A new Favorite

My hubby and I are in LOVE with these......you must try them! I am not much of a chocolate fan, but I love these!! And the nutritional facts aren't that bad! Try them you won't be disappointed!

2010 Favorites and Memories....

Our year in a nutshell......

Had Disneyland passes, went to Disneyland, Ethan doesn't care for it too much

Ethan turned 2, went to Pretend City

Went to Disneyland again with friends

Kids went to Build a Bear for the first time

Went to Mammoth, kids saw snow for the first time, mommy and daddy got to snowboard

Easter- colored eggs, egg hunt at Papa's

Aunt Debbie's Dodger Party

Started potty training Ethan

Went to Disneyland again

Pool time

Kids played lots of soccer

Sunsets

Park days

Mother's Day tea

San Diego Zoo with Aunt Debbie and Uncle Tom

Pies and Pedicures at the Bridge

Luke graduated from Cal State Long Beach

Father's day at the beach

The Bridge Tea

Mommy on vacation for the week

Santa Monica

Beach time

Hung out with friends

Train Museum

4th of July in San Diego

Ethan got a big boy bed

Ethan is potty trained

Tea with the girls

Wild Animal park

Celebrated Alycia's 21st bday

Taelor's first VBS

Celebrated 8th anniversary, went away to Palm Desert

Alyssa's wedding shower

Taelor started preschool

Dinner with Noel, sad to say goodbye

Natalie was out from England

San Diego Zoo again

Taelor's first dance class

Alyssa's wedding

Halloween- Cinderella and Woody

Pumpkin patch

Auntie Sue came out from England

Thanksgiving

Fashion Island Christmas tree

Santa visit

Wrote letters to Santa

Crafts for December

Decorated the tree

Laguna Beach with Auntie Sue and family

Said goodbye to Auntie Sue....boo

The Bridge Dessert night

Christmas shopping, baking and all the fun

Christmas, the most favorite time of the year

Mommy was on vacation for the week

Taelor turned 4 on New Year's Eve!!!

It was a busy year for us Williams, a great fun year. Thanks for the memories! Here's to a new year with new beginnings!

2 Favorite Movies this week

This past week we rented both of these movies and will now be purchasing, Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue and Nanny McPhee, and I LOVED them or should I say WE LOVED them. The kids enjoyed both of these movies. Of course we own and watch the first Tinkerbell so when this one came out we watched it and it was super cute! I love the Tinkerbell movies because there really is no scary good vs evil in them. They are cute with a good story behind them.

I know I may be a bit behind on the Nanny McPhee movie, but I LOVED this movie, it reminded me of Mary Poppins which the kids really enjoy too. At first I wasn't sure if it was right for the kids, if it was too old and if the story would be ok, well it turned out they loved it and they got the story of how the kids needed to learn to be polite and not so naughty. Very cute and I can't wait to see the next one.

Cricut Machine

These are a few of the things you can print

I used mine to make decorations, this one says baby!

Made my own Baby Rhys sign

My Cricut machine is probably one of the best presents Saul has ever given me (next to my camera). I LOVE it. I not only use it for scrapbooking but since I threw a few showers this past month, I used it to make decorations with. There are different cartridges that you can purchase that makes different patters, or letters and shapes. They are a bit expensive (around $80) but it is best to get them when Michael's Craft store puts them on sale. If any of you are scrapbookers or crafty, I highly recommend this machine. It saves me money on buying embellishments or sticker letters. I have to admit I am lagging on finishing the kids scrapbooks but since I have been using this lately, it has motivated me to at least do a few pages a week, so we will see if I get around to it next month. If you ever want to borrow mine to try it out let me know.

Blankies

As most of you know Taelor is attached to her blankie. A few months ago, I finally was able to switch out her old blankie with the same exact one. I had been trying for months but she would refuse the nice clean new one. So one day I left the house with only the new one and now she is attached to the new one. I have washed her old one and put it in a box and will keep it forever, it is dingy and pretty yucky looking but it was her first blankie that she toted around everywhere. So when Ethan was born I bought him the same blankie in blue and chocolate brown, but I was smart and bought two. I use them both and he loves his blankie also. If anyone is looking for a good blankie I would recommend Patricia Ann Designs. They also have lots of other cute stuff, stroller blankets, moses baskets, car seat covers, bibs, burp clothes and more. They have a boutique right off of Lake Forest and they always have sales. I just thought I would share one of my kids favorite things with you.