I'll be continuing to use this as a way to save a letter each year for Zoe, and then giving it to her on her 12th birthday (there's just enough pockets!) For year one, I'm going to add some handwritten notes from when she was inside me, as well as notes from throughout her first year, since I didn't start this tradition until her second birthday. Here's a peek at the insides of the first few.

Wow, Sorry guys, I've been in a little bit of a slump lately, just anxiously waiting for the fate of our future to be determined. It kinda blankets the house in a nail-biting, can't really think about anything else, type vibe, which is a killer for creative juices.
However, since the acceptance at BYU-Idaho, our nerves have calmed just slightly as we wait for more letters. This has cleared the anxiety just enough to get the creative juices flowing again.

I saw these letter flashcards at Homemade by Jill and I came straight home and made a set for Zoe. Here's the link to the download. (It's free) I cut out the cards and glued the corresponding letters together and then laminated them, for durability.



I've had these pictures sitting on my scrapbook desk for weeks but I was totally uninspired until now. I had so much fun masking with my new Mr. Huey, navy mist. Except that I had to go to church today with navy dyed fingernails.


We usually dress Zoe, but occasionally I give in and let her pick out her own outfits. This was yesterday afternoon, post nap. All her, right down to the brown mary-janes. Pre-nap, she was wear a dress my mom made her and a sweater. She has a style all her own. Yeah that's an understatement.


Oh, I almost forgot. I promised dress-up pictures. ( Please do not judge my photography skills based on this photo. It was late.) This is a bridesmaids dress that I wore when I was pregnant with Zoe, make-shifted into a dress for a 2 year old. Not pictured is the makeshift crown and jewels.


I must have been bit by the cooking bug today, because I cooked a full dinner for the first time in a long time. Ryan probably thought I forgot how to cook. Oh, and I also made some more oatmeal bread.
So yummy!

I hope you all have a great week.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

It's a good thing I like potatoes. I'd like to announce that my amazing smart, talented, hardworking husband was accepted to BYU Idaho! We are still waiting to hear back about BYU Provo, but at the very least we are moving to Idaho at the end of the year.

We are nervous but excited at the same time.

Sorry to be so short, I'm blogging from the iPhone and it's kinda difficult to write a lot.

P.S. Happy birthday to Zoe's BFF Ethan, we are so happy you are a part of our lives.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Crispy fall air....It's here to stay!
I love just the faint of a chill that's starting to become a permenant fixture in our days.

I love all things fall, and to celebrate, I indulged in a few fall essentials.

Shade clothing is liquidating and having an amazing sale. I bought this dress this morning for less than $20.

Today is all about the scrapbooking!

First off, that layout I took down for publication is now available in the September issue of ScrapStreet Magazine. The link to my page is here (my page is toward the bottom, so scroll down)

Next up, I've been waiting months, literally since June when I started taking pool/water pictures for this line of paper. You might remember my post about it here. But I finally got it! and Here's the proof!


I'm actually kinda bummed I don't have a ton more water pictures because I *love* this wave paper. I had so much fun splatting the blue mist all over the page, sometimes getting messy is fun. Although I did look like I had Smurf fingers after I was done.

And Finally, I'm going to be de-stashing my scrapbook stuff a bit in the near future and will be selling small lots of supplies that I'm no longer going to use, everything from paper, to ribbon, to punches. If you're interested let me know and I'll send you the info and pictures and prices.

Well that's all for today.

XOXO,
Holly & Co