The "L" Family!! - Hull, IA Photography

This photo shoot has been in the works for months and I'm sooo glad we finally got it done!! The "L's" are such a fun family! The Farmer actually went to college with them and was on the livestock judging team with Jeremy, so it was nice to catch up! And...um hello, it is always fun to shoot ADORABLE kids!! As soon as Cash found out I had a toy combine, he was happy as could be!! Little Emerson was full of smiles and how cute are her outfits!?!?!? Enjoy some of my faves!!

Elves in Iowa...Day 1!

The elves came to visit us for the first time in Iowa last night and left us some fun surprises!! We must have been very good this year!! They even remembered Dasher!! We don't have Magic Boots, but these pink and green magic buckets worked just fine!!!

Click here if you have no idea what the elves are!!




The Farmer got an Eddie Bauer down ice scraper, a tide to go pen for his truck, and some E.L. Fudge cookies!! ...get it, elf cookies!!! hahaha!! Thanks for that idea JoElyn!

Dashie got people crackers!

And I got an ice scraper too!! I think they are out of this color, but it is fabulous!! and some E.L. Fudge 100 calorie cookies!! How did those elves know I was "sort of" dieting!!?!?

Stay tuned for the next instalment of "Elves in Iowa!!"

I know i have seriously been slacking on the recipe posts, but Cora, Kayla, and I are having a cookie party on Thursday, so expect lots of fun Christmas candy/cookie recipes and pics soon!!!

Merry Christmas!!

Don't you just LOVE our Christmas card?!?!? I got all of these out last week, so I can finally show then to yall!!! Merry Christmas :)

just a little more!

I have been stalking blogs about Christmas decor like a mad woman and have gotten sooooo much inspiration!! Soo I swung through Omaha to do a little shopping on my way home from being at my main office for a week of work meetings. Garden Ridge was pretty picked over, but I did find two lighted topiary trees for the sides of the front door (we are in the middle of a blizzard now, so those might not get put up until next year!) and these fun oversize vases (below)!! I got all the Christmas balls and candles from Hobby Lobby, which was also pretty picked over...thank goodness I was just looking for red stuff!! My dining room and kitchen Christmas decor is red, western, and I guess now candy cane!! Ohh I also stopped at Anthropologie, while in Omaha, and got the most fabulous necklace and top, and found some fun gold flats and brown flower flats at Gap, I was looking for a cute outfit to wear to the JoElyn's (Farmer's Sister) rehearsal dinner this coming Friday but had NO luck!...ok, ok, enough of that...on to the dazzling decor!

Now here is the one in the pink and green living room! This vase is a bit smaller but still just as fun!!

I finally got my super cute Cookies for Santa plate all finished! I LOVE Upper Case Living!!

We just found out that church has been cancelled for tomorrow, so I'm guessing this blizzard is gonna be a beast again tomorrow! Maybe I will finally get some clothes washed and some photos edited from a shoot last weekend! This whole being snowed in thing has it's bright side!!

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The elves come to visit for the first time tomorrow night!! Stay tuned for updates on what they bring us for 5 nights!! :)