Happy New Year - a few days late :)

I don't usually do the whole new year's resolution thing. I'm not good with ultimatums :). Instead I pick one thing that I want to focus on. Last year it was organization. This year my focus is really going to be on friends. Many of our friends live in different locations all over North America and all over the world and it really takes some work to keep in touch with everyone. As Reilly gets older I realize that he has never even met so many of our favourite people in the whole world (yes Mark you're one of them and one day we will get to Australia & little Sora and Reilly will meet). I am really going to work on my correspondence although you should all know you are always in our thoughts & hearts. :)

Inspired by this, I have also decided to take my business in this direction. Look for some exciting collaborations coming up with friends both old & new! Ohhhh I can't wait for you to see :).

Also look for some boy's designs featuring my little cutie pie! He has finally decided to throw aside the spidey costume & jump into some Giraffikiki Kids - well only for 15 min and for a share of the profits. He is a pretty good negotiator despite being only 4.

Happy New Year to all!

Christmas at the Heipel's

Just sharing some pics from the holidays. Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and here's to 2008!

Opening presents Christmas morn.

Are there any left in there??????

Portraits

Reills

Greg- first day of beard growth. Yes, it's true he's growing a beard. I am devastated! I guess every man has to grow a beard once in his life just to prove that he can.

Me - finally on the other end of the camera lens

Good Ol' Genghis Khan having a snooze.

Mom

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Pops

The making of a masterpiece

We were hit with the "big one" yesterday. The major snow storm that they have been warning us about for days. We decided to hunker down & get into the Christmas spirit a little. We put on the Christmas tunes and set about to build a gingerbread house together. Now before you think I am some sort of domestic diva, you should know that we bought the gingerbread house prebaked & precut & ready to assemble. However, even looking at the box I was like, "there is no way I'm going to be able to get that thing to stay together" so I stepped out of the project to save Reilly the trauma of seeing his little gingerbread house collapse into a pile of yummy, sticky, sugary rubble. It was fun to sit back & snap shots of these two getting increasingly giddy with each stolen sugary treat they consumed. After the job was done, I sent them outside to work off some of that sugar. Reilly supervised while Greg dug out the walk. Can you believe we have so much snow!

WisteriaLane's Ice Princess Launch

I was very excited for this launch. It gave me an opportunity to showcase a little something different. "Snow Petal" features a sweet hooded cape with snowflake applique & tons of little details (trust me my fingers are still sore from sewing on all those buttons!). I paired this with a crochet cap with a cute dangly tassel & knit mitties. The yarn used for the hat & mittens is so soft! I have an extra ball of it & want to make myself a scarf. Those darn ones from the store are always so scratchy.

Check out the other gorgeous offerings from the girls of WisteriaLane.

Remember October?

Such a short time ago but what a change in weather. Just over a month ago Reilly was running thru the sprinklers. Today it was a sledding! I cannot believe that we have so much snow already! I am praying that this means an early spring. Five months of winter is too much, even for us Canucks!