Elder Glenn!

Lee's brother, Glenn, just came home from his mission (Washington, DC). Charity and Glenn got to meet for the first time. At first things were awkward as Charity didn't quite know him and Glenn hadn't held a baby for 2 years. But after some snacks and slobber later they became good friends.

Danielle's Graduation

Danielle has finally graduated! Wahooo! She now has completed her BSW (Social Work) and after we know where we are going when Lee graduates she can start applying for her licensee in that state.

Kate's Corner Crafts

Kate's Corner Crafts is having a little give-a-way. Check it out: Kate's Corner Crafts

Whew! Thank goodness that's over!

Lee and I experienced the joys of Black Friday for the first time. We were mostly tired and bored. We went out to IF and headed out super early (12 something AM) to ToysRUs first (They were supposed to open at Midnight), but their line was ridiculous. It went from the store to the road then wrapped around the parking lot. Holy cow! Did these people not know how cold it was outside. So then we just went to SuperWalmart (which is a 24H store, so we could go in and shop). Well, we weren't allowed to buy our sale items until 5AM. So we had a lot of nothing to do. It did take some time to find what we wanted because the sale items were not anywhere near the departments you'd expect them to be in. (Lee's gift [which I'm not going to tell] was in the baby section of all places, and mine [a Cricut!] was next to the pharmacy). Eventually, we got out of there, we were the first in line and had what must have been the slowest and most perfectionistic cashier.
After Walmart we went to BedBath&Beyond and then off to Michaels [for Cricut cartridges]. Then we were done. (I just ordered what we wanted from ToysRUs online and got free shipping too!)

Speaking of Cricut! I love mine! Lee let me open it early so that I could get started on the invites for Charity's 1st birthday party. For those who are unfamiliar with the term a Cricut is kind of like a printer, but instead of printing it cuts (although it could print too, but not the same as a printer). You collect and borrow cartridges like video games. (The cartridges give you different fonts or shapes or etc to cut out).  So, instead of buying a Wii game for me for Christmas, Lee knows to get me new cartridges. What a sweetie! Here's Cricut's website: www.cricut.com

Melissa & Doug.

The year is coming to an end and with that comes Christmas and two Christmas birthdays. We've started our searches for presents. There are tons of cute toys for Charity from Melissa and Doug that we like. There's really too much cute stuff there to choose from. There's a giveaway going on right now for their Doll House and Dolls. We're really excited about this one.

Below is a picture of her in a local shop that sells mostly Melissa & Doug toys, she really enjoyed herself. Charity has several Melissa & Doug puzzles and is getting a Piano for her birthday (Shh! Don't tell!).
Today is Dec 9th, so that leaves 8 more days to make entries into this contest. Wish us luck! Feel free to help out and enter yourself too.

New Blog

We added a new blog to our list. It's where we can post some of the scrapbooking pages that have been worked on recently. The blog is titled: Scrapbook'N Stimpsons. There should be a link to it in a list on the right hand side of this blog.

Mesa Falls

After a short debate of what to do one evening we decided to pack up as quick as we can, grab a couple of sandwiches from Subway, and head down the road to Mesa Falls. It was the retreat we all needed. We got to play and explore together, what we always love.