This is what I’ve been doing…this week anyway

These are some that I am working on right now…they are not comepletely finished yet.

Photo Friday

Merry Christmas

Karalyn, Matthew, and Andrew

With Uncle Karl and his girlfriend CrystalThe kids with EmmaKarl, Kevin, Mom and I.Had to get a picture in with the shirt my mom gave Kevin…his little girl loves Elmo…so guess what?  I tickled Elmo today, was pretty funny…and then Kevin had to go to work, he wore the Elmo shirt.

On Christmas Eve we went to church and then went to my mom’s house for a Mexican dinner.  Kevin wasn’t able to come because he had to work,  so it was a little strange without him and his family.

On Christmas Day, we went to church to see two of my baby cousins baptised.  After the service we got to visit with family for a little bit and see cousins that live out of state.  Then we went to mom’s house for lunch and got to see Kevin for a few minutes…he had to work today also.  I told him to tell his boss that I said he will be off for New Year’s.  The poor guy has had to work the last few holidays and has completely missed our holiday gatherings.  I know my demands won’t be met, but I thought I would try anyway.

Next year, on Christmas I pray that all of us will be able to be together…because the holidays are just not the same when someone is missing.

When we were done at mom’s I went home and took a nap.  Then the kids half brother’s,  sister, and mom came over for the evening and had dinner with us.  We had Tortilla burgers and beans…not your typical Christmas dinner, but it was good.  I didn’t get any pictures of them…I was too tired to mess with the camera.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday.

Prayers please…

I am sorry I have been so quiet lately, It’s not because I have nothing to say.  It’s because, I have a lot to say, but am not sure how to put it.

I need prayers for a situation that I would rather not go into details on.  Remember Cody, Courtney and Christopher?  My kids half brothers and sister.  Well, now there is going to be a fourth child…due in July…but, I don’t know if the baby will make it that far.  Their dad wants the baby to be aborted.  He was messing around with the kids mom, while he was with someone else and now the mom is pregnant, again. (Both the mom and the dad are blaming each other for  this pregnancy and not taking responsibility for any of    their on actions…after all it does take two). Now, because the dad is in a new relationship, he wants the pregnancy terminated.  That’s about as much detail I can give without getting into the dramatics.

I don’t understand how someone can be such a selfish person as to kill  his own unborn offspring to keep  his new relationship going well.  What an ass!   He has done some really horrible things in the  past, but this one is the worst yet.

Please pray for that unborn baby, for the mom and for the kids…and the dad who needs a rude awakening.

Insane Cat Video

I ran across this video last night and thought it was funny…hope you like it as much as I did.

Insane Cat Video.

Christmas gifts…Handmade stuff…

I was asked to post some of the hand made things I was giving for Christmas…so here they are…this one is going to be framed to hang for my Auntie Sharon.

I made this one for my mom…we have Dutch heritage, so my mom collects windmills.   This will also be framed to hang.

I will post more later.

Photo Friday

December 18th: Preparing for Christmas / or Seasonal celebrations.

One morning shortly after Thanksgiving, Karalyn and Matthew went and got the tree out of the garage and partially decorated it…they were so proud of themselves I just left it like they did it.  The cats have been enjoying the trees too.

I have been to busy getting orders done for cards, so I apologize for not  posting anything this week.  I can’t get my kids to stand still long enough to get a picture of them doing anything Christmas-ee  so will you settle for pictures of my beautiful cats and kittens.

Scarlett

Redd

Mom’s tree

Our little tree…the cats like to take naps under it

I really like this picture

Our big tree…I let the kids decorate it and most of the ornaments are on the front of the tree and at the bottom.

Princess insisted on helping me make Christmas Cards

Photo Friday

A Patterned View

This is one of the baskets of wrapping paper I have to do my Iris Folding with.

Iris Folding Pattern

Tea Bag Folding Pattern Close up

Tea Bag folding medallion

Chrismouse MeMe

The Twelve days of Christmas have been celebrated since medieval times ~ traditionally beginning the day after Christmas Day (now known as Boxing Day) and ending with Twelfth Night.  And since the festive season is upon us ~ I thought it might be fun to do a Christmas meme!  So without more ado:

Author tagged me to do this cute Meme….funny, because I was going to mention to her that we needed to do one.  It’s been a long time since we’ve done one.  Thank you Author!

