Only when your kids are this little can you dress them up this silly!
This was Cutie Bug’s first Christmas in 2006. A friend of ours brought the Santa outfit over and well…we just had to put him in it!!
Next week I promise I will go back to scanning some of my really old pictures, I mean I am sure you all are just dying to see all of my great Christmases past right! Just to tired lazy to dig through the photo album tonight!
We would love to have a few more Take Me Back Tuesday folks! So dig out your old photos, scan them and pop on over to Kari’s!
After a wonderful week of Thanksgiving, I decided to do quotes about Gratitude today!
I challenge anybody in their darkest moment to write what they're grateful for, even stupid little things like green grass or a friendly conversation with somebody on the elevator. You start to realize how rich you are. ~ Jim Carrey
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ~ Melody Beattie
Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. ~ Lionel Hampton
Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all ~ William Faulkner
Gratitude is looking on the brighter side of the life, even if it means hurting your eyes. ~ Ellen DeGeneres
One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay in kind somewhere else in life. ~ Ann Morrow Lindbergh
Want to post a few quotes of your own, or read some other great ones? Just visit A Daily Dose of Toni for more Quotable Sunday!
Take me back to November 2005! My Angel playing Rosie with her very favorite stuffed animal Grrr.
Of course when she was this little (1 1/2) she only sang “ashes, ashes” part and then would fall. And Grrr? He was a baby shower gift that she started liking when she was about 8 months old. Today, he is still drug almost everywhere, has been washed probably 100 times and has no more fluff inside his tummy as it all is in his legs now. Someday when she is done with Grrr, I may miss him more than she will!
Have an old photo you want to share, or see what everyone else is up to today? Go visit Kari to see some other Take Me Back Tuesday posts!
If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.
In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back. ~Charlie Brown
Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Why me?", then a voice answers "Nothing personal, your name just happened to come up." ~Charlie Brown
Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves and then we have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos. ~Snoopy
"Sucking your thumb without a blanket, is like eating a cone without ice cream" ~Linus
Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life. ~Linus
I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building. ~Lucy
I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it. ~Sally Brown
Want to post a few quotes of your own, or read some other great ones? Just visit A Daily Dose of Toni for more Quotable Sunday!
Not to sure I like this Mingle very much but here it is anyway! I also don’t quite know what happened to the quality, looks a little fuzzy to me, and it’s kind of hard to hear!!
Oh well, here it is! I look forward to visiting some of yours and have a great week everyone!
If you want to see other mingles or join in yourself please visit Jennifer at EightyMPH.com
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. ~Helen Keller
"Look for the beauty in things." ~ Maya Angelou
Beauty comes in all sizes--not just size five. ~ Roseanne Barr
Beauty is not in the face; Beauty is a light in the heart. ~ Kahlil Gibran
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. ~ Audrey Hepburn
Beauty is revealed when we learn to see with our hearts. The more educated our hearts the greater beauty we can see. Therefore, beauty is revealed with age." ~ Arthur Dobrin
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~Maya Angelou
The mission of Operation Beautiful is to post anonymous notes in public places for other women to find. The point is that WE ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL. You are enough... just the way you are!
I think this is a great idea and am joining in to see if I can’t remind some women in my life that they are indeed beautiful! Check out Operation Beautiful if you are interested!
Want to post a few quotes of your own, or read some other great ones? Just visit A Daily Dose of Toni for more Quotable Sunday!
Looking for some Great Holiday Recipes??? Just visit Karrie at Stay@homemommy for her Holiday Recipe Swap!!!
Layers of red and green make this festive salad a favorite during the Christmas season.! While this Salad is absolutely beautiful, it does take a bit of time!!
Holiday Ribbon Jell-O Salad
12-15 Servings
Prep: 40 min. + chilling
Ingredients
2 packages (3 ounces each) lime gelatin
5 cups boiling water, divided
4 cups cold water, divided
1 package (3 ounces) lemon gelatin
1/2 cup miniature marshmallows
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 cup mayonnaise
1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, undrained
2 packages (3 ounces each) cherry gelatin
Directions
In a bowl, dissolve lime gelatin in 2 cups boiling water. Add 2 cups cold water; stir. Pour into a 13-in. x 9-in. dish; refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
In a bowl, dissolve lemon gelatin in 1 cup boiling water. Stir in marshmallows until melted. Cool for 20 minutes. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth. Gradually beat in lemon gelatin. Stir in pineapple. Carefully spoon over the lime layer. Chill until set.
Dissolve cherry gelatin in 2 cups boiling water. Add the remaining cold water; stir. Spoon over the lemon layer. Refrigerate overnight. Cut into squares. Yield: 12-15 servings.
Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 each) equals 236 calories, 17 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 22 mg cholesterol, 164 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 3 g protein.
Holiday Ribbon Gelatin published in Taste of Home December/January 2003, p37
Carefully Add Layers
When making a layered gelatin salad, it's helpful to gently spoon (rather than pour) each layer onto the previous layer of gelatin so it doesn't break through the other layers. —Janet Biersach, Mauston, Wisconsin
Take me back to October 2006. My Angel was 2 1/2 and Cutie Bug was almost 6 months old. Just look at those cheeks, I just want to pinch them one more time! In the second photo you can just barely see the dimple he has in his cheek, thankfully it doesn’t seem like that is ever going away! Oh where oh where did this tiny baby with those cheeks go??
Have an old photo you want to share, or see what everyone else is up to today? Go visit Kari to see some other Take Me Back Tuesday posts!
Happy Monday everyone!! Welcome to my very second Monday Mingle! I am so sorry about the bad lighting, but I just haven't figured out how to fix my lighting yet!! If you want to see other mingles or join in yourself please visit Jennifer at EightyMPH.com
