gum advent calendar

I saw this fun idea on this blog that I just loved and couldn't wait to make them for my family and friends. It's a mini gum advent calendar. We started today, twelve days until Christmas. Jacoby and I go home Friday and I can hardly stand it. I haven't seen Becca's family in six months; I think that is ridiculous! I'm so excited for Christmastime and to spend time with our families and friends. One of the things I'm most looking forward to is talking to Thomas; it's so great to hear his voice. These two were for Tyler and Steph. Tyler's birthday is tomorrow so I put a little present on that day. Also, Steph's birthday is six days before Christmas.
I wrote the days with Sharpies.

pictures and notebooks

My good friend Lisa just got a nice new camera and has been practicing taking pictures. She snapped a few of Jacoby that I thought turned out cute. It's hard to get him to stay still for very long, but I took some bubbles and that entertained him a little. Thanks, Lisa!

When I went home for Thanksgiving, I worked on some projects with my mom and sister. I had seen these notebooks on one of my favorite blogs, eighteen25, and wanted to do one. I didn't know it, but Steph had went and got all the stuff for all of us to make them and even one for her to make and send to Becca. Steph is really good about doing nice things like that. She is a very thoughtful person and always makes good treats for a party or gets stuff to do fun activities and projects. Thanks, Steph. These are really fun and I have used it a lot for all my Christmas planning. It's nice to have it all in one place and it even holds coupons and receipts, two things I always have. They were all a little different, but with coordinating papers.