The Kids on Canvas

I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am that the canvas I ordered came in today! I ordered this 16 x 20 canvas with the kids picture from Easter last year. I couldn't believe how easy it was to order. You upload a picture, it takes you through the selections such as size, width, etc. with any extra costs. Five...ten minutes max and you're done. I am amazed at how beautiful it turned out! Yes...the kids in the picture have something to do with it, too. ;)

My little camera does best in natural lighting which is why I did this outside. The picture just doesn't do it justice, though. It's way better than I ever expected.

Check out Easy Canvas Prints. I've added it to my "some of my faves" list.

Christmas 2011

We had an absolutely WONDERFUL Christmas holiday, but it all went by way too fast! We were able to see most of everyone at some point or another during the holidays, and loved every minute of it! We love, love, family gatherings!

These first pictures are of the Rod Christmas. All family gatherings are now held in the barn to accommodate all the people, and it's perfect!

The kids corner

Santa came!!

The beautifully decorated barn!

Christmas at Meme and Pa's house!

Not a great pic, but each kid got their own tent! So fun!

Christmas at Omie and Boss's house

Omie and Boss with the eight grandkids. It was discussed to add Jenni's belly so that #9 could be in the pic, but she wasn't up for it. ;) More pics of baby #9 coming this summer!

Clay chillin' with Boss.

And of course Santa came to our house and brought some fun things, too...

such as, Guns!

Pajamas!.... (hehe ;)

and LOTS more!

We left the morning of New Year's Eve to go to Harper to Oma's Christmas. We LOVE visiting the hill country and visiting our family up there.

We left early that morning.

The kids checking out the goats.

Kay and Clay

They love feeding the goats with Uncle Barry!

The Stehling crew minus a few kids...

We did get to see some of the Althaus family for dinner that evening which was a huge PLUS for us! Unfortunately, though, we weren't able to visit the old street and some special neighbors before heading back Sunday since Abbie had school the next day. That just gives us more of a reason to go back sooner rather than later!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We spent the day at great Grandma and Grandpa Rod's house with most of the family. Nolin was hunting in Harper and visiting with his grandmother, so it was just me and the kiddos. We had a great time visiting with everyone and the kids loved getting to play with cousins in the water, mud, hay bales, etc. We're looking forward to doing it all over again for Christmas! Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of this day, but will definitely make up for it next time!

Happy Birthday to Cade!

Cade turned the BIG 3 on Sept. 21! He is definitely his Daddy's boy from looks to personality, and I haven't decided yet if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I guess we soon shall see! What I do know is, he is sweet, smart, and he loves to make people laugh. He's also really good at saying, "I no mean to, Mommy." (If that tells you anything!) We celebrated his birthday twice, once while we were at the lake and the other time at Omie and Boss's house. Here are some pics of our celebrations!