Our Coates Family Party

We had our Coates famliy Christmas party this last weekend and it was so much fun!  I love being able to visit with all our family members that we don't get to see often and it's so fun to watch Tobi interact with them.  We had some DELICIOUS food and some super yummy desserts, followed by a visit from.....Santa Claus!!!

I wasn't sure how Tobi would do and he ended up loving Santa.  He gave him high fives and kept trying to chat with him, even when it was the other kids turns to be on Santa's lap.  He had me cracking up, he was being so cute, he was so fascinated.  He got super excited when he got his treat bag and even tried to share his candy with Big Ol' Red.  We played a trivia game and just hung out with everyone, catching up and telling fun stories.

Tobi wore his awesome snowman shirt I made for him and Ashtyn was ADORABLE in her snowman onesie, everyone loved it.  It was such a fun party and I'm so glad we got to go!

The Snowman Shirt

After a very crazy and stressful day, Jocelyn and I decided to bag all plans and replace them with new ones...for the night at least.  What was supposed to be a pecan pie bake fest turned into an order pizza and sew up some super cute snowman shirts party.

I had seen a holiday post a few weeks back where a super awesome mama did the cutest little snowman shirt for her little man and I fell in love...I knew I had to make one for my Tobi.  I already had a little white shirt so Jocelyn and I raided her mom's button stash for black buttons, and may have even swiped a few scraps of fabric to use for carrot noses, thanks Jan!  We ended up with so many buttons, we decided what the heck, lets make some for Ashtyn and Rand too!  We lined up our buttons how we wanted them and then marked the shirt with marker so we would know where to sew our buttons on.  After that, we just cut some orange fabric in the shape of a carrot nose and did a zig zag stitch to keep it in place.  And done!  Yep, it was seriously that simple.  Then for little Miss Ashtyn's, we simply added a bow to girl it up.  They turned out SO SO SO cute and I can't wait for Tobi to wear his to our family party tonight.  He likes the buttons on it and was super excited when it was finished.

How cute is he in that shirt!  I can't get enough of his cute little face.

Moxtek Christmas Party

Jordan and I got to go to the Moxtek Christmas party up at Thanksgiving Point tonight and it was so fun.  We had some super yummy food with awesome entertainment while we ate, followed by games and gifts.  Jordan ended up getting an assortment of Scentsy stuff which he wasn't too thrilled about but I was super excited ha ha! He said if I was happy, he was happy and insisted he didn't want to trade for something else (have I mentioned he's the best husband ever?  Because he is.)  Once we got home and went through it, I think he was a little more excited about it.  Andrew and Bronwyn were also there which was AWESOME and Andrew totally won an award for being such an awesome employee (and implementing a system to help improve production) which made us all very proud of him!

New Ornaments

I found these ornaments a few months ago and after getting my Rudolph Christmas houses, I fell in love with the ornaments too.  I thought it would be fun having them on my tree too.  Jordan, being as awesome as he is, let me order them as well.  I have my first set of three on the tree and I can't wait to get the rest!

My Christmas Houses

Earlier this year I found an adorable Rudolph Christmas house set and totally fell in LOVE with it.  I told Jordan how much I would love to have them and he told me to go ahead and order them.  Through out the year, I've been getting one house at a time until the collection is complete and I've been so excited to put them on display...they are ADORABLE!  We put them out today and I am so happy with them and so grateful that my awesome hubby let me get them.  Jordan is the best!

Here they are on display in my curio cabinet.

And here are the individual pieces.....

These are the characters that came with my houses.  Each one is just so cute and I love the memories it brings to mind, of watching this movie during Christmas when I was little.

This is Hermey's Dentist Office...so cute!

This is the Reindeer Stable, complete with each Reindeer's name, I love it!

This is the Reindeer Flight Camp which is also SUPER adorable.  I love the Jump and Land spaces on top of the house!

This is Santa's Workshop, I love the slide on the side that has the gifts shooting through.

And last but not least, this is the Claus' Mansion...so so so cute!

What do you think!  Now you see why I had to have it right?  And for those of you who are anything like me and you are dying to have your own set in your home during the holidays, you can order your own set here.

Oh Christmas Tree

We finally got our tree set up today.  Jordan loves Christmas and is always so excited to set up the tree.  It was really cute watching Tobi help with the ornaments, he oo-ed and aaw-ed over each one and was so careful when he touched them.  And then he walked around the apartment saying "ho ho ho" over and over.  Even though I struggle with Christmas, I have to admit it's nice having the tree up.  It brings a good feeling into the home and it's wonderful seeing how much Tobi enjoys it.

Here are my two fabulous guys hard at work. :)

And here is our beautiful tree!

Hey December

I cannot believe it is December already!  Where has this year gone?!  Honestly, this is my LEAST favorite time of year but if I can survive it...hello 2012!  So on that note, here's the desktop....