i know--two posts in a row about shoes. nordstroms now carries jimmy choo. sigh...L

I definitely need these today. raining cats and dogs here. all the retention basins are flooded and tempting football playing teenage boys. I started classes this semester and they will keep me busy, busy, busy. I have literature and film (fun), travel writing (interesting), career development for english majors (informative) and writing a personal history (daunting). I was telling Dallas how much reading and writing i would be doing this semester and then remembered i am an english major. oops.

yes, I am a grandma! little Logan is a week old now and i enjoyed going back to Utah and helping take care of the new baby and brianne. although truth be told all i really did was try to hold logan as often as i could and dream up ways to sneak him home with me! he is darling and sweet and perfect and i will post pictures as soon as his momma and poppa have sent out their announcements and blogged about it themselves.

back to homework and fireplaces and visions of sweet rainboots...L

I did this layout today of haley's birthday last month.

and yes, sometime tomorrow (knock on wood, cross your fingers) i should be a grandma!!!!

anna lost a tooth the other night. i waited up all night, but alas he never showed...L

a rarity for me. two pages in one day. photos compliment of carson...L

a new year--not much for resolutions, although i have given some thought to certain things that i want to accomplish this year.

1) get rid of CDB--stat!
2) take a photo a week
3) create a layout a week
4) spend some one on one time with each of the girls
5) graduate from ASU this summer

those are some of my goals. I have some others that i started last year when we moved back to mesa that i plan on keeping up with--scriptures and prayers with the girls, FHE, personal scripture reading, temple once a month. I won't say that last year was an easy year--lots of changes in life for me and the girls--most of them positive but still not always easy. but the other night when all the girls were in bed and it was just me all alone sitting in my bed flipping through magazines and reading i was hit with an incredible feeling of peace and happiness. i wish all my friends and loved ones peace and happiness in the coming year...

what i've been doing instead of putting christmas decorations away...

carson took these pictures today and we worked with them in photoshop. i love them...

i hope everyone had a merry christmas!!!

merry christmas eve...

I don't know if you can see well enough--but i am a straight A student! One A+, one A, and one A-. so that is a 4.00 for the semester and now my cumulative gpa is 3.70...

my son is almost home for christmas...L

well, my baby is now seven. i cannot believe it. we went to build-a-bear with three of her friends and anna. they all had a great time and chose chrismtas outfits for their stuffed animals. haley is the cutest thing in the whole wide world. her school teacher thinks she's an angel and even her primary teachers tell me she is perfect. they chose her to play mary next sunday--she is so excited. everyone that meets haley loves her--she is just sweet beyond words. even the woman that cuts my hair wants me to bring her with me.

i have been faithful about my picture a day--the hardest part is not taking the picture--it is trying to find the time to upload it, catalog it and photoshop it. but i am working on my december pages and have been happy with them. and now that i am out of school for a whole month it means plenty of time to catch up on photos, unload the last boxes (i unpacked 4 today) and keep up with my girls. dallas will be here on saturday and brianne and jeff hopefully on the 22nd. Brianne has to get the ok to travel from her doctor next tuesday so i am keeping my fingers crossed.

have an enjoyable week...L

today is the last day that my baby will be six years old. build a bear tomorrow...L