This & That

LOVE day!

2012-02-14T12:22:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day!

Today is the day that Lillie will be passing out these beauties.

We had fun making them.

She wrote on every single one....I love seeing her handwriting.

xoxoxo!

mailboxes

2012-02-13T06:51:00.000-08:00

This is what my girls will be getting for Valentines tomorrow. I was going to make them something else, but when I was going thur some of my stuff I found some mailboxes. Apparently when I made these about three years ago I bought some serious stock of these mailboxes....LOL! Lets just say that for the next 3-4 years my girls and a few friends might still be getting mailboxes.

I also made some book marks to put in the mailboxes along with some other heart goodies!

xoxoxo!

pretty packages

2012-02-12T13:09:00.000-08:00

I LOVE to make pretty packages....

I used a decorative punch for the tops of the bags.

The paper doilie hearts are from the dollar store. I added a paper flower, some tulle, some love and a cute lil' button.

Happy LOVE month.

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paper issues

More Love

2012-02-06T11:35:00.000-08:00

We LOVE making cookies....

We LOVE the aprons that Nanny makes us...

and Easton LOVES the ipod.

LOVE

2012-02-02T13:50:00.000-08:00

It's LOVE month....
and I love these girls.....
they make me laugh everyday...

XOXOXO

some crazy hair

2012-01-19T12:20:00.000-08:00

Today was crazy hair day at Lillie's school......

LOVE

2012-01-18T12:40:00.000-08:00

I wanted to make a backdrop for my girls valentines.....so Ipulled out all my scraps and made some heart "LOVE" banners.
I plan on taking their picture in front of them. I put them up on Eastons bed because she has the best lighting in her room and once my girls saw me doing this and I told them what it was for, they where all excited.
So I took a few shots of them while I was playing around with my camera.
So, yes..... Easton looks like a hot mess, it was a jammie day and Lillie just got home from school, and she had that " I have been at school all day" look.

I cut the word "LOVE" out with my cricut and sewed it to some ribbon and then just added all the paper goodness and pretty much anything else I had laying in front of me.

The next two banners, I cut out a 2" heart and a 1" heart and sewed them together.

I also cut the "love" out with my cricut and added them every so often.

Pretty, Pretty easy!

Now, lets move onto the pre-photo shoot.

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itsy bitsy paper

Pretty cute, don't you think....my girls too!!

Now hopefully I can get Easton dressed one day and take some "real" pictures.

Thanks for Looking!

2012-01-12T12:01:00.000-08:00

I have been in the mood lately to scrapbook, it comes and goes. And since most of the local scrapbook stores have closed it has really taken my mojo away to scrapbook. So finally I ordered my first scrapbook kit online, don't get me wrong I love them all, I just hate paying for shipping.
I ordered the January kit from studio calico, county-fair. And I love everything about it.....

The next two pages, I tried to use up some of my scraps that I have had lying around.

I had to leave this picture the way it was and not crop it because Easton wanted me to leave her shoe in it.

Happy Scrappy!!

The Party

2012-01-05T12:30:00.000-08:00

We had so many different ideas for Lillie's party, but finally we decided on a spa party.

Lets start with the cutest invitation

Moving on to the party....

The girls getting their hair done.

And of course, no hair would be complete without some glitter!

...next, where their nails.

a touch of make-up

checkin' themselves out

striking a pose

and of course, presents!

Each girl left with their own beauty jar filled with "spa" goodies and a cupcake!

It was a fun afternoon!

Lillie's Birthday Festivities

2011-12-28T14:03:00.000-08:00

Lillie had quit the birthday this year.

We do birthday parties every other year,

so this year it was party on...

and that is what we did......

Lets start from the beginning......

Good morning, BIRTHDAY GIRL!

Sad little sister because those presents are not for her.

Birthday breakfast, french toast...yum!

Happy little sister, once you give her some food.

All ready for school and receiving some birthday wishes!

Moving on to her birthday dinner....

Ok, So I don't have any pictures of dinner, but we made her favorite,

which is chicken Alfredo.

So moving on to cupcakes and presents...

Thinking of her wish!

Such a nice big sister.

receiving more birthday wishes.

Thank you G-Ma!

Happy Birthday, Lillie

...next up, the party!

