Holiday Time

Yesterday since everyone but Dad & Connor had the day off, we went to see "Frozen". It was so cute! It was also Carson's very first movie in the theater. He did soooo good. He just snuggled on my lap the whole time. He didn't need a toy or to get down. He just needed his "na-nae", popcorn, and water. After the movie he kept babbling about the snow and the snowman and nose. I think it is safe to say that he loved it!

 

 

I used some of my Christmas money to buy the complete series of "Numb3rs". I love it and I'm so very excited to watch it whenever I want! 

Nyla gave me a little "pamper myself" gift. I got bath salts, sugar scrub and serum!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

It has been a wonderful Christmas season this year. Carson has been old enough to really enjoy what is going on and so it makes Christmas more magical for all of us too! We aren't the get up early crowd and never have been, we finally got out of bed at 9 once breakfast was done. Then we did presents and got ready. This year both McKenna and I got baby dolls. {We collect the animators edition of the Disney princesses} Our dolls got behind in the Christmas shipping rush, so we actually had notes and pictures of what was coming. I also got a new outfit, a "sidewinder", a princess coloring book, a copy of my dad's book of pictures and a new bobbin case. Belle is coming.... Chase had McKenna this year and wrapped her table in a brother sewing machine box and just put "from your....brother" and duct taped it shut.

This year we went to Chelsea & Connor's house for Christmas lunch. Carson was so excited to see us and show off all the fun new toys he got! He got a grocery store and cart, a baby, a broom and shovel and cars. After a wonderful meal of ham and potatoes, we opened presents with them. Carson got clothes from Grandma and Grandpa and will be getting a quilt once mom has it done. From Kenna, Chase and myself, he got a little construction hard hat and a "Bob the Builder" DVD. It was pretty fun! I also think that Chelsea liked the book I made her of pictures of her growing up.

It was a wonderful day and wonderful to spend time with our family! As Carson said, "Merry Mismas!" Lucky me, I don't have to work tomorrow so I get to spend the day with Kenna, Chelsea, Chase, Mom, and Carson since they also have the day off!

Since our Pocatello Christmas party was cancelled due to weather this year, Grandma and Grandpa Ted came to stop by for lunch on Monday. They gave Carson a police car that makes noise and when he opened the package, he covered his mouth and then stopped and screamed. He was sooo excited! It was wonderful to see them even if it was just for a little bit. It was sad to miss out seeing everyone else, but safety is more important.

Griffiths Family Christmas Party

On Saturday we had another family Christmas party with the Griffiths family. It started at four this year and we had dinner, the nativity, music program, Santa, and bingo. I personally love the dinner and bingo! Poor Carson wasn't feeling well, so he couldn't handle much and even would get a horrible cough if he played too hard. He didn't understand that he needed to take it easy either. Carson just wanted to play with the big boys and get the ball in the basket, so Chelsea found him a "basket". It was fun to see extended family and spend time with our little family too.

Chase & I got the same bingo gifts this year!

Custom Orders

I LOVE doing custom orders for my customers on Etsy. I know that for many people, this is the main reason that some people hate owning Etsy shops. Me, I love being able to do new projects that I may not have thought to do or even if I had thought about it, didn't have the time. When someone is paying for it though, I can make the time! I have a wonderful customer in Arizona who spends most of her time in the hospital. She has me make soft and fluffy quilts for her so that she can have something bright and happy at the hospital with her. She is so AWESOME and loyal! Most of the time, she just selects the fabrics and in some cases has them sent to me and then just tells me to do what I think is best! It takes a lot of the stress of miscommunication away. This Christmas season I have not been as busy as in the past, but most of my orders have been custom. I have done a decorative pillow, large toddler blankets, tree skirts, and then another twin size blanket for my Arizona customer! Since Christmas is next week, I was wondering when I was going to get this all finished. Nyla was so awesome to let me take the day off work yesterday and mom distracted Carson. I ended up doing a tree skirt on Tuesday, a tree skirt on Wednesday and then spent the entire day working on this twin size quilt. I finished it and was able to send it to her today. It should be to her by Christmas! She picked one of ADORNit's owl fabrics that I have in my shop and then had some others sent to me!

Tomorrow we were supposed to go to Pocatello for a family Christmas party, but due to the storms that we are supposed to have this weekend, it was cancelled. On the bright side, that means that dad, mom, and I get to go to a couple in our ward's sealing! She is my visiting teaching partner and is really a sweet gal. So tomorrow we will be going to a sealing and then to the Griffiths Christmas party in the evening.

White Christmas Party

I got to babysit my friends' little 2 month old daughter for a couple of hours yesterday while her parents went to the Temple. She is such a doll and is super chatty. I loved spending time with her and helping my friends out so they could go on a little date to the Temple!

Yesterday afternoon was our White family Christmas party. This year we had it at our house. Everyone made it including Kaily and almost 2 week old, Aspen. It was great to get to meet the newest addition and hold her. Carson even got to hold the baby, but he didn't really appreciate that aunt Shanae was holding her. He kept telling me to put her back in her bed or give her to Kenna. It was really fun to see Carson play with his cousins too! Whenever Carson is at our house, he wants to play in my bedroom and I must be the coolest aunt, because I just let him tear it apart. Carson showed all of the kids the various things to play with in my room and once I convinced their mothers that they really could play in there, it became THE ROOM TO PLAY IN! For quite a while it was constant squealing and giggling coming from my room. The adults finally ventured to check out the destruction. It really wasn't bad, the picture above my bed got knocked down, but it was easily put back up later that night.

The kids had a blast playing and beating up Uncle Chase. I often heard exclamations of how cool Shanae's room was. The kids also loved opening all of the Christmas presents and playing with their new toys. My mom made all of the kids hooded towels and they were a hit. Carson especially loved wearing his and walking around. He looked like a little jedi!

After opening gifts we were all sitting around visiting and Nolan and Carson got too quiet. McKenna got up to investigate and could hear muted whining. They had gone in the dark bathroom and shut the door. Neither of them could open it. When Kenna opened the door, Nolan was sobbing and Carson was whining with a concerned look on his face. I don't think that either of them were traumatized. In fact if you asked Carson if he was scared, he would say no.

It was a really fun afternoon and a great day for me to get some baby snuggles! :)