Thursday, February 11, 2010

Decorations, Avery and Happy Birthday Eric!

 
Avery and her great grandma Marie

 
Avery's aunt Andrea gave her some cute sunglasses - rose colored, perfect!
Eric's sister came to Toledo to visit her grandma's and we all got together for dinner one night.

 
A little Valentine decor to liven up our white walls.  Thank you Julie for letting me use your cricut (love that thing).

 
Here it is!  I finished my heart wreath and I love it!  It's made of felt circles folded and pinned to a styrofoam heart.  That's my kind of sewing.

 
This is how Avery hugs her toys, in the crook of her neck.  When she walks around "hugging" her toys, it reminds me of someone holding a boombox on their shoulder.


Tomorrow is Eric's birthday!  
Here is a list of 10 things we love about Eric:
1. He is a great dad!  
2. I love that he takes Zach primary each Sunday.  Zach will go and meet him so they can go together.
3. He cleans our driveway of snow before he goes to work.
4. He works hard to provide for his family.
5. He usually is the calming influence of the two of us.  (Occasionally I'm the one.) That has saved us (me) from saying things I would regret.
6. He full head of hair.  We'd love him bald too.
7. He overlooks my clutter, even when I don't his. :)
8. He likes things organized.
9. He changes the oil in our cars and can fix a lot of things on our cars.
10. He will do whatever he says he'll do, as long as he remembers to. ;)

That's just a few reasons why we love Eric.  Where would we be without him?
Happy Birthday!

9 comments:

Lyndsay said...

I love love your wreath! What an inspiration you are!

Kent and Leisy said...

fabulous wreath!! How much felt did it take? it is definitely also my type of sewing!!

Lindsay said...

Your house looks so festive! I love it! Cute, cute, cute decorations.

Avery is getting so big. And Happy Birthday Eric.

Cynthia said...

I love all your valentine decorations and your heart turned out beautiful!!
Tell Eric Happy bday...and Avery's hair looks so cute in the top pictures.
(Oh and we missed you for the swim today at the Y!)

Jocelyn Christensen said...

happy birthday Eric!!!

R - Your V-day decor turned out great!!!!! :)

Jocelyn Christensen said...

Hey, I was just checking out your blog roll..You know Quinten Cupps? I knew his family in college and him too sort of! I think I wrote him a few times on his mission and my best friends was good friends with him in HS ...small world. Don't know his wife though...

Somer said...

Happy Birthday Eric!

The wreath turned out great Renae.

Valeria said...

Oh my! Where do you find time for all those decorations...You're a Super Woman...I have hard time just taking care of myself, and I don't even have a child yet!

Aaron & Nancy said...

I love the wreath. Maybe I should start working on one so I'll have it for next year!