Where did January go?????

  Can't believe it has been a month since last posting here....before Christmas!! I have some Christmas posts to catch up on and then I plan to have a "blog book" made. I've been looking at some different sites and ideas for doing this and I think I have narrowed it down. If anyone has done this and is happy with their book please share!:)

We are still kicking here, just very very busy! This second half of the school year is always much busier than the first. It is a busy time for fund raisers and of course I get caught up in it all! The big fund raiser for Faith's elementary school is for each class to make a themed basket to raffle off. I have been putting a basket together for the past 4 years and decided I would take a break this year. ha! That is until her teacher approached me and asked if I would be willing to put our class basket together. So this is what I have been working on the past 2 weeks......

"Its A Celebration" themed basket! The baskets can be as simple or elaborate as you want. I went around and asked for some local donations and received the following: gift certificate towards a birthday party package at a local "bounce place", gift certificate for a bowling party, movie theater tickets, ice skating tickets, and a dozen gourmet cupcakes. I purchased a cupcake pan carrier, cupcake stand and a few other party goodies and there ya have it! Next I have Reed's schools big fund raiser of the year to start working on.....never ending!

I have my baby girl home with me today! She woke up last night complaining of an upset tummy and there has been some stuff going around so thought we better take it easy today. She seems just fine and I think she probably should have went but I have to say I am really enjoying having her home with me! I sooooo miss those days. She is busy playing with legos so thought I would take this time to try and finally get something posted here!

We had such a beautiful week-end (FINALLY)! It has been a very damp, cold and rainy winter so it was so nice to finally have some warm sunshine.We took advantage of it yesterday and took a drive to Sonoma to eat lunch and walk around and window shop. It was a fun day and I even managed to take some photos of Faith......

She is very much into layering her clothes these days!:) She received many compliments on her outfit through out the day.

It's another beautiful day here so I think I will take my little girl "who is skipping school today" and go take a nice walk with the dogs!