Jansen happenings, a photo shoot

serious cuteness

This photo shoot was fun, at least to start with. This family, super cute.

But, I got in big trouble for trespassing - yikes!

The property owner came barreling down the road laying on her

horn. She got out of her vehicle screaming "Get away from there!"

Oh my! And this poor family! I had just met them that morning.

I wasn't harming anything, there were not any no trespassing signs and this

distressed old house really makes for the perfect backdrop.

But it has been made clear to me I may not take pictures there again.

Good bye old house, I will miss you.

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I had thirty things to do the other morning and lil' Miss Hazel was

into everything, I gave her a really yummy treat in her highchair...

ONE OREO.

This doesn't really look like just ONE OREO.

My friend Kristen has a Christmas tradition that

our family has now adopted. I wrapped a Christmas book or winter book

for each day December 1 - 24. Each day we unwrap a book and read it

together. This is a really great way to "count down" to Christmas

and to get some fun Christmas reading in. Merit has read about half of the

books so far and I have read the other half. I love this tradition Kristen! Thanks

for introducing it to me. On Christmas Eve after the last book is read, a baby  will

be placed in the basket to represent baby Jesus.

The books we have already opened and read end up on a little table

and we can read the favorites several times.

I had probably 15 Christmas books,

so to gather books for the other nine days I shopped the thrift stores.

We have some really neat literature here.

Armond and the First Christmas is an Arch book.

I think my siblings and I received these as gifts through

First Christian Reformed Church.

I loved reading this story to the kids a few nights ago. As

I opened the book I saw Matthew Zylstra neatly written in the front

cover. Matt you may take this book with you next time you

visit. Me being the "hoarder" I probably grabbed all books that

interested me last time I was at dads.