Day to Day Life » holidays http://www.dacotah.net/blog A blog about life and all that's in it! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:24:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Valentine’s Day is near! http://www.dacotah.net/blog/2012/02/02/valentines-day-is-near/ http://www.dacotah.net/blog/2012/02/02/valentines-day-is-near/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:35:59 +0000 dacotahsgirl http://www.dacotah.net/blog/?p=4428 VDay Balloons

Valentine’s Day is less than 2 weeks away! I love the whole idea of Valentine’s Day, but I also REALLY love Valentine decor. :wink:
This will be the 1st year that I will do some sort of decorating for Valentine’s Day. So far, the girls & I have put doily hearts in different sizes in pink, red, and white on our big window in the front of the house. It looks so cute! I also want to put a Valentine wreath on the front door, but haven’t decided how it will look yet. (I want to make it myself.) :D

Every year we do lots of crafts. This year we are going to make and decorate picture frames, and probably a few more crafts as well. I also love to take cute photos of the girls!
Here are a few from Valentine’s passed…..

This is Jacey at age 2 1/2. I love this pic!

Jacey & her Valentine Bear!

Jadyn…not quite 2 yet…

ValentinePhotos[Jadyn]

There are lots more of the girls on Valentine’s Day (2008-2011) on Flickr!

We do baking every year, too! We love making cupcakes and cookies!

Yummy Valentine Cupcakes!
valentine cupcakes heart cupcake!

I really want to get the girls all dressed up in pinks & reds this year and do photos of them, so stay tuned for photos to come! xoxo

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]]> http://www.dacotah.net/blog/2012/01/12/snapily-for-valentines-day/feed/ 0 [Fun] Holiday Photo! http://www.dacotah.net/blog/2011/12/31/fun-photo/ http://www.dacotah.net/blog/2011/12/31/fun-photo/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:34:41 +0000 dacotahsgirl http://www.dacotah.net/blog/?p=4130 My Girls & I - by the tree

Oh, this is just one of many…LOL! We went a little bit nutty posing for pictures…haha! (This was on Christmas Eve.)

I hope you all had a great Christmas. We spent ours at home this year. It was relaxing & fun. We stayed in pajamas all day long! Days like that are great! ;)

The New Year is upon us. Everyone have a safe New Year’s Eve and a fabulous new year. God Bless each & every one of you! xoxo :)

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The candy cane is more meaningful than just a “sweet” at Christmas.
It can remind us of Jesus…
its shape is like a shepherd’s staff.
Its wide red stripes remind us that Jesus shed his blood for our sins.
Its narrow red stripes remind us that “by his stripes we are healed.” (1 Peter 2:24)
Its white stripes stand for purification, by his death we were made pure.
The peppermint flavor is similar to hyssop which was used in Biblical times for purification.
Its taste is sweet, as it is “sweet” to walk with Jesus.
Turn the candy cane upside down…
It becomes a “J” for Jesus.

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