For the "blushing bride"

Summer Olson, Becca and I are throwing a Pampered Chef bridal shower for Cailee on Tuesday, May 25th at 6:30 pm, at Summer Olson's home in Burlington. This is going to be so much fun. If you didn't recieve an invitation I appologize, I think we are all running on burn out mode around our house, and my mom's, so forgive us. Anyone is welcome to come!! I figured I would kind of explain how it works on here. Cailee will be making a "wishlist" of items that she would like to have. Instead of everyone bringing gifts, you can purchase something for Cailee from her wishlist. Or, you can just put money in and it will go toward the items on her wishlist, so you can spend as much or as little as you like. Cailee will also be considered the "hostess" of the party so everything purchased goes toward points for free and discount items! You can also purchase items for yourself at the party. It is going to be so much fun and I am excited for Cailee to get some of Pampered Chef's outstanding products! Again, even if you didn't recieve an invitation and want to come, come!
I promise I will post something interesting that pertains to our lives soon!

so funny!

If you are a Twilight fan, or know someone who is, you have to watch this!! I enjoyed the books and probably stayed up a little late a few nights to read, so I suppose I can relate. So funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVy8Dr_SxWg

Need people!

Over the Christmas break I took a step aerobics class over at NWC. It was really fun and a GREAT workout! Tiffany Phister teaches it. She is willing to do another class on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6 to 7 in Powell if enough people sign up for it. If anyone from Lovell/Byron/Cowley is interested let me know, we could car pool!

It may take a few days...

I have been such a horrible blogger these past few months... ok, like the last year. I'm going to take it easy and try to work up to Christmas and the new year! December was an extremely busy month for us!! Hailee and I rode down to Utah with mom and Becca the first week to get Cailee from Weber. It was a quick, hecktic trip! We made it though and we are glad to have Cailee at home.

In November sometime I started sewing... For a couple of years now I have been going to get my act together and sew some Christmas stockings for my in-laws. So, I finally got started. Like everything else, I should have started much sooner. I sewed like a mad woman until like Dec. 22! In all I completed 17 stockings and did a little bit on a few others. I was SO glad to be done with them in time for Christmas. Since I did all of that, Becca and I are hoping to sell a few next year, so if anyone is interested, let me know! I made one for each of Craig's family members to leave at Dave & Suz's, one for Craig's grandma Dorothy, and one for Kev and Chanda to have at home. While I was working on them Chanda was admiring a kind of western print that I had, so I decided to get a couple of them done for them to have. I had Kevin's name for Christmas too, so that was the other part of it. Here are Kev and Chanda's after they were done. I still need to take pictures of the others that I did so I can post them.

I took time from my sewing to go ice fishing with Craig on the 19th. He absolutely LOVES to ice fish, he could do it all day everyday and not get bored! He is all hooked up with a little ice hut that you can put a heater in and has the gas powered auger, so that helps. It was really nice to be able to get out of the cold and warm up a little!! We went to upper Sunshine Reservoir above Meeteetse. My dad, Eric and Brac also went, Daniel and Max came up for a little while that afternoon. The fishing was a little slow and I was mostly the spectator, but it was a nice relaxing day! Brac was the one who looked after the fish! He was pretty funny!

I will be quitting there for now, hopefully I will get Christmas and New Year's covered in the next one!

Hailee is 2!!

It's official, our baby turned 2 yesterday! I feel like we have been doing the terrible 2 thing since she was 18 months old, but maybe 2 will be better. We actually ended up having a party for her on Saturday night. My sister Cailee was home from school and we had some other things we were supposed to do lastnight. It went great! We had a house full and Hailee absolutely loved it. We sang "Happy Birthday" and she blew out her candles. As soon as she blew out the candles she said, "lets do it again!!" Craig lit candles in the kitchen for a little while and let her and Breanne take turns blowing them out some more. We didn't even have cake and ice cream served before she was asking to open the presents (with prodding from the cousins of course). She was hilarious!! She finally got it this year. She just couldn't wait to get into those gifts and giggled with delight the whole time. My aunt made her cake and it was perfect! Hailee has been obsessed with princesses lately. She got a school bus, puzzles, a back pack... all sorts of new treasures!

As far as Halloween went...(i know, a little overdue) Hailee was extremely tired and it wasn't until we got to the trunk or treat in Lovell when she got it figured out. She thought it was great fun after that. She was such a cute skunk and kept telling us, "I stinky!"

Becca and I are having a Scentsy open house tomorrow (Wed.) at my mom's house. We will be there all day making pies, so if you want to come smell stuff, feel free! Or, if there is something you would like to order just let us know. I know I am ready for some new scents, and excited!! These also make great Christmas gifts. There is a variety to price levels, so if you are looking for ideas this is a great one!

Comings and goings at the Winterholler's

Okay, so we haven't posted anything for months now... We have been busy and just haven't taken the time. As most everyone knows we went straight from summer to winter around here. We are really missing the fall!! This week hasn't been so bad though!

We finished a busy summer and went into volleyball and football season with full force. I had quite a few volleyball games this year. We are so grateful for Grandma Suz and all of the time she spent watching Hailee! Hailee loves grandma and is finally glad to stay there. It is so much easier on me when she doesn't cry. We got there the other day and she told me, "Ema's fun!!" She is talking up a storm and coming up with new things everyday! She went from calling the grandma's "ma ma" to "ema"... I don't know where she came up with it, but it is kind of funny. Another funny one, last week we were getting ready to leave for church. It was snowing out, the car and sidewalks were covered, and Hailee opened the front door while I was finishing getting things together. Anyway, she looked out and said, "oh mom, it's a mess!" I thought it was pretty cute. I just love little kids' perception. Craig is being an assistant coach for the high school football team this year. It has kept him extremely busy. He goes straight to practice from work and doesn't get home until 6:30 or 7:00, so between volleyball and football we haven't seen much of each other! He is really enjoying working with the kids though. It's almost over and we have survived this far.

Other than volleyball and football my days have been filled with canning and running to town in between. It seemed like we did a lot of canning... it was more that we had to do it so many different days. We didn't really have time to do it all at once, so we just did a little bit at a time. Thankfully we got most things done that we were really in need of. So really, not much excitement around here just a lot of craziness! I just kept thinking that things were going to slow down for us one of these days, but before we know it the holidays will be here and we'll be busy again. I suppose busy is better than bored!