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Evin and Jaxin

Evin and Jaxin
The Love of Children

Monday, November 22, 2010

{Dear Santa} MobiGo Review and Giveaway (Ends 11/26)

Oh yes, Sisterly Savings is offering a fantastic chance to win a MobiGo for your little one.  I would love Evin to have one!! She is a HUGE Tinkerbell fan and they have a fantastic Tinkerbell learning game.  It would teach her so much!  I am so excited!!  Go check it out for yourself and maybe you or I could be the lucky winner!!  How cool would it be for me to know the person who won this giveaway!!

http://sisterlysavings.net/2010/11/dear-santa-mobigo/comment-page-12/#comment-76488

Monday, November 8, 2010

Holiday/Christmas Cards

It is that time of year again where I have to decide which Holiday/Christmas Card I am going to send out.  This is always so difficult as I LOVE this season.  Not everyone on our list celebrates Christmas, I have a love of Snowmen, and I am a picture addict.  How can I choose what photo card to send out to everyone.  That is actually a fairly easy question.  Shutterfly!!  Yes, that is right, Shutterfly will once again be my choice for my Holiday/Christmas cards!  I have used them for Christmas cards last year, Evin's 1st and 2nd Birthday Invites and Thank you cards.  The best part is that I don't have to choose just one card to send to everyone.  With the great pricing, I can make several cards and send them along to the people on my list.  The GREAT news is that I can use multiple pictures for all 3 of my favorite options.  And for those non-picture addicts, you can choose cards with just one picture too!

For those who do not celebrate Christmas, I think I will choose a Snowman
For the Christmas Lovers,  Candy Canes
And for those that I need to write a note to, I will use a Folded Card
Now it is your turn to check out Shutterfly and choose your Holiday/Christmas card(s)!  Let me know what you choose!! 

Bloggers get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly, follow the arrow à  http://bit.ly/sfly2010

Friday, November 5, 2010

Professional Family Pictures

Evin and Jaxin do love each other, just not for these pictures!
We Love each other!
Good Family pictures, but not our favorite
Favorite pictures of our family

Happy Halloween

Jaxin ~ The Construction Worker

Trick-or-Treating with the family!

Evin Rachael ~ The Blue Fairy (Like Tink)

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Evin's 1st Halloween Party at School

Oh and was she excited!!  She got to dress up in her "Blue Fairy Like Tink" costume and pose for some pictures before school.  I can't wait to hear her reaction to it after school.  This is the first year that she is getting dressing up and understanding what is going on.  This age is so much fun!!
Before Pictures we have to play with Jaxin's new Birthday Toys!

Waving that magic wand!!

Posing with Daddy
 The kids have been having fun lately.  Drinking smoothies (yep, they both love to drink them from a straw), eating play food, wearing cute clothes, and watching the iPad.
Evin loving on her smoothie

Jaxin eating apples - He started smiling when he saw the camera, so I had to take a pic

YAY!! Play food and Uncle Michael's hand me down overalls (still super cute!!)

These peas are yummy Mommy!
And Just for good measure, Jaxin watching "TV" on the iPad.  He thought it was so cool to sit there and watch! And he also has more of Uncle Michael's hand me down overalls on!

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Our Community "Pumpkin Fest"

Here is the expanded version of the pumpkin fest. (The mini version is on Jaxin's 1st Birthday post)

Baby Pumpkins everywhere! And yes, Evin's pumpkin is much smaller than Jaxin's


Showing off her decorated Pumpkin

Getting a Spider Tatoo

Jax being shy

Posing with Mommy!  Too bad he was looking down

Showing off her Candy Corn "face Painting" and her spider tatoo

Playing Monster Mini Golf

Playing Spider Ring Toss

Evin's First Pony Ride

Jaxin didn't like Riding the Pony, he jumped off right into Mommy's arms

Evin's 2nd Pony Ride

Evin's 3rd Pony Ride

Evin vs Jaxin - 1st Birthday Cakes

Evin - February 2009

Evin - February 2009

Jaxin - October 2010

Jaxin - October 2010
I think they both had fun!

Jaxin and Cody

Here are Jaxin and Cody for the last 12 months.  The pictures were all taken on his "monthly birthday". Cody had to shrink during this year because Jaxin could not possibly have grown that quickly!

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Happy 1st Birthday Jaxin

Today was a wonderful day!!  Evin woke up very happy for it to be Jaxin's birthday! Jaxin woke up in a great mood! 
Morning time together
Jaxin's Birthday Cake
Decorated Pumpkins at the Pumpkin Fest in our Community

Jax didn't like all the people

Evin is showing off her tatoo (spider) and her "face paining" (candy corn on her arm)
Evin rode the pony ride 3 times
Jax and Cody!!  It is amazing what a year changes
Jaxin getting ready!
Yummy Cake
Licking his fingers so that he does not waste a thing
Jax even got to do a Video Chat with much of his camily back in IL (they had cake too)
The final product
Mommy and Jax after bath tonight!
Getting in some iPad time with Evie before bed!
Jaxin's Balloons!! All the kids loved the balloons
The Handy Manny Balloon!!

Jaxin's Smash Cake


Yes, I think Jaxin had a great day!!  Evin too!  Matt and I enjoyed seeing our kids so happy!!  Happy 1st Birthday Little Man!!