around our house

I haven't blogged since I caught up with Christmas break posts. I have kept my self very busy with other projects. Primarily photo books, I grew up scrap booking and love it, I have grown to love even more the books I can make digitally and then print. I have used a few different companies, and unfortunately the one that stands out to me as the best is still Shutterfly. I really hate how expensive Shutterfly is , even with huge discounts or coupons, yikes I think I spent $65 dollars yesterday on that website (a very painful ouch!). It was a planned expense since I make the books at regular intervals and we had big coupons but ouch! I made my 2015 book (the last half of it, because we had such a busy early spring and summer I split this year into two books) I made a family album to cover the years thus far with just family photos, and I made a wedding album. I already have a scrapbook of my wedding (thanks mom!) but I wanted something I felt could have downstairs accessible to the kids. I keep my scrapbooks upstairs a bit more out of reach, just because I don't want them to get beat up, (or completely destroyed). I know I will make another book when the baby comes (I always make a book just for them Eli and Kayden have one) but my next little computer required project is to turn the blog into a book for me to keep on the shelf!

At our house lately we have kept to the house, still recovering from holidays. I am feeling very pregnant now.
Each time I walk into the Kitchen I feel so grateful. Michael was amazing to paint it for me, it feels so bright and light now, and the new dinning chairs -Mitchell thank you so very much! I love that our home feels bright and light and beautiful. Its calming, and it makes the toys easier to deal with ;)

I am menu planning again, its my new years commitment, I am doing it on my phone this time. Its working so well. Mitch says he likes it so I am committed to keep it up.
My Mitchell man is so busy now days. I don't know how he does it all and still smiles. I am grateful that he does. With work being so stressful (and no prep periods) and then 21st century, his masters and now the BYUI job he hardly has time to turn his head.
We are so grateful though. all of these things are blessings and I am so grateful.