:: Found on Pinterest - mason jar "frames"

A few months back, I'd pinned this

Source: rikkihibbert.co.za via Amy on Pinterest

We do have a ton of photos and a ton of mason jars.

So I thought I'd try it in our family room.
We have a few shelves that have been very sparse lately.
So this will do for now.
Probably won't stay like this forever, but we'll see.
Much cheaper than frames {that I don't have the money for}.

What have you pinned lately?
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I'll be linking this to these parties here.

:: Embrace the Camera 12.01.11

It's December 1st.
The Christmas decorations are up.The Christmas tree is decorated.And I have almost all the shopping done.{although I have a few homemade gifts I need to start on}My goal this year is to be organized. {ha!}So I can enjoy this Christmasand to remember the true reason for the season.

We took family pics the other day {self timer style}.

Just waiting for our Chirstmas cards to arrive so I can send those out.

I love my family
and I love December.

:: Family Happenings - sneaky Ava

We call her sneaky for a reason.

And she totally knows what it means.

She'll often refer to herself as being sneaky.

She knows it.

Well, on Sunday I thought we'd do family pictures.

Self-timer  . . . yep, that means me pushing the button, running, and trying

to get into a good position in 10 seconds.

Never doing that again.

But anyway,

so I push the button, run to my spot

and the camera starts shooting away.

10 in a row.

I had positioned Ava behind the hubbs and I.

Big mistake.

Sneaky little Ava was, yet again, being sneaky.

She thought it was hilarious.

And, well, although it was a little bit frustrating, it was pretty funny.

The picture above is when I knew something sneaky was going on.

Maybe that's why a photographer is needed.

So they make sure the kiddos aren't being so sneaky.