Year in Review: 2011

A Photo Review of 2011

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December

It was a year FULL of happiness, celebrations, and big dreams turning into reality. I am looking forward to all that 2012 has up her sleeve. Happy New Years Eve everyone! 


You can see my Year in Review from 2010 here. 

Whats in my bag: Christmas Stocking Edition

I have hundreds of pictures (literally) to sort through from all of our Christmas celebrations, but I thought I would share a quick peek into my Christmas stocking.  My mom did REALLY good this year (as always) and every single thing was very thoughtful and special!





1. Warm fuzzy polka dot socks! I live in these things at our apartment! 
2. An adorable Stella & Dot broach- A feather + some glitz = perfection. 
3. Cake Pops book! This will be a new project (or experiment) starting in 2012. 
4. A bando top to go under everything. 

5. Adorable brightly colored tea / coffee/ hot chocolate spoons! 

6. Recipe cards- NEEDED these! Currently they are all scribbled on printer paper. 
7. A vintage looking Parisian journal to chart our travels. 
8. Essie nail polish- a beautiful holiday red called "Fishnet Stockings"- ha!
9. This is an adorable book "One line a day" that you write in over 5 years. Just one sentence for each day so you can look back over the past 5 years and remember special memories. LOVED this! 
10. Toothbrush. Needed as always. 
11. Bobby pins. I always seem to lose these... kind of like socks... 
12. The Help (DVD) Confession: I read the book this summer and tried to illegally watch it several times online and was never able to find a link that worked.  SO I got to watch the full feature film legally and on my DVD player instead of the computer. It was worth the wait! 
13. Precious little hand warmers. They look like mini hot water bottles. 


Thank you Mom for a great stocking! I am soaking up the last few days that she & Chris are here and don't even want to think about them leaving... so it may be a little quiet around these parts.  Will be sure to post holiday pictures soon! 

Joyeux Noel!

*Click on the image to enlarge. 

The Most ADORABLE Christmas Story Ever

Merry Christmas EVE! 


May this ADORABLE video be a joyful reminder of the true miracle behind Christmas. 




"And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people: for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.  And this is the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger." Luke 2:10-12 : 10 

A Few Days in Paris-dise....

I will post Baby Canon's pics later, but here is an overview from the trusty iPhone.... that is, until she got stolen by some claiming-to-be-deaf-mutes at Montmartre. I recall the actual moment  when our iPhone was stolen because 3 of them had me by the arms and were hanging all over me trying to get me to sign a paper to support a non-profit.  When we went back and found the girls, one of the girls had the audacity to look me square in the face and call me LOCO! First of all, you are supposed to be deaf AND mute... Second of all, I am not Spanish OR CRAZY!!! Anywhoo- for anyone visiting Paris, we found out that Montmartre is actually worse than the subway and Eiffel Tower area for pickpockets and they specifically target iPhones, so hang onto them! Lucky for us, we have insurance, so thanks to them we will get a brand new FREE iPhone 4. Besides that one mishap, it was a magical four days and we saw and did SO many fun things! I cannot wait to post all about our adventures.  Here are the few phone photos to tide you over.... 

 

Merry Christmas Week!

We are currently HERE.... 

Doing a little bit of THIS.... on the Champs Elysses. 

Merry Christmas WEEK!!! :)