You think we live in the woods

I don't know why I find this so fascinating, but we have lots of wild animals that live in our backyard. I guess it's because we live in the city... literally, in the city limits & not in the back woods of the city. We have a very small patch of woods behind our house, but when all the leaves are off the trees, you can see the houses that are behind us. A pack of deer have made home in these woods for years. We see them all of the time in our yard. Today, I spotted a mama & her baby

then another deer came out behind them... not sure if it's the aunt, grandma, uncle... who knows, but they all 3 cooperated rather nicely for this shot

We've had some strange rodents around our house too. The other day this praying mantis (huge by the way) sat on our window seal the entire day.

Christmas Cards

It's November & getting chilly. Yay! This puts me in the mood for the holidays. I've started working on Christmas cards & wanted to share a few designs that I've done so far.

These are wedding programs I just finished for some friends who are getting married today. They really turned out pretty!


I'm doing the next 3 pictures for a class at GWU next week for one of the residence halls. I did a card class in February & the girls loved it! So we are going with a Christmas theme this time.




I'm a sucker for snowmen. I think I could make the majority of my holiday cards using them. I just love this little snowman... so cute

A new tree stamp that I bought. Still trying to figure out what I want to do with it.

So my kid told me...

...tonight that I'm fat. (This was in reference to my comment about feeling bloated while I was fixing dinner.) Thanks Carter... for that supportive "word" of encouragement...to get me off my lazy bum & do something about it. He just didn't stop there. Oh no. He asked if I was pregnant..."because it's looks like you could be Mom". Okay, point taken. REALLY well.

I guess I know what I need to do tomorrow.

Haneline Family Vacation

We returned yesterday from our annual trip with Corby's family... all 22 of us! We had a great time... rented a big cabin in the beautiful mountains of Pigeon Forge, TN. We declared it a Country-Western themed weekend & celebrated Halloween with lots of fun. Here's only a few pictures from our weekend.
All dressed up for Halloween

PapPaw & MamMaw (rodeo cowboy & Cowgirl Fiona)

We had plenty of activities for the kids on Halloween day...
pumpkin decorating

Aunt Amanda made monster mash, MamMaw Wanda cooked up a witches brew, Corby & Wendy told the kids they found a dead bear & had some bear parts for the kids to feel & taste,

The kids had the hot tub to play in

We had a few visitors next door... they seemed to want our food

We celebrated my nephew's 12th birthday (Adam)

Played lots of dress up...

And finished the weekend with a go-cart race.


We had a great time!

My Three Kids

My kids are goofs... for the most part, they are silly 95% of the time. We had a silly photo-shoot the other day. They partook in it quite well...



They can be serious too...

but just for a minute.

Kensley names her first babydoll

Kensley has finally decided that her baby dolls need a name. Before, people would always ask her "what's your baby's name?" and she would give them a blank stare... as if to say... "baby dolls have names... really?" I guess it finally clicked that her dolls should have a name too. On the way to Wal-Mart on Friday, just out of the blue, she announced to me that her baby's name was Gracie. I was rather excited that she picked a cute name... nothing like my baby dolls names which were Martha-nell & Martha-nan (don't ask). Then a mile or so down the road she said "no, I want her name to be Lis-tha-buth" (Elizabeth...for translation). She proceed to announce to everyone we passed in Wal-Mart that her baby's name was Elizabeth. The name has actually stuck for a week now. Occasionally she forgets what she named her & will ask me "what's my baby's name again?" But after I remind her again, she proceeds to play babies and called her baby "Lis-tha-buth".

Here is a picture of her & her baby:

Corn Maze

Me & Kensley had a playdate on Tuesday with my friend Missy & some other moms. We went to the Shelby Corn Maze... which is a really cool place.



We walked through the maze....

Played the with dogs....

Got to swing...

and look cute....

Swing on the horse-tire-swing-thingys....

crawl through the tunnels....

and take pictures with our friends...