These two are my world! This christmas was such a blast with Charlotte and everything just reminded us of how lucky we are to have her in our lives.
This year i also continued my cookie exchange with my old roommate Brooke. She seriously is one amazing baker...I wish she would post more on our baking blog (hint, hint)
Also what do you give get for a person who likes to cook...DUH Ina Garten and Trader Joes..my mother in law is the best!
Wes also has his Logan friends Holiday reunion every year and they have all accepted me as one of their own..such nice people. and I will miss you Lauren! Denver is going to be great and you have so much onward and upward to be had with your new job!
and a few of us have had babies the past couple years and, luckily, they were invited to this Christmas party
My best friend of 25 years..no joke..thats so amazing right? Her and I have the same birthday so we kind of celebrated..and by that i mean we ate at dunkin donuts and scoured seagull book for fernwood chocolates haha
Recently, i've been able to put A piggy tale on her.. just one though. and its so dang cute!
that smile kills me everytime!
and her lips are so cute...hehe.
I got to end my New Years Eve with a surprise!My styled shoot was featured on one of the top wedding blogs in the nation! So honored and grateful! I worked so hard at this and its so nice to be validated and praised by such an amazing website!
This year for my birthday..Wes asked me what I wanted to do and I said i wanted to go out for Prime Rib and then have icecream cake.
then i decided i wanted to make the prime rib and ice cream cake.
we ordered the prime rib at harmons..and no, i didn't buy that whole thing..just half! what a sight to behold though! they just had it delivered that morning so it was fresh and they didnt cut it til i got there. I love harmons..and i love their bacon, too. I got some of that as well.
Add a few jolly friends and some extra dishes, and it was a birthday to remember!
Christmas Day at Grandma's. She never cuddles like this on anyone..so we had to snap this pic and prove to people she is a cuddler...but only if you're name is Grandma ;)
As far as gifts this year, wes and i just did one big family household gift and gifted ourselves a new down comforter and a new computer. that's plenty. and for charlotte, i just wrapped toys she already had, she had fun tearing up paper. plus all the grandparents and cousins spoiled her with stuff.
Oh yes, that is Wes helping me with cinnamon rolls. this recipes is so good..i will need to share it sometime.
This day was a special day..haha..all you moms know what im talking about!
I've been involved with a women's networking group that emphasizes on support for women in business and supporting each others growth through referrals. This was so fun! Alot of talented and ambitious woman who actually support each other and don't bite back...it is rare to find!
So this little holiday onesie was given to us by our friends, the Dillmans. and i happened to have these pants that matched pretty dang well with it..she looked like a christmas elf!
She's such cute model..and those pants normally sell for $30 but the lady who made those pants traded for one of my Tiny Limes Co items with me instead.
She loves her bath time soo much and has recently learned how to splash and avoid the rubber ducky.
Every year my Book Club girls get together for the most fun and hilarious white elephant christmas exchange ever. We take it to the next level and this year was the best! there is a back story to this photo of lauren holding a photo of paige, but its too funny and im not good at explaining it but in short, Paige had a very uncommon response to someone who said they had fibromyalgia. it was the funniest thing ever and we love paige for it even more!
Do you remember when we didn't get snow until actual christmas day...oh here is charlotte in the middle of december and i think she was overdressed!
On with the December festivities, every year i get invited to Alta Moda Bridals holiday party. She throws it for all the people in the industry. and this year we got to bring a plus one. So i brought my friend, and bride to be, sara. it was so dang fun and it was even more fun showing sara that all of us wedding people are nice and love to party!
This is pam, she is a florist with Native Flower Company and she is amazing!!
And this lady is Mary Crafts Homer, she is the owner of Culinary Crafts. I used to work with her on some of our events at Utah Business magazine. she was slightly confused as to what I was doing at a party full of wedding professionals haha
and the fashion show was such a treat. these dresses were so amazing..and one of the designers was actually at the event and she is local!
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Did you get to send out christmas cards this year? I love sending them and receiving them and every year it seems like our collection of received ones get bigger and bigger...its so fun!
this was ours this year
and this one as well
2014 hosted the 2nd year we did a christmas giving open house
and i have to say that the turnout was a lot lower than last year..but then again i think i just made it to confusing with it paired with my pop up shop, then i deleted the pop up shop and just made it a giving open house. I also was disappointed that the people who i thought would show up, didn't. that's always something out of my control, but it just is disheartening when you support their causes and they don't do the same...in which i must say..keep calm and carry on. right?
However with the low turnout we were still able to send just under $100! it was fantastic to seal that envelope and that card with everyones signatures and know that we were all doing something to help.
Establishing Tiny Limes Co was quite a leap. It took me a few months to get things going and then i got really busy! It was amazing. but one day...this person messaged me on my etsy shop and basically harassed me about the logo I was using..okay okay..i admit..i did steal it off google images. but i didn't know you could be tracked! did you know it costs $1200 to use an image for commercial use? I didn't? So to avoid being sued, i closed up shop and stopped doing promotions for my items until i paid an actual graphic designer to design me a new Lime...a freaking lime you guys...thats it. So with closing down my shop, I lost alot of what could have been christmas sales. And i could have just taken the logo down, but that logo had been attached to all those items already in prior posts that i didn't want to risk it.
this baby fashion business is serious. people love to dress up their babes! I thought it was just me! and the next 10 seconds of your life will be of baby stuff..so you can totally skip this part lol!
one website that has everything and will be kind of like a lifestyle blog of sorts..but better and different. So watch out..Things are going to change and take a swift jump. I plan on being on TV this year to promote this and get involved with more people on projects and vamp up my little businesses.
The Millers want to wish you a very happy New Year, we count our blessings everyday and are grateful for everything and everyone who has been in our lives. 2014 was a great year but 2015 will be a show stopper for sure! Love all of you from the very bottom of our hearts!