The Chrismouse Meme

Rules:

1. Copy the delightful Chrismouse picture to your post.
2. Copy these rules and the explanation of the meme (above).
3. Link the person who tagged you.
4. List 12 things: either about christmas present or memories about Christmas past (or a mixture of both)
5. Tag as many or as few people as you like!

So, here we go!

1.   When I was in high school I went Christmas caroling with my choir group, it was so much fun and we always had the best time.

2.  When I was little Christmas Eve was a very special night.  My brothers and I would practice for weeks for the Christmas Eve service that the children in the church put on.  Mom and Dad always started the night with letting us open up a present befor the service, the gift was always a new Christmas outfit that we would wear for the special service.  We would all get ready and then go to church.  After the service we would go drive around town and look at Christmas lights.  Then it was off to Grandma’s house to open gifts and mingle with family.  Sometimes Santa would show up at Grandma’s to hand out gifts.  Those were the best Christmas’s ever!

3. I am going to Andrew’s band concert tonight, they will be performing some Christmas music, including “Carol of the Bells” one of my favorites.  He has been practicing so hard!

4. Our tree is up, but it’s not decorated yet.  Haven’t had time.

5.  On Christmas Day this year we are going to Church at Immanuel Lutheran (where I taught art classes last year) to see two of our families newest members be baptised.  It will be nice to have the family together for that special gathering.

6.  Matthew volunteered to bring pie and egg nog to his class Christmas party…he informed me this morning.

7. Everyone is getting handmade/homemade  gifts this year.  Even the guys!

8.  I went to a Christmas parade last weekend to watch my kids who were in it with their youth group.  I was so cold I thought my feet were going to give out  on me.

9.  I remember one Christmas Eve when my cousin Heather and I patiently sat by the window in grandma’s den and waited to hear Santa’s sleigh bells.

10.  My grandma used to set up a cookie tree in her den with all sorts of cancy and cookies.  I got to help her decorate it one year with ribbon candy.  The other day I was in Wal-mart and I saw a box of ribbon candy and thought of her.

11.  One Christmas, When I was a senior in High  School ( 1991) I worked at Target.  They came out with M&M dispensers that year.  I bought my dad his first two and that was the start of the M&M collection I have now.  Now every year I buy myself one to keep the tradition, since I have Dad’s collection now.  This year I bought one for myself and showed it to David…a few weeks later he forgot I already had this years dispenser, so I have two M&M candy Dispensers this year.  They are Nutcrackers.Sorry it’s so dark

12.  I was teaching Karalyn the song “Away in a Manger” and it came out “Amay in a Wanger”  We laughed really hard and when we stopped I sang it to her and she told me I should be a proffessional singer…I  thought that was cute…   ***note*** when I was pregnant with Karalyn I used to sing that song all the time …and she still loves it.

Merry Christmas Everybody!

Matthew taught me…

A few years ago Andrew came home with a snowflake that he had made at school.  I asked him if he could show me how to make it and he couldn’t remember.  Matthew, who was four or five at the time, took notice apparently…he came home this past weekend and asked me if I remembered the snowflake that Andrew made.  I said yes and Matthew told me that one of his friends taught him how to make it.  So we sat down Sunday morning and he showed me how to make the snowflake.

I never thought that someone so little would remember something like that.  I am blessed that my kids are always thinking of me and that I like to make things.  I am very proud of Matthew for showing me how to make that snowflake…and you can bet we will have them hanging all over the house soon.

Andrew’s Birthday

Saturday was Andrew’s 13th birthday.   He and his brother and sister were in the Christmas light parade on Saturday night with their youth group, so we didn’t have a party for him on Saturday.  I made cupcakes for him to take to youth group to share.Sunday afternoon we had a party for him.  We had pizza and salad and the table was decorated with toy cars.

My computer is running extremely slow this morning so I will post more pictures later.