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woooooooooooooo!
That took quite some time to put together, but it's so much fun to look at! I started back in January 2008, went through the year and tried to select pictures that I didn't use before on my blog so they would be fresh {there are a few that you've seen before ;-) }.
See you in 2009! Have a very nice start of the new year!
whew
The post-Christmas letdown. Gets me every year. I look forward to Christmas, but it's always so busy and seems to go by in a rush. I feel as though I have jet lag for days after. ;-)
Christmas morning was nice... I woke up to two little people poking me in the arm and asking if they could get up....
Ben got what he's been asking for since the summer, a Ben 10 omnitrix....
Ben and Todd played with the new laser tag...
My husband blew me away this year. All I wanted was a pair of brown slippers, which he did get me, but he handed me another bag - it had some weight to it- and I was totally clueless as to what it could be. Are you ready? (I can't believe he did this, but....)
He bought me a digital SLR camera! I was astounded. Now I have to learn how to use it!
Two pictures from Christmas - my two little nieces (and these are taken with my old faithful 'point and shoot' digital camera)...
my niece, Aubrie, pulling everything out of the diaper bag until she found something that looked interesting...
my niece, Lily, and Todd's dad...
so cute!
I made a bunch of stuff and I took pictures of most of it. On the food-related front, I made cookie trees on lollipop sticks, filled a bowl with Styrofoam and sugar and stuck the sticks into the Styrofoam, then added pine cones for a little forest of cookie trees.....
I made albums for some family members.....
And I made these for some other family members....
I stitched homespun fabric into a triangle leaving an opening to stuff the trees. A wooden dowel is inserted into clay which I sprinkled with diamond dust to look like snow. Some icicle garland and ornaments with the kid's faces - cute Christmas tree mementos!
And this I made for my gram and poppop. I used a coin holder....
the front
the back
and the inside as you flip it open
Now.... I'm off to get ready for company for dinner. :-)
Scenes from our Christmas Eve ice storm......
Ice is so pretty.... it's a shame it can also be so treacherous to drive and walk on. But, the temperature is rising, so it looks like it's a good thing Rudolph is leading the sleigh tonight because it is getting very foggy outside. ;-)
From Todd, Sarah, Ben and me......
:-)
It's Christmas Eve Eve.
He comes tomorrow night.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Am I done creating Christmas gifts? Nope.
Am I worried about that? Nope.
I will get them done ;-)
Here's a sneak peek of one of my gifts....
What could it be?
Check back soon after Christmas to find out!
I'll be showing everything after everything's given and received!
:-)
Snow day!
The kids prayed the other night for a snow day and they were disappointed that they only had a two hour delay the next morning. Sarah realized their error - when they asked God for a snow day they didn't specify which day they wanted. So, He gave them a snow day today, just a couple of days after their initial request. Too cute.
It's deep enough that Sarah and Ben could go out and play in it, so the three of us bundled up and out we went. They wanted to try sledding, so we went back to the barn to get the sleds and found out that Todd has the sleds up in the rafters - no idea how he got them up there - and I couldn't reach them to get them down. I literally flapped my arms like wings and jumped to see if I could fly up there (trying to bring some laughter to their disappointed little faces).
They got out the sand buckets and made piles of snow that to them were volcanoes. Ben spent just about the whole time out there eating the snow.
We walked down the driveway to the mailbox to get the mail and the newspaper. I got the stuff out, and then turned around to start walking back up the hill. There were three sets of footprints, obviously, but it struck me that mine were straight down the middle and Sarah's and Ben's paths were wiggle-waggled all over the place.
It just made me think. Literally, I stood there and the light bulb lit over my head. Look how much fun they have as children - exploring, flopping down to make a quick snow angel, pulling sticks out of the snow to use as snowman arms, whacking the tree branches so the snow falls on top of them - and I walked right down the middle. How boring of me!
Anyway, it just made me think. As big people we should make sure to have fun too. Go play in the snow, big people!!!!!
:-)
sheesh time flies when you're busy running around like a crazy woman
Hi! How is everyone? Busy, I'll bet.
Some pictures to share from the past week......
First off, our lovely Sophie, who has a Christmas jingle when she moves...
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Sarah and me, decorating the tree.....
Sarah is now quite good at it, after years of helping. When she was little she would hang all the ornaments on the same branch and it would be weighed down to the floor almost!
Tah dah!
Soooo many ornamants with a story behind them. I took pictures of the ones Todd made when he was a little boy...
It's neat to have them. I look forward to having a nice collection of ornaments for Sarah and Ben someday, with all the things that they have made for the tree over the years.
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Ben was one of the kings at church last Sunday. The first grade CCD class puts on a little nativity play each year....
He's to the left of the group, wearing red, behind the boy that's kneeling and wearing a red tie. They all were so cute, as they are every year. Seems like Sarah was just doing this...... time flies.
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Speaking of time flying, I asked the kids to hold the hand ornamant that I made for each of them for their first Christmas. I did this for both of them - each year at Christmas I would trace their hand and make an ornament. Look how tiny they were and how big they are getting!....
Now those hands are sitting out in the living room building something with Legos and working on a latch hook rug. These hands need to get out to the kitchen to start supper. :-)
Two weeks to go. Lots of Christmas gifts to make. I guess it's about time I start! (This is going to someone in the family who does not have a computer, so you family people with computers will have to wait for a peek at yours!)
By the way, Sarah informed me that it doesn't matter that she has all expensive electronic toys on her Christmas list because Santa doesn't have to pay for anything. Just thought you should know.
;-)
