Christmas 2024

We had a wonderful, fun Christmas Eve with the kids.  And we ate way...way...way too much!  But worth every bite!  I know I'm missing some of the pics but you get the idea!  

We had more laughs this year than I can remember from the past.  It was a hoot and I love spending time with my kids!!!!

We missed Bob's kids/grands but we did get to Zoom with all but Ian and Talissa!!  We'll have to do a New Year's Zoom with them!

 

My kids!!!!  Love them so much.  They decided we wouldn't do pics in front of the tree this year!  something different!  HA

Darrin"s family!

Dawn and Jeff!  

Dawn gave me this beautiful centerpiece.  There are cally lilies in it!  Lovely!

Yes, we never want more food..and I didn't even put all the pics of the appeptizers out that we had!  Girls even brought both of their air fryers so we could have cooking all done at the same time!

Kris gave Dawn and I each a huge basket, which she called A Thank You basket!  In mine was:  salted, dark, chocolate, caramel candy, two bottles of wine, some bath soaps, a pair of slippers, a beautiful candle and a lovely, soft, white throw!  Such a unique idea and a wonderful gift!  Kris and Dawn are both so thoughtful!!!

These are Kris' famous sugar cookies!  She said the recipe is from her grand mother,  Nancy (Kris' mom) makes the dough and Kris cuts out/bakes/decorates the cookies.  They are the best cookie ever!!!!  Not sure what's in the recipe but they are awesome!

I also forgot to take a picture of Dawn's homemade Cannoli's!  She makes the fried pastry dough and the sweet cream cheese filling!  They are delicious.  Bob and I shared one last night! 

AND MY KIDS ALL TOGETHER!!

Nick and Braylon.  Nick has had a cold for awhile and just wasn't up to par...I text him today and he said he's feeling better...took some of his sister's meds!!!  Yikes!!!  But guess they helped!

I forget the name of the bakery Dawn gets this bread from.  It's sour dough and delicious!  She also gave me a fabric wax bread bag to keep the bread fresh in!  I don't think I'll need it much since Bob and I eat bread at every meal.  HA  

We had some Christmas Day for our late/breakfast at noon!  And again this a.m. with our cereal!  SO GOOD!  

As are all so blessed with our lives and health.  It was a wonderful time with family...hope everyone has a fantastic 2025!!!

Cyano Print asking to be completed!

 

Back in January, yes - January!, I started playing around with a piece of cyano print my friend, Bonnie sent me.   Had a decent start but then got sidetracked with knitting...go figure! 

 I played with it on and off starting around the summer.  I cut the piece apart and inserted some red fabric.  

Then I got the crazy idea to add some hex pieces...why?  Why not! HA  I don't honestly know why I deceided to add the hex pieces...I would make some when I wasn't knitting or frustrated by the knitting is more the truth!  HA

You can see all the different ways I was trying to get the hexes into this piece here! 

So now that my latest knitting project is finished and I haven't found another top to make, I've been working on this piece again!  Woohoo!  So here's what I've been up to!!!

I had stitched hexes onto the main fabric seam but needed to decide how to attach them to a border.  

I took some fusible web and place behind the hexes

and then just fused them onto a border.

After they were fused,  I added batting and and backing.  Then I machine stitched around the hexes on all sides.

I did the same for each border....

I know the blue border blends in with the blue hexes but gives it a disjointed look!  HA

I started to do some hand stab stitching around the leaves.  

I tried stab stitching around the edges of the leaves but I didn't like that.  So, I ripped it out and just stitched around the leaves filling in blank areas. So this is what it will be.  

I may free motion some of the leaves...who knows...I may finish before next year!  

Now for my sister and I to try and find another knitting pattern to work on this winter!!