Drum Roll Please...

I'm baa-aackk!!!  I know, I've been gone far too long, and have a lot of catching up to do, but first I have to reveal to you our Christmas card for this year (not yet...see below).  First of all, have any of you ever made your Christmas cards through Shutterfly?  I am HUGE fan.  I have made photo gifts like this neat desk calendar...

They make great and affordable gifts that last an entire year.  Shutterfly makes creating photo gifts as easy as pie- seriously mom and dad, you could even do this!  If you want to create a masterpiece like this one click here.

Shutterfly also has quality photo invitations to choose from.  I love adding pictures to birthday invitations, suddenly the invitation becomes something that you will keep forever rather than just pitch in the garbage after the party is over.  One of my favorite invitations from their site is this one:

As you all know, we take pictures of our kids each month, so an invitation like this is perfect for us.  I can't wait until Alanna's first birthday so that I can pick out her first invites from Shutterfly Cards & Stationery.

I know, I can feel the tension growing, you are waiting to see our Christmas card, right?? :)  I am so excited because Shutterfly has a deal going right now for bloggers...if we share what we love about their products, we get 50 free Christmas cards.  That is a great deal!  To all of my blogging friends, here is the link to be able to get this deal too: http://bit.ly/sfly2010


I had a terrible time picking what one we should use.  There were so many adorable Christmas photo cards to choose from.  Here is a link to get you to all of them, but my top three were:

Click here to create this one called "With Love"

Click here to create this one called "Starlight Snowflake"

and

Click here to create this one called "Family Wall"

Which one did we choose? 

I think you are going to have to wait until closer to Christmas to find out.  I know, that was really mean wasn't it, but to give you a little taste, here are some pictures that I had to choose from for the card:

Aren't our kids adorable? :)

Merry Christmas everyone.  I'll put the Christmas card on here soon...but not quite yet, I want to get them sent out first.  I'm hoping to be around more often too...pretty sure I won't ever get caught up on the blog, but we will see.  I'm finally done with school again, so I am predicting a little more free time in my future! :)