peonies and peach pie

I bought two bunches of big, fat peonies at Trader Joe's and made this peaches & cream pie. You can't go wrong with sweet smelling and sweet tasting.

photo by me

merry christmas 2010

O holy night! The stars are brightly shining,

It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth.

Long lay the world in sin and error pining,

'Til He appear'd and the soul felt its worth.

A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,

For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.

Fall on your knees! O hear the angels' voices!

O night divine, O night when Christ was born;

O night divine, O night, O night Divine.

Merry Christmas!

Love, Vanessa + Harlow

New Year's card exchange

So... I blew it on the Christmas cards this year. I usually LOVE sending them out. I love sending mail (and getting it is fun too) but I just didn't get my act together in time.

Instead I'm going to send New Year's cards! Hooray!

If you'd like a card you can email me your address (joiebutter at gmail dot com) - I'd love to send you one!

Now I can get back to freaking out about the fact that there is only 9 days left until Christmas!

ps - how gorgeous is this photo by i.anton? i love it.

manifold clocks... kind of awesome

kind of awesome

photos: Sudio Ve

harlow goes to utah

just got back from Utah

and boy are we tired




Highlights include:

Three nights at Temple Square
Going to the Christmas Devotional with Chelsea
Meeting baby Sadie, baby Gianni, baby Bode, and baby Rose
Seeing Chelsea, Megan and Billie and everyone else!
Going to the temple with Alyson
Harlow being the BEST little traveler ever

ps - people are SO nice when you have a cute little doggie with you. Even the TSA were dying over Harlow. I am never not traveling with her again.

{photo of Harlow and Bruce (aka super stud)}