My Bench

Sometimes its the simple things that make me happy...for instance this old black bench that I got at an Antique store down the road :) I love it and had to share it with you...

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was priceless! I went into Luke's room and he said..."Do you think Santa came to our house last night?" I said,"Let's go see"...Luke got to the top of the stairs and looked at the Christmas Tree and said..."He sure did! That's amazing...how did he get all of that done while we were sleeping?" Then he said..."wait, I know...he's magic and he just turns into sparkles and goes up and down the chimney." I really should have had the video camera going :)

Luke tore open this present from Rand, Norah and Hazel and exclaimed "awesome! I always wanted this... What is this??



Elle got this shopping cart and doll and she was in Heaven!

Christmas Earrings

This is a picture of all the women on Keith's side of the family on Christmas Eve night...wearing the earrings that Luke made for each of them. It was the cutest thing ever. He told Keith that he wanted to make mommy some earring for Christmas so Keith being the wonderfully well rounded guy that he is...went to the craft store and brought home supplies to make me earrings. They worked together in secret. Luke then decided that he wanted to make more presents so he started calling the ladies in Keith's family to find out what their favorite color was and if they had holes in their ears. He wrapped them all himself and wrote their names and then proudly handed them out on Christmas Eve. It was so darn cute!

Bad Santa

This is what Elle thought about Santa!

Little Miss Sassy Pants

She is magically transforming into a little miss sassy pants over night...she's running now...not walking, tearing things apart, says "NO" and means it and can wear her hair up in one pony tail...what next?! Maybe I'll start by buying her a bigger bib...you think?

Christmas is Coming!

Christmas wouldn't be complete without decorating a gingerbread house...well atleast not for Luke!


did I say Luke? I meant Keith!

We are getting pretty excited over here for Christmas! Luke has 2 count down calendars that he religously abides by each day and lets us all know what number we're on and how many days left :)

Fall...whoops did that happen already?

I was making dinner and I looked over to find Elle reading my Every Day Food magazine inside the magazine basket. Love her!

Elle and Sharon chattin it up at Thanksgiving.

Luke assaulting Uncle Louis at Thanksgiving.

Elle enjoying Thanksgiving dinner from her booster chair.

Luke's favorite thing is the turkey leg!

Luke helping mommy make pies for Thanksgiving...

Luke shaking his butt in mommy's face while making pies for Thanksgiving...he officially loves shaking his butt and thinks its hillarious...he is the rumpshaker.

Luke trying to wrangle his sister before church without losing his cookie...

She can't be stopped!

Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! If you did not receive a Lavalliere Family Christmas Card this year...I'm Sorry! I do my best to stay current on addresses but it can be tough, so if didn't hear from us this year please send me your address so that I can get you a card next year. Thanks for your help...in advance :)