The Cinnamon Challenge

So last night Matt and I were sitting on the couch relaxing after a busy night. I was catching up on some blog reading on my iPad and he was watching TV. One of the blogs I read posted a youtube video and introduced it by saying that she had tears she laughed so hard. Yeah, yeah. Sure.

Then, I clicked on it.

And, Matt and I couldn't talk we were laughing so hard.

I was afraid we were going to wake up the girls.

Tears. Rolling down cheeks.

Seriously.

Hil.ar.i.ous

Here you go....

an abby update

I was perusing my iPhone for pics to share with you and I happened to have a lot of Abby-related photos to update you on.....

Matt and I got this note this weekend. She had a quiz for us.

This was a candid shot I caught last week while I was cooking dinner. Love it when my girls curl up and read. It's the best.

Here's the better-late-than-never picture of her with all her top teeth gone!

Practicing vault at gymnastics (she's in pink)...

Cake

In honor of all the desserts that might have been eaten for Valentine's Day:

Do you Pinterest?

Source: ravelry.com via Carrie on Pinterest

I have a ton of friends that have recently joined Pinterest. It is fun to have so many people I know on there to follow. When I first joined, there weren't many. I mostly knew about it from some of the blogs that I read. However, I'm also finding that there is a bit of a learning curve that I forgot about because it's been a while since I joined. I also didn't realize that you still had to be invited to join. I thought you could now join through Facebook.

That all said, let me know if you want to join and I'll send you an invite. It's super easy for me.

Source: someecards.com via Reina on Pinterest

If you are already on Pinterest, come follow me (if you aren't already)!

Also, if you are looking for some easy starter hints for Pinterest, here are mine:

1. Create a couple basic boards for things you think you'll want to "pin". You can edit and add more later.
2. Click on "Everything" at the top of the page after you login and peruse all the stuff that people pin site-wide and repin until your heart is content. If you have something specific you are searching for you can use the search box, or use the categories under "Everything." Don't worry about the "Pin It" button until you get comfortable with repinning.

Things I really like right now

My new Washi Tape. Still figuring out what crafty thing I want to do with it, but it sure is pretty. I bought a small sampler set from here, so I can just see if I like it. (washi tape is Japanese "masking" tape.)

My new baker's twine. My other new crafty purchase. Pretty, pretty colors. I'm having fun with it already. I've wrapped it around mason jars with paper hearts and such. I bought a sampler set of it from here to try it out.

Simply Lemonade. Yum.

Cheez-It's. Can you tell we bought these for the girls? Guess who ate most of them? Can't. buy. more.

All red bag of Starburst. Must I say more?!

(notice most of the bag is already eaten)