Love is....

not only a feeling, but an action. We should be diligent in serving and helping those we love. The greatest product of love is children. They are the ultimate blessing from our Heavenly Father.

Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward... Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Psalm 127



Love is....my eternal family! I could smooch these boys all day long!!!
Happy Valentines Day!!!

(This is a little photo contest through island life's blog. im linking up if you want to participate!!!)

Think PINK!

I have 2 friends that are having/had girls one shower was today and another next week! That, along with Valentines Day coming, I've been in pink OVERLOAD! which is nice for a change because...well....I'm a mom to boys!! For my friend Amy's shower I decided to try my hand at a diaper cake. Her daughters room is pink, brown and butterflies....so I tried to incorporate that into the cake. The main problem I had was finding receiving blankets that were pink and brown! the only store that I have nearby to shop at is Walmart...and for some reason they didnt have any!!!!! so I bought thicker square blankets and a brown pack-n-play sheet. The main disapointment I had with it, is that the bottom layer is quite bigger than the second tier, but because the brown sheet was so thin, and the second sheet was pretty thick, they look like the same size--but the square blanket couldnt fit around the big bottom layer, so I had to stack it that way. Oh well! Live and learn! It was fun...and I loved the diaper cake I recieved as a gift from Jocelyn, so I was certain amy would at least appreciate a couple weeks worth of diapers!! :)
Here is a little peek of the party--Amy's sister-in-law decorated, cant take the credit here!! I just thought covering the vases with the outfits was such a clever idea! so cute!!


Briggy and I worked on our entryway banner all last week, coloring, painting, scrapping pink and hearts! We plan on having a few of Briggy's love interests (ha! all his friends around here are girls!!) over for some valentine card making and treat tasting! Im hoping to have them over on Tuesday so I can send out all my valentine goodies on wednesday! I know its not fancy, but I love Briggys coloring and homemade construction paper hearts....we painted and scrapped closepins to hang them up! on the "closeline"



Love is in the air at the Tillotsons!!!!!!!!!!

We will be celebrating Briggy's BIG NUMBER 2...haha wait a minute, that doesnt sound right....it sounds like im celebrating one of his imfamous "stinkbombs"
let me rephrase that....
We are celebrating Briggy's SECOND BIRTHDAY valentines weekend at my Aunt and Uncles house down in New Braunfels. It'll be nice to be with family. I really wanted to plan a big Yo Gabba Party but things didnt work out with the location...Im glad though, I'd much rather be with family....One of these years will have a big crazy birthday for him!!!

Made with Love

I dressed the boys up in red smooches and took their photos today for Valentines Day cards! I thought they came out pretty cute. I was planning on having my sister Jessie make the red stand out more because she has photo-software...but I just used picnik and this is the best I could do on my own...I wanted to red kisses to stand out more, but whattya gonna do. She might get around to it soon...if not these are my backup plan. I know shes a crazy busy florist right around Valentines Day!

Tomorrow we are having a visit with a behavioral counselor to see what I can do to help Briggy with things. Crossing my fingers that questions will be answered and methods will work!!
More valentines goodies to come! Briggy and I worked on a banner for our front room today and its almost complete! I might be able to post it tonight if I get my act together!!!

Crazy in Love!

I don't know what it is this year, but I am all about valentines day!! Sometime this week I hope to get a couple of Briggy's friends over to make and decorate some valentines.
Essentials: Pink, Red, and White construction paper
Glitter (ahh! i think i might regret that one)
Glue, Markers, crayons = fun fun fun!

Pink snacks for this week include Briggy's favorite--Watermelon! Strawberry banana smoothies and I realllllly want to make these!



I also have a very cute photo session planned for this week that will include 2 cute boys and lots of love!
I had to get all my pictures put on a disk (already! only 2 months of photos) so I have space on my camera. I guess my SD card doesnt hold that many hi-res photos...anyway, hopefully I'll have pictures up by the end of the week with all our fun projects ahead!
I am also working on a girly diaper cake, valentines day/baby shower favors, and my Feb visiting teaching....hopefully I'll have that done by the end of the week too! I've got a lot to do this week!! and then of course SUPERBOWL SUNDAY is almost here, which means football for the men, and new baby admiring for me (The Romneys just had baby number 4--Chase!)
THENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN its off to visit my aunt to celebrate Briggy's SECOND BIRTHDAY! I can't believe that stinker made it to 2, and all my hair hasn't fallen out (although there are many white hair patches!!!!!!!!!!) thank goodness for hair dye!!!
I know the florist loves of my life are ultra busy right now, but what cute vday projects are y'all working on? (okay, that was a forced texas thing...I don't really talk like that....yet!)

Flip Mino Camcorder GIVEAWAY

One of my favorite sites: thriftyandchicmom.com is offering a great giveaway! A flip mino camcorder is about $200 and you could win it! I won something from a giveaway from hers back in the summer...so you just never know! thought I'd let you know about it--we need one because we havent been able to afford a camcorder...and its nice to have with little ones!! and this little guy could fit nicely in your purse!
Good luck!!!
GIVEAWAY LINK

Our Blessed Nest

I needed to make a quick project for our front entryway because I had nothing to put on it after the Christmas Decorations were put away! Im sure with more time I could have made it nicer, and I'll probably take it down and fix it or make something else and have it there in the meantime, but I thought I'd show it because its my first project for the family that I used my christmas present (cricut) for. Love love Love my cricut!!! Im working on the Relief Society bulletin board and have been able to use the Cricut and it makes it look so much nicer and I don't have to go searching for Chipboard letters or draw on stencils....its awesome!
I used a vintage graphic of the nest from thegraphicsfairy.blogspot.com (love her) she seriously has some great images you can use for fun projects...and just used an online photo program to add text (picnik.com)
I couldn't find an image that had a nest with a momma and daddy bird, so I cut out birds with the cricut and added them to the image and voila! our little family. For the time being it gets the job done.


I love our little nest, we are truly blessed!!! :)

Haircuts, Bananas, Sweet Potatoes and Smiles....

Here's some pics from our first week in 2010!

Briggy's hair has been getting really shaggy. We have been procrastinating on taking him to the kids haircut place because it costs $20! I was nervous about having Tom cut Briggy's hair with his buzzer...but Tom convinced me to give it a try..and it worked out well--

Briggy before the haircut:



Brigham after! He looks older with the shorter hair! My little guys is going to be TWO next month, ai carumba.





Oliver started off the week with Bananas, and ended the week with sweet potatoes! Both went really well. I couldn't get him to eat rice cereal, but so far with the fruits and veggies he's doing well...so I can sneak the rice in now when I mix them. Im hoping he'll love avocado as much as Briggy did...thats on the menu this coming week--just waiting for it to ripen!!





Nursing + food = Happy Ollie!