Ringing In The New Year

Mommy & Daddy & Gracie rang in the New Year in style tonight! Actually,…

Happy New Year

(from email to family & friends) The Shipley family wants to wish all of yo…

Mommy Racked Up!

I know that not many, if any, of you are ever impressed with my bargaining skil…

When She's Five

Gracie has the big girl blues. She suddenly feels very little and wants to kno…

Christmas Memories

I had a very neat idea this afternoon. Gracie and Daddy and I were talking a f…

Christmas Morning

We all need a nap! Even though I didn't read Candice's comments to Gra…

Season's Greetings

..from the Shipley's. We send you all warmest Christmas wishes from our fam…

Christmas Eve 2008

Gracie is tucked into bed, and is trying hard to sleep. She got up a few minut…

Picture Updates

I finally got around to updating our pictures! I have created 2 new folders, a…

Ask Santa

Merry Christmas At School

I love it when I get to help out at school. It is so cheesy, but getting those…

Family Christmas

I thought that since this is the first year Grandma and Grandpa have had such a…

Gracie & Santa

It finally happened! Gracie is on Santa's lap, she is smiling and no tears…

Gracie's Own Tree

Gracie is loving her very own tree that now adorns her bedroom. I made her a HU…

Thanks Aunt Sharon!!

I made this adorable drum cake today thanks to this awesome book on edible fun …

Christmas Creativity

I am pretty sure I earned a gold mommy star today. Gracie and I did a craft pr…

Baby's Bed

I put up the bassinet in our room today to get more things ready for the new ba…

Smarshmellow Pals

Gracie was very proud to show off her "present" from school: a smarsh…

Gracie's Present

Gracie got her Christmas present from mommy and daddy a little early this year.…

Finding The Perfect Tree

What a fun and chilly family day we had. After Emma went home, daddy took us to…

No Babies Allowed

Do you see this sign? Gracie made it this morning. Can you guess what it says…

Look What Gracie Made

Isn't her reindeer the cutest? Gracie was very proud to show me her picture…

Winter Curls

Gracie looked like a winter princess this morning all decked out in her snowman…

Well, We Told Her

We finally told Gracie she is going to be a big sister! Thanks to Candice'…

Town Christmas Parade, 2008

You've gotta love living in a small town. Actually, I can't think of a…

Candy Cane Lane

That's the name of the game that Gracie and her preschool buddies played to…

Christmas Preparations

Well, I know I should have updated before now, but quite frankly, I am still ex…