Merry Christmas!

I haven't mailed out a single Christmas card, but they're all sitting on the table in my craft room ready to go. :) So don't feel left out if you haven't received one yet! I figured "better late than never" certainly applies in this case. One of these years I'm going to learn how to be prepared for the winter holidays by July!

Kendyl (my baby sister) took us out one day to attempt a family picture. The weather was crazy weird and it was freezing! If you can guess where our photos were taken, I'll give you a prize! Kleven had fallen asleep in the car on the way and he was as grumpy as expected upon waking him up. Ezra, on the other hand, ran the show. If we all walked one direction, he went the other, and boldly too! It made for some cute shots, however frustrated we were at the time.

Why is it that when Christmas rolls around I always feel as though it has snuck up on me?
We finished our shopping last night, except for any ingredients I might need last minute for my Christmas dinner contributions- I know we need milk... We had to go to Home Depot, Target and WalMart. Home Depot was so empty I seriously thought they were closed, Target was crowded with very few items left on the shelves, and WalMart was busy, but there was a TON of stuff left. I can't wait for the boys to see what we picked out!
Enough rambling... here are our photos:

Update: I actually got our Christmas cards in the mail! It was already the year 2009, but what a relief! And FYI- I did not put a return address on them, so I won't know if you got it or not! I do NOT want them coming back to me!

Need Christmas Earrings?

I let Kleven help me design some Christmas jewelry this week. These are our favorites! Wanna pair for yourself? They're only $4 each! We're working on a couple more pairs today, so check back soon!

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So I've fallen off the blogging bandwagon.... but don't worry, I have plenty of valid excuses as to why I have neglected to post lately, but we won't go there. I thought I'd make use of some free publicity and let you all know I am updating my jewelry blog as well- tomorrow morning after I drop Kleven off at Preschool- and there will be some amazing deals! I'm cleaning house- not literally- but hoping to clear out some inventory to make room for a whole slew of new designs. We're talking most pieces priced AT COST!

Love you all! See you tomorrow!

~Kayci

Holiday Boutique Updates!

Thursday the 13th, here at my house- Rancho Bella Vista on Desert Rose Trail from 6-9
Saturday the 15th in my old neighborhood The Gardens in Gilbert North side of Ray between Recker and Power Rd

Possibly the 20th? location TBD

For a list of items available, refer to the list a couple posts down!
Hope to see you there!

October Rush

October's almost over... where does the time go? I am busy today finishing the last minor details on the boys' costumes. I am trying to figure out how to make Superman's red boots and undies that fit my tiny 18 month old son. He already doesn't like the cape, but Chris insisted he have the underwear...

The first boutique of the season went off without a hitch. It was So Fun! and busy, and successful. I love having friends that appreciate fun crafty things! I ended up with more custom orders than I thought I would, which means more work on my part, but its all worth it, right!?

I'm still waiting on photos from a few of you...

I REALLY need to get to work on loading the content for my website... I've owned it for YEARS... and just had it officially built... but its missing the best part- THE STUFF! I am having a terrible time trying to come up with stuff to write about- mainly for the About Me page. The rest of the work is loading and arranging the photos and descriptions. It will be a huge relief to see it finished one of these days.

Kleven had his Preschool pictures taken a few weeks ago and we just got them back yesterday- I can't get over how big he is already... and Ezra got to jump in for a few as well. We only had one turn out of the two of them and you can see my hand shoving Ezra back into the frame and his ear is popped out!

Chris is insanely busy at the office these days. The boys miss him and Kleven asks every other day or so why daddy doesn't want to be at home anymore. We have been trying REALLY hard to do things as a family, even if it means Chris gets dropped off or we meet up somewhere or we're going out to see him. We managed to cram in a trip to Schnepf Farm last week. Its tradition and the boys had a blast. I was a nervous wreck when Chris put the boys on the plane ride all by themselves. They had seat belts on, but that doesn't mean ANYTHING when your baby is Houdini. I was fighting the urge to vomit the whole time.