Singing Christmas Tree 2011

     Sunday's Post is here.  Sorry I'm late. Anyways, Lexi had her Singing Christmas Tree program.  I must say that everyone did a wonderful job.  
     Mary decided to dress up like her daddy before the program.  She loves putting on his hat, but it all good cause she just too cute. 

 Here is the tree before the kids get on.

 This is one of the older children singing.  They did a wonderful job as well.  

 There will be a video further down and I'll let you see for yourself why the little boy made angel this year.  

 Here are the youth being the Nativity scene. 

Lexi enjoying her refreshments after the program.

Mary being entertained by Mimi.

Then she escaped and decided to walk around. 

Hope everyone has a Happy Monday.  Today's post will be out tomorrow. 

Almost Christmas.....

     Here are some pictures that I took on Saturday.  Remember I told you guys that I would be going to a local yarn shop that I found.  Well, I did and it was wonderful.  It was just like entering a whole new world. There were so many different fibers, textures and colors to choose from.  It was almost overwhelming but I liked it.  LOL! 
I picked up some yarn to start my first lace project with.  After Christmas I may stop back in and pickup a set of lace circulars.

The yarn in the pictures are fingerling weight, 210 yds., 70% Baby Alpaca and 30% silk.  From Marks & Kattens.  Shade 708.  
This is the first time I've ventured out of my comfort zone in fibers.  I absolutely love the way this yarn feels.  It's so soft.
     I could go on and on about yarn but I'm not so now I'll post some pictures of my babies. Mary loves to draw in case you couldn't tell by the intense concentration. 

 The next pictures are of the projects that Lexi gets to do on Saturday mornings with Reese.  She calls it her daddy dates. LOL. Here is a game that she built.  

 These are the whole collection.  Well, minus one because I forgot to get a picture of the bank that she made.  I'll have to post that later.  She hammered the nails and put the stickers on. 

 There was suppose to be an engine to complete the train but she didn't get to make that.  But we can get the kits after Christmas.  Which we plan to do. 

I will leave this for Saturday's post late.  Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. 

9 days til Christmas Continued....

Here are the pictures taken with the Nikon.

Lexi and her fuzzy scarf I made when we went to the beach this summer.

I hope you guys enjoyed my posting. I also hope you all have a very Merry Christmas.  God Bless all. 

9 Days til.....You Know What....Christmas!

     Hi all lovely people out there in blog land.  Ok it is officially 9 Days til Christmas.  We are so behind.  Our tree isn't even up yet. I don't even want to think about all the stuff I wanted to have knitted or crocheted before now that I've decided will just not be done for Christmas. Oh, well.
     Anyways, This past Wednesday was my birthday.  My DH, being the thoughtful person he tends to be, planned a surprise for me.  Which included the girls being taken to their great Grandmother's long enough for us to have dinner together at a place called the Italy Cafe'.  Which was really good by the way.  Then if that wasn't enough, he had ordered the dress that I wore and another shirt for me to wear whenever.  Both maternity/nursing and from Old Navy.  I'll have to include pictures of them later.
     Yesterday Lexi decided that she would take a cold.  Now she's coughing and all stuffed up, but she feeling better today.  Hopefully we'll get this thing knocked out by Sunday.  Her kindergarten Sunday school group will be lighting the advent candle this Sunday at church.  She has scripture that she will get to read.  She's very excited, then she's singing at the Singing Christmas Tree concert that night.  I'll be posting videos of that as well.  I can't wait.
     Today we've been cleaning and trying to get a place to put our tree.  Hopefully I'll be able to post some pictures of it soon.
Here is the reason why I get to post pictures now.  My mother and father-in-laws gave me my birthday present today which included this...

 It's a Nikon Coolpix S4100.  With touch screen monitor, wide 5x zoom, and 14 megapixels.
The other camera I'd been using was a HP Photosmart M527. With a 2in. LCD screen and only 6 megapixel pictures. 
I've done a little experiment to see the difference.  I've taken some pictures with the HP and some of the same shots with the Nikon. Here are the results:
Pictures Taken with the HP photosmart camera.

Lexi modeling messenger bag and scarf.

Messenger bag.

One Sock down.

Mary and her ducky watching tv.

Fingerless gloves.

Glove modeled by Lexi

Lexi and her pictures.

Close up of shell stitches.

Racheal's baby sweater in the making.

close up of stitches

Shell stitch scarf.

New beginnings and New projects!

     Hello everyone, I'm sorry I've not been on it a while.  A lot has happened while I was away.  I've still not gotten my camera fixed yet. So sorry to say no pictures.  
     First, we are going to have a new addition to the family.  Another little baby girl.  She will arrive sometime around March 15, 2012.  Lexi will be starting school next year and Mary will be hopefully sleeping well in her own bed.  
     Second, I have new job.  I will be a breastfeeding peer counselor, which means I'll be helping give support to new breastfeeding mothers and babies.  Hopefully giving both the best start they can get.  I'm very excited.  The children seem to be adjusting well to the changes.  Which was a big relief on my part. 
     Third, my DH, Reese, has started a new job as well.  Which has brought his stress levels way down.  He is now working full time on his parents dairy farm.  Which is something that he's been wanting to do forever.  He was a mechanic for John Deere for about six years so he's happy about the change in pace.
     Fourthly, I've finished a lot of my WIPs. I'm so excited.  I'll have to take pictures of them with my DH's phone and post them. My current WIPs are a pair of socks and a pair of ribby wrist warmers.  I also plan to make a sweater, hat, and pair of booties for my new baby girl. For Lexi and Mary I plan to make some hats as well. 
     All in all, I feel that God has blessed us greatly.  To all who read and those who don't I wish everyone a happy Saturday.

Here are some more pictures and videos.

Lexi crashed on the way home.

Really neat kite seen on the way out.

Little place we stopped at the upload Reese's phone account.

Bridge we will be going over.

Over the bridge toward home.

Another bridge shot.

Beach Trip 2011 Holden Beach

Hi, everyone we are back. I've yet to get our dog but we'll be picking her up today after my DH gets off work.
Anyways, we had a fun trip.  The girls were really good both there and back.  It's a four hour drive so that's really good for a four year old and a 17 month old. Here are some pictures of our visit.

Lexi on the way. She didn't sleep at all.

Mary had a nice nap on the way.

Still very happy when she woke up.

We took a little detour, not on purpose, to SC.

We got there a little later than we wanted to but it was all ok.

This is Mary playing in the sand.

Lexi

This is my horse I made out of clay for Lexi.

This is our view from our room in the beach house.

Mary in the sand.

Lexi on the beach.

Lexi testing the water.

Matt and Cloe sleeping on the couch. Cute!

Reese and the girls ready for their last

I wrote a message with drippy sand.

Huge sand pile beside the tide pool. Grant is making it smooth.

Reese, Kelsey, Paige, and Grant creating a giant hole in the tide pool.

Lexi is helping with the hole.