Happy Love Day!

Happy Valentine's Day from our home to yours!

Last month I had an email from Shutterfly for some 10 free cards. I'm all for that! I created one FOR each of my boys to stick in their snack bags at school :) The rest I did FROM the boys to hand out to some of their friends.

I really like how they turned out! They are flat with a linen type finish. I'll tell ya, I'd NEVER order them at the price tag of $2.99 each, though - I'm too cheap!

Boy it's hard to find Valentine's cards that isn't all pink.... don't they know that boys celebrate Valentine's day too?? Next year they need to bring on the robots, dinosaurs, trucks, Star Wars....

Enjoy, and have a great day!

Our 2010 Christmas Card

Merry Christmas from the Slater Family!

Our Christmas cards are now all mailed out, it's such a fun project to send out to family and friends. Both of my parents are one of seven children, so I try really hard to send out cards to each of my aunts, uncles and cousins every year. Especially since I don't live near ANY of them!

Thanks to my earlier post for the free cards

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Looking Back...

As the Christmas music is playing in the stores, I have found myself quite nostalgic lately. I've been thinking about the boys first Christmas and how it seems like it was a lifetime ago. Their little chunky cheeks, matching blue "brrr" shirts, crying at the awesome Sumerset Santa, their first stroller *ahem, bus*, and one of the few family pictures we actually have. I pulled out the Christmas book I made from their first Christmas and thought I would share!

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Who likes FREE Shutterfly??

Ever since my boys were born, I have had difficulty finding invitations, cards, and products that will fit my triplets. Either it’s too cheesy, too expensive, or just not right. Then there are the times that our family picture does not look right and I’d rather use individual pictures of the boys. A few years back I started messing around with my pictures and using different free and paid sites to create what I like. Then I started doing it for family and friends and work on side with ForYouByDee.

I have also used for the past three years Shutterfly Christmas cards. They have flat or folded cards, and both are great! You can create your own file (or have someone do it for you) or you can use their own layouts. For those of you reading that don’t have any clue how to do anything with your photos, it is super easy! Upload your photos, and pic a layout. It’s THAT simple! You can even edit the photos using their tools. Crop, red eye reduction, etc. Save and print! Oops, you thought of more people to send cards to and didn’t order enough? It’s okay, it’s in your saved products!

My favorite design I've used before is the HoHoHo design... it allows three photos on it for each of my boys!!!

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These are some of my favorite Shutterfly products:

Photobooks (probably a FEW of you on here have gotten one of these from me!)

Calendars (great grandparent gifts!)

Photo Mugs

It's not too early to be thinking about Christmas gifts!!! Only 46 more shopping days left :)

Our NICU Story

As I saw a sweet little baby at church tonight, I could not believe how tiny she was! I asked how much this little 3 week old baby weighed, and she was over 7 pounds. It made me realized I can't now remember how little our 3 pound babies were! I got back out my NICU book I made, and flipped through it. As cute and as little as they were, I am very thankful to be past the three preemies stage! I thought I would share in case anyone else would like a peek into the boys 25 day NICU adventure.

(under the pages below the book, you can click on the link to make it larger.)

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