Violet turned 8 months old today! She started scooting around and army crawling a few days ago and is getting really mobile. I need to get her started on real food but she's such a champion nurser it hard to add one more messy face to the bunch at meal time! She's all smiles and loves people as long as mom Is within eye sight. She is a sweet angel and seems to have a little funny personality. We just adore her. 

I've been meaning to tackle my craft room for a long time and finally jumped in! Here are some before pictures. I admit freely to being a craft hoarded, but if someone needs something I love having it to lend out! 

I sold my big desk that Stephen bought me almost 8 years ago. 

Here is a work in progress. I got most of the cabinets for free and paid $12 for fhe large one on the bottom on the left of the "white cabinet wall."

I paid $160 (yikes!) for the vintage lockers are the farthest wall and found a deal on the lockers on the left wall and ended up getting them for free because a friend bought all the other lockers on my deal and ended up with a good deal so she passed on the savings to me. 

Keri Perez helped me paint and I spend about 3 weeks in total from take down, organizing and purging, to finish up. 

I love my new space! My grand total spent was $250. The most expensive being the above poctures vintage lockers and the counter top was $84 everything else was free or stuff I had. I also sold the large desk and some other odds and ends that helped keep costs down. 

Fun photo shoots with some of the kids. 

Lots of Christmas stuff happening around here! 

Violet's first Christmas! 

We got a tree from Grandpa Jerry Herrud's yard and the kids and I set it up and decorated it while Stephen was gone at church meetings. It only fell over once! 

Stephen headed up the community nativity down at the church and we finally got a nativity picture this year. 

Our annual Christmas photo complete with ugly sweaters. 

Picking out a tree at Grandpa Jerrys! 

Seeing Santa at the Moses Lake museum. 

Violet was all smiles and Beck forgot to ask for a Madden16 game. 

Paisley decided just to ask for candy and big smarties. 

Penelope surprised us and asked for an American Girl doll "because that's what Paisley wants too."

Remmy was nervous at first but asked for fast cars and went back to get his candy cane Santa forgot to give him. 

Violet is 6 months old. Time

Is flying by. She loves her mama and will tolerate dad when mama is gone. She still nurses like a champ and other than the Oreo Remmy snuck her a few weeks ago has still not been fed real food yet. But the time is getting closer. I love to sit and nurse her and talk to her and she reaches for my face. She is sweet and smiley and loves to show everyone how cute she is. She sits up for a little bit before toppling over and can scoot around and round in circles. She still takes her binky and sleeps in mom and dads room. The kids love on her and her immune system will be rock tough. We just love her smiling sweetness and can't get enough of her.

Halloween 2015!!!! 

Remington as Mickey Mouse 

Paisley as a Day of the Dead scary doll

Harry Potter as Beck 

Penelope as a purple fox 

And Violet as the most adorable baby panda bear! 

We went to Kortnis house to do the girls' make up and the rain let up a tiny bit so we ran out and took some quick pictures!