Countdown to Christmas Day 3

First of all, it was 13 years ago today that Paul proposed! Happy engagement anniversary to us!

So, for the last 3 years I think, maybe only 2, I didn't send out Christmas cards. It's so hard to find time to sit down at the computer or on a device and upload pictures and design your cards and I never have any decent pictures anyway. But I was determined to send cards this year so I asked the girls if they would just pose in front of the tree with the dog and surprisingly they agreed right off the bat with no bribing or anything. So I snapped a few pics of them with the dog and the cats (separately, with the dog safely out of the room) and got on Shutterfly and ...done!

We have a photo of them in front of the tree holding the cats when they were just kittens back in 2011, so we tried to recreate that.

2011

2018

And them with Kona

Comments

Transfer Anniversary

Today is the 5-year anniversary of my embryo transfer! 5 years ago today I became pregnant with my girls (I wrote about it in more detail a few years ago). It was a Saturday that year, also. Olivia and Kayley at 3 days post conception (wish I knew which one was which): And Olivia and Kayley 5 years later: That photo is actually a few weeks old. I tried to take one for today and this is what I ended up with: {Sigh}

The Girls' Room

So it's kids' rooms this week at Kelly's Korner Home Tours. Unfortunately, we haven't finished the girls' room make-over. We recently transitioned from toddler beds to twins. I would have loved to get bunk beds to save space, but the twin beds were given to us by friends of Paul's parents so we're making do. They were wood-colored (oak, maybe?) so we painted them white. It was challenging to figure out how to arrange their furniture because of the alcove/nook thingie on one side. I couldn't do the obvious two beds perpedicular to the wall with a nightstand in between configuration, so I had to compromise. There are lots of finishing touches still to be done. We need to replace their dresser, get a nightstand, put up a shelf (ledge) or two and some wall art, and curtains. We're also going to paint. I've had my heart set on purple for a long time, which is why I chose this bedding with some purple but not too much, but now...

Senior Prom

Last Friday was the girls' Senior Prom. A whole group of them met at a nearby park for photos, then they broke off into smaller groups and went to dinner and Prom. Olivia and her group rented an Air B&B for the night, and Kayley spent the night at a friend's house with another friend or two. Olivia and Gavin (just friends) Everyone Just the guys Just the girls Olivia and Kayley

The Nelson Narrative

Search This Blog