Friday, December 30, 2011

Merry Christmas

What a Christmas! Santa Claus came! We opened gifts and shared excitement. There were surprises and laughs. We went to Sacrament Meeting and had Grandma & Grandpa Wright and Suzy and Autumn over for a bit. We visited the wonderful neighbors to the east, and Gary, the guitar teacher, brought his amp over to jam with the kids on their new guitars. We had a sleepover with the Techmeyers and played loads of games. My heart is full. We are blessed.






Tuesday, December 27, 2011

matching pajamas

Friday night, 9:15ish, December 23:
Anna: Mom, did you make Christmas pajamas?
Me: No, it felt a little overwhelming so I decided not to.
Anna: But didn't you say that it's not really that hard?
Me: Well, yes, it's not really that hard, but we have to make 6 pair.
Anna: Oh. [pause] Where's the pattern?
So I tell her where the pattern is and which fabric I intended to use and she disappears. My mind is 100 other places. Anna comes back to my room with everything to make 6 pair of pajamas.
Anna: Do you think we can make pajamas tomorrow?
Me: [Sigh] Sure. It'll be a fair amount of work, but we can probably do it.
Anna goes to bed happy, I go to bed hoping she forgets about the pajamas.

Saturday morning, 9:15ish, December 24:
I start cutting fabric, Anna reads the instructions, and starts sewing the inside seams. Jane helps put elastic in the waistbands, Lincoln carries around scraps of fabric. Mid-afternoon we finish. I'm very proud of Anna. She stuck with the project the entire day.

Saturday night, 9:15ish, Christmas Eve:
We set out cookies and eggnog for Santa (and carrots for the reindeer). We chitter chatter by the Christmas tree in 4 pair of matching monster jammies and 2 pair of matching orange with pink dot jammies.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Temple Square

28 degrees + a bagillion lights + cousins + mittens + hot chocolate = a very nice evening.



Tuesday, December 20, 2011

nice voice!

With no dance or piano recitals this month, the voice recital last night was especially enjoyable. Anna made her teacher cry. :) Anna's been taking for a year and a half, Zachary since September.

Here are some pictures from the last week that I like.