A Girl And Her Dogs

I rarely allow the dogs up on the couch, but Sage really wanted to relax with them yesterday morning. I'm glad I let them up there, because look at how cute they are! These are the only pictures I have of Sage with all of her dogs.

Meeting Santa

She really wanted to sit on Santa's lap. This was the first year we did this and it was a HIT! She told him she wanted a blue bunny for Christmas. A blue bunny? Dora the Explorer had a blue bunny on her recent Christmas special. Tham damn Dora. Now I have to track down a blue bunny.

On another note, I'm going to attempt a "picture a day" challenge for 2010. It will be a daily picture documenting our lives. I will post them on my blog for my 1 reader (yes Kendell, that is you) to see. I bought a great scrapbooking project kit to use for all these pictures. Anyone want to join me? Kendell????

My Little Reindeer

The best thing about Riley is that he lets us do anything with him.

Decking The Halls

We've been doing lots of decorating at our house. It has been tons of fun. Sage is loving the hoidays and it is magical to see her experience it.

Christmas tree hunting today at a local tree farm.

It has been so cold here. We were bundled up tightly at the tree farm. I really wanted a Blue Spruce type tree, but Sage insisted that the blue color meant the tree was dead. We ended up with a very green tree.

I love the rare pictures I get of us together.

Three Little Piggys

Welcome Isaac and Eli. These are the sons of my best friend Kendell. They are simply amazing. We already have Sage married off to one of them (she gets a choice....it just has to be one of the Young kids)!
This was a really fun picture to take. Silly Feet!

Autumn

We have been taking so many outdoor photos, that Sage is pretty much done with it now. I need to find some other subjects for the rest of my photography class, because she is no longer a willing participant. I really don't blame her.

We did have lots of fun with the leaves in our front yard.

My photography class is wrapping up in a couple of weeks, and I think I'm going to move onto photo editing. I would really like to learn Adobe Photoshop, so I think I'm going to make the plunge.

Halloween & Leaves

We haven't had a family picture taken since last Halloween. How pathetic is that? So, we set the timer on my camera (not my good camera) and were able to get a few semi-decent shots. I finally discovered how to use the timer on my good camera, so we need to try again.

Hiding in the leaves. I have a ton of great autumn pictures that I took in our yard that I will post soon...here is preview.

Sage was a pink monster for Halloween. These were taken the weekend before Halloween on our way to a party. I haven't uploaded the "real" Halloween night photos yet, but I will soon.

On our way to the Halloween party, Sage said her fist cuss word "Oh Shit". I quickly told her that she was not allowed to say that, which was, of course, followed by a quick succession of "oh shit's". I told her that we couldn't go to the party becuase she was being naughty and saying naughty words. She replied..."okay mom, I'll keep my words in my mouth". She hasn't said "shit" since.

October was a crazy busy month for us. We worked a ton, were sick alot, and had lots of fun parties to go to. I'm hoping things quiet down a bit before the big holidays hit. I asked Sage what she wanted from Santa. She said "a ladder, a red bow, and a sister for Addie (Addie is her dolll)". She quickly followed it by also saying " I want everthing for Christmas". Good thing, since I've already bought her a little of everything. Not a ladder or red bow though.