Love This Wall

I finally found a great frame for the amazing photo we got from Zach. I just finished my new "photo wall" today, it is the wall heading downstairs to the basement. I LOVE all of these photos so much :)

Our Marine

Zach graduated from Marine bootcamp on February 10th! I was fortunate to be able to make the trip for his graduation with his girlfriend Carley and my parents. We had a wonderful trip and it was an experience I will never forget.

I will have more photos to post later but here is one of us from yesterday, Zach went to church and stopped by so we could get a family photo with him in his uniform.

I cannot even begin to describe the feelings of pride and love I felt as we went through the events in San Diego. Family day was wonderful, our first glimpse of Zach was when he ran by on their Moto run. He was in the last platoon so we had to wait through about 300 Marines before we saw him, I will never forget that feeling.

Spending the day with him and meeting those closest to him in his platoon was amazing. As we walked around the base and Zach was constantly saying "good afternoon sergeant" and saluting, it was just so cool. He truly enjoyed his bootcamp experience and made life long relationships with so many.

Graduation was amazing, so emotional to see all these young men choosing to serve and protect us all. There were so many people, so many, there to support and celebrate the new Marines.

Thank you Zach for being the young man you are. You will accomplish so much in life and will have us supporting you all the way. We love you and could not possibly be any more proud of you.

Longies!

I have added a new item to my shop on Etsy, baby/toddler longies! They are adorable knitted pants and so versatile with the color, design options. I'm so excited to finally be adding them to my list of items!

Currently they are made to order only as I am thankfully getting quite a few orders placed already. Please check out the shop and look for updates! I plan to knit a couple of pairs at a time to get an inventory going, Bella has her eye on some purple and pink ones with ballet slippers on the butt :)

www.etsy.com/shop/stephiegriffin

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

We hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year :)

It was great around here, Christmas Eve in Newhall with the family, Christmas Day at home with Kyle, Bella and Papa. Bella got loads of stuff, perfect excuse for her to get rid of a lot of her older toys. She is on board with getting rid of most of her old toys so everything can fit in her "new" play room.

I still can't believe it is 2012 already. The past two years have pretty rough on our family of three so we are truly, truly hoping for a prosperous, healthy and happy year of 2012. We have plenty to look forward to!

Making lots and lots of Christmas goodies with Grandma and Grandpa.

How is she so big, seriously?? My pretty little princess posing for mommy.

Our little family :)

Bella holding Lyla on Christmas.

Bella's favorite gift, her new sleeping bag :)