Sister's Forever Quilt

Well, the beautiful half-finished quilt my sister started is now hanging on my kitchen wall. It fits there perfectly and looks like it was meant to go there all along. I'm not sure what Marianne's plans were with this quilt...was it meant to give to a friend or family member...was it meant to go on a wall or to be a throw blanket? Those are questions I will never know the answers to, but I'm pretty sure my sister would be pretty happy with where it ended up, and the fact that her little "non-sewer" of a sister finished it for her. I have to admit, it wasn't easy for me and I did a lot of "redos," but the whole experience was very sweet for me.

 

This quilt wasn't made by my blood, sweat and tears, but I do have to say it was made with a whole lot of love and quite a few tears.......

 

Christmas Day

Christmas Eve

Christmas Recitals

The kids participated in two Christmas recitals this year, Mrs. Haning's piano recital and the recital Alison and I had for our students.  It was Megan's first time performing and Jordan's first time on the cello.  Love hearing these budding musicians....

 

Decoraing and undecorating the tree....

We had a lot of fun decorating the tree this year and Austin (aka: wrecking ball) did his best at "undecorating" it.  We ended up moving all of the ornaments to the top half of the tree, but I guess I underestimated his reach and determination, because 1 ornament didn't make it through the season.  I saw him snatch it off the tree and with a triumphant look on his face he went running out of the living room with it raised above his head.  As you can see, I didn't catch him in time.  After it smashed, he started clapping his hands and gave me this look that said, "Check out what I did!!!!" Good thing he's so cute....