Monday was goodie baking day!
Rhaevyn made gingerbread men and sugar cookies. I thought I had gotten a picture of what she had made, but apparently this is the only one that got saved.
Her cookies were so good! I decided to try some new treats this Christmas season. I made Chocolate peanut butter and caramel pretzels. I think those were a hit. Everyone that we took those to really enjoyed them.
I also tried these s'more treats. Although they tasted divine, they didn't stay together and were a mess to try and eat.
Meg enjoyed licking the spatula!
We had a really fun time baking and dropping all the goodies off to be enjoyed by others.
I
got all my Christmas cards in the mail by Thursday. The cards may not get to
their destinations before Christmas, but at least they were in the
mail before Christmas. I made a few more cards, and I had fun making tags
for some presents.
I think they turned out cute if I do say so myself.
Aeva got her first birthday gift before Christmas break. Her seminary teacher brought in her favorite cookies, sugar cookies, and he had the class sing
all the versus to A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief. She thought that was the best thing ever!!!!
Thursday was Aeva's birthday. She opened Rhaevy's present in the morning. Rhaevyn got her one book in the series called Yotsuba&!
It is Japanese, of course, and follows the everyday life of a four year old girl. The kids say it is pretty funny. She was really happy about this present 😁
We spent time playing Apples to Apples as a family, and then we all went to eat at Red Robin for Aeva's birthday thanks to Oma and Opa.😊
Waiting for our order:
After Red Robin we came home and Aeva opened the rest of her presents:
Elsa gave Aeva her chopsticks since Aeva uses them a lot. I thought this was very sweet because Elsa is a stickler about other people using her bowls and eating utensils.
Oma and Opa
sent Aeva a very nice present
💲 😀
Myles made this cat out of socks for Aeva.
And the
pièce de ré·sis·tance:
I've been searching Goodwill stores and second hand bookstores for Harry Potter Books since Aeva decided she wanted her very own set. She was a very surprised birthday girl!
She chose Neapolitan ice cream for dessert and was able to blow out all of her 17 candles.
Rhaevyn has been working on these slippers. The bishop's wife hired
her to knit them for her granddaughters for Christmas. There were definitely a few times Rhaevyn had to put these down and walk away because they just weren't cooperating. In the end they turned out super cute, and she got paid pretty good.
Rhaevyn helped Elsa with crocheting a chain:
Elsa dressed Meg up the other day. They were being fancy shmancy girls.
Myles and Chris worked on various gadgets this week which consisted of wires, magnets, and batteries. Meg enjoyed making this multimeter make noise.
Friday was a very busy day!
Chris and I had our eye appointments. He is going from not wearing glasses to now wearing bifocals. He tried on a few frames:
He settled on these frames:
they are black with a really pretty cobalt blue hue.
After our eye appointments I dropped Myles and Elsa off at Sister Lee's house. Most of her kids are in town for Christmas, and they have a Christmas tradition (apparently a British Christmas tradition) of playing a game called The Bran Pie. They really wanted Myles and Elsa to come and be a part of it this year. They had a blast playing it, and Myles finished up my Christmas present while there.
Friday afternoon we had some friends of ours drop by a present for Meg. They stayed and visited for awhile. Their son KK (his first and last initials) is in Meg's sunbeam class.
Today at church she was crying because she wanted to go out with Chris while he walked Elsa to the restroom. The minute she saw KK she got the biggest smile and went and gave him a big hug. They are best buds.
Friday night was spent with our wonderful friends which consist of my best friend and her family, her parents, and her in-laws. We feel so blessed to be included as part of their family. The kids love it when we all get together.
Dog pile!
These two are a year apart and love it when they get to see each other.
These two are a year apart as well. They are hilarious together.
On to the subject of quilts:
My friend gave me this for my cutting ruler. Her mom was getting rid of it. I am super excited to use it, and I hope that I like it. Maybe I won't have to worry so much about slicing any fingertips off when I cut fabric now.
My second quilt is done at the quilters. I cannot believe how beautiful it is!!! I'm so happy that the colors look so good together since it was all scrap fabric.
Church was wonderful today. We had one talk and the rest of the hour was all music. When we came out of church to go home this was happening:
After about an hour it looked like this outside:
And it is now 3:30 pm and still coming down. I hope it stays at least for tomorrow so we can say we had a white Christmas.
A friend of mine from church had wanted to have the kids over to make cookies and play with her doggie, a Jack Russel Terrier, whose name is Louie. The only one that wouldn't let her forget about this plan was Meg. So, she and her family took Meg home after church today. She played with Russian Nesting Dolls, pet the dog, and picked out some yummy jam and a candy cane to bring home. I had prepped her beforehand that there would be no cookie making, but she could definitely play with the dog. Louie, in the end, ended up doing his own thing, but Meg had fun with the nesting dolls.
The Christmas
season is always a time to reflect on one's blessings and remember to be grateful. We are grateful for our little family and for the love of extended family who do not live near. We feel truly blessed to live with such beautiful surroundings her in the PNW and to be surrounded by such wonderful friends who feel more like, and are considered, family. We are thankful to know that we have a Heavenly Father and Savior who bless us so abundantly and love us so perfectly. May each and everyone one of you have a very blessed Christmas and a very happy new year 💕
