Snow Catching!!

I've been meaning to post these photos from last week. I was teaching Lily to catch snowflakes with her tounge. It was the cutest thing ever!

After catching snowflakes for awhile, she asked if she could eat the snow on the top of the split rail fence. Yep, she thought that was pretty cool!!

I know this is short and sweet, but I just don't feel well today! So more to come tomorrow...

Our PrincessTurned 2!!!

I have no idea how time flew by so fast, but our princess is 2!!!! Seems like just yesterday, I was picking her up and she was only 4 months old! She has just grown into this little personality. She is almost always happy, uses her manners, puts on her own shoes and socks, and for the first time last night she slept in a "big girl bed"!!

We just had Papa and Grammy and Uncle Wally and Auntie Robynn over for cake and ice cream. I figured this could be the last year I would be able to get away with no party. She doesn't know any better yet! We had her 1st birthday party and it was fun, but I just wanted to keep it low key this year.

The Birthday Girl

All morning long Lily was so excited that it was her Birthday, she kept singing Happy Birthday and she was eying up her cake very closely!

Blowing out her candles

She got a big girl bed this year, another thing I thought I could get away with this year since she doesn't know any better. Goodness knows she didn't need a thing! I love this photo where she is pointing at the picture of the bed!

Daddy and Uncle Wally putting the bed together with Lily supervising!

Her big girl bed in her room! It looks so different without her crib!

Lily getting ready for bed

Lily was excited to try out her new bed until...... we turned out the light. She started screaming for her Mommy. I stood outside her door and cried like a little girl. She cried for about 5 mins, then I went in and put her back in bed and sat with her. Well, she just thought that was play time! So I left her again and I walked away. She was back to screaming again, but I didn't go in there!!! She cried for maybe another 5 mins and she was quiet. I figured she was sleeping behind her door because that's where she was screaming from. I waited about 1/2 hour then slowly opened the door, so I wouldn't smash her. Guess what????? She was asleep in her bed like a big girl!!!! Of course, I cried like a little girl then too!!!

She actually didn't get out of her bed and play, which totally surprises me! I picked up her room before she went to bed, just so I would know if she played or not. Well this morning when I went to get her up, she was sitting in her bed and there were no toys out! I'm sure it won't be this easy every night, but we're gonna take it!!

All About Rob!

Found this on Heather's blog and had to play along!


What is his name?
Robert, Rob, Robbie, Daddy

How long have you been married?
10 1/2 years

How long did you date?
Almost 5 years!!

How old is he?
46 (he is 12 and 1/2 years older than me)

Who eats more sweets?
Me (dang, I hate to admit that)

Who said I love you first?
Not sure, I know I wanted to, but I think I waited for him to say it first!

Who is taller?
He is. 5'11

Who can sing better?
You really don't want either of us to sing in public!!

Who is smarter?
I would say we're both smart, just in different ways

Who does the laundry?
I do mine, Lily's and household laundry, but he does his own!!

Who pays the bills?
I pay the bills, we both work

Who sleeps on the right side?
If you're looking at the bed, he does.

Who mows the lawn?
Him

Who cooks dinner?
Most of the time Rob, I hate to cook!! I'd rather clean any day!

Who drives?
Depends, I usually drive if we have my Explorer, her usually drives if we have his Suburban

Who is more stubborn?
Probably me!

Who kissed who first?
He kissed me first on the lifeguard stand at the beach in San Clemente, CA

Who asked who out first?
He totally asked me out, I had to be convinced by my Mom to even go out with Rob, I said he was WAY to old!! She told me to just go have fun, It wasn't like I was going to marry him!! LOL

Who proposed?
Him, even though I knew it was coming

Who has more siblings?
Him, 1 brother and 1 sister. I have 1 sister

Who wears the pants?

We are equal. I'm the loud vocal one, but he stands his ground on the things he thinks are important!

If your reading this, your tagged!!

This was fun, not often that I blog about my love of a lifetime!!

8 Inches!!!

This is what it looked like this morning looking out my front door! Beautiful!! I think we got about 8 inches from the time I went to bed until I got up this morning. There are about 200 schools closed this morning! Crazy!! Needless to say, we have a lot of shoveling to do tonight!

