I'm Dreaming of A White Christmas

The SNOW came a day late {but I'll take it}

December 26th

12:00pm: Leave for Haigler Creek Cabin

1:00pm: Arrive in Payson

Heading to Haigler Creek!

{SNOW is on the ground {BEAUTIFUL} but not falling}

1:45pm: Turn off the Highway, heading toward the Cabin!

{Dirt Road covered with SNOW/ICE and idiodic people, but BEAUTIFUL}


BRRRRRRRRRR

I made Chris stop so I could take this picture of the River

{we got stuck}

3:00pm: Arrived at the Cabin

{Enjoying Hot Cocoa while it is SNOWING}

The first thing Chris wanted to do was ride the Quad!

{He came back wet, muddy and cold}

When we got up on Saturday morning this was on our windows!

{perfect snowflakes}

{Red Barn on the property}

Seeing SNOW right after Christmas made it a PERFECT holiday!

We Wish You....

A Merry Christmas!

And a Happy New Year!

Love

Chris and Taina Fallbeck

Snowman Soup

In October I realized how much I missed my nieces and nephews {who live in Utah and Idaho}. I decided that I want to have a better relationship with them

{and that is when the goody bags started}

For Christmas I sent them Snowman Soup!

{Hot Cocoa, White Chocolate/Chocolate Chip Swirls, and Marshmallows}

Here is what it says if you can't read it...

When the weather outside is frightful,

Snowman Soup can be delightful.

Add hot water and sip it slow

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!

Office Party

These are the centerpieces. Aren't they so cool!

{What a GrEaT idea}

I made these cute Awards for the Rising Stars of the Office!

{Mini Martinellis and Star Ornaments}

It was good food, and great company! We walked a way with a few awards,
{Which in my opinion is always nice}
and we are looking forward to a New Year of many great things!

Ps. Christmas is in 5 days!

Scrapblog!

I just found out about this wesite called Scrapblog. Have you heard of it? I found it here. It is a online scrapbook design website that is free. Yes, you heard me right, FREE! {I get excited when I hear that word!} I was going to handmake my Christmas cards this year, but as you can see it is the 17th of Decemeber and I haven't even started. I was searching for a way to digi-scrap them {I don't have photoshop or any other program to digi-scrap{it is on my wish list!} so this website works perfectly for me! Here are a couple cards that I have come up with so far. They are still a work in progress. I think we are going to take pictures this weekend to put in the place of these ones. What do you think?

Show and Tell!

NestingPlace is hosting a Holiday Garland Show and Tell! I am so excited to take part of the festivities! I made my garland a couple of years ago. I think it is still missing something... maybe some pine cones, lights and other knickknacks! After Christmas I will get some things on sale and add to it! I wish I had a fireplace. I LOVE the way garland looks over a fireplace! This will have to do for now!

A few decorations

Here are a few of my decorations! Enjoy...

More pictures to come!

LoVe this...

When I was at Bath and Body works the other day I fell in LoVe with their decorations! I wish I knew where to find wreaths like these.

On the 5th day of Christmas my husband made for me...

...A December Calendar!

I couldn't decide if I wanted this to be a countdown or a daily calendar. I figured I would remember better if it were a daily calendar! I got this cute Making Memories paper from the scrapbook store. I put magnets on the back of each number and a magnet on the wood. I love the way it turned out! Do you have a calendar just for December??

Another sign!

I LOVE this one!

I am Thankful

Here are some things that I am Thankful for today...

1.I am Thankful to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

2.I am Thankful for family and our close relationships

3.I am Thankful for Chris. He truly is my BEST FRIEND!

4.I am Thankful for rain! It makes any day a better day!

5.I am Thankful for pretty things (I know it sounds stupid, but I LOVE pretty things)!

6.I am Thankful for modern day technology. Cameras would be one example! I love that you can capture a moment in time, and remember it forever

7.I am Thankful I have a warm house to go home to, and a car that functions

8.I am Thankful for music. I'm not too picky. I love church music because it helps you to feel the spirit. I love other music that makes you feel better, or happy when you are sad, or something you can relate to when you are having a bad day

9.I am Thankful for good food! Especially good Chocolate!

10.I am Thankful for my dogs! I love them more than words can explain. They keep me company through the day. They are the first to come cuddle with me when they can sense I am upset or sad. They protect me. And they have prepared me in a way for children.

There are many more things that I am Thankful for, but I just wanted to name a few.

Thanksgiving Day!

I love Thanksgiving! It is the perfect time of year to get together with family and have good food and fun! This year I made a Pumpkin roll for the Fallbeck Dinner and a Cherry Pie for the Wilson Dinner. It was my very first time making cherry pie. In the end it was pretty yummy! I do have to say that it was better as leftovers then fresh out of the oven. I usually forget to take "before" pictures, but this time i forgot to take an "after" picture! Oh well, someday I will get it right!

My mom usually takes 100 pictures for every occasion, but for some reason this is the only one she took. It will have to do!

I hope everyone had a delightful Thanksgiving!

Happy Fall!

Here is a up close picture of my fall sign that I AbSoLuTeLy love! Chris did want to make sure that he got credit for this aswell! My projects are never finished until he helps me do something! Gotta Love him! :)

Merry Christmas!

This past Saturday was my ward's Enrichment Day. I wasn't planning on going because I didn't sign up for anything to make. I did offer to bring Texas Sheet Cake. So I was going to go drop it off and visit for a few minutes and go home. I am SO GLAD that I decided to go!! A lady in my ward had a storage bin of leftover vinyl lettering that she was giving away for free, yes for FREE!! I got a lot of really fun stuff!

I will let you know how things turn out!

Inspired!

I found a blog that I absolutely LOVE! Her name is Joy, and she is SO creative! I have gotten some great ideas from her! Here is my first attempt ...

Inspiration came from here. It's not exactly what her post was about, but I was inspired! What do you think?

Great Deals!

Who doesn't LOVE a great deal?? I went shopping this past weekend and found this...

(I know this picture looks like a mess, but there are some great things in there)

The total of everything in this picture was under $10. You heard me right! $10 It's not even Thanksgiving yet and all the stores have their Fall stuff 80% off. That works for me! So if you can't tell, this is what I got...

2 candle garlands

3 5ft garlands

Indian corn

gourd

2 bags of cinnamon scented pine cones

acorn candle holder

apothecary jar

I am very pleased with my great finds!

Happy Friday!

This week sure has been a busy one! I am definitely looking forward to the weekend. I have been working on a few different projects this week and they are going to get finished this weekend! {hopefully} Until Monday...

PaRtay!

Chris and I LOVE to be festive and support the holidays! We usually go all out. This year we couldn't decide what to be. We ended up going to EVERY single Goodwill and Savers in the east valley {on Thursday October 30th, a little last minute I know}. This is what we came up with...

No one could tell what we were. We weren't anyone specific, just a cop and his wife from the 70's!

We went to Trent and Lucy's house for a party. It was family style, so people brought their kids. There was games and yummy food. We ended up bringing a Bean Bag Toss. {for some reason I don't have any pictures of it} Bryan and Michelle brought a {cup}Cake Walk. There was a Costume Contest {we didn't win...next year} and we took a hayride to go trick-or-treating.

Here are some of our friends...

Spencer and Jessica Drew

Mike and Kara West

Darrian and Marci Judkins
{Edward and Bella}

Bryan, Michelle, Nash and Knox

{Farm Family}

Trent Kartchner

{Richard Simmons}

Overall it was a fun night! Hopefully next year we will have a baby to dress up!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

For Halloween I made my nieces and nephews these goody bags! I really miss them and I wanted to let them know that I love them and think about them even though we don't see eachother all the time.

{included: pixie sticks, glow stick, tatoos, and spider rings}

{meow}

{mummy}

{happy halloween}

{R.I.P.}

I also made some for our friends at the office!

I hope everyone has a safe and fun

HALLOWEEN!

Family Halloween Party!

Every year we get together with my mom's side of the family for a Halloween Party!

Here is everyone who showed up this year...

{Back row first, left to right}

Aunt Trudy, Bree-N, Brad, Socorro, their baby Henry, Aunt Nancy. {Next row} Uncle Montana, Chris, Me, Chris, Laurie, Cory, my Dad, Michelle and Owen. {Front row} Chay, my Mom.

This is my Cousin Bree-N. She is the one who puts the party together every year and does a GREAT job too!

Cory, Michelle and the Lion {Owen}

Cousin Brad, Socorro and Batman {Henry}

Chris and I

Here is one of the games we played... We were divided into 2 teams, and given 3 bags of "secret" items. We had 5 minutes to open the bags and decide a theme and how to dress ourselves in them. {TEAM 1} ALUMINUM FOIL, CONSTRUCTION PAPER, and RIBBON. We decided to become WARRIORS!


{TEAM 2} PURPLE PLASTIC TABLE CLOTHS, GREEN STREAMERS, and WHITE GARBAGE BAGS. They decided to become ONE EYED, ONE HORNED, FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATERS.


This is Chay and he was the One Eyed, One Horned guy! {Pretty Clever of them I thought!}

The next part of the game was a SCAVENGER HUNT. We had to run to the neighbors houses to find 3 things...

1. A PENCIL

2. Something with a PUMPKIN on it

3. Four large MARSHMALLOWS

{we had to take a picture to proove we got them from different places}

{The PENCIL}

{Something with a PUMPKIN on it}

{4 large MARSHMALLOWS}

Whatever team got back to the house with all of the items FIRST won Gift Certificates to Cold Stone Creamery!

And because Chris and I are such COMPETITIVE people our team WON!!! Woo Hoo!

All in all we had a really FUN night! It was really fun remenicing about old times with the cousins! We have a lot of good memories together! Untill next time...