Happy Holidays!

2011-12-23T10:11:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Lillie

2011-12-15T12:58:00.000-08:00

Today, my little Miss Lillie Bugs is 7!

7 things that I love about this girl....

1. That she is mine. (and her dads)

2. Her smile.

3. She is always...... most of the time, so nice to her little sister.

4. She always wakes up in a good mood.

5. She is an awesome reader, and when I say awesome, like she is in the 1st grade and she is on a 4th grade reading level...so awesome!

6. She loves to help me do everything, cooking, crafting, you name it she is always there to help me.

7.She loves to watch those manly shows with her Dad, anything that comes on the Discovery Channel or Animal Planet.

Happy Birthday, Lillie!

The story of Lillies tooth...

2011-12-08T13:41:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Lillie,

who had a loose tooth, but would not let anyone pull it out.....

She tired pulling it out herself

but she was still left with that tooth.

So her lovely mother took her to the perfect place where she new someone that might be able to get it out.

So it was Nanny and Papa's house that we drove, (who where getting ready for a party.)

Papa says to Lillie, "let me just see how lose it is, I wont pull it out." So Papa looks...

And wouldn't you know it, the tooth is out

and this little girl didn't even realize that her Papa had pulled it out.

Best Papa ever!!

Thanks Papa!

THE END.

2011-12-04T12:22:00.000-08:00

The first year we moved into our house I hung (taped) our Christmas cards to our coat closet it was really cute, but as you can tell it did wonders to my door..oopppss!
And yes, 6 years later we (I) still haven't fixed it.

So instead I made this.

All I did was make my favorite "junk" bows,

purchased some of these:

And WA-LA!!

So much better don't you think?

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paper issues

I love getting Christmas cards, going to my mail box in December is my favorite!
Who wants my address to send me a card???

The Elf...

2011-12-01T11:34:00.000-08:00

.....or as we call him, "Comet" that is what the girls named him. My girls love "Elf on the shelf" and the other night we got him out, read the story and let the adventure begin.....

He's just so cute, don't you think?

After we put him on the shelf the girls had a little dance party before going to bed.

Happy December!!

Feeling Thankful

2011-11-15T12:11:00.000-08:00

It's the middle of November....and I'm feeling thankful,

Thankful for me and him...

The last of the Halloween fun!

2011-11-02T12:29:00.000-07:00

Trick-r-Treating

First of all, the first two pictures of Easton just make me laugh,
her eyes are always doing the talking....she is so funny!

I think that about wraps up our Halloween fun!

More Halloween Fun

2011-11-02T12:02:00.000-07:00

....I told you that there was going to be a lot of pictures!

On Sunday afternoon we craved pumpkins....Lillie's favorite.

While John and Lillie did all the work, Easton just decorated her cookie and

then continued to lick the bottle of sprinkles.

Halloween Fun

2011-11-01T17:02:00.000-07:00

Lets start from the beginning....because we have done a lot over the past few days, and yes, there is going to be A LOT of pictures!

This year the girls wanted to be Butterflies, basically I ask Lillie what she wants to be for Halloween and then whatever she decides, Easton wants to be the same thing. Easy enough!

We started on Friday night and went Trunk or Treating with our cousins,

over at Nanny & Papa's church.

All the kids had a ton of fun!

......To be continued!

Let the Halloween festivities begin...

2011-10-28T12:22:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Lillie's Halloween parade & party at school. So yes, the festivities have already begun....

Easton & Jackson waiting for the parade to begin

This was Eastons face during the parade...she was in aaahhh of all the costumes.

I still don't know what this was....

Here comes Lillie

Happy Halloween!!

Gardner Village

2011-10-27T13:04:00.000-07:00

If you live in Utah then ya'all know about Gardner Village and the amazing witch festival

that they do every year.

I was so crazy busy that I didn't get that many pictures.....shocking, right!

Pumpkin Patch

2011-10-25T12:33:00.000-07:00

Last week we went on a little adventure to a local pumpkin patch.

First we went thru the corn maze.

We checked out all the cool tractors.

And then the kids got to go for a ride behind a tractor.

We then went on a hunt for the perfect pumpkin to bring home...

And of course took lots and lots of pictures!

And as always, it was a fun day!

