and the winner is...

Thanks to all of you that entered the giveaway!

I went with the standard draw a winner from a hat method...

...or a watermelon tupperware

and the winner is:

Sorry Jaimie! I gripe about people getting my name

wrong all the time and I go and leave the first "i"

out of yours. I know better! 

Of course I realized after I had taken

these photos.

Will a prize make up for it???

***Jaimie Joy***

Congrats Jaimie!

I'll message you on FB

with details.

Giveaway: Shutterfly Holiday Cards!

It's hard to believe
the cool weather has begun...

it's time for

pumpkins, sweaters and boots...

and the holidays aren't far away!

Crazy, right?!?
Almost time for
fires in the fireplace,
turkey and dressing,
and Christmas plans like

...how to get a cute photo

of the little one and

a great Christmas card to share with

family and friends...

Which leads me to a few little somethings

from Shutterfly's 2012 holiday card line.

How about that B&W cuteness...?

I love it!

It's just so easy, too.

I'm sure you all know the

design online drill.

Upload your photos,

choose your favorite card,

customize to your liking,

and order.

More than likely there are

special offers like these

that are worth checking out...

and you won't even pay full price.

....................................................................

Of course, I've already 

looked through the 

Shutterfly Christmas Cards

 and found at least 10 cards

right off the bat that I

could snap up and make

our family card this year.

Here are just a few:

I know you'd like one, too...
so
on to the
fun part!

Giveaway details:

Prize: $50 off total Shutterfly order

(does not include shipping & cannot be combined with other promos)

Dates: Tues, Oct 16 - Thurs, Oct 18

 You have three entry options...

feel free to use one, two or all three ways!

*Entry #1:

Click the link above that says Shutterfly Christmas Cards, pick your favorite design, then post a comment on this blog telling me which one. Make sure to include a name (first, nick, initials, code) to identify your post(s).

Entry #2:

Join Life and Times as a follower, then post a comment letting me know you did.

Include: "I'm already a follower" or "I'm a new follower" plus your name.

Entry #3:

Sign up to start receiving blog posts via email by entering your email address on the right side of blog.

Then post a comment saying "Email follower"plus your name.

Pretty simple...

do a little something

come back to this original post and leave me a comment

gain a separate entry for each one

Up to three entries per person!

*Must do Entry #1 first...entries #2 and #3 are the extras.

If you chose to do all three, please make sure you comment three separate times.

3 comments = 3 entries

1 comment with all info = 1 entry

 

The winner will be

announced on

Friday, October 19.

...and one more pretty for the road

*This is a Shutterly sponsored post

about their 2012 holiday card collection.

I am being perked for the post,

but the thoughts and ideas are all my own.
All of the holiday card photos in this post
are courtesy of Shutterfly and can be found
by clicking on their link above.

Shutterfly is also responsible for the generous giveaway!

blondie

corn maze with her daddy's hat

oct 6

just a grinnin'

oct 6

sticker show off

a.k.a

why does she look so grown up?

oct 10

owl hat

oct 13



kayla says: oct 2012

Our daughter is saying the most hilarious and off the wall things lately.
The ones I post are just the slim few I can remember to jot down in my phone.
She is such a goof...a mess...a cutie! She keeps both of us laughing ALL THE TIME.

Example #1:
I'm trying to brush her teeth this morning before school and she goes and stands in the corner...bathroom door on one side and linen closet door on the other. She's wedged right in.
Kayla: "I hiding Momma"
Mommy: "Ok, I'll come brush your teeth over there. What are you hiding from?"
Kayla: "I hiding from the bear"
Mommy: "Oh, is Daddy the bear? Are you hiding from him?"
Kayla: "No, I hiding from the bear"
(pause while I brush her teeth)
Kayla: "The tiger is (something or other)"
Mommy: "Oh, are you hiding from the tiger now?"
Kayla: "No Mommy, the tiger is pooping!"
-obviously ends with me laughing and shaking my head and having no idea where that came from!

Example #2:
Trying to get M to go to sleep. She is up in her room talking away to her beloved stuffed animals, then starts to fuss and call for her Daddy.
(Daddy walks upstairs and into her room...and this happens...)
Kayla: "I want to watch George on your phone Daddy"
Daddy: "Daddy's phone is downstairs"
Kayla: "Well, go get it Daddy"
(...and he did, and she watched some Curious George)

Example #3 (saving the best for last, i think):
I feel like I need to preface this story by saying that M has not had any tea or sweet tea that I know of!
Scene: evening church party, BBQ was served for dinner, Bumbee (one of M's grandmothers) told us this as we were leaving...
M took her cup over and handed it to Bumbee and said "I want sweet tea."
Bumbee told her, "Well, we will have to ask your Mom about that."
M responds with, "Ok, I'll have water."

Ha! The child already knows how to work around Mom and Dad :)