A little Christmas spirit

 

 

 

 

I just couldn't resist getting Max ready for Christmas too! I wonder if Curtis and Macaroni would be such willing participants?

A few days into it and doing good!

And...the tree is up!

 

So excited that this year we finally have a big tree!! No more skinny scrawny little thing in our living room. The boys helped me get the decorations on it last night. I am working on getting the house all shiny clean. I don't want to have my decorations up in a messy house. That just seems so wrong! Tonight I got the rest of the decorations in the house up. Tomorrow I am going to borrow the ladder from Grandpa so I can hang lights up outside on the gutters. I have never done that before but I have always wanted to!!! I need more pics of the progress than just this lil' one.

scenes from thanksgiving

We had a fun afternoon at grandma & grandpa house. Grandma invited one of the students from IU she works with that wasn't able to go home for the holidays. Shes from Biejing and well...they don't celebrate thankgiving. The boys played on with their nintendo ds and the grown ups had a battle of Jenga. Oh my gosh it was sooo much fun! Who know some wood blocks could be so stressful! Grandpa was enjoying setting people up..mainly grandma ;) and removing blocks from the bottom right at the get go. We were surprised at how high we got that tower and especially how far we pushed it with out it falling down. It turned out to be a great day! I was only able to take a few quick shots with my lil p&s before the battery died. I knew the window over my dads shoulder was going make all my pics over exposed but I coulnd't fix it! excited to think i might be able to fix it too if i had my nikon with me.

 

 

 

 

Getting ready for the holidays

SO I have been holed up in my room working on the album that I am going to do my december daily with. At first I wasn't thrilled with what I had but it's beginning to grow on me. I have added some metal, sewing, ribbons and trims and it's coming along rather nicely. I am debating if I want to backstitch the felt pages I did. I might just pass on it. I have found my self getting in the holiday spirit even when the weather outside is anything but cold and wintry. I have found some great ideas for gifts to make. I am really happy with everything I have found and can't wait to dig in and create them.

Tomorrow is off for week 2 of my photography class. I am excited and hope that this week I can really learn something new and be able to apply it. Last week was basics and I felt like I had a grasp of that. I got great advice for shutter speed. I am making a little cheat sheet for me to help until I know what I am doing.

For today....

Outside my window...is a black canvas. This is one of the advantages of living in an older neighborhood in a small town. No glaring street lights.
I am thinking...that tonight I want to scrap. I love my little table I have set up creating a cozy corner to work.
I am thankful for...that Bethany's didn't have to take that painful sounding test.
From the kitchen...cowboy pizza from Papa Murphy's, hot chocolate with marshmallows for the boys. Whip cream too for Riley, coffee for me. Trying out 2 new flavor creamers.
I am wearing...my brown hoodie, red,white and pink striped flannel pants and beige thick socks.
I am creating...memories to look back upon one day by doing this.
I am going...to eventually going to put the piles of clean clothes away that I have been putting off for days.
I am reading...Hissy Fit. Great book so far. Love the attitude and zeal southern women have.
I am hoping...the weather warms up for the game Saturday.
I am hearing...sounds of the tv from jarods room, riley munching on cookies in my bed while drawing in his big sketchbook.
Around the house...you find signs of our family in little details.
One of my favorite things...is getting warm and cozy as the weather starts to turn to fall.
A few plans for the rest of the week: library, help jarod with his explorer project, soccer game for j, riley to make cupcakes and spend time with grandma, go to the Ice hockey game with Grandma & Grandpa, laundry, need to get ideas together for halloween treats for school for the boys.
A photo of the day...

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