Ten on Tuesday

What a busy busy week it has been. But . . .

1. We got a new camera. After going back and forth on lots of different ones, cheap ones expensive ones etc we decided on a red one. Hahaha. It is a Nikon and we really have liked it. Plus it was on sale so we think we got a good deal. So there will be lots of photos this post!! A special thanks to the Bentley's for letting us barrow theirs until we found this one. Thank you thank you thank you

2. Pink Grey poupon? nope actually Chris decided to make butter on Christmas eve. Yes and he died it pink. After a fun lunch with new friends from the new ward the kids all made their own too.

3. Christmas Morning. Jed was in heaven they got tons of Lego stuff. Such happy boys.

4. The other favorite gift was a V-reader. Jed has not put this down.

5. The ill fated game of battleship. Will played Chris. not sure if you can see all the other things around Will. Lesson learned do not play battleship with someone who is not fully paying attention.

6. We are making a quilt here. We painted the kids hands and feet. They had a blast.

 Jeffrey wanted a tummy print. It didn't turn out as cool as hoped but he loved trying and that is what matters right.

writing on them with fabric pens. 

7. Chris being a awesome dad. Jeffrey has been asking for me to make him a quilt for a long time. a friend gave us a box of old jeans. Chris went to town. The top is all done in one day. We are planning on giving it to him for his birthday. Hopefully he still wants it by then .

8. The quilt I made for Marian. It is not flat but here is what it looked like. I really enjoyed the cutting etc.

9. Christmas  Eve Chris was very frustrated with the lack of respect the kids were giving Christmas's real meaning. So we removed the presents and spent a good hour after the kids woke up in the morning talking about Jesus and the gifts that he gives. It was great. Next year the goal is to focus more on that and much much less on the presents.

10. Christmas Eve we were invited to a family in our ward's house for a soup lunch and making gingerbread trains. We had a blast. There were 5 families there with 24 kids. It was even warm outside so the kids played outside for over an hour. It was wonderful to get to know people in our ward. The soups were wonderful too. Here is our photo of our "train" after we got home. Needless to say it had been attacked by wild beasts who ate all the candy off it.