:: YOUR opinion please ::

:: We have been saving some money to buy an area rug for our living room, we have quite a few gift cards for Winners & Homesense so we decided that we should try and find our area rug there. Yesterday we found this one for $179.00 ::
:: Today we found this one for $160.00 ::


::: We cannot decide which one we like more...the top one is made out of polyester, feels so good on the feet and doesn't have as much pile and is more of what we were looking for in that respect, but we think the second one is more our style (it is made out of wool and is a thicker pile but also feels so good on the feet). So we can't decide, can you help us??? ::

:: MERRY CHRISTMAS :: :: I WISH YOU WILL REMEMBER THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS ON THIS CHRISTMAS EVE; THAT YOUR HEARTS WILL BE FILLED JOY FOR THE GIFT THAT WAS GIVEN TO US, A SON THAT WOULD GIVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT BE GIVEN LIFE ::

:: AS I THINK ABOUT MY BOYS SLEEPING PEACEFULLY I WONDER WHAT GOD HAS PLANNED FOR THEM AND YET AGAIN I GIVE THEIR LIVES TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, AS IT'S HIS PLAN I WANT THEM TO LIVE, NOT OURS...HOW HARD DO YOU THINK IS WAS FOR MARY TO KNOW THAT TRULY HER SON WAS GOD'S CHILD? I PRAY THAT GOD GIVES ME THE UNDERSTANDING AND PEACE OF MARY TO KNOW THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE COVERED AND GUIDED BY HIS HAND ::

:: HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH YOUR FAMILY AND IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR ::

~ Christmas Decor ~

~ Welcome to our Home ~

~ Here are some of our decorations we put up for Christmas....I know ya'll are nosey like me and want to see where we will be enjoying our Christmas festivities, and if you're not nosey, tough luck...here's portions of our house anyway ;) ~

~ Family Room ~

~ View from our family room to our kitchen ~

~ Dining room centerpiece (it's actually the wreath I had on our front door - I've since upgraded) ~

~ View from our dining room towards our living room and front entrance ~

~ Starbucks Ginger-Shak ~

~ View from entrance into living room ~

~ View from living room into entrance ~

~ Thank you for visiting our quaint Casa ~

:: Celebrations with Michael & Coby ::

:: We had a fabulous time with Michael & Coby the other night enjoying great conversation, food and laughs in front of the Christmas tree...thanks for a fabby night guys, glad we get to do it all over again in another week (here's to planning Coby!) :: :: Family time after Jacob was sleeping ::
:: Delish dinner - us girls were happy we just didn't have to prepare anything :::: Our big boys getting ready to take a tour of Michael's new backyard (we hadn't seen it since they finished the landscaping)...Michael has an affinity to rocks just like Paul ::
:: Cole enjoying a nap on the couch ::
:: Prior to Kylee and Jacob going to sleep they had a blast cuddling and kissing on the family room floor - it was hilarious! ::
:: Sweet little Kylee ::
:: Yum Yum ::
:: our wonderful friends M&C ::
:: Merry Christmas M&C - Can't wait till the 29th! ::
:: Ps. You'll have to let us know how the MC gig went!?!?!? ::

:: Paul would kill me...::

If he knew I was up blogging, however the house is quiet and I had a rest this afternoon, so I thought I would sit and blog into cyberspace...but I should be in bed as my littlest one will be up sooner than later to feed and I can't pass that responsibility over to Paul (too bad eh?) So I will end this blogging fest to go to bed...hopefully I will be back tomorrow with a some photo's of the last couple days of Christmas celebrations. So fun!

:: I'm 1 Month Old ::

:: I'm 1 whole month and my Mama says that I's bigger than my brother was when he was a month cause this sleeper I'm wearin' is too small for me and she put me through lotsa pain trying to stretch it over my shoulders for these pictures....apparently Mama's are used to pain when they put clothes on but I'm a boy and I don't ever wanna experience that again! ::



(I'm a professional cheek grower, just in case you hadn't noticed!)

