Family time has officially started! Lance and the girls left me alone for the night to head to Nashville to visit his family. I would have liked to gone with him, but my grandmother was coming into town. I feel very blessed that my 78 year old grandmother gets to spend Christmas at our house with the family! I treasure the moments that my girls get to spend with her. Lance left with the girls on Friday morning and I immediately left to finish my first and final shopping trip. It was make or break time! The stores were absolutely insane....enough to send a sane person over the edge! Traffic was even worse! 6.5 hours later I made it back to the house. It was nice to be able to run all of my errands without whining/crying/temper tantrums though! I was having a really hard time coming up with something for my mom and was super excited when the idea hit me while shopping. I think I found the *perfect* gift! My dad is getting a wine cabinet so I went to Trader Joe's and took it upon myself to stock it for him. I was walking out the door with my full case when the handle suddenly broke....one heart attack later, I saved the wine! No casualties! I am glad that things are about to slow down and I will have a few moments to breathe and enjoy my family....since that is one of the things this season is about. We are about to head to church and celebrate the REAL reason for the season!
Crafty-Land
I can't tell you how many things I have made in the last week! I am kind of sad that I haven't taken pictures of everything that I have sent out the door. I have really enjoyed crafting the perfect things for my family and friends.
I made three of the cutest onesie dresses for a friend of mine. They turned out really precious!
I have monogrammed a ton more scarves.....I will be okay if I never see them again! Actually, I found some orange and white striped jersey material, so I will be back in the scarf business again shortly after Christmas. I have a really great friend that happens to be an Auburn fan.....and I have never worked with jersey material before. So why not screw up some ugly Auburn stuff while learning!
I really, really love making the canvas pictures. When I make one for someone, I know that I am making something out of a memory that is very special to them. I have created two in the last week for gifts and I think they turned out fabulous!
I even managed to throw one in for the car enthusiast!
Final Countdown
The girls could not be more excited about Santa this year! This is my sweet Sofie getting ready for school on Thursday. She had her Christmas program so I thought it would be sweet to send her to school in her Christmas dress. She couldn't be more precious!
Elf Finale
The advent calendars are finally coming to an end. It is almost time to say goodbye to our beloved Elfie, Razi and Amelia. Last night Elfie decided to bungie jump off of the ceiling fan using our slinky. He was super nice and brought us a new piece of elf artwork. (I must get a better pic of this cute piece!) Elfie found it at Kirkland's for $6.00!!!!
One of Sofie's friends, Emery has a super cool elf at her house. At the Christmas program, Emery's mom and I were sharing some elf ideas....and she told me about this one. Thank you Mrs. Dena!
I hope everyone is enjoying the time with their family. I know we are enjoying it here at the Burns' house. I look forward to sharing some more of our Christmas joy in the next few days! I can't lie, I have enjoyed taking it easy for the last few days!
Merry Christmas!
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