I hope you've been enjoying "show and tell" week and maybe even getting some gift ideas for next Christmas. For my final post, I want to show you a project that I started last Spring and gave as...
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Holiday Hotcakes 2010
My friend Tara was so thoughtful to take these photos during our Holiday Hotcakes Christmas Breakfast this year. We're always too busy flipping pancakes to actually take pictures, so these are...
Book of Mormon Paper Dolls
My sister made these little darlings for my kids. They are "paper dolls" of various characters in the Book of Mormon! Aren't they adorable? The figures are actually made of a lightweight...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Our Family Songbook: "A Very Good Place to Start"
I surprised Steve by creating family songbooks for Christmas this year.
He actually started a file of songs that he wanted to turn into a family songbook a while ago, but he never finished it. So I picked up where he left off. I gathered the songs that he sang with his family growing up, songs that my family sang, Christmas carols, campfire songs, echo songs, songs that the kids have learned in preschool, seasonal chants, jump rope rhymes, and even the rules to our favorite silly party games.
It felt good to record the lyrics to songs that I have only ever heard my grandfather sing--lyrics that I cannot find anywhere online. Then I added some of my favorite family pictures from the last few years and an alphabetical index. The finished product is 102 pages long and spiral bound. There is a copy for each family member.
We have already used it to introduce the kids to some new songs, and they really enjoy looking at the pictures, since they haven't yet learned to read.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Project Cherokee: Steve's Gift to Me
Steve's gift to me was a total surprise: hand-sewn sheepskin moccasins to keep my feet warm around the house. He went to great lengths to procure the materials: the shearling pelt,...
Monday, December 27, 2010
Making Spirits Bright
We had a blast making gifts for each other this Christmas!
Here is the princess dress that I made for Autumn.She hasn't taken it off willingly since she got it...She has worn it to church and even slept...
Sunday, December 26, 2010
I Love My Job.
Scarlett gave Steve an LED Mag flashlight for Christmas, and it turns out those things are pretty great for making wall shadows. I snapped a few shots that made me smile and the following vide...
In Case You Were Wondering...
...the angel wings were a big hit.
And so was the pancake breakfast! Thanks to all of the party animals who participate...
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Do You See What I See?
It's Christmas Eve, and of course, Guy was too excited to fall asleep tonight. He stood looking out his window watching for Santa Claus to fly by for quite some time. After a while, I laid...
Friday, December 24, 2010
Seeing Ourselves In The Nativity Story
These beautiful ornaments arrived in the mail today. They are made by Cedar View Christian Gifts and I won them on the Secrets of Mom blog.
The simple beauty of these ornaments...
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Letting The Christ Child In
In the last few days, I've really felt an outpouring of the Spirit in my heart. I witnessed the kindness of others, and it has really touched me multiple times over the last two days. It's...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Holiday Hotcakes
Image from our first Holiday Hotcakes Invitation
We are gearing up for one of my favorite holiday traditions of all time.
"HOLIDAY HOTCAKES"
I borrowed the tradition from a family friend of my parent's...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Let's Pretend I Sent This to You In the Mail
Because I would, if I could.
Merry Christmas, Friends!
From our family to yours...
Monday, December 20, 2010
The Postal Worker Who Kept Christmas
Meet Becky.
Becky is the woman who runs this post office.
I actually drive past another post office in my hometown of Lewisburg and go two extra miles to another town to go to "Becky's Post Office",...
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