:: My Love My Love My Love ::

:: My Love runs deep, never ending, always enduring for these three guys...it gives me a lump in my throat just thinkin' bout how much they mean to me. I truly want to be a better everything when I think of them, a better cook, better housekeeper, better story-teller, better kiss-giver, better hugger, better cheerleader all in all I guess I want to be the best Wife & Mama that God intended me to be ::

:: Trimmin' the Tree ::

:: Some of my favorite ornaments - I got these new "jewel" ornaments from my Mom when we went to Potters and I LOVE them...dontcha think they are so glam??? ::

:: It has taken us literally 2 weeks to get our tree trimmed as we pulled it out the afternoon before we got sick for a week...so after we started to feel better we got the lights on...then it stayed lit with no decor on it for a couple days...then the ornaments appeared (in no specific order or fashion as the boys in the house took it upon themselves to "deck the tree" - please note: I have moved 2 or 3 ornaments but other than that they have all stayed in the same original non-specific or organized place...that is just my neurotic side speaking!)...finally last week I placed the tulle throughout the branches and then on Sunday night Paul did the honours and placed the star on the top...with hollars from below as Jacob couldn't understand as to why he couldn't continue to play with the star ::

:: FYI ~ When the boys started decking the tree they started putting up the red decorations and I had in my head that we were not going to use the red decorations but it worked out perfectly as I had plain red wrapping paper for the gifts this year - who knew we were so organized!??! ::

:: Merry Christmas Ya'll hope you made many family memories trimming your tree this year, we certainly did! ::

:: Matt's 30th Birthday Bash ::

:: Shameful I know, it has been weeks since this event, but what can I say, we've been busy! ::

:: My friend Lisa. B hosted a wonderful evening celebrating her hubby's 30th birthday ::

:: We enjoyed great food and wonderful company. There was a super-awesome gift that everyone went in on, she is sending him on a 10 day trip to the Yukon to go camping with a bunch of other guys...sounds like a big muscle fest to me! ::

:: Sorry this post is so late Matt - Happy 30th Year! ::

:: Exciting Times: My New Toy ::

:: Who on earth gets excited about a new vacuum...I do I do! Since we have moved into our "new" place with tile, laminate, linoleum & carpet, I have been looking for the "multi-purpose" tool to clean all of these floors without having to vacuum, sweep & swiffer them. So the other night when we were out shopping in the States I found this handy little machine for $19.97 (any guesses as to where I got it?) ::

:: Anyway today I had the opportunity to try it out; WoW, who knew such a little machine could have such mean (in a good way) suction! It's great, I did all of my floors - including a few of my stairs in 2 minutes flat, gotta love that! ::

:: So if y'all are looking for a mean dirt sucking machine that is lightweight, easy to put away (mine is hanging on my mop/broom/swiffer hook) then you have to get one of these! ::

:: Here are the features ::
Converts to a multi-purpose vacuum or hand vacuum.
Weighs only 4 pounds.
Works well on upholstery, carpet, bare floors and more.
Ergonmically designed comfort grip handle.
Easy to empty dirt cup.
Cord wrap storage on handle.
Full one year warranty.

:: The Spirit of Christmas ::

:: Last Saturday we (Matt & Lisa, the girls and us and the boys) headed out to the campus of Trinity Western University to an event called "The Spirit of Christmas" where we indulged in hot apple cider, Christmas Carols, a petting zoo for the youngin's and some amazing Christmas trees ::

:: It was a great (FREE) way to spend a snowy December 1st - what a fabby way to kick of the celebrations of our King! :::: Madelyne becoming a Lioness - Didn't it look amazing! - She slept on my pillow later on in the evening and in the morning I noticed that I had lion marks left on my pillowcase, I told her that she had left some marks from her lion-face on my pillow and she thought it was the funniest thing! Poor girl didn't want to eat dinner for fear of ruining her lion-face! ::

:: Here's Mr. Jacob enjoying (kinda) the petting zoo with Paul ::

:: A donkey lookin' for some love from Paul ::
:: Family portrait of the Pink Bakers ::
:: Paul and I trying to warm up after the live Nativity - It was SO cold, lovely but COLD! ::