A Winter Tablerunner

I bought fabric to make a Winter table-runner last year, but I never got around to making it.  Little Guy's carving into my side table gave me the lacking motivation to piece it together.  Unfortunately, the pointed pattern makes it so only part of the carving is covered.  I'm going to have to. make a rectangular table-runner for Valentine's Day and see if that works better.  It's still pretty though.

Little Guy didn't have school on Friday when I made it, so he wanted to use my scraps to make his own creation.  He sewed together the scraps to make a cat blanket.  I'm not sure Stella knew what to do with it, but Little Guy was very pleased with it.

1990s Christmas Revival

 Sometimes you just need to jam out to a little 1990's Mariah Carey Christmas music. 

Cat Cuteness

Sometimes you just need a post of the accumulated cat pictures from over the week.  They're naughty and ridiculous, but the kids adore them.  

2024 Ornaments

 We got an ornament of the golden gate bridge to remind us of our Northwest family trip over the summer. 

BB got a Finding Nemo ornament to remember his role as Nemo.

Little Guy got a baseball ornament because of his obsession with baseball.

Little Lady and her love of books shines through for this ornament.

Grandma Stuetz brought us back an ornament from her Machu Picchu trip in Peru.

Last but not least is Little Man's track ornament.

Wicked!

We went to see Wicked over the weekend. It definitely lived up to the hype. I thought it was perfection.
We can't wait for the second half to come out.

Half Birthday Yumminess

 BB had his half birthday today.  He requested a lemon raspberry cake.  The cake turned out really well, but most of the family would have preferred it without the raspberries.  BB loved it and gave half to Collin.  

Over NIght in Missouri

 Joel and I celebrated our 18th anniversary after Thanksgiving.  The kiddos are getting older, so we decided to try a quick overnight away.  We sent BB to be with his grandparents to make it a bit easier, and then headed an hour away to a really cute VRBO in the country.  It was all decorated for the holidays and it was adorable. 

We woke up to the first snowfall of the season.  It was beautiful and oh so cold!

The whole experience was lovely, but we came how to a permanently etched in game of tic tac toe on our side table.  Our youngest was bored and unsupervised long enough to destroy furniture.  I guess that answers the question whether they're ready to be alone or not.  Sigh.

As soon as we got back the boys headed straight outside to play in the snow.  They were so excited!

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a quiet Thanksgiving with Grandma and Grandpa Thompson.  It was lovely.  Joel smoked the turkey and the stuffing and both were delicious.  The boys enjoyed some Thanksgiving crafts as well.

Little Guy did a Macy's Thanksgiving parade project in school, so we watched part of the parade as well.  The boys loved it.