Little Tiny Fingers & Little Tiny Toes - Giveaways and more!

For those of you who don't know, I have a little Etsy shop, Little Tiny Fingers and Little Tiny Toes.

It can be found here.

I have also made a Facebook page, found here.

I have two contests up and running over on my Facebook page.

One is to win $20 off an up to $60 purchase.

The other is to win the Lion Hood and Diaper Cover Photo Prop set, either size newborn or 0-3 months (winner will choose).

You can enter both the contest from my Facebook page. The one for the Lion photo prop is pinned to the top, while you have to scroll down a little for the $20 off.

I am also a participating vendor in another giveaway, hosted by Pigtails N' Curls. The item up for grabs in that giveaway is the Red Suspender Photo Prop, size 0-3 months.

You can enter that giveaway here.

There is going to be a lot happening on my Facebook page this year, so make sure to stop by and follow to stay caught up with all the latest!

Halo 4 - Pure Awesomeness.

I am a gamer.

I am a gamer of all types of games: cards, board, pc, console. You name it, I play it.

The latest game...



Halo 4.

Wow. Awesome game.

It's actually a bit funny how much I have come to love the Halo franchise, since just a few years ago I didn't enjoy it at all.

Most of that non-enjoyment came from the face that I just wasn't used to the XBox controller. My system of choice has always been the Playstation (though they made me quite unhappy when the PS3 wasn't backwards compatable, but that is a different story), and for someone who is used to the smaller controllers of the PS, the larger XBox controllers can be very difficult to get used to.

So, when I tried Halo for the first time four years ago, I was not a fan. I didn't get the controls, I hated the controller. Long story short, my Halo experience lasted all of 30 minutes or so before I was done. It was also the multiplayer battle, so I didn't have any experience with the storyline.

Fast forward to mid 2012. My husband talks me into playing the original Halo.

Lo and behold, I loved it. I got the controls (I guess my brain has subconsciously practiced them for the last three and a half years and now understood them) and I didn't mind the XBox controller.

We played the co-op storyline, and I was hooked.

Now I've played every one except for Halo Wars, only since that is a single player and when I do have time to really play, my husband and I work on the co-op campaign (this time we are doing it on Legendary. Soooooooo much longer, but so much fun!)

I can't wait until the next one is released.

It's going to be great!

The Joy of Christmas

I hope that everyone has enjoyed their Christmas as much as I have.

Now that the presents are opened and the dinner is done, let's do our best to make the the rest of 2012 great!

And a smile from the cutest boy in the world!

It's an off week...

Well, I have been completely and totally awful with keeping up the blog this week. Wow.

Between getting ready to go on our trip, to getting out orders, to cleaning, to everything else that needed to be done, the blog got pushed to the back burner.

In the words of one of my favorite animated movie character -

"I am ashamed."

I figure since I have already blown off most of the week, I'm just going to take the rest of the week off. I'm going to be out of town until Sunday anyway, and then I will be flying (well, driving, but in a rapid manner) to get back in time for church. For some reason it is important for the choir pianist to be there when the choir is doing their big Christmas performance. Go figure.

I hope that everyone is getting all their Christmas shopping and preparations done. Goodness knows that I still have stuff to do.

Typical me, putting things off until the last minute.

It has always driven my mom nuts and is starting to drive me nuts too.

Another go figure moment. Go figure. :)

Toodles!

I'll be back...

Sorry for the lack of a post on Saturday. It was a long week.

My little guy came down with a fever on Wednesday night which turned into a full blown respiratory infection. Ended up taking him to the instacare and ER yesterday. Thankfully he didn't have pneumonia or RSV, but he does have bronciolitis (the baby version of bronchitis). He's actually on the upswing (knock on wood) and will hopefully be all good and ready to go to Arizona on Thursday!

I am working on a post from The Hobbit. Such an awesome movie! You should all go and see it.

That is all.

How Blessed are the Little Ones

I was planning to do a post about The Hobbit, but I am going to push it until tomorrow.

I sat down at my computer this morning, completely unaware of what had transpired in Connecticut. As I opened up Facebook, my news feed was flooded with mention of the tragedy. I immediately jumped to Yahoo to read the details. I couldn't believe what I was reading.

Children are so precious. Why would anyone open fire in an elementary school? I was shocked and saddened.

As I'm typing this, I pulled up Yahoo again just to see the updates. It looks like the shooter was a 20 year old kid whose target was his mother, a teacher of five and six year olds. Apparently he killed his father this morning in New Jersey before heading to Connecticut. He killed his mother, then, for some unfathomable reason, turned onto the little five and six year old children in the classroom before killing himself.

It is the largest school shooting ever. Columbine had 13 dead. This shooting left 27 dead: 20 children, 6 adults, and the shooter.

I can't imagine what the families of those children (and the adults) must be going through today. Here we are, 10 days shy of Christmas Eve, and instead of getting all geared up for opening Christmas presents and planning Christmas dinners, these families are now faced with the daunting task of burying their loved ones, most just at the beginning of their lives.

The one thing that makes all this bearable is the knowledge that those precious spirits returned to their Heavenly Father, since they were taken from this Earth before the age of accountability. They were sinless and are now in His presence. *

And every one of those parents will be with their precious children after this life. What a sweet and special blessing.

My prayers go out to all those affected by this horrible and indescribable tragedy. May they receive peace and comfort in this difficult time.

* If any of you who are reading are wondering why I said this paragraph, it is because I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and we believe in life after death. We believe that a child is pure and sinless until they reach the age of eight, and if they happen to die before that time, they go straight to the presence of our Heavenly Father.

If you would like more information on our beliefs, you can go to mormon.org/ or leave a comment. I would love to tell you more.

Diamond Candle Result

So I burned down the candle and this was the result found in the little foil packet.

(Sorry for the lousy picture. The flash on my phone made it too shiny so I had to go san-flash).

Unfortunately, it's not one of the expensive rings (sad), but it's cute. I won't wear it, since the two fingers that it fits on already have rings that are irreplaceable.

Now I just am going to figure out who to give it to.