Lazy New Year

To start off the new year

I worked a total of 27 hours over the last 2 days...add two sick kids + recovering from having guests the last few days + family reunion + Christmas right before that = I have a really messy house. I care a lot less about that than I used to, but it still makes me a little anxious when it gets this bad. Only one thing to do at this point...take a picture and get to work.

Bed...made.

Babes in Sand Hollow

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I knitted these two goodies for some babies being born soon. I LOVE this pattern! Sweatshop of love from Ravelry...just for my own remembrance. It's just a basic pattern but with a lot of variations. I've been having a bit of a knitting renaissance probably due to the holiday season upon us. I have a poncho on needles for Lily out of leftover green, and a sack full of brights I originally bought for stockings but I think will turn into a throw for the couch.
Alex, what can I knit for you?

Color Me Rad

Did the Color Me Rad 5k last month with Shauna and Shelly. Megan, I really wish we would have met up with you and Seth! It was super fun. I'd love to run with these ladies again.

Green teeth, purple hair, 80's glasses askew...don't we look Rad?

Oh, so THAT"S why I can't see...

I don't know what I'm #1 of. We didn't come in first or anything.

Then we went to Judd's and had hot cheese soup and breadsticks. It was soooo Good!

And I may have gotten a little picture happy.

Good times.

A Halloween recap

Well, it wouldn't be December without some sort of Halloween post, now would it?

Jake brought home giant pumpkins for all to carve...

One of the most fun things about pumpkin carving to me are the designs the kids come up with. We always try to represent their art accurately. They were really cute this year. Don't ask me HOW there is not a picture. There probably is on my phone, so if I can find it I'll update. I can't imagine I don't have one somewhere.

Here is Lily thinking about her design.

Lily was a kitty this year. I knitted her paws.

WHAAAAAAA!!! Oh, sorry...it's just Alex dressed as a spooky hooded figure. I think he wanted this costume as much for his videos he likes to make as for his Halloween costume. He was quite eerie.

Hi Lily!

For Trick-or-treating I painted her face. It was kind of last minute, so I was glad it turned out as well as it did. Do you see the chip in her front tooth? That's from the bump on the head that caused her nasty concussion a few months back. I don't think I've recorded that story anywhere, so maybe that's a future post.

So Alex, how am I doing? Leave me a comment if I've left anything out. :)

A few fall memories

Lily learned how to ride a 2-wheeler a couple months ago. It should be it's own post, but needless to say we are very proud of her. Once she got it down on her little bike, it was only a couple of days before she dared brave riding Alex's old "big bike". She is riding like a champ. However, since this bike has had a few...accidents (like being run over by the minivan) she will probably get a new one soon.( Maybe we'll ask the big man in the red suit for one. :)

I don't exactly know what's happening here, but it seemed noteworthy...

I love how they are all barefoot...

A good old fashioned gunny sack race at the Spooky Town Fair...

This look is not representative of their actual feeling of the fair. There were just a lot of bees by the cookies, and it was a little dis-concerning.

Buster and Horsey...

As Alex has been reading my blog more often, and as we head into the holiday season, and as I just had two cameras fixed, I will post more soon.

she makes me so happy