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I made it through another Christmas without finishing my Christmas Quilt. I had such good intentions, but as the holidays get closer, things just get so hectic. I really am on the home stretch, but it'll be next year before I actually get to enjoy it. It's amazing how long it can take to sew together 285 squares!

The main hold up was trying to figure out my embroidery attachment on my sewing machine. I spent several weeks trying to figure out how to upload designs and actually make them work. I DID finally have success- and I decided on a few different snowman and snowflake designs to garnish my quilt.

Here is one design I chose. I was practicing on scrap fabric :)

I made homemade ornaments this year as presents for some family members, so that took precedent as well. I think they turned out really well.

 I managed to forget to take final pictures of each (mostly because I was hand sewing them in the car) but they turned out very cute!

I also attempted making bunny clothes last week for Luke's bunny. It wasn't a failed attempt, but lets just say I won't be quitting my day job to take up miniature clothes making!

Hopefully I can get to working on the christmas quilt over the weekend and have some updated pictures to show for it!

Happy (belated) Holidays!

I'm a little behind the ball here but I hope everyone had a great November and December! We've been busy (to say the least) so the blog got pushed to the back burner, but I'm hoping to get all caught up over the next couple days!

We traveled A LOT of the holidays. We're known to travel quite a bit- but this was pretty extreme. For starters, we spent Thanksgiving in the Mountains. It was glorious. It was so peaceful and relaxing, not to mention we were able to actually pick and cut our christmas tree, make a trip to Boone, AND experience a little snow while we were there!

A lot of our time looked like this (don't mind the lovely outdated decor)

We played A LOT of monopoly!

We went for several walks with the dogs

Foggy View

Thanksgiving meal!

Overall, we had a great time. It may be a new tradition. We enjoy spending time with family over the holidays, but sometimes relaxation takes precedent. 

On Saturday, we left to head to Hillsborough for one night. Zane was being baptized on Sunday so we wanted to attend that before heading back home. Other than one explosive episode during a quiet time of prayer, he did fabulous! We'll definitely have to remind him of that episode later in life :) 

The following weekend, Thomas and I took a trip to Vegas for an early birthday celebration. Thomas had to work some while we were there, but we still had a really nice time. We did a little gambling, saw the Hoover Dam, and also enjoyed a few thrill rides on top of the Stratosphere. 

It was quite cold while we were there!

View from the Stratosphere

Trying to find a happy place…

The weekend after Vegas, we returned home for my brothers 3rd brain surgery. It was much less evasive compared to his other surgeries and he's doing fabulously! We were very glad we were able to be there for it.

For Christmas this year, we split the time between our 2 families. We spent the first half with my family and the second half with Thomas' family. We got to visit with lots of extended family and it was really nice to see everyone! We were so happy to get back home though after a crazy couple of weeks away.

Happy (belated) Holidays everyone!