Just for Sam...

I LOVE YOU... MOM

Its Christmas Eve Day...

the stockings are hung by the chimney with care...

I saw this in a catalog - 

I thought it was funny,

but I don't think my son-in-law would wear it...

even though he might think it...

the girls came to spend the night,

we made snow globes...

it was exhausting...

for Lilly too...

I had to work, so the next morning Grumpy made them breakfast... 

I finished another dishtowel, that's about one a year (LOL)

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Your gift is in the mail....

I had to move this project onto the dining room table.

It just got too Big to handle the sewing in the craft room.

hand stitched on the back.

A "Recycled" Denim and Flannel Scrap Quilt.

Merry Christmas... We Love You.

A gift we received, another idea for recycling all those denim scraps...

Busy, Busy, Busy...

 

Autumn came...

 

We bought a new tree for the house...

 

got the yard decorated...

 

 

Kenneth also decorated the well house...

 

Emily was an Elf in the Kindergarten Christmas Program.

 

We went to see the Maud Christmas Parade,

somebody got woken from her nap to watch...

 

We had to make an unexpected trip to Oklahoma,



due to the death of a loved one.  But had a good visit.

we decorated for the holidays.



Kenneth and I went to Minden, LA

for a German Christmas Festival...

 

 

Megan got an owie...

 

her Daddy got a 8 point buck...

 

 



 

Emily was also in a Pageant for Homecoming...
she had to get her hair done...
 

 

and tonight Emily and Leah were in the Church Christmas Program...

 

 

 



 



We also got the mantle decorated...

 





Day 15 - Albuquerque Balloon Festival...

On the drive home we knew that it was the last weekend of the Albuquerque Balloon Festival, but we were an hour and a half away.  We saw on TV that the last morning, Saturday, is when they do the Mass Ascension, where all the balloons lift off, this is the picture everyone thinks of when you hear about  the festival.  But since we were not going to be there in person.  I got pictures off the TV of the reporters who were there that morning.

First balloon up...

By the time we got to Albuquerque we only saw one balloon still in the air. But this lady was actually there if you want to also look at her photos...

Moose Stash Quilting

she has more pictures of the 

shaped balloons...