Merry Christmas!

I kind of doubt that these mischievous elves will be sleeping much tomorrow night!!

May you all have a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Apron Extravaganza!

Well, I did it! After months of endulging in my love affair with my "Singer" I ended up with this flirty little aprons!!! I decided to practice and tune up some of my sewing skills by whipping up some aprons for my fabulous girlfriends. It was so fun to shop for fabric and plan out a different apron for each girl. Four of the girls in the photo are pregnant but they still look stunning in their strings!!
This weekend I sent 8 more aprons to a Christmas open house event and 5 of them were sold in the first 2 hours. What an encouragement! But all in all I loved doing it and girls, I hope you make lots of dinners and desserts with them and think of me everytime you throw them in the washer.
Rachel and Kara we missed you that night but you weren't forgotten!

Tis the Season

Christmas is right around the corner and that mean cozy fires (too bad we only have a corn stove in the basement),snow, Bing Crosby and traditional music, a good fatning Debbie Smucker "good cookie", and twinkling lights as you head down a dark hallway to bed. But of course more importantly the birth of our Lord and Saviour!!! I love it!

What a kick off for the season when we woke up to a sheet of white snow. The kids literally thought it was Christmas morning!

They woofed down their breakfast like I've never seen before (they are usually like molassas when they eat their breakfast) and headed out to shovel the driveway so dad was sure to get the car out when needed. (actually only had about 1/16" accumulation but whose counting)

I honestly think Breanne is barking orders at Treya and he is obviously not listening sooo...
She went for a shovel twice as big as his and tried to show him up! Go figure!

Then of course you can't have Christmas with out the decorating!! Breanne followed me around all morning and was such a big helper. Trey on the other hand thought that was a little too girlie and headed for the train set.

Have a very Merry Christmas everyone!!

An Abundant Thanksgiving

When the combine comes out it's usually a sure sign that Thanksgiving is right around the corner and that mom will get a much needed break from the kids. However, this year I believe we will be combining till Christmas time. We doubled our crop acreage this year and it's taking much longer to harvest then anticipated.
But we did break for a Thanksgiving day program that Trey and his preschool class gave.

What a turkey!

And we took another break for Thanksgiving day with the Beiler family which Arlan and I host every year at our home. It's always a full house but lots of fascinating table talk.

Arlan's cousin Ranae came later with her little girl Katelyn and Trey just absolutely adores her. It's a complete shock to Arlan and I as we watch him talk to her in hushed baby gibber and beg to hold her and kiss her. He spent the entire time bringing toys to show her and tried to teach her what sounds each of them make. This was all a far cry from when Bre was a newborn and he wanted nothing to do with her.

The year has flown by and the Lord has been good to us all. What more could we be thankful for then an abundant life together!