Saying Goodbye

Angie & Isaac on moving day--going to Richmond

Christmas Day at Katie's

Benton
Alec
Spencer
Laura & Fancy Nancy. It's a Bakugon Christmas.

Christmas Eve

Tree at Dad & Joan's

Alec talks to Santa
My grandfather's sleigh bells that Dad made into a tooled leather hanging.

First snow storm

Overlooking river
View from my deck

Christmas 2009

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
Grandma's quilt

Lighted village
Gingerbread scene

My poinsettia "tree" (I didn't put up a real one this year).

Doll clothes for Kit

Lizzy liked the doll clothes I made for Kit. This is her holiday dress, velvet coat and "fur" hat & muff.

Cuddling

Sam likes to cuddle.

James Blessing

James in the outfit I made for his blessing. Notice the "J" on the pocket.

More Candy

Making gingerbread house with Sam & Lizzy.

Lizzy's Bunny Quilt

Lizzy with the bunny quilt she drew pictures for some of the blocks.

Santa Claus is coming to town

Santa telling the children a story of giving at the ward Christmas party. They were enthralled.

Party

The adult table I decorated (above) and the children's table I decorated:

Doesn't she look like Lemon Meringue:

The kids enjoyed the gingerbread houses and coloring their placemats:
At the Ward Christmas dinner, the table decorations were done by members. I was assigned one adult and one children table. What a bunch of fun. The kids loved demolishing the houses afterwards.

Gingerbread Houses

Sis Taylor and Sis Polatis:
Sis Hamaker:
Making Gingerbread Houses with sister missionaries. Very fun.

Plalying Dress-ups

Hailey & LillyThe turkey wasn't the only dressing we saw on Thanksgiving!

Sunday best

Laura, Alec, Spencer and Benton before the Primary Sacrament Meeting presentation in Mansfield.

Playing around

Hailey without teeth, Stephen with braces.

Messiah Chorus

My choir director recommended this classic rendition.

Finally--Quilt

Julia trying out Nicci's Kitty Quilt: Nicci trying out her and Amy's quilt:

The back used flannel:

Julia & Nicci:

Quilt featuring kitty prints, photos of Amy & Nicci and lots of fun machine quilting:

It's nearly the end of the decade and I'm almost done with the "Quilts 2000 Project". This was a fun quilt to do using the Turning Twenty Again pattern. It was tons of fun picking out the kitty prints (I've been collecting them for about 6 years) and choosing coordinating fabrics using some music notes since Amy is a good musician and photos printed on muslin. One more quilt to go!