matthews halloween

SOOO... around here we had halloween on sunday night, so instead of trick or treating on the regular night we just hit up both our ward trunk or treat and jordan's parent's ward trunk or treat:)

charlee was jessie from toy story and jett was buzz.

there was another girl in our ward, laura, that dressed up as jessie too:)  they looked pretty cute together:)

 Charlee and Jett with all of their loot...

 Charlee posing... by the way, i just have to add that i made charlee's costume myself!!!  i was so proud.  i made her hat, her hair, and her shirt and ordered her leggings off of etsy and i think it all came together so good:)

 her jessie yarn hair braid...

 Jett's costume was AWESOME!!!  the wings light up and everything!!!

 all of us together... jordan and i wore our superhero outfits from the race for the cure:)

My elk

I did get my elk this year but due to the pit that I shot it in I had to ask for help from the Cieler family to retrieve it.

Reid

jett turns 2

JETT HAD THE ULTIMATE TOY STORY PARTY!!!

Here is his cake... a group effort from jordans mom, uncle, and me:)

 he couldnt quite figure out how to blow out the candles...

 we had all of his friends from play group come over and they all sang him happy birthday and watched him open presents:)

 and the grand finale... his very own, collectors edition, real life, BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!!!

storybook mural

So, i just finished this mural today for a couple who are expecting their first baby.  i think it turned out pretty cute:)  its got a corn field and winnie the pooh and the giving tree and boy and the guess how much i love you bunnies, and the hungry caterpillar, and the cat in the hat and lots of fun little accents thoughout:)

Paige

I just came across this picture in one of my scrapbooking boxes and thought i would put it on the blog.  i remember taking this picture for high school photography class:)  she was fun... with her fun waders and she made sure her waders had their own "paige flare" with the daisies on the front.  super cute she is!!!

~caroline

Esme's Room

my latest painting done special for esme.  this is a quote from paige in a note she wrote about what she wanted her kids to be like, and james asked me to do something to put this quote on esme's wall:

"be sweet and gentle, be strong and brave."

i think it turned out cute:)