Pulling out the Decorations...

Tim pulled down the 5 different sizes of Rubbermaid containers full of decorations!
Quite overwhelming! I think I only put out 1/4 of my stuff and for the first time

since Bella has been born I put 1/2 of my houses from my Snow Village up!

I figured Bella was old enough to be around them this year!

Our tree is up and in it's place but we will let the branches fall for a day or two before we put the lights on and decorate it!

Bella kept telling me today she was ready for the lights!

It was a fun day, being comfy around the house, and getting our home ready for the Holidays!

Getting the Tree...

Sunday we headed to get our Christmas Tree...
Deciding on which one...we usually get 7-8foot tree and we think that is what everyone else was getting today b.c. there were not many left to pick from.

Bella had fun running up and down the aisle looking for the right one!

We went with the taller, full and thinner in diameter tree!

We can't wait to decorate it!

Let the season begin!

Happy Thanksgiving...

From our family to Yours!!!

We hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and continued to be blessed throughout the holiday season!!!

We have many blessings and are humbled by all we have to be thankful for!

Stafford Thanksgiving....

Turkey Time...

Bella's Picture of all us...she directed us how to pose.
Bella Playing with Sara and Uncle Ryan

Chip and Aunt Rachel's turn to play!

Thursday evening we joined my family for another wonderful Thanksgiving gathering!

Lebanon Thanksgiving...

Sisters...

Aunt Sharon, Mom Shirley & Aunt Sherry
Bella and Tim visiting with "Grand" Aunt Sharon

Game playing...

Thursday afternoon we went to Tim's side of the family and had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal. The crowd was not nearly has big as it has been but it was so nice to visit and catch up with everyone!

Turkey Cookies...

Tonight we took sugar cookies and

turned them into Cute Turkeys!!!

GOBBLE, GOBBLE!!!

Our Finished Product:

Turkey cookies...we love that each turkey is a little different!

Completely unique like all of us!

Taste Test=YUMMY!!!

Donuts with Daddy

Friday Bella's class hosted Donuts with Daddy!

Tim and Bella were both excited to go to school and see all the activities Bella does while in school.

Tim said they had a nice introduction of everyone, juice and donuts and made a craft.

It was a great morning for both of them!!!

PS Kudos to Tim for taking the camera in and getting some pictures!

1st Dentist Trip

Unfortunately, this is the only picture I have from Bella' first trip to the dentist. I had waited a little longer than I was suppose to get her there. So I think that hurt us in the end. She was very excited to sit in the princess chair and told me in the morning she was going to the dentist yet when we got to the chair she didn't want anything to do with it! So I held her while Dr Michelle looked at her teeth...hints why there are no pictures!

She has a cross bite and small jaw...no surprise to us...I have a very small jaw too and my teeth were terrible before braces! We know we need to start saving now for the dental bills in the future!

We hope to have better luck in 6 months with sitting in the chair!

Colts Blue Birthday!!!

On Sunday after the Colt's game we had our families over to celebrate Tim's with some of his favorties!

We all had fun eating, watching football and enjoying each other company!

Happy 30th...Allison

SURPRISE!!!!

Jim had been planning this shindig for awhile and went through a little grief since Allison thought he had forgotten she was turning 30!!!

To her surprise, he had been planning quite a night for a long time!

We enjoyed a fun night with friends celebrating Allison's Birthday at Kona Grill!

Happy Birthday, We hope you have a great 30th year and many more to come!!!

After Party...we stumbled upon Dave and Rae playing at a local pub!!!

Every one who knows Dave & Rae know you're guaranteed a fun night with them!

Dancing out of her twenties with much excitement of things to come in her thirties!!!

Happy Birthday, Amber!!!

Birthday Girl with her yummy Caramel French Toast dessert!

It was awesome!
Angie trying teriyaki steak on Hot Rocks!

Last night we enjoyed a girl's night Miyagi's in belated celebration of Amber's Birthday!

We all really enjoyed Miyagi's and of course great conversation and company with good girlfriends!!!

We hope you have a great year, Amber!!!

Happy Birthday, Tim!!!

HAPPY 37th Birthday, Tim!!!

Wednesday night we just enjoyed a yummy steak dinner and Tim's favorite, blackberry pie, for his Birthday!!
Celebrating with friends and family to come!
We hope you have a great 37th year!
We love you!
Allison & Izabella

Crashed

This is what happens at 5pm when Bella gets NO nap!
Miss Jenny had found the H1N1 vaccince around 2pm right after I had put Bella down for a nap. She wasn't asleep yet so I took her to get it! She did great with the shot, just a few tears while it happened but such big, brave girl!
Anyways, as I was making Tim's Birthday dinner, I turned around to check on Bella this is what I found...poor tired girl!!!

Just Silliness...

Monday, Tim stayed home with Bella since it was her 4th day of running a low grade fever! He took her to the Dr for our own peace of mind, and it was just a virus running it course! Anyways since they had been together all day she wanted Daddy to paint her nails! A first for him, but for his daughter he did it! Then she just continued to be silly!
Gotta love nights like that!!!