Em and Cody
The opening begins...Thursday, January 1, 2009
Everyone Came Home!
Christmas this year was such a gift to my mother's heart. Every single one of my children, their spouses and children AND pets came home for a long visit~ We had such a lovely time! We played in the snow, played games, did lots of talking and eating, and laughed at the babies and the puppies as they romped around the house. Jeff and I felt so blessed to have everyone home. We know this won't be the case every year, so we cherished each moment and thanked God for this gift. On Christmas morning, we opened our stockings, Jeff (Pa Pa) read the Christmas story from the Bible and then we opened our presents. As you can see, everyone from Great Grandpa to little Gwendolyn had a wonderful time :)
My New Thing
Just recently my dear friend, Helen Schuler had me over to teach me how to knit. I have knit before, but it's been awhile. She started me on this little hat. It's called an Easy Roll-Up Hat. It is knit on circular needles. I have knit 7 of these hats I believe. (I keep giving them away :). I like to add a vintage button on the hats for girls, I think it looks darling. One thing I love about this hat, is that it looks good on just about everyone. My son put one on and folded the rolled edge into a cuff, it looked really cool on him. I have a New Year's resolution to get better at knitting. I am listening to knit and crochet podcasts and have subscribed to a knitting website called Raverly. I would say that this makes me an old lady for sure, but as I get to know the knitting community, many of them are young! In fact, today I'm going to my friend Elisa's house to learn how to knit finger-less gloves from her, and she's young :) So much fun! I'm thinking maybe my husband and I should go to town on a date day on Saturday so I can check out the new yarn store in Fresno. Maybe I'll use my Christmas money to buy needles and yarn. I'll let you know, how it goes. Until then, be creative.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Something New
After being inspired by my sister, Cynthia's vintage Christmas tree, I enjoyed shopping the antique stores in Paradise to find a few for my own tree. I love the different colores and the sweet details on each. I have had a small vintage tree for years, filled with some of my grandmother's ornaments, but I'll put these on the big tree this year. Mostly, I love the memories they inspire and the love that I have for all things vintage.Decorating the Tree
This year I thought I would be decorating the tree alone (maybe with Jeff and Edward eating chili dogs and watching). But, Nole, Heather, Avery and North came up to help us! It was so much fun to watch the little one's excitement as they looked at each ornament. The result was so darling! (all the ornaments up front, in the center and only as high as they could reach). We ate the traditional chili dog dinner and enjoyed each other :)
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