Little Walk

2011-10-17T12:30:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went for a little walk to see the leaves...

I love fall....the colors, the smells.... its just all so pretty.

The girls had fun collecting leaves

We climbed on lots of rocks.

We stopped and took lots of pictures.

We saw a little lizard.

We tickled daddy with really long weeds.

It was fun little walk.

Another Book Wreath

2011-10-12T12:31:00.000-07:00

Yes, that's right, I made another book wreath....My favorite!!

Here's what you need:

I had this old frame, that I obviously ripped the paper off and a foam wreath from the dollar store.

Then you need to punch out a whole bunch of these, and I mean a whole bunch!

Ink the edges if you want, it gives it a more Halloween feel.

After you have glued them all on, you will have the most beautiful spooky wreath on the block!

I wrapped some black fabric around the foam wreath and of course added a "junk" tag.

Hope you enjoy!

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Spending the Day with Daddy

2011-10-11T09:30:00.000-07:00

The other day while Lillie was at school and John only had about 20 minutes of work, (yeah, he works some pretty long hours, poor guy)

Easton and I tagged along with him.

Check out his view from his office

He really doesn't have a office, he works on homes.

And of course I brought my camera a long for the ride.

Check out the picture below, I was pretty proud of myself.

Easton just played in the dirt, while I played around with my camera.

She is just dying to put her hands in that bucket of mud.

After daddy's long day at work, we treated him to lunch at our favorite spot.

It was a fun day!

New obsession

2011-10-08T12:22:00.000-07:00

Remember back when I had a small obsession with pinwheel flowers?

Well the other day Margie Romney-Aslett tweeted a picture of some treats she was giving to her neighbor's, and as always she had the cutest "junk" tag on them. So I had to give them a try and now I'm obsessed.

My jars did look like this...

But, now they look like this...

Much cuter, don't you think?
They also make cute tags for chocolate chip pumpkin bread.

And just in case you where wondering..... my mantle is the same as it was last year.

This is the only new item that has been purchased.

My favorite!

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paper issues

Easton's Birthday (part two)

2011-10-07T11:49:00.000-07:00

...The presents, or should I say, Minnie Mouse!

Easton loves Minnie Mouse.

I will let the pictures do the talking, because I have no words to describe this present except for, HUGE!

Oh, and thank you, Broos's.

Waiting patiently for all the kids to come and watch open presents.

Please note the size of the bag that it came in.

Ta-Da, its Minnie Mouse and Easton has disappeared!

I just love Easton's face in the pictures below. She really does love her Minnie.

I thinks she likes it!

Everything she got for her birthday she loves! And we love her!

Happy Birthday, Easton!

Easton's Birthday (part one)

2011-10-04T12:51:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend my baby girl turned three! Where does the time go? I mean really, it seems like yesterday she was just a tiny baby.

Easton wanted an ice cream party, so it was an ice cream party that she got and since the weather was still nice we where able to have it outside. (YEAH!!)

I hope everyone had as much fun as Easton did, she keeps asking if we can do her birthday again!!

Hike #6- Bell Canyon Res.

2011-09-23T13:56:00.000-07:00

...And probably our last hike. We have always loved this hike, its super close to our house, its a really short hike, and its easy for the kids. Lillie was not with us on this particular day. she opted to join my parents at church.
So we met out hiking families at the "secert" parking spot, which just happens to be in a neighborhood of some not so friendly neighbors who thought it was necessary to come outside and tell us to move our cars or they where going to call the cops. So we did. This meant that we had to go the longer way and steeper way....No biggie, whatever, we good do it. My legs where feeling the burn in about the first two minutes of the hike. We finally came to the bridge and thought it would be the perfect place for a little rest...until poor little Reed got stung by a bee on his finger and on his back, then I got stung on my wrist and then Cameron got stung on in his head, they tryed to get Easton, but we where all quick to get that one off of her. We then pretty much ran the rest of the way up the trail. We had talked to some other people that came up behind us and asked them if they ran into the bee's and sure enough, some of them get stung too. Stupid bee's, as Cameron said!

At least the ducks where happy to see us.

And the kids did have fun playing in the water.

We enjoyed sitting in the sun

I scrapbooked

2011-09-22T12:17:00.000-07:00

.....I finally sat down and scrapbooked, its been fo-ever since I have scrapbooked. You wanna know why?? It's so silly.....but I will share. The local scrapbook store, Roberts closed that was like two minutes away from my house. We have more Roberts that are 10 minutes away from my house, but this one was really two minutes from my house. So I could pull out my pictures that I wanted to scrapbook and then go to Roberts and get some paper and be home in a jiffy, now I feel like I have to plan my day to go to the other Roberts. AND really, its only probably 10 or 15 minutes from my house, I know, I'm kinda a baby. We do have another scrapbook store that is close to my house, but I'm not going to tell you the name because I really hate going to that store, its just a big cluster in there...that is really mean of me to say, but I went there the other day to get some paper and to give it another chance, but again, I left the store hating it. Ok, enough of my complaining..... Just look at Lillie..

I just love Lillie and they way she loves to pose when I get my camera out.

Paper: echo park-Victoria Gardens.

Easton

2011-09-19T09:10:00.000-07:00

She is turning 3 in a couple of weeks and it makes me sad that she is my last baby.

She cracks me up everyday, we get to spend the days together while Lillie is in school, and seriously she can make you laugh like no other....

pig-tails

2011-09-16T08:45:00.000-07:00

Pig-tails

...Or "doggy ears", as Easton calls them.

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sleep over

2011-09-15T11:54:00.000-07:00

We got Easton's bed all put together and in her room.... and its huge, the bed is a full, I thought it was a twin...oh well! I decided that I would let the girls have a sleep over together in it.

They are just pretending to be asleep.

They loved sleeping together! And cant wait to do it again!

Why Easton needs a "big girl" bed

2011-09-13T12:17:00.000-07:00

Easton is my last baby so I was in no hurry putting her in a "big girl" bed.
But for the past, lets say, 6 months this is how she gets in and out of her crib.

Lets starting with getting in...

check out the barbie in the picture below! I laugh every time I see it!!

Now lets get out...

oh Easton, you make me laugh everyday!

ask we speak

2011-09-09T15:14:00.000-07:00

Right this very minute my favorite handy man is working on this....

Do you remember when I bought this bed for Easton?

...well, we are just now getting around to finishing, or starting it really.

It didn't come with rails and I don't have mattress for it, but hopefully by tomorrow I will have rails and mattress.

..and when that is done, this is what her bedding is going to look like,

I cant remember what blog its from. (so if this is your picture, I love it!!)
I have been saving the picture so that my wonderful, most, beautiful, mother can make the bedding.
The colors will be different, I love the pillows and all the ruffles on the bedspread!!

Hike #5- Scout Falls & Sundance

2011-09-08T13:05:00.000-07:00

Maybe this blog should be about hiking during the summer and not so much about crafting.

I know I say this about every hike, but this one was really pretty.....It had a lot of water falls along the trail and on some parts of the trail you felt like you where in the milk section at Costco or in a tropical rain forest.

Once we made it to the falls, it was a little chilly.

After our hike we drove over to Sundance to get ice cream and they had the biggest smore' dessert that I have ever seen. We didn't buy one, but they let us have a sample (sorry Marci, you where outside)

It was a pretty good day!

Best Ever Banana Bread

2011-09-01T09:09:00.000-07:00

Did you know that you can freeze bananas? Even after they have turned mushy....well I do it all the time, I probably always have at least 5 frozen bananas in my freezer. And its a good thing, because here at the LaFata house, we love us some banana bread. (And when I say us, Its me and the girls...John, not so much)

So go get your freeze on and make some of the best ever banana bread.

3 ripe bananas, smashed

2 eggs

1 1/2 c. sugar

2/3 c. oil

1/2 c. sour cream

2 c. flour

1 1/4 tsp. baking soda

3/4 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

Grease two 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pans. Preheat oven to 325. Blend bananas, eggs, sugar, oil and sour cream until smooth. Combine flour, baking soda and salt and add to banana mixture. Add vanilla. Combine smooth. Pour 1/2 of batter into each pan and bake for 1 hour, Let cool before removing from pan. Cool completely on a wire rack.

And if you don't eat it all, they make a perfect little gift for that special someone.

YUM!

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the shabby creek cottage

some what simple