Christmas

Christmas eve we made our annual trek to my parents house to visit, eat and open gifts. There aren't too many little ones left anymore. They've all grown up and have little ones and Christmas celebrations of their own. My brother, Ray and his family didn't make it this year because of the bad weather. I was hoping to get a picture of my two brothers and myself together, just because it's been a while since we had one taken. Maybe next time...

Christmas day our kids were all here. Randi, Jed and Becca, and Charity and Paul all came just before lunch, and Nicki, John, Andre and Drake came later.

We had a good Christmas, and it's so much fun to watch the little ones open presents!

TOO cold!

Randi and I were supposed to go Christmas shopping today, but it's too cold. And the roads are snowy and icy and slippery! So.... hopefully we will be able to go on Wednesday. But I got all my Christmas cards done and sent out today!

Sewing projects

Here are some things I've been working on: I made two of each of these. The alligators are for Andre and Drake, and the cats are for Tabbi and Becca. Shhh... they're for Christmas, so don't tell!

These are some things that I have for sale at the Becca Boo-tique http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5506700&order=&section_id=&page=1

The Birthday Cake

I forgot to post a picture of Tabbi's birthday cake! It's the princess and the pea. I read the book to them while they ate and they were all VERY quiet and listening intently.

Tabbi's Birthday

Tabbi turned 5 on the 5th. Her golden birthday. So we had a party for her and her friends. There were 7 children. And she had so much fun! First we had the kids all put a handprint on totebags to take home, and squares of fabric that I will make into a quilt for Tabbi.

We played a couple of games, ate cake and ice cream, and opened gifts.

Then we got out the "rice box". I filled a long plastic ''under the bed storage type" box with 10 pounds of colored rice and lots of toy dishes and plastic spoons. It was a hit! All seven kids sat and played for quite a while (with no arguing)!

Oh Christmas Tree...

We put up our tree on Black Friday, right after we bought some new LED lights. Tabbi couldn't wait to get home and decorate! Here is a picture of Nathanael and Tabbi in front of the tree. (Not that you can SEE the tree back there! LOL)

Thanksgiving Day

Randi, Becca, Charity and our friend, Daren joined us for Thanksgiving dinner.