative. if you haven't already you should definitely check out her photo site or blog just for beauty's sake.

summer

here is meg's oldest kid, summer. i have her for an hour in the mornings tues-thurs. she is one smart girl! so tiny and so cute, but also developing her attitude :) she's fun and will always play a game! i didn't pose her at all, it's all her! she was all about getting her picture taken!!

photo-a-day october

my hope was to do a photo-a-day october but i've already been behind. but below are a bunch of new posts making up for the first couple of days. they are all from my endeavors at meg's house while nannying. cute kids, cute pups = easy pics.

smiley skye :)

here are some pics of little skye! she's so cute and so much fun! although she doesn't sleep nearly as much as her brother, she's just as happy as he is. she gets bored easily and always wants something to play with :) her smile comes out often. yesterday she was standing in her excer-saucer and i looked up and she was starring at me smiling!!! luffs her bunches!!

here she is grabbing my camera strap; maybe a future photographer? :)she has sooo many cute faces. below are just a few... :)

talkin to me :]

gummy smile! makes me happy!

big smile!

what you doin over there?

i love this picture!!! i love her profile and her little face!!! sooo cute!!

ty guy

here's some more pics of little ty guy. he's such a smiley boy and he was sportin the vikings gear yesterday and then supporting the twins today!!so precious!!!

he is full of smiles!! :) i love it!

i love their little hands! those knuckle dimples are adorable!

talkin to me

he even giggles now! :]

pups

here are pics of meg's pups.

first is her boxer, lola. although they call her loco lola and she definitely fits the name :) but she's so cute and sweet and such a protector :]

here's her beagle, ginger. such a sweet girl and a cover lover :) she's almost always under a blanket

here's really old nikki, the mutt :) she has one blue eye and one black eye. she's also a very sweet girl

randoms from meg's house

here are some randoms i have taken at meg's house; i just thought they were cute!

makes me miss playing with play-doh!!! :)

cute feetsies
some of summer's boots, too cute!