Lazy Sunday Afternoon!!

I just love when we have nothing to do on Sundays!! We have literally done a whole lot of nothing today. Lily and I haven't even gotten out of our pjs!! We've had a fire going in the fireplace since about noon, watching football and relaxing! Go Packers!! Gotta love Brett Favre!!

I had a great time at the crop yesterday, got to scrap from 10am to midnight (Mom and I left about 11:00). Of course, we get the worst weather we've had all winter. We drove about 40 on the highway, and at times not over 25, but we were going to get there come hell or high water!! We got there and had our own "executive suite". There were just 8 of us in the room, we had or own bathroom, our own snacks, food, pop, our own raffles, and we could have even ordered dinner out and they would have gone and picked it up for us. We ended up eating there, we just didn't want to have to have someone out driving on the roads when they didn't have to. They were great full and rewarded us with extra raffles. I wish I could tell you that I got a ton of work done, but......I didn't!!! I did get three super easy layouts done. I didn't have to do much, but put my photo's on paper because there was a vendor there who would letter your pages with anything you wanted for a small fee. So I took advantage of this for those. You can check those out by clicking on the photo of Lily on the right and go to my SIStv gallery. (I will post one of them below). That's were I pretty much put all of my layouts. Needless to say, we all had a great time!!! Can't wait to do it again next year!!

TGIF!!!!

Just had to include this photo of Lily from this week!! Yesterday Lily Rene' was just full of herself, her Birthday is coming up and I'm trying to teach her that she is 2. Well, after a day full of explaining that, I asked her how old she is and she said "Birthday", then started singing Happy Birthday!! Dang kid!! So today we are working on 2 and she's answering most of the time 2 with an occasional Birthday mixed in.

I don't know about the rest of you but TGIF!!!!! I'm ready for the weekend!!! Tomorrow morning I get to go Scrappin'!!!! YAY!!! I get to scrap from 10am till midnight!! Maybe I'll actually get something done and post some photos on Sunday!

Wishing you all a super spectacular Weekend!!!

Prayers Please

One of my Michigan SISters from over at SIStv need prayers today for her daughter and her family.

Her daughter was admitted to the hospital last night and I know she would appreciate all the prayers she can get!

You can check out her blog here.

Thanks so much, I know the power of prayer can do wonderful things!!

Jody's blog is full of inspiration, you should check it out. She is an amazing lady!!

Eddie and I

Tonights the night!!! I don't have a choice, I have to do it!! Eddie may fall apart, but I can't stand it anymore!! I just love Eddie so much, can't stand the thought of having to part with him, even though he is falling apart!! I just have to do it!!

I bet your thinking who the hell is Eddie??? Why, it's my old trusty Eddie Bauer Explorer!! What were you thinkin'??? Yes it's that time, I have to clean Eddie. It is so disgusting even I can't stand it!! Now mind you when I say clean, I don't mean the outside (he might completely fall apart if I did that). I have more junk on the inside of that truck!! I think I even have two pairs of boots in there somewhere that I'd really like to wear!!

So tonight Lily and I are going to Papa's to his nice warm garage to clean it out!! Wish me luck!!

Lily Need A Haircut!!??

Lily had her first "big" girl piggy tails in her hair last week and it was just so darn cute!!! Mind you, about 2 hours later her hair looks like it's been through a war. But it's super cute while it lasts!

Now on to the dilemma, this is what her hair looks like if I do nothing to it!! It is out of control!! She's never had a haircut, and I hate to do it, but.....her hair is always falling in her eyes, it's starting to look like a mullet!!!!! The back is growing so cute, but the sides are not growing as fast. Then the question is, do I want to cut bangs???? I really wanted to let it grow to one length, but she doesn't keep head bands in for long and she tends to rip barrettes out. So what am I to do???? Tell me what you think, I need help deciding!!

Hard to believe it's been a week since I've been here!!! I've just been tired!! Getting old is catching up to me!! I'm still trying to decide on my "word" for the year, I've got a million tax things that need to be done, a house that needs a "really good" cleaning, not to mention a million other things I need to get done, but I just have no motivation! Maybe that should be my word for 2008, motivation!! I'll keep you posted!!

I'll try to do better this week!! Have a good one!!

This ones for Auntie Heather

Oh yes Auntie Heather, she is spankin' her booty while she's dancing!!

You know I laughed like crazy and head to get a photo!!

Lily loves to dance in the kitchen on the cupboard!! She says music and she gets to dancin', it's the cutest thing ever!!

Just had to share!

All Done!!

Christmas is officially over at the Borntreger household!! Finally, all Christmas decorations are down and put away and the house is clean!! It's a miracle, I didn't think it was ever going to get done!! The only bad part about it all??? Lily can't kiss baby Jesus goodnight, and she doesn't understand why! She's just too darn sweet!

Our weekend was none to exciting. Rob did the brakes on my truck and Lily and I went to a birthday party. Lily had so much fun at Ally's birthday, she got to go swimming!!! She loves to be in the water!! She was completely exhausted!! On the five minute ride home from the party, she passed out!!

I'm hoping this week is full of crafty goodness!!! I NEED to scrap and I miss it, I want to scrap!!!

Not much going on this week. Lily has her last ear check up tomorrow with the ENT. I'm hoping all is well, because I would like to enroll her in swimming lessons soon. I start back to sorority tomorrow night after a break for Christmas. I think we actually have a weekend coming up of nothing going on. (I love those weekends!)

For those of you who read my last post, please continue to pray for Christine and her family, as her husband passed away this weekend. Just heartbreaking news and I'm sure she can use all of the prayers she can get!

I've got to post this week all of the happy mail I've been getting from the Month to Month ATC swap that I'm doing. Everyone's are turning out to Awesome! I'm just trying to decide how to display them, so they aren't stuck in the basement at my craft area, any ideas??

Have a wonderful week everyone!!

Please Say A Prayer For This Family!!

I have been a lurker of a blog that belongs to a fellow SISter at SIStv Christine. She and her family really need some prayers right now! She is in a heartbreaking situation and I don't think I could be as strong as she is.

You can Click Here to see her blog!

So today I tell you, go hug your loved ones, spend some precious time with them and remember how lucky we really are!!

It's Friday!!!

I downloaded these photo's from my camera and they so made me laugh!! At dinner one night, Lily decided she wanted my pickle, of course I gave it to her then grabbed the camera. She was so funny! She continued to make crazy faces, but in the end ate the whole thing!

Thank goodness it's Friday!!!! I'm tired!! Don't know what my problem is, but I need a good 15 hour or so sleep, maybe then I'll feel better!! I have much to do this weekend with the number one being: I have to get this Christmas stuff down and put away. It's driving me crazy!! Then I need to CLEAN house and carpets. Do I think I'll get it all done, Nope!! It's good to have good intentions right?

I have 33 ATC's due the 1st of March that I need to get working on, the good thing is my February ATC is done!! For those of you who don't know what an ATC is it's an Artist Trading Card. You "do your thing" on a playing card or something of that size. You make how ever many you are going to be swapping, so if I make 33 I will get back 33 different ones! It's just too cool!!! Maybe later tonight I can post a few pictures!

Not much else planned for the weekend. Would love to play Texas Hold Em with friends but Lily has her first Birthday Party that she has been invited to on Saturday. She is going to have a ball, because it's a swimming party and she loves the water! I'm sure you'll see photos!

Happy Friday Ya'll!!

Happy New Year!!

Just wanted to stop in before I head off to bed and wish everyone a New Year filled with wonderful things!!

Rob and I went out with our friends that we have spent the last 4 or 5 New Year Eve's with. We always have a blast with these crazy people!!! I have lots of photos to share, but first I must edit for content!! (this is a family blog after all!) We probably all had a little too much fun, but hey you gotta bring in the New Year right!!

A big shout out to my SISTER for coming to pick us up from the bar and picking up Lily!!! It was sure nice not to worry about how we were going to get home safely!!! Thanks Sis, I love you!!