Lytro

Here are two little test photos taken with my new Lytro camera - fun!  You can click on different parts of the image to refocus the picture.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!!  

Chase was up early this morning and was very excited to discover that Santa brought him an mini air hockey table!  There was a lot of jumping around and squealing as we opened our presents.

Later today we are off to celebrate with the family - I am looking forward to it!  I hope everyone else has a great Christmas too!

And because I am too unorganized to send out our holiday card here it is!

Done - Woohoo!

I am officially done shopping and wrapping for the year. Just in time right? Every year I tell myself I am going to get a head start and every year I barely finish in time.

The nice thing about being done with holiday chores is that we had time to bake some cookies, watch a few movies, and tonight we are going out with friends for a holiday get together.

The bad thing is that I am impatient and I want to give B and C their gifts now now now!!!!

Crocheted Scarf

My mom got me this scarf for Christmas - I love it and it makes me want to find a pattern for the tiny crocheted squares! What a fun idea, you could make so many things out of them!

Progressive Holiday Party

I absolutely love our neighborhood.  This year we did a progressive holiday party and it was amazing.  We had great turn out, yummy food, and Santa even made and appearance.  I am so thankful for our neighbors!

So True...

Ho Ho Ho!

A Boy and His Dog

These two were so cute this morning!

Also on a total side note Capricious and a neighbor introduced me to Gangnam Style and it is now Chase's favorite song. Ha. I told him he can only sing "heeeey sexy ladies" at home.

More Wonky Feathers

The feathers are starting to look mildly less wonky but I think if I were going to do a quilt I may trace a pattern first so it looks better... I don't have the hang of the freehand pattern yet as you can tell.

Musician B

Snow White

Chase was playing at a neighbor's house and decided to rest under their coffee table - very Snow White-esk of him.

Christmas Tree

We decorated our big tree last weekend. I love our tree - it is a mash of non-matching ornaments that represent memories from past years. Decorating the tree is one of my favorite parts of Christmas!

Tonight we put up Chase's tree in his room. He picked a red and green and white color scheme. It is adorable.

We are all starting to get into the holiday spirit around here.

Quilting Feathers

I went out with my sewing group today and I was inspired to try to learn how to free motion quilt feathers. I have done a million stippled quilts so I figured how hard could it be? The answer is: incredibly hard. I can draw the feather pattern beautifully with a pen but it is REALLY hard to get smooth quilted lines. Here is my test. It looks like a wiggly kiddo drew it. Apparently I need to practice a lot more.

Holiday Fabric

Love this Moda Holiday fabric! Can't wait to make something with it.