Christmas Cards from Shutterfly

Shutterfly is giving away 50 fee Christmas cards to bloggers! I have used Shutterfly for prints in the past and I have used them for a picture book. All of the products I have ever received from them have been perfect! The best thing is they send their pictures in good packages so my mail-man does not squish them into the mail box, like he has with other pictures I have received in the mail. Shutterfly offers a lot of different ideas of things to do with your pictures, from picture books, to calendars, to just about anything else you can think of. Here is a link to see the calendars. Here is another one to the greeting cards.
Here is an example of one of their greeting cards that I like.. They have a lot of different options for Christmas cards, I am excited to pick the one that I am going to use for our Christmas Cards. You will probably be having one of these cards coming your way this year for Christmas! When you get one in the mail you will know that it came from Shutterfly.

Busy Week.. and a couple more pics! :)

Here are some more pictures from the day our family went and got our pictures taken.

I love the little dance Alden is doing in this one!
(It is called the "I am going to escape dance", and he looks pretty happy about it!)

I thought this was a fun one of Michael and I.

Alden...
( I don't even need to explain why I like this one.)

Those are a few more of the pictures Savannah took for us. We are still trying to decide which ones we will be framing, there were a lot that we like...so we will see.

This week has been a little busy but Michael has been a good sport. He had one of his last tests before Thanksgiving Break!! He has also been watching Alden every night since Friday last week. I have been playing the violin for a play called Gepetto and Son, done by the kudzo playhouse. It has been fun but tiring...not really sure if I would do it again, but I am enjoying it while I am in it now!

Family Pictures

On Saturday last week Michael, Alden and I had our pictures taken. I really like how they turned out if you want to take a sneak peak at them before I put any up or before I send one your way you can to to.. http://savannahwilliamsonphotography.blogspot.com .

Happy Halloween

Here are a couple of pictures of Alden in his monkey suit. I thought we got some better ones but they must be on the video camera, but here are a couple we got of him.

Our walk to the Garbage

Yesterday I decided to take some pictures along the walk that Alden and I take every day to go to the garbage. It is really beautiful right now with all of the leaves changing colors and falling off the trees.
Alden's favorite part of the these walks are the ducks that always come up and say hi, the turtles that always jump off the log when you walk by, and the wonderful worker guys that always say hi to Alden and give him rides on their golf carts every now and again.

Wonderful Wicked Wenesday!

Yesterday was an exciting day here at our home. 1st... Alden got his violin!! Someone I teach had a size too small sent to them so I said I would buy it from her.
Alden tries playing it with the bow but when that becomes difficult he reduces to plucking. I am excited, because now everyone in our home has a violin!

Alden also got his Halloween costume yesterday but pictures will be forthcoming.

And the other exciting thing is that Michael and I went and saw "Wicked". I have wanted to see this play for a long time. I have listened, danced to, cleaned to Wicked songs since just after I started College 6 years ago. It was nice to have a date with my ever so handsome husband!

"Safe Journey" by Elder Pace

I recently finished reading "Safe Journey" by Elder Pace and I would have to say that I absolutely loved it! It opened my eyes to a whole new world.
My knowledge of history and ways of life (especially where the church is concerned) is pretty much centered on things that have or do happen here in the United States.
I have heard little pieces of things that are happening in Europe or in South America, but rarely and I would say almost never do I or have I heard about life in Africa. I was amazed to hear about so many strong and wonderful saints, and to hear of the very different and difficult life they lead.
These are some of the things that I have taken away from this book...

1. I am very blessed to have everything that I have here in the U.S.A. Some of those things being all of the modern conveniences and that I feel quite safe here. The biggest blessings though would have to be the knowledge and blessing of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to have so many temples so close.

2. This book has helped me see even more that this life is "but a small moment and if I endure it well it will be well with me in the mansions of my father". It really has helped me see life with the big picture.

3. It has brought me closer to the saints and people in general in Africa. It has helped me understand who they are, what they do, and what they live through. (I have sometimes thought that it would be fun to travel to other countries, but I would want to travel to come to know the people, not just to see the sites. You see the sights on pictures and usually they still look the same, but the people are what a place really is, they make the place what it is.) This let me visit Africa like I would want to visit it, getting to know the people.

4. Last but not least, it has helped me in my study of Isaiah. I did not think that it would help me as much as it has, but it has given Africa a place in my mind, and Isaiah has a number of prophecies on parts of Africa, mostly Egypt, it being so close to Israel. As I have studied Isaiah, I feel as though the more I learn about anything an mostly about what is happening in the world right now, helps me understand more of what Isaiah is saying. He truly was a very inspired prophet.

All in all it was a wonderful book, so I thought I'd share. I have just started reading "The History of Joseph Smith" by his mother Lucy Mack Smith. Which seems to be pretty good so far, so I will let you know how it is when I finish. (Just to let you know, that will be a ways in the future, I am not exactly what they call a fast reader